Roads are fast.
There are blocks everywhere, it all started with stupidly breaking through them, where on the morale rolls I lost about 25 mana. After scouting everything in the vicinity, I look in horror and see that there is no ore or ore mine anywhere at all. I cleared neutral stacks for gold, captured an external dwelling of fire elementals, then ran into a stack of orcs on the road, and the GO itself was off-road (a stack of Dendroid Soldiers). I realized that the only way to the opponent was through the orcs.
I dug up Luna in the Tavern and revealed two Griffin Conservatories...both were Trog with a stack of Grand Elves, and Luna already has Expert Sorcery. If it had been a level 2 Conservatory...I would have taken it, but as it is, no way. There were also two treasure zones in the telepads right next to me.
One path led to the secondary swamp, I was too lazy to break through there, and the second led to the grassland behind the horde of Marksmen.
On week 1, day 1-6 in the Fort, because there's no ore for the Griffins.
On week 2, I'm being stupid somehow, I eat the Gnolls, little gold, not a single crypt, and I keep messing around. I took the native secondary and placed the Fire Elementals there. By the end of week 2, I took a level 2 Conservatory, level 8 Ultimate Artefact, and a Sword +2 attack/defense, and the Griffins finally started being built at home.
At the start of the third week—Naga Bank on the buy, a level 3 Conservatory, and Valeska pops out from behind the orcs. Basically, I was expecting her around day 1-2-7 and already thought it would be hopeless, because the opponent's native secondary had been revealed since the first week.
Luna with Expert Sorcery and Expert Earth Magic, I thought for a long time—attack now, or take the Conservatory and then attack...I decided it would be a pain to shoot the opponent's shooter for 110 damage, and I was too lazy, so I took the level 3 Conservatory and had enough movement for Valeska. I attacked Valeska who had come to visit, cast Mass Curse, and then the shooter and 8 Angels left the opponent with no chance of victory.
Even though I played very poorly, because I was lazy and in a bad mood, I still enjoyed the game. You can't relax, and if luck isn't with you today, it's better to stop.
Thanks for the game!