26.03.2012 crzq (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def ISeeDeadPpl (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) Mini-nostalgia 144.

I picked mini-nosta, took blue to pick Castle first, and also restarts are more favorable plus no hassle with mana restoration in the castle and daily resources. We restarted for quite a while, opponent took 111+112, I took 111.

111 - Shakti with 2 stacks, got Sephiroth and Brissa - useful heroes + fairies for speed. Around the castle money is tight, but a pandora's box for wood (42 as it turned out) was tempting. I rushed to beat Shakti's guards (hobbits, I think) and also used him to scout the area - there's plenty of gold scattered around, no particularly nasty blockers, not too deep in the respawn a Griffin Conservatory visible past 20+ Energy Elementals, a Dragon Fly Hive past 50+ wood, a Dwarf Cottage on the way, and 3 external Troglodyte dwellings + 1 Medusa dwelling. Money was only enough for 3 heroes (that's why I used Shakti for scouting), apparently I bought all Troglodytes in vain. But the layout seemed promising, I decide to play.
112 - Gold collection, 7 heroes. I buy Grindan and decide to level him to Spellpower - I run him through 2 upgrade structures off-road - result: level 3 and experience ground. I revealed an external dwelling of Eyes a day's travel from the castle off-road (next to 2 external Troglodyte dwellings). Shakti runs to the Dwarf Cottage, clearing light blocks along the way.
113 - Checked the Dwarf Cottage - it's Throng's version, Shakti with 3 Attack and basic Offense with 120 Troglodytes is scary to engage, I decide to break through to the adjacent zone via underground (turned out to be Citadel) and camp at the Dwarf Cottage, meanwhile sending a long chain of everything upwards to capture and Portal of Summoning the Eye dwelling.
114 - An Inferno computer pops out and kills my important scout hero sent to collect 2 piles of gold and scout. The Citadel computer with its full army stands at the underground entrance. 20 Eyes (didn't have enough gold for 1 more, barely scraped together by breaking chains) and 150 Troglodytes take the max Dwarf Cottage without major issues (though I lost more there than I should have). Then through the strategic external tavern I captured the Citadel computer, leaving all Troglodytes on Shakti.
115 - I drove 20 Eyes and 140 Troglodytes back to clear the pandora's box with Grindan. Attacked - and there were 42 wood (hoped for around 20-30). Barely managed under Spellpower, losing only the fattened singles (a fairy and a Troglodyte, I think) (just barely cleared - Grindan was left with 0 mana; without Bless losses would have been significant). In the pandora's box: 10k - Shakti: Expert Offense, Tactics, Logistics, Air Magic. Grindan also grabs Scholar.
116-117 - I kill the Inferno computer, capture the remaining external Troglodyte and Medusa dwellings. Dungeon: tiers 1-3 in Fort, in Citadel: Bears in Castle. Thanks to the external market. I revealed a Bear dwelling, but it's far to reach, and guarded by 20+ Vampire Lords.
121-123 - Pointless running around, wasting timer to no effect (all game like this). Transport and purchase of all Dungeon creatures from external dwellings. Grindan under Energy Elementals, Shakti on 3-4 Griffin Conservatories on Barbarian lands for speed. And a major fail - I speed Grindan without equipping the artifact +1 to mana regeneration.
124 - As a result, Grindan with 256 Troglodytes and 36 Eyes, almost no fattened units, attacks Energy Elementals with 9 mana, just in case I use Spellpower (hoping the Conservatory isn't max). The Conservatory is, of course, max. No Shield, I use Stone Skin. Barely crawl out of it with a loss of 100 Troglodytes and 30 Eyes. Shakti takes a treasure zone without serious losses and runs to clear the Bear dwelling.
125-135 - Shakti goes into the Citadel treasure zone, as it turns out, also Citadel-style, pandora's boxes there, starts consuming Dragon Fly Hives (giving Scouting + Earth + Wisdom). With adventures, I kill the Castle computer and speed up at the entrance to the treasure zone, planning to take the Dragon Utopia revealed there.
136 - Barely trade resources to buy all 8 Bears, deliver them via a long chain to Shakti, and he runs into a mini Dragon Utopia, where the Troglodytes get finished off (lost around 100-130, I think). The loot was excellent - Helm of the Alabaster +10/-2 and a set for Elixir of Life.
137 - Scrape together and clear the remaining resources via chains, build Angels. Shakti speeds up in the Castle.
141 - After buying 3 more Angels, I run to the central treasure zone (with 150 mana). Army: 10 Angels, 8 Bears, 24 Wyverns, 6 Birds. All Dragon Fly Hives (about 5-6) turned out mini or pre-mini. I break a double Guardian Object, losing all Birds to 5 Rust Dragons.
142 - Stupidly splitting the army and not assembling the Elixir, I lose a Bear to Mages (there were about 87 of them, in 1 stack, from the retaliation of 4 Bears they killed one), behind which were Boots of Speed. For 1-4 Fairies: Shield +12, and a road block. Thank goodness, they flee. Shakti on level 7 speed has 3588 movement points. I free the prisons, lead the scout heroes - spread out across the treasure zone.
143 - Saw an Air spell book, on the way to it a Dragon Utopia, then another one. Dropped Air and Earth spell books, a Red Orb, and a Sack of Gold +1k. Along the way picked up an Orb of Earth.
144 - The opponent bursts in with 5 Birds, 5 Angels, and 48 Dwarves (I think). Combat stats about 10 worse, mana around 40. Shakti has ~100. I attack and dismantle them without issue, flooding with magic (even with level 7 spell power, but with the orb) and overwhelming with Haste.

Unfortunately, after the Dragon Utopias there was a lot of gold, and in a pandora's box they gave 15 Pit Lords, while my growth was almost completely unrecruited for those 4 weeks, I could have in about a week with the Elixir built a stack of around 300-400 Demons, but it didn't work out.

Thanks for the game!