2010

06/05/2010 Pit for LM (red, Fortress, Tiva, Yabarkas) def Hermit (blue, Castle, Rion, Galtran), balanced, 132. We didn't need any restarts. I got a great start. 111 - lots of money, Yabarkas, 2 gnoll stacks. But most importantly, two paths to secondary resources, and they are fast. 112 - my home town. 113 - Inferno town. 114 - lost 5 lizards for no reason, then 30 gnolls while trying to break through to the secondary resource with Abyss Demons. But I see a path to the center through the Basilisk Guard. 115 - almost reached the barbarian town. 116 - town taken, a stack of monsters is nearby. 117 - I take the monster stack, break through to the center, there is a Conflux and a stable. Building: 1-6 + Stronghold. 121 - Necropolis. I open the watchtower - I see a conservatory a little further down the road (according to the map, it's the opponent's territory, but he didn't get any roads). There is nothing at all in the central desert, and the super treasure isn't impressive either. 122 - I go back a little for a book, but there is no slow spell for the Earth Expert. 123 - barbarian town. There is no slow spell there either. 124 - I build a Grand Mage in Inferno - no slow spell. But Bron does find the necessary spell in the chapel. Yabarkas runs there. He gets the spell of Despair. 125 - I approach the conservatory. 126 - +3 angels, maximum Naga Bank. 127 - Naga Bank trio, I approach the second conservatory in my Inferno spawn area. I build a Castle and Hydras. 131 - +1 angel, I decide to attack. Galtran breaks through the double Guard of the Oasis on his turn, gets to the desert, and is destroyed by my Guard of the Oasis. 132 - everything is bought, I almost reach the road. 133 - I see Galtran in the Castle with a small army (a horde of archers, 100+ skeletons, 5-9 champions, and a couple of spearmen and crusaders), but I decide not to attack yet, just in case... Galtran attacks on his own turn and surrenders. Thank you for the game.