Reports on online games and their confirmations (Summer 2009 season).

numOne (red, Stronghold, Gunnison, Gunnison) def Van (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 2sm4d(3), 144

On the first day I was a bit short on Behemoths, so I stuck 1-5 in the castle (but at least on day 121 I had the money for a buyout). I leveled secondary skills at Conflux.
On the second day I broke a couple of Medusa hives, took the Sword +6 from Dendroids, got wrecked in Conflux and went to the Inferno treasure zone.
By the end of the third day I had slaughtered about 40 Dragon Flies, picked up the Artifact of +1 Speed and the Gloves. On day 141 I break a Dragon Utopia with minimal losses — nothing good came of it, but at least I have money. For up to 99 Grand Medusas I take a Pandora's Box with all 4th-level spell schools. I took Fire Magic, since I already built Conflux and plan to, if necessary, crush the opponent with Armageddon. :) In the meantime, I retreat home and set up to intercept in front of the GO. Right at that moment, Tazar goes to break the GO; my heart skipped a beat, but I got lucky — my tactic saved me, I bought him off. The next turn I attack myself and kill without any trouble, because Ivan's forces are rather small (apparently he left a lot in the home Dragon Utopia).

Thanks for the game.