Both took a restart. The spawn was average. Harpies weren't built, no decent heroes were seen. Managed to get Pyre from the tavern somehow and rode her for the first week. Broke through to the Fortress secondary (without a fort) fairly quickly and spotted an external dwelling of gorgons and basiliks near their castle. A rough plan of action formed. Next, I took the Elf secondary, spotted 2 Griffin Conservatories, checked one — a pair with a ghost steward. After leveling Pyre a bit to 117, I took the external dwelling of gorgons barely scraping by (2 morale procs went off for the cows). By the second week, I have 18 bulls — not bad. Lucky — Shakti shows up and becomes the dad. Took 2 Griffin Conservatories — 2+1, captured the Vial of Life, a couple more artifacts dropped from crypts. Gave up on building up the Dungeon, building up the Fortress from scratch. Ended up with 1-5 in the castle. On day 127, Shakti takes the external dwelling of basilisks, plus a ring of +1 speed (a bunch of crazies were blocking the dwelling). Buy a spellbook in the Fortress — lucky, got Slow. Expert Earth was already there. Also, with the scouting spell, the GO is lit up and I see the opponent preparing to hit it. On day 132, I take another minimal Griffin Conservatory, clear some banks, buy everything out. On day 133, the opponent hits the GO, reveals Shakti with the scouting spell, and surrenders. It just didn't work out for him at all. Thanks for the game!
Both took a restart. The spawn was average. Harpies weren't built, no decent heroes were seen. Managed to get Pyre from the tavern somehow and rode her for the first week. Broke through to the Fortress secondary (without a fort) fairly quickly and spotted an external dwelling of gorgons and basiliks near their castle. A rough plan of action formed. Next, I took the Elf secondary, spotted 2 Griffin Conservatories, checked one — a pair with a ghost steward. After leveling Pyre a bit to 117, I took the external dwelling of gorgons barely scraping by (2 morale procs went off for the cows). By the second week, I have 18 bulls — not bad. Lucky — Shakti shows up and becomes the dad. Took 2 Griffin Conservatories — 2+1, captured the Vial of Life, a couple more artifacts dropped from crypts. Gave up on building up the Dungeon, building up the Fortress from scratch. Ended up with 1-5 in the castle. On day 127, Shakti takes the external dwelling of basilisks, plus a ring of +1 speed (a bunch of crazies were blocking the dwelling). Buy a spellbook in the Fortress — lucky, got Slow. Expert Earth was already there. Also, with the scouting spell, the GO is lit up and I see the opponent preparing to hit it. On day 132, I take another minimal Griffin Conservatory, clear some banks, buy everything out. On day 133, the opponent hits the GO, reveals Shakti with the scouting spell, and surrenders. It just didn't work out for him at all. Thanks for the game!