The start was very good: Eilina, Rutger, and Hafa in heroes, ore and sawmill taken on day 1, couldn’t find the prison or the bow dwelling for a long time (there simply wasn’t another one), found both on day 4. And who do you think was in the prison? Dougal! At that point I had leveled Rutger to level 6, but after thinking it over I gave the entire army to Dougal and away we went. In the second week I broke through all adjacent zones and explored one a bit. On the 3rd week I broke into the center, captured the gold mine there, and broke into another center, where I captured ore and wood and merged into the town in the middle of the 4th week. By that time Eilina had trained 9 paladins, 11 marksmen, and 20 inquisitors. The hero went to break through another center (which turned out to be the one I had broken into from the first one) — when I was breaking through, the simultaneous turn phase was ending. There I picked up the Ent stash, which allowed upgrading the paladins, and broke into an adjacent zone by the elf. I explored a bit there, on the second day transferred the army I could afford (income was just over 6000: Crosses, Sack, and Treasury Management) and went for the elf’s town. I was one step short of stopping reinforcement delivery to the town, which however did not save Ossir, who had no mana and, as I understood, no magic schools.
Thanks for the game! My first game with a finale in this tournament:)