Vatya
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30.01.2012 Juristis (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Mephala) def Vatya (red, Castle, Thuros, Thuros) 2sm4d(3), 127
2 resp for me, 1 from the opponent. Let's go.
111 - Wystan with 3 stacks, second hero without logistics, but with dragonflies. I put lizardmen. Wystan breaks a prison for zombies, Mephala picks up speed boots 1-1, 6 heroes with the prison one, money lying around.
112 - I spot a Griffin Conservatory not far from the town, off-road. 7 heroes.
113 - found a Dragon Fly Hive next to the Conservatory after 20+ gr movement. Mephala on wyverns breaks through several blocks, spots another Conservatory along the way. Spotted a lookout tower, an off-road exit to a secondary Rampart is visible.
114 - Wystan takes 2 crypts, have 7k gold, plans for hydras in the castle.
115 - Conservatory along the road checked, 3-4 with GS. Found an external dwelling of gnolls, 8 heroes. Wystan and Mephala chain-clear for some cash. Opponent spotted at a secondary Rampart.
116 - Wystan breaks 17 vampires, then 32 air elementals along the second path to the underground. Found a second external dwelling of gnolls. Mephala goes off-road towards an unidentified Conservatory. Hydras are being built.
117 - hydras in the castle, but buying them will be a problem, the respawn is almost eaten, the underground is poor, not a single treasure chest. Mephala with air magic.
121 - I check the Conservatory, a two-stack with GS. Mephala goes to level up on Knowledge Stones. Wystan takes a secondary Dungeon.
122 - gathering all possible money, resources and troops. Mephala gets Pathfinding.
123 - Wystan clears a chain of +4 attack in the basement, resources are traded through double marketplaces, upgrade of lizardmen, buying them, gnolls, hydras and basilisks. Mephala takes the Conservatory, losses 20 gnolls and 3 lizardmen.
124 - 9 magic elementals are killed for a Pandora's Box. A Conservatory is spotted in the underground. I build two Prefectures, as there's nowhere to get money.
125 - in the Pandora's box 5k experience, gives Logistics and Earth magic, I take Logistics, not Earth. 22 Thunderbirds are killed for a Dragon Fly Hive, gnolls get 2 lightning bolts, unpleasant. Hive for 8 wyverns. Angels remain on Mephala. Wystan takes a Conservatory in the underground, also a two-stack.
126 - I break 70 demons for a prison, position myself near the third Conservatory, waiting for reinforcements. Decide to take the Conservatory and go to the GO, a crowd of giants, as no exits to treasure zones are visible.
127 - the opponent folds and surrenders, things are really bad there, money problems undermined morale.
After the surrender I broke the Conservatory, turned out to be a max, took it with losses of fat gnolls and centaurs. Also checked the GO, 36 giants with GS. A couple of splits of scorpicores+8 angels under Mephala 10-10 would have dealt with them.
Thanks for the game, I wanted to try hydras in a Castle for a long time. Too bad we didn't finish until the final battle.
That was the case...
It seemed like nothing was foreshadowing trouble, if not for the lack of money. On the first resp I barely managed to build Cavalry in the Citadel + a secondary Rampart. On the 2nd resp only a couple of crypts. And as a result, a severe financial crisis and even a scroll of Fly didn't inspire any optimism. I should have resigned on 112 with such a rotten deal, but it's my own fault, I hoped for luck...
On 127 out of desperation I went for 50-99 gr Beholders for an Imp dwelling and Naga Bank, there turned out to be exactly 99 of them. I cleared them barely, but I had neither the money nor the desire to play any further.