After spending a decent amount of time restarting (3 times for me, 2 for Max), we started with a pretty good setup for me. Mephala appeared early, and I found 2 Hive dwellings along the way. On day 1, I took a Necropolis with +2 boots and Pandora for 35 gold. On days 2 and 3, I gathered some troops and took those dwellings with acceptable losses of Centaurs, resulting in 113, 14 Ducks, and 70 gold. At this point, the opponent noticed the lack of a road to his second mine and asked for a truce, but I insisted on continuing.
For a week, things went well. I took 2 more dwellings with unique creatures, 1 Dragon lair, and a couple more dwellings, and found a +1 speed ring. Then, on day 117, I built a Stable before the Guardian of the Fortress (20-49 Devils).
The Devils consisted of 25 units, 5 in each stack. I had Mephala level 6 (with experience, armor, and leadership): 25 Ducks, 2 Dragons, 1 Angel, 15 Unique creatures, and 70 Centaurs. After the Guardian of the Fortress, 23 Ducks, 13 Unique creatures, and a couple of Centaurs survived. I didn't dare attack anything in the center, so I scouted around. I realized I was wasting a lot of time and decided to take the Hive dwelling for 20-49 gold (47 Unique creatures), but I suffered further losses: 2 Unique creatures and 5 Ducks. The Hive had minimal troops, and I was at a disadvantage. I continued scouting the center, retreated home to gather Pandora, a couple of home dwellings, and regenerate mana. On day 126, the opponent saw my hero near his Guardian of the Fortress through air scouting and tried to catch my main hero with a stack of units and manacles. However, after a clash with 85 Sorcerers, who had already cast Mass Haste, he lost everything. Seeing a scout, and in desperation, he surrendered on Titans.
Thanks for the game, and good luck in the future ;)
