dwp (Oracle, Mage, red) defeated bolivar (Dugald, Humans, blue) 221 smiles
It turned out to be an unexpectedly long game.
I initially planned to rush Dugald with Chaos, and it started well.
But the smiles became much more aggressive on the new generator, and I wasn't ready for that.
He doesn't give up.
At the end, I had 28 Daughters of Heaven. I only left the zone at the end of the second week.
After that, it was also quite empty, and the passages to the resource and treasure locations were very strong.
I went to the town. By the end of the third week, I somehow managed to reach level 20 there.
I retreated home, bought Thunderbirds, mages, and golems. I had no money and no resources.
I fought like that until the end, without any mini-arts. I rushed to the treasure location at the end of the fourth week, but I only just made it and missed, ending up in the resource location. There was no point in wandering around, so I went to the town. There was a battle at the beginning of the fifth week in the Castle. I didn't play very well, but the archers carried me, and I had a slight advantage in griffins. I lost some golems and mages, and 1 Colossus.
I bought Titans and Ghouls and rushed to the treasure location. But since there were no logs throughout the game, I arrived, and Dugald was already there, right under my nose. Damn, I didn't have time to eat anything, so I had to run to the Castle. Along the way, I called for reinforcements and attacked 221.
The battle was on the edge. Dugald had a lot of artillery, and I was empty.
If it weren't for the hit-and-run tactic, I would have definitely lost the first battle, but somehow I managed to pull through.
Thanks for the game. :)
Yes, that's how it was. I just want to clarify that I never got the machines, so there were some awkward battles where I lost troops. There were no resurrections in the Castle. So, in both the first and second battles against the mage, I was behind in terms of troops. What was good about my build was reflection in defense and resistance in luck. And in the second battle, I had dwarven shields and greaves - I managed to get to the Utopia before the mage, plus there was a shop with artifacts. Also, a ring of lightning protection, a cloak of earth, and a flaming dragon tongue. But all of that turned out to be not enough - the mage also had expert summoning (I looked closely and saw it), and in the second battle, there was also a Phoenix. Which mowed down my troops.
Thanks to my opponent for the game and patience - it was my fault that we couldn't start the game right away.