Team Tournament: Spring-2009

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Pit for LM (blue, Dungeon, Shahti, Shahti) 2SM4D(3) 123.

The game wasn't particularly important, so I decided to take a risk and play as Shahti – I haven't played him in a long time because of his terrible starting conditions. Everything turned out as usual. The first time, I got a lot of Troglodytes, but there were no resource buildings. The second time, I got a Tower with a group of Liches for wood, and I took a rest. The second time, I got Lorelei and a little over 70 Troglodytes; I tried to rest based on the map, but I couldn't handle the Orcs, so I had to take 113. Then, Vitalic took a rest when there were two resource buildings 1+2, which could be taken in the first week, and a Dwarven warehouse, but overall, it wasn't great.
Finally, the game started. Shahti had 3 stacks, but Lorelei was in the tavern again. One secondary town was guarded by Orcs through a portal – I had recently lost to them, so I went in the other direction. I had no money, no one to rob, and no resource buildings. The second direction was blocked by a group of Storm Elementals – there was nothing to do, so I sent a hero, killed them. There was a Necropolis secondary town, again without gold, but nearby was a resource building for 2 Angels. I could only build Medusas in the Citadel, and even that was a waste – I should have bought a book and a portal with Troglodytes (there was one resource building after all).
On day 121, I only had enough money for a new hero and Troglodytes, so I gave them to Shahti. He took 2 Angels, went back home, and headed to the portal for Orcs. On day 122, I could have taken the wood resource building, but I didn't want to go there with 2 Angels and Troglodytes – I felt sorry for them. I went through the teleport to the grass, where I took an axe +2 attack – at least something. Then, Valeska came, took my wood resource building, and blocked the passage to the capital in my narrow tunnels. I had to attack with what I had – I couldn't defeat the humans with 12 Wyverns, although the Troglodytes fought bravely.
Thank you for the game.