Dreams.

As a child, I occasionally played HoMMIII a bit too much. After that, I had dreams about the heroes. I remember one: I was just sitting and playing the game, meaning the world of the heroes wasn't identified with reality, as it often happens. And everything would be fine, but the game was a bit unusual. I entered my castle with a hero, and instead of one gate, there were a whole bunch. In each one, except for one, stood a hero, and they were all allies, not enemies. In the last one, I placed my own hero. Then, the city screen opened, and half of the monitor was occupied by bars showing the troops of all the heroes who were in that city. I've probably never had a more absurd dream. But the problem is that these are the ones you remember best.