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24.09.2010 Javdet (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Erdem (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d3 136

An interesting game turned out, not without a bit of luck, of course, in the form of Boots of Speed.
I jotted down the balance and minimap, had to chase the scout hero.
The start was unclear, seemed not bad, but money was tight and I also blundered by running Kyrre in the opposite direction from the stable to scout for a rest spot. I ran all the way to the Necromancy secondary skill)) The presence of 3 Dragon Fly Hives convinced me to continue. With huge problems, I get the cavalry in the Citadel and the upgrade of Pegasi with their external dwelling; arrows blocked me from the other two secondary skills, there were no cavalry at that point. Kyrre, remembering the game with Pasha when they offered nothing but water, takes it as the 1st level-up, then also air and earth.
On the 2nd level, I take Griffin Conservatory at 2, Dragon Fly Hives, all small ones, and one near the road I couldn't get due to tempo. Scout heroes got busy with the Boots of Speed, all that was missing were the gloves :). Without tactics, Grand Elves died in vain. I thought I'd be camping at stables again on day 127, but another Griffin Conservatory is found, totaling 4 Angels and I'm standing at the entrance to a treasure zone with a Dragon Utopia at the top and almost no mana. Air scouting reports that at the other end of the treasure zone there are blue flags, taverns announce the superiority of my meat. Dunno what to do — I can't handle the Dragon Utopia, not a single power stack (4 Angels, 16 Grand Elves, and 8 Cavalry), although it later turned out that the minimap maybe I could have pulled it off, and Tazar revealed decent parameters. As an option, go to other treasure zones, but they are unscouted, and I don't want to give up the Dragon Utopia. I decided to split Kyrre to the stables, the well, and return to the starting position.
On day 132, the tavern already shows the superiority of blues, but the troops aren't with the daddy.:smile23: I buy and run hoping to catch them. Movement points were enough with a surplus, the battle is won with the loss of 11 Grand Elves, one Angel (it could have been avoided by taking 1 Pegasus instead of the useless Dwarves) and 7 Dendroid Guards. The boss hanging around nearby fled. A recent game with Maretti taught me a thing or two, and without wasting time, I run straight to the Fortress lair through the Dungeon. But no mana:( I didn't risk staying in the village, ran to the well. And during the opponent's entire turn, I'm fearing that they'll now catch me off guard with some heavy-hitting battle spell. Got lucky. I build gm4 for the Prayer scroll, and then Town Portal. I played it safe and bought more meat from my home secondary town. Then the Dungeon taken by the Fortress player was reclaimed from a scout hero with Eovac's artifacts.

Thanks for the adrenaline-filled battle.