FB-2 (spring 2010)

Tournament "FB-2"
Wlk777 (red, Swamp, Wystan, Wystan) def Aldegir (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4d(3) 237 ;
First crate.. Nothing of interest + scouted and saw the blue player's Griffin Conservatory.. .. so restart 111..
Second crate... lots of money.. external market.. external dwelling of horses.. a couple of hives... but the GO is not along the road so we decided not to drag it out and did a restart based on the encounter..
Third crate... Valeska level 5 with Logistics and Pathfinding :)!
Crate #4
111 - 2 money heroes.. + took a crypt for 5 vampires... archers not built.. Took an external dwelling of archers and there's also an external dwelling of swordsmen but guarded by up to 19 Grand Elves... result: 5 heroes.. 26 archers and 17 pikemen (after the crypt - 13 pikemen) gold income 1200 :)
112 - Scouted the Griffin Conservatory... upgraded the archers
113 - Broke through the passage down 35 golems.. gave Earth Magic! ... but below there are up to 99 archers :( turn back... run the other way.. With an external dwelling of archers and a Griffin Conservatory.. decided not to take the restart...
114 - Fighting my way along the road, securing resources..
115 - Griffin Conservatory pre-mine + gave Armor + defeated 60 Gargoyles for a bowstring +10% Archery .. lots of roads.. unclear where to run... still haven't found wood.. so building +1000 :(
116 - Found 1 pile of wood.. so stable.. hooray :) .. but 2 wood left and the mine seems very far :(.. took a minimum crypt.. scouted the GO - up to 49 hydras and green dragons...
117 - Found the wood mine but still not enough for horses :( ... so 1,2,4 in the fort :( .. but broke through the passage to our native secondary town :) .. opponent by the way has no citadel
121 - Week +5 swordsmen :) ... captured our native secondary town.. upgraded archers there and +13 to our brothers.. secured a couple of chests.. bought +1 hero at home.. upgraded swordsmen :) buying everything... we'll manage somehow I guess :) .. Scouted a hive guarded by Efreet Sultans :( and a club +5 attack guarded by up to 99 Magma...
122 - Captured an external dwelling of griffins... and scouted another external dwelling of swordsmen :) ... building a blacksmith in the secondary town.. to later build swordsmen or even horses... building griffins in the main town and buying them... plans are to
capture 2 external dwellings of swordsmen and 1 of griffins.. buy a spellbook for Valeska.. + level her Earth Magic to Expert and take the Griffin Conservatory and the club +5 ... scouted in the adjacent secondary town gloves guarded by golems and in the treasure zone
another Griffin Conservatory guarded by up to 19 Giants (also guarding a Sphere of Fire and shackles +4 attack)..
123 - Building swordsmen in the secondary town and a market in the main town.... scouted the Torso of Legion... AND THEN //I realize
what a FOOL I am! when I find a pile of wood I missed on the first week near the castle, 9 wood in total :(... scouted another hive...
124 - Buying a spellbook in the main castle... Using Clavius to secure chests.. building a stable in the secondary town..
125 - Learning Slow... breaking through the passage into the underground... building horses in the main town and griffins in the secondary town... securing chests with Clavius..
126 - Captured an external dwelling of swordsmen near the secondary town + captured a dungeon secondary town... + got Tactics.. + bought 2 horses in the main town and went to capture the external dwelling of swordsmen with the hero.. guarded by 19 Grand Elves.. moral bastards... took down 1 horse :) .. built a citadel in the main town and horses in the secondary town..
127 - Securing chests... building a castle in the main town and a citadel in the secondary town... + portal in the dungeon and buying griffins there..
131 - Buying troops in the main town.. +4 swordsmen from the portal + took a maximum crypt with the hero.. +1 hero...
132 - Spreading out and replenishing mana in the main town..
133 - Scouted another Griffin Conservatory and a shield +3 defense at the very end of the secondary town's respawn :( .. +1 power knowledge...
134 - Mini Griffin Conservatory ...
135 - Naga bank minimum... buying all troops in the secondary town .. +1 level from a tree...
136 - Captured an external dwelling of griffins and a pendant +1 speed.. got attack.. now not far from the GO .. waiting for troop upgrade from the secondary town..
137 - Upgraded troops from the secondary town and transferred to Valeska... result: 10 horses.. 90+ archers + 53 crusaders + 43 Grand Griffins + 80 pikemen +1 angel but didn't have enough movement for the hero to transfer.. so had to return Valeska and stand again near the GO :) Great tempo .. :(
141 - Attacked the GO.. became 42 units and 6 upgraded :) .. -2 horses and almost all pikemen... never learned Mass Slow... ran through the blue player's respawn... notice that up to 49 dragons from the GO have blocked the passage again.. and reinforcements cannot be transferred :(
142 - Almost reached the blue player's main castle with a few gnolls garrisoned inside....
143 - Surprise in the form of Wystan 14-23-11-14 with 6 Black Dragons + 20 Wyverns + 65 Lizardmen + 2 Hydras and a couple of flies.... We turn back..
144 - Wystan attacks and kills everything... we only took down 10 Wyverns from him and retreated :(
145 - Brought reinforcements from the secondary town + gloves... blue player is standing near the GO - dragons..
146 - Blue player broke through the GO .. fewer Wyverns and Dragons now.. but his shooter dealt 300 damage so we bail from the castle to the treasure zone :)
147 - Transfer 5 horses and 30 crusaders and 28 archers and run away....Blue player captured our main castle
211 - Broke through the passage into the treasure zone...Blue player captured the dungeon secondary town
212 - Took a Pandora's Box for 15000 gold and a hive for 6 Wyverns .. bought the reinforcements from the secondary town .. and headed to the entrance of the underground..
212 - Running around the treasure zone.. see 2 Utopias + sword +5 all stats + pendant +3+3 morale and luck .. but the guards.. terrible.. for example up to 99 Efreet Sultans or up to 49 Giants etc...
213 - Repelled an attack by the blue player's hero on our last castle... took 2 Pandora's Boxes for 5000 and 10000 experience guarded by 135 Dendroids.... lost 2 horses to morale.... left with no mana and almost no hope...
214 - Captured an external dwelling of devils and an imp pen... bought one devil...
215 - Captured 2 imp pens ...
216 - Drove off the blue player's hero... freed 2 heroes... scouted a couple of Pandora's Boxes and 2 Utopias...
217 - Pandora's Box for 15000 experience :( guarded by 44 Grand Wyverns.. -2 horses :( .. kill 90 swordsmen for a tomb.. and inside it the Belt of Legion :( -4 crusaders and -4 wyverns (mana ran out)...
221 - Buying almost all reinforcements.. setting up a chain to take the hive and later transfer to Valeska.. but there's an option to split to replenish mana..
222 - Blue player is standing at the gates of the secondary town.. buying what we can and transferring to Clavius.. he takes the hive +4 wyverns...
223 - Wystan takes the secondary town and runs to the upper treasure zone... Valeska doesn't have enough mana.. only 3 :( .. capture a Pandora's Box guarded by 130 Pegasi.. +5000 experience :(
224 - Kill 170 demons for a Pandora's Box... gives 10000 experience.. :( not enough to give troops for a Utopia :(
225 - Took a minimum Utopia.. gave a Blue Cap :)
226 - Captured the dungeon secondary town...
227 - Blue player approached the dungeon.... we tried to reach the main castle but didn't quite make it.. so Wystan Town Portal there and attacked.... Implosion on my crusaders.. I Implosion on his dragons -6 units... and bought off.. but we have no castles :)
231 - Camping the castle :)
232 - Camping further... but Wystan.. kills my hero...
233 - Killed the second and third hero
234 - Left with Kyrre with 1 pikeman :)
Game Over.. Thanks for the game.... Especially to the generator.. which always bothered Valentin :)