Speed and aggression.

22.03.2012 shpilenger(blue, random, Bog, Gervulf, Zhabarkas) def twaryna(red, random, Dungeon, Dimer, Shakti, Luna) 122 speed 1 M-U
Roads are slow, my comps are Bog and Inferno, both are Rampart there, in the tavern Corbak and bows are not built. Good respawn (2 Medusa stores, Dwarf Cottage, Sword+3, Griffin Conservatory, external dwellings of Wyvern, Gnolls and Basilisk) tight with heroes, only one Zhabarkas and even then I leveled him for the conservatory. On week 1 I placed Hydras in the fort, took the Bog comp he has 1-4 and secondary, painted external dwellings of Wyvern and Gnolls.
121 Zhabarkas at the throne conservatory, building chains and moving meat from secondaries.
122 Scouting shows a miner in the treasure zone. Zhabarkas takes the level 2 conservatory (could have taken max level), losing 2 Serpents and 5 Basilisks, and reaches the miner. In the FB, the decisive factor was the miner's lack of offensive spells, being 1000 XP short of Expert Earth, and not equipping Gladius. Sanya couldn't break through the cover of Lizardmen with Wyverns and Angels and surrendered. In my opinion, he could have kept fighting. Thanks for the game!

I confirm. Initially we chose by rest. On my second roll I got Dungeon and an external dwelling of Manticores right away. I took it on day one, but for some reason I immediately attacked the Lizardmen (for money to buy Kraeg) and disgracefully threw away an excellent start, had to restart. In the end, an equally great setup fell out. Dungeon + Shakti start! Also got Luna + Dimer + Eislinn, hero pool was excellent. Plenty of money in the respawn and mega-artifacts for Luna: curta + 3 spells and cloak +2 knowledge and spells. All great, but not a single external dwelling in the respawn. Also not a single Griffin Conservatory or Dragon Fly Hive. I immediately thought that because of this I might not win. Simply due to the lack of the necessary amount of meat. I rushed to the Rampart zone. Captured both castles, the comps killed themselves on me. I spotted 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a level 1 conservatory (took it right away with Shakti), took one Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns, the second was far away and guarded by 50-99 Water Elementals, there was maybe a scroll lying there. I decided not to take it and not lose tempo. There were no external dwellings here either, by the way. Except for one Dwarf Cottage. Meanwhile, Luna collected artifacts, went to the upgrade spots and on day 7 broke into GO (upgraded Wyverns and then Ruhks). On 121 Shakti broke through into the castle in the center. The center, by the way, was very poor, not what I expected. 3 Golden Shakti, Gladius, one quest artifact and 2 Pandora's Boxes. But nothing could be done. Luna collected Gladius, Shakti opened one Pandora hoping for XP - got 25 Dogs. And on 122 he attacked. The lack of Slow decided it, I was simply 1000 XP short of Expert Earth, since there is very little XP on the map. Also, this turn was already made before, but the save somehow got lost. After loading, I derped and didn't equip Gladius and also forgot to take Beholders into the army. Though I doubt it would have changed anything. If there had been at least one decent external dwelling in my 3 zones, everything could have been different, but it is what it is. Thanks for the game!