[TYPE: TOURNAMENT] Tazar vs Bron

TERM (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar/Kyrre) def PReDS (blue, swamp, Bron, Bron), TE-light, 8mm6a, 212

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Thanks for the game!

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Confirmed. There was also a warm-up game where I, being in a complete mess, died to the computer on day 117, but Term demanded a rematch — I couldn't refuse him. It started off briskly — a small respawn, but with a good amount of gold and 2 experience obelisks: 1 right by the road, the other 3 tiles away. In one direction, desert covering the entire bottom-left corner of the map with a ton of gold and 3 Dragon Fly Hives — gold along the road, but the hives were at opposite ends and it would take me a week to collect them with all my heroes, so I didn't even bother. I dive into the underground — a block of Arch Magi, behind them a Griffin Conservatory. From the lookout I see a green hero; after scouting around, I realize it's going to take me through the underground on rough terrain to reach him. To avoid breaking the chain, I had to take down Ajit with all my might on his home turf. I took the dungeon, bought Bron a book with a spell there, already had Earth. I level Tazar and Bron: Tazar for the Griffin Conservatory, Bron for the Dragon Fly Hive, plus I already got the Log. Dragon on day 116, day 117 I took pre-max and max Crypts in the desert with +1 speed and +1 health.
Day 121 purchase of Wyverns, upgraded flies, Wasps, Gnolls — Tazar with expert Tactics defeats the horde of Elves guarding the Dragon Fly Hive, Bron takes 8 Wyverns from there, Tazar defeats the Magi and heads for the Griffin Conservatory; then Monere pops out of a teleporter, and we're not ready yet: on the way to the village from the dungeon another Griffin Conservatory is visible, shield +3 attack/defense, chain +4. Luck is still favorable: the Conservatory is a Tier 2 without Resource Silo, 14 Wyverns under Tazar leave 1-3 Griffins per swing. After the Conservatory, I move the meat to Bron, who runs to the village, grabs the chain, Conservatory #2 with Resource Silo (Tazar already has expert Earth), shield, and I think it over — going back to try and push the red player out of the center is pointless, it would take 2-3 days, and the red player won't sit idle during that time. As a result, Bron runs in one direction, Tazar with Gnolls, Trogs, Lizardmen, a couple of Flies in the other.
In the end, I ran around the map for a long time, took a Castle, got a max-level Conservatory there, stuck in Angels, went into the swamp without Pathfinding for the only War Boat found at that point, picking up Boots and Gauntlets in the underground along the way. There was +4 attack/defense, +2 to everything, a Pandora's Box nearby for all Air magic, but only basic Wisdom:(. While Bron was crawling out of the ass-end of nowhere, scout heroes, including Turis with 3 already-built Archangels, found nothing at all. Bron managed to get back to the Castle just in time for the red brethren's visit there and could only concede, warming his soul by upgrading 9 Angels:)

Thanks for the game.