2010

Hermit (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Lorelei) draw Aldegir (blue, Castle, Rion, Aiden) balance 137

I had long wanted to play Dungeon not with Shakti, but with some other hero. Started off okay, though very little money. Result of the first day — cats in the Stronghold, though I lost one, captured two external Evil Eye dwellings, couldn't build a portal. Lorelei learned Earth as her fourth skill. On the second day, I lost another two cats in the Medusa dwelling, about a dozen Evil Eyes, and some more. Leveled Earth to expert, gathered resources and money, and on the third day went into the treasure zone, defeating 32 creatures with a grand stack and losing my last 5 cats to them. Took the max and min hives in the treasure zone, but then Aiden came. Split into a village, doubled mana, then split into the capital, and Olemia was 2 tiles short of passing the army and 98 gold short of hiring a hero. Later I realized I could have used Olemia to take the mercury behind the snipers and exchange it for 150 gold with two markets, hire a hero, and drag the army to Lora!.. Got cheeky and asked for a save. :) Oleg assessed the situation as a draw. So this is my post, but honestly, by conscience this is my deserved defeat, because the fact that I didn't figure it out does not excuse me in any way.     Thanks for the game.