"The Art of Strategy," a section for reports.

Didn't buy his way out because he had no money left, and even if he did, he wouldn't have had enough time to do so. After the battle, it would have been your turn, and you would have entered my empty Castle, and that would have been it.

That's exactly what happened, but regarding the chances – it's debatable.

I agree that it's debatable, because here's what I see as the advantage of a battle in the Castle:
1. Your army probably wouldn't be able to kill my ballista, and once you were left without archers and druids, it would be easier to finish you off, even despite the large amount of mana. (I'm not sure if Vengeance works on the ballista, though?)
2. It probably wouldn't be a very pleasant surprise for you to see +2 speed for all my troops (home territory), and for the cavalry, that's also +20% damage, and the dryads would hardly stand in the way...

And the fact that 3 stacks of flies, knives, and horses fell – that's nothing.

+ plus a large part of the snipers and about ten druids... Well, there's not much to say... I made a couple of serious mistakes, and my opponent made fewer mistakes, which means he played better.