30.05.2012 Sevensan (Red, rnd, necro, Sandro, Galthran) Def Redwhite_HP (Blue, rnd, Tower, Tan, Kyrre) Anarchy 136
The 4 necro + Galthran draw, of course I played. Opponent on 113 got Kyrre + diplomacy with her! That same day he lost to zombies. And he boosted diplo only on 133 :(
116 Sandro got diplomacy. I was happy. Leveled him a bit.
117 at home, Vampires in Castle +3 attack boosters from secondary skills. 230 guys at week's end.
121-127 got Helm of the Alabaster +6 all, Shield +12, earth magic booster, Boots 15% necro, Cloak 10% necro. And took a Dragon Utopia with Blackshard of the Dead Knight + Sphere of Inhibition. 600 skeletons.
131-133 cleared the remaining tasty part of the treasure zone. 2 Dragon Utopias = Gloves, Necklace +3 all, Torso +4+4, Club +5, Blue Hood, Helm +10, Cloak 2 speed. In short, full control and stats 21 30 15 14. 1200 skeletons + on 131 Galthran got diplomacy offered! I switched to him again.
136 Already recruited a couple of stacks as in the picture below, but then surrender came. With two Cartographers everyone saw everything. Thanks for the game.
It was pretty much like that :)
At first I got a Pikeman, Dessa, and a Cleric — the column below is there, well I decided not to send Dessa since the chance for diplo wasn't high, and I sent Pikeman and Cleric (and in the end Dessa at level 2 on 123!! got diplo :D )
So on 112, 16 more Gremlins came with Nixi, totaling 70, and then with the Cleric I went for the Zombies for 2 resources and Cyclops, and then there was Ore and Treasure Chests and gold was tight. He had 89, I only had 70 Gremlins and a few Gargoyles without a War Machine — they beat me up. I wanted to surrender, but through the External Market I bought a couple of heroes and damn, Kyrre got a diploma. In the end I decided to play on, even though there weren't many chances. In the first battle I fought with 16 Gremlins from Nixi's secondaries and Dessa's leftovers in the form of Wolves and Goblins. At level 3 I decided to take Tactics for Kyrre — was it worth it? Who knows. Then I put off the diploma for a very long time, just like the Log.
The map also gave a crappy draw — only 1 Crypt, I lived off the External Market. Exits were far, so only on the second week. I barely built Nagas. On the second week I at least joined 50 Gremlins and found a free Underground Cartographer behind the Zombies.
On 126 I opened it and saw that the Red player hadn't been in the Underground at all, so overall there was room to maneuver, just no time.
I saw Wings behind 10-19 Cyclops groups, but I had to go far there since there were no other options left. (By the way, on the respawn there were no Dragon Fly Hives nor Cons) On 132 I grabbed the Wings but messed up and on the last move didn't take a Prison since I had 8 heroes :smile48: and in the end I was left without artifacts :( On 133 I basically lost a turn, messed up with moves again, and on 134 Red came out with a legion of Skeletons, which was expected in principle. Then I went into the opponent's treasure zone while the opponent didn't show Dimension Door — I was basically calm. I opened the upper Cartographer too, saw a bunch of Dragon Utopias, and the opponent had already taken enough.
Then Sevan also took the Underground Cartographer, showed Dimension Door, gathered the Cloak of the Undead King, and I surrendered with a clear conscience :)
Thanks for the game, at least I remembered how the horses move, and that's pleasing, because who knows how long I hadn't played.
P.S. Cobra, you didn't happen to make a typo and meant ~2 days :D