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

19.05.2012 SVAROG (blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Nolife (red, Tower, Torosar, Sirena 2SM4d(3), 144
I took one restart, 112 and off we went.
Week 1 — No hounds. With Crag Hack, 6 orcs arrive + I build 7 = 13, playable. I discover that the wood mine is blocked by 50-99 gremlins behind a pandora's box, and the stone mine by 10-19 demons. I think about taking 111, but I scout an external dwelling, we play. The third hero to arrive is Gosha. The path to the secondary is swamp guarded by 20-49 hounds. On 113 I attack — there are 48 of them! I get through with heavy losses, further on the road is blocked by 20-49 zombies. I attack and lose completely!!! There are 46 of them, and I have 13 orcs and a little fodder. I write GG, but my opponent gives me the auto-win, for which thank him. I replay the fights, and come out of them with 10 orcs and a couple of singles, capturing the swamp. Gosha expertises necromancy + I find a cloak in a cart, I get Earth magic, Crag Hack gets Tactics, Archery + I find an artifact +10% to Archery, Earth, but I only learned Slow at the end of the game. First week — complete failure, no wood or stone, by 115 only 1, 3, Citadel and 1000 are built. I build 2 marketplaces with the last wood, on 116 — hounds, on 117 — birds. Total: 1, 2, 3, 5 in the Citadel + 1000. Disaster. I didn't take the external dwelling because I had no one to take it with. But there was a lot of gold lying around.
Week 2: Lots of gold, so I immediately buy the growth + hire Grechkin with goblins — I take the external dwelling, losing 2 singles. I place them in the castle, so at the start of the week I have 2 Ancient Behemoths and a combat-ready army. I capture the secondary — Inferno, Naga Bank, max Medusa hive. In the castle: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 in the castle. Gosha makes skeletons, but very slowly.
Week 3: I take the pandora's box behind the gremlins — it gives 35 orcs. I break into the treasure zone and start clearing it, I get Sword +6, Shield +6, two Dragon Fly Hives +6, +12 Wyverns. No Oil, so losses are skeletons, which I was so desperately gathering. Pandora's box with 20 non-elite vampires. On 137 I stand with Crag Hack on the ramp before the Dragon Utopia.
Week 4: I pass the entire army along the chain — 10 non-elite Ancient Behemoths, 14 Wyverns, about 150 skeletons, I don't take 60 orcs into the Dragon Utopia, a hundred goblins, 20 vampires. I take the Dragon Utopia — there's a Helm +6 All. I lose almost all skeletons.
I break through an adjacent secondary to the opponent, I stand on the ramp with Crag Hack, the opponent attacks, I run away, Gosha is behind with the whole army and artifacts.
I pass the entire army back to the castle along the chain, buy back Crag Hack, upgrade the Ancient Behemoths, stand on the ramp in front of the GO — 5-9 Fairy Dragons (turned out to be 6). On 143 I attack, losing 2 Ancient Behemoths, 6 Wyverns, etc. I break through to the opponent's castle but fall short by a few moves; Crag Hack never got Logistics. Torosar stands in the castle and starts bombarding me with turrets. Takes out 3 or 4 birds. I don't dare attack — only 9 mana points, and there are 500+ Genies, 5-9 Angels, 10-19 Naga Queens, 20-49 Mages. I decide to go capture a secondary to replenish mana, I want to finish building the magic guild in Inferno — I had a scroll of Implosion. But the opponent attacked himself. Final battle: Crag Hack level 16, 23 21 10 9 (9 mana), 8 Ancient Behemoths, 7 Wyverns, 57 orcs, 98 orcs. Sirena level 12, 1 5 6 9 (87), 8 Angels, 500+ Genies, 11 Naga Queens, 33 Mages, single Genies. Sirena casts Mass Haste, hides the Genies. My turn — expert Oil, I hit the Angels with 8 Ancient Behemoths — 5 of them gone immediately. The opponent surrenders! Thanks for the game, and for the auto-win! The pace was very slow due to the lack of wood and stone; I thought it was 100% a lost game, but everything turned out well!