On one hand, there was no real reason to restart, but not much to play for either. Painted an external dwelling with basilisks. Tight on money. Ran into the guard of a Hive on the road to my home town at 113. Can't take the restart anymore.. Turned around, went the other way. Came to a fork, and here's a Hive blocking the way. Went to paint a Conflux town, and here's a Hive behind a pack of Pegasi o_O So here I am at 116, completely blocked in, and wondering what to do with this setup.. Went through the wilderness to a mercury mine, simply because of a horde of skeletons. Nearby, a Cloak of Malediction behind a pack of Dendroid Guards. At 117, I set up next to it. Didn't build a Citadel, just so I'd have a bit of gold for buying. Trying to pull off a dead setup. Brought over some marksmen and Wyverns, used them to draw out the enemy with a magician, until morale kicked in. Surprisingly easy fight. After the battle, I push through to my secondary hero's starting area. There are 2 Hives there, dealt with them using Thant without much trouble, I think Max was even there. Another Hive above the castle. Then on to the Conflux, there are 2 more Hives and Nagash's troops, some peppers and an amulet +5. And in the remaining direction, there are 2 more Dragon Fly Hives. Nearly 50 Wyverns by the middle of month 3. And in the capital, I only just built the Citadel.. :) Got to the Necro computer, and there's a capitol, a reinforcement building, and a meat grinder — what a gift :) It wasn't for nothing I was collecting peasants. Brought everyone over, threw them into the grinder, and by 141 I have a personal record =) Stats are rough though, need to find a Dragon Utopia ASAP. See one, head over to it. Then Nagash himself appears out of thin air, takes the Conflux, and goes all in. Emergency upgrade of skeletons, and we rush faster. Epic fail, a trail of breadcrumbs.. Instead of taking the Necropolis, Nagash heads toward daddy, or rather the scout hero who was building the chain, and catches him at a bad moment. Missed the Dragon Utopia by 1 day :( I set up on the tactics screen, he has Haste, I have Slow, he puts skeletons under the Wyverns... In general, not the best fight, and you know that yourself, Andrey.. :) Thanks for the game!
P.S. Screw this HM, pure garbage.