In the beginning, everything was great, with two hidden camps of Gremlins. The guards on the other resource nodes were unpleasant; up to 49 Medusas and up to 49 Orcish Leaders were stationed on their territory. By the end of the week, I defeated the Orcs, secured a hidden camp of Bears (I carelessly sent a Bear against two Nagas – an interesting tactic by the Barbarians), and thought I was in a good position!
At the beginning of the second week, I realized that my opponent was stronger. Vistan, with up to 99 Lizard Warriors, a couple of Angels, Great Basilisks, Vipers, and Bulls + Golden Flies, attacked the Barbarian secondary town. Also, the roads are very fast, so he could always reach my capital. I was so surprised that I didn't even move with two heroes! But he went about his business, and Nella started to catch up. She visited the Barbarian treasury, gathered some good items, and, ignoring a couple of hidden camps of Angels, decided to kill Vistan. She took the capital, and I met him at the secondary town.
Vistan, level 17, 21, 29, 10, 10 (expert in Earth, Attack, and Tactics, artifact for ranged attack, manacles, doubled mana) 3 Angels, 2 Devils, 70 Lizard Warriors, 38 Vipers, 5 Bulls, 10 Great Basilisks, Book of Fire.
Nella, level 18, 9, 10, 12, 8 (mana 167, expert in Earth, Air - without Haste, +3 to speed, Hat of the Fifth Magic) 274 Gremlins with a cart, 50 Swordsmen, 2 Angels, 6 Nagas, 24 Vipers, 30 Obsidian Gargoyles, 7 Mages.
After the explosion that killed the Lizard Warriors, the opponent summoned Fire Elementals and Armageddons. I weakened the Vipers with an explosion, and when I killed everyone except the Fire Elementals, I tried to escape, but I was caught. In general, both heroes were lost! I had 4 Bears and other minor units nearby. After 14 battles against the enemy, I managed to capture all the towns, and Vistan didn't respawn – phew.
Thank you for the game