Reports of online games and their confirmations (Spring 2012 season).

20.04.12 HellLighT (Blue, Necropolis, Claudius, Galtran) def Lider1 (Red, Flax, Pasis, Dessa) 8mm6a 225

Surprisingly, on the first map, I was blocked from all sides.
First direction: a horde of orcs, about 50 griffins, and a large group of vipers.
Second direction: 100+ nomads
Third direction: a horde of medusas

There's no chance of capturing any resources. I hang out at my respawn point with 4 heroes.

On the second map, I took a minor artifact, broke through the vipers to reach a town, and by turn 125, I played remarkably well, defending against the Hive for Djinns. I didn't expose my Fairy and lost an Angel :smile35:. I'm frustrated. I had already imagined how I would place Moner on that Angel and practically won the battle in my mind :D, but it wasn't meant to be. One thing is good: Dessa ate several boxes and reached level 17 as an Earth and Air expert. There are 2 Dragon Utopias.

On the third map, I start building a Mage Guild slowly. I go through the nomads, see one-way monoliths, and thought maybe I could get to the opponent if I block one of them. On turn 135, I capture a secondary tavern. I head towards a fork leading to either Crimson or Pink; there's a Dragon Utopia and boots!!

On the fourth map, I take all these things. I start building a Mage Guild in Rampart, hoping for Dimension Door or at least some kind of control. Also, I acquired home Dragon Utopias.

By the fifth week, I don't know where to go anymore. I carefully collect absolutely all scrolls. NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Not even anything remotely resembling control. I went from the Crimson respawn point deeper into the unknown.

As it turned out later, there were no scrolls with any form of control available in my accessible territories. BUT there was Town Portal and Fly in the tavern. If I had known, I wouldn't have built a Mage Guild in my own or the computer's Rampart. If only I knew... Also, the only passage to the opponent was through Pink. The map turned out buggy. Also, the one-way monoliths led nowhere.

Meanwhile, the opponent emerged. He took the Castle. He killed my Gundula with three Angels. I planned to lure him by staying in the Castle. I think about how to do this. But they are coming towards me so quickly that it seems like I need to get into the Rampart. On turn 1, he almost got me; he didn't reach me with shackles just 3 squares away because he overlooked air vision. Fortunately, everything worked out.

I kill the ballista on Fortress. From that side, shackles start to appeal to me. This is what we were counting on :D. There's also a cloak. And we begin exchanging lightning bolts.

In the end, I kill dragons and angels. I pray that the opponent doesn't have enough mana. HUH. He ran out! I help myself to finish off these skeletons faster with lightning. The opponent says "I believe the towers will run out of arrows" :D Well, you perverse guy, I think, but okay, I drain his mana myself now, thinking that I won, damn it, I finally did it, I'll go buy something nice, eat, basically make plans. What was my surprise when on the same turn Galtran attacked me, even though he had fewer troops, but I don't either!!! During the battle, I cursed that I didn't buy unicorns for aura resistance, I cursed myself for wasting mana, and I also cursed that I hid in the Castle instead of revealing parameters; I should have bought more troops, although he might not have fallen for the ruse.

So, in the end, I am left with 1 viper who attacks gremlins with morale, and there are 6 gremlins, an archer, and a Mage Guild hero. I regretted equipping the luck enhancer; maybe morale would have helped, but this is just a theory...

In general, it was an epic fail. Nevertheless, this was my best game this year. Or rather, the game itself turned out badly. But its finale was very interesting and unpredictable. Respect to HellLighT for his determination to win and

Thank you for the game!