16.08.2010
Toganash (Blue, Stronghold, Gretchen, Gunnar) def Satyr (Red, Tower, Nella, Nella) 143, 2sm4d(3)
Took several restarts. Initially wanted to start with Deesa, but the weak starting army convinced me to take Gretchen. In the end, he came to me with only one stack, and the second hero as well, plus the wolves weren't built. But the external dwelling of behemoths and birds convinced me not to go for a restart. On turn 127, the question was: either go to the treasure zone (2 days), or through the ГО (3 days with speed boost and collecting money to upgrade the bears). In the end, on turn 133, after trading everything possible, I took the bears and ran to my opponent - hoping to catch him off guard. He was in the castle - I was afraid to attack. The opponent's army was smaller, but he was in the castle, and I only have birds and 2 angels flying, and it's unknown what magic he has. I myself had already built 4 in the Conflux on turn 127, could have built 5, but I didn't even have basic Wisdom and was afraid the opponent had also built 4. In the end, I dawdled at his respawn, lost days, played dumb, finally took a Dragon Utopia in the underground - Wings, Speaker's Hat, and Necklace +2 to everything - excellent. The opponent broke out of the castle (deliberately killed zombies near the castle for this occasion - but he found neutrals even lower down) and chain-transferred troops to another castle where he had recruited. He took 2 Dragon Utopias there - nothing there, but the army had already melted away, and he wrote about surrender.
Thanks for the game.