13.12.2010 Neverminder (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Mephala) def Blackpoint (Blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) jebus cross 132
We were dealt muddy roads, but for some reason we didn't agree on a tech restart from the start, and I kept hoping the opponent would take a restart, but he never did. The lizards aren't built. In the tavern is Vistan, but with only five lizards. Consequently, on the first day, flies, and just scouting the respawn, on the second — lizards. Tazar ran far away, so I decided to kill the pikemen with Mephala for a Pandora's box, and there was 5k experience. Mephala gets Earth Magic and Pathfinding and stays as a main hero, while Tazar is converted to a scout. On the third day, still hoping for a restart from the opponent, I go in with 18 lizards, 30 gnolls, a couple of flies, 5 gogs, and several imps against 50-99 dwarves guarding a sword +6 to attack. There turned out to be a lot of dwarves (86), armor is only basic, no ranged attack at all, the lizards only have 12 shots, so they mauled me pretty badly, but I managed to get out with about 15 lizards and 18 gnolls. I never got a restart, oh well, we'll tolerate the mud, the main hero seems okay, the respawn spawned quite a few hives generously, there are a couple of Dragon Utopias, two Griffin Conservatories (both were strong and were never taken by the end of the game, but in principle they could have been taken soon). True, there was quite a money crunch, since one road is blocked by a stack of trolls. But closer to the end of the week I breached them with Tazar at level 1, since Mephala was far from the combat zone, and as a result I built 1-7 in the Stronghold. On the second week I didn't break out of the respawn, the slow roads made themselves felt after all. Instead, I heavily farmed the ducks, by 131 I had accumulated 47M monarchs, which tore the rank 3 Dragon Utopia to shreds. It gave 40k gold, a Red Orb, and a Speaker's Hat. After that, full buying of all creatures, Mephala learned Logistics from a hut, on 133 I was preparing to take another Dragon Utopia, and then word came of the concede. Thanks for the game!
P.S. The Dragon Utopia, as it turned out, was a max one, I took it in auto-combat with the loss of 9 basilisks, 3 monarchs, and 20 war lizards, it gave КЗ, КО, and a Tunicльное Necklace.