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

04/05/12. Juristis (red, Castle, Caitlin, Gurnisson) def Nolife (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) 213 8mm6a

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212 - we take the opponent's main, Gurnisson ports home, I get ready to clear the home corner treasure zone. On this turn the opponent pops out and breaks the chain in the swamp. Alright, have it your way.
213 - Gurnisson breaks into the swamp, we upgrade 25 Wyverns that are in hand, and go for the opponent. Forgot an Angel at the scout hero.

Final battle. I cast Mass Haste, scary to play against 53 Behemoths with Defense specialty, and they didn't give any tactics. In round 1, Dragons Incinerate Wyvern+Behemoths, -10 of each. In response -2 Dragons. Angel takes off a single one, Wyverns into Wyverns, another -8, Champions into Behemoths, -4. Opponent's retaliatory Oil and attack, -almost all Champions and another 4 Dragons.
Round 2 - opponent blinds 9 Dragons and charges into the Angels, -5. But in doing so leaves himself exposed. We cast Mass Haste and Skeletons into the Wyverns, only 9 remain.
Round 3 - Dispel on the Dragons, Wyverns bite the Behemoths, Dragons Incinerate them+Basilisks, opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game, by the end it was almost 7 AM for me)

I confirm.
It was a good layout: a healthy respawn, 6 external Gnoll dwellings, 2 external Manticore dwellings. Money, though, was tight, and the blocks were unpleasant (that's where the Gnolls came in handy. Against 100+ upgraded Harpies I gave away about 60+ Gnolls... etc.) I started taking Dragon Utopias from week 3, took 6 in total, got Water and Air Books, Sphere of Antimagic, Angel Wings.... not bad, but I was hoping for Earth Book... (I was counting on the explosion with Town Portal, since I had Expert Earth).
Before the final battle I made a fatal mistake, I brought Wystan too close to my main, whereupon the opponent broke in, and on the last turn reached me. The plan was to cut off the opponent's growth, then use the Wings to connect with my own growth, and then attack... or go on to more treasure zone, with that kind of control.
In the final battle I failed even more=( I left two strike stacks exposed to Incinerate (completely forgot that Dragons have Incinerate :eek: , probably the 7AM took its toll).
And the final fail was when I spent the entire first round of the final battle thinking about how to clone the Manticores and hit the Gold Dragons. And when it all seemed to work out, I press Clone, and the opponent has a Cloak... Immediate facepalm and ----morale.
Thanks for the game!