AYMAN (red, swamp, Taz, Taz) def Ivanhoe (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti,) 2sm4d(3) 223

Perhaps my best game, even though it was a loss. I've never had such a great FB result from such a difficult start. For almost the entire third turn, I wondered whether to take a rest or not, since there were only a quarry and a sawmill on my home respawn. But through the overview, I saw a same-faction secondary zone nearby; it was just that you could only reach it by going over the top. In Tournaments, of course, I would have taken a rest. But this time I decided to take a risk — that's why I play. The exit from the metro was blocked by arrows, so I had to build an academy (+1000 experience), upgrade harpies and, after leveling up tactics, move into open space. By the fourth turn, I realized the same-faction area was extremely limited, as I hit snow and could only reach the Tower through numerous blocks. After reaching 40 mummies, I gave up and turned back. I broke through the second block from the opposite side and came out to the Barbarian. At 124, I had 1-2-3-4 even without a citadel. Meanwhile, the opponent took the secondary zone I was counting on. I had to scramble around the treasure zone, taking bonfires and resources from neutrals. On the third, I crashed into the Castle, came out onto the snow again, took two "cans," broke through the portal guard, and reached the Dragon Utopia. I snatched a few useful artifacts, took two utopias, and crashed into the Castle again; there I upgraded dragons and met Tazar. The plan was this: lure the swamp-dwellers beyond the fence, destroy the ballista and catapult, and use dragons to fly from place to place while the towers shot down the rest of the enemy army. And a mana reserve of 400 units should have helped. But Tazar had a powerful haste that accelerated cows from 5 all the way up to 13. And since the gates were already destroyed, there was no escape.
Still, the game turned out to be very interesting! Thanks for the game!