Group H
15.01.2012 VanjaM (blue, Swamp, Vistan, Isra) def Vinceras (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 231

A brutal game it was, played over 2 days
The opponent took 111 and I took 111 twice
Level 2 not secured, 21 Archers from the start. Gnoll external dwelling under the castle, scouted the home Hive and 2 directions on the road on day 1, one of them the native secondary town, lots of gold. Isra came from the start, wasn't sure if I should level her. Gave her Tactics on day 1 and decided to necromance in the swamps, luckily there was something to necromance, I already had 30 Skeletons by day 1. Also spotted a Beserker Hut and an artifact +2 Speed. On day 2 found a native hero level 5 in a prison with a tent, upgraded the Archers. On day 3 I built Serpents and broke through the guard to the secondary town. On slow roads I only reached the secondary town by turn 116, on the way found a Hive and a Serpent external dwelling. Barely had enough wood to build Ducks in both castles on week 1, also shoved a Citadel in the home town. A hundred Skeletons on week 1, gave Isra Earth Magic and shoved Mysticism, soon also shoved Learning. On week 2 took the home Hives (lost 3 Ducks breaking through a guard of 50 Ice Elementals). The stats were woeful: 4444, the opponent meanwhile had 10 attack and 7 something, but Knowledge was 1 and stayed low all game. Charged into the treasure zone, it turned out to be on sand. Spent week 3 there, gathered 50+ Ducks, 500+ Skeletons and 2 Angel external dwellings. But not a single stat artifact, not a single Utopia found :mad: Took a Library at least. Teleported home, learned Slow (no chance earlier, and not particularly needed). Decided to run into another treasure zone for stats. Spent week 4 there, captured the Tome of Fire, a triple Utopia (Helm +6, Tual, and Golden Bow), a couple of Hives and minor artifacts. Also visited a Black Market there and bought artifacts. Meanwhile Shakti broke through the Bone GO and took my main town, by army I could see I had a clear advantage and my stats had grown. Went after him, and he up and charged into the treasure zone. Tried to chase him there, but he TP'd to his castle :( Had to go to his main town. On turn 222 he attacks me himself. 500 Troglodytes, about 30 Ducks, 5 Angels, 6 Red Dragons and the rest of the Dungeon chaff, wasn't afraid of any particularly dangerous stack except the Troglodytes, I had 570 Skeletons, 6 Angels, 80 Ducks and 100 Marksmen. I had a big mana advantage, he had the Cloak. Very lucky that the opponent didn't have Mass Haste, otherwise I'd have been beaten. As it was, both cast Mass Slow and my Archers slowly shot down his Troglodytes. The opponent bought back with 5 Angels and 10 Medusae. I had a couple of Angels left, 50 Lizardmen, 30 Ducks and 100 Skeletons, got another +200 after the fight. Started taking his castles and on turn 231 caught him in his treasure zone. He didn't have the Cloak and my Armageddon finished it. Thanks for the game!