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wowa (dungeon, Miner) def AYMAN (castle, Valya, Tamika) 213@mini-nostalgia, average roads

Opp gave me the Miner, which allowed me, after finding an external devil dwelling deep in the respawn of a fast-pushed Inferno AI, to recruit 4 of them by the start of week 2 :)
but because of the external dwelling, I slacked on building my town, tier 1-4 in the Citadel; by the end of the week, Crag Hack with a devil from the portal rushed the Rampart AI as well
at the start of week 2, the AI kills Arlach with medusas sitting in the Rampart Citadel, but then runs out of the castle; I take it on the last cell, and Gunnar bought there punishes the AI noob
but I'm not swapping to Crag Hack or Gunnar yet – the Miner got a Log :) he takes a naga bank and splits to go home, preparing to take the Griffin Conservatory on the way to the last neighbor – Conflux
any one could be taken with 4 devils and troglodytes, but it turned out to be the minimum :( on the Conflux respawn there's another one, also the minimum!
then Crag Hack with the power stack crushes Conflux, and the Miner takes the corner village with devils
meanwhile, Opp is fighting his neighbors (Necro, Swamp, Barbarian) and judging by the tavern, their capitals are changing hands
at home, I build nothing, but in Inferno I crank out devils with trade :)
at the start of week 3, with 10 devils, I take a minimum Dragon Utopia; out of 200+ troglodytes, only a little over a hundred survive! got the Blue Cap, but for knowledge only bone greaves for the feet :(
I buy some stuff, upgrade the pit fiends, and go straight to the center, killing a horde of battle unicorns and a stack of green dragons with upgraded ones
the center is poor, the army is small, the feast is barely converted into horned demons
nevertheless, we got something: the Miner, who had to take Wisdom, devoured a box with all the air spells :)
I reach the lift to Opp – there's a stack of phoenixes, let him fight them himself, the center is revealed! ;)
I split my army, not reaching another Pandora's box, but the chain wasn't needed: in the Pandora's box, a noob – Pigudrama – from the prison was given the entire Level 4! :)
no Dragon Utopias visible yet; I build a lookout tower in Inferno, since it's already the 2nd level – guessed it, on the 4th level I got Town Portal! much better now :) Pigudrama with the Blue Cap hopped to a corner Barbarian village and revealed a couple of Dragon Utopias – send the Miner there, but both are minimums: Book of Water and Red Orb – but at that moment I wasn't particularly thrilled by that fact :D
meanwhile, Tamika's stats start skyrocketing, a legion of skeletons is expected
we slowly spawn demons; near the Barbarian village lie 2 Necro shields and one Necro sword; we've had the skull for a long time – we need the ribs, but they're nowhere :( I build the Artifact Merchant; the Miner returns to the central treasure zone, where there's an external marketplace, visiting a couple of libraries along the way, and freeing from prison a noob who took 3 Griffin Conservatories
the main hero runs through either the center or Opp's treasure zone for the Necklace of All 3, and – oh miracle!!! – right under the library finds the missing component for the full shit
then Pigudrama collects the remaining components and the Ring of Speed from the Barbarian, trades at the Artifact Merchant for mercury and gold (in several trips, to avoid scrolling the bottom bar, otherwise...)))))) upgrades a stack of devils – and right through the phoenixes emerges Opp with Archangels, packed for victory!
the Miner takes the Cape of Speed; next turn I check Tamika...

...and attack

Tamika's resistance worked strangely (or rather, almost didn't work – I wonder why?) and most importantly, everyone was slowed
well, after that no chance, neither the fight nor any further resistance – in case of retreat, the castles would be taken without the slightest problem
GG, thanks to my opponent for an engaging and instructive game :)
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