Season: "Summer 2012". Online games for rating (reports, confirmations, discussions).

03.06.2012 CryptoNight(blue, Castle, Turis, Tyraxor) def Juristis(red, Fortress, Wystan, Crag Hack) 2sm4d3 142
We played full random, lately I've really come to love this format
Week 1 went really smoothly. Chains worked great - from the start 24 archers, have level 2 - everything is mega cool. Onward - I see an external dwelling of angels for 50+ water elementals (I understand there are 100 of them) - this is week 2. I see an external dwelling of cavaliers for 5-9 gr units, another 3 resource piles. I understand there are 9 of them. On day 113 Tyraxor broke into a secondary - hit 29-49 elves - unfolded the chain, on the other side of the chain Wystan broke into a Conflux secondary. I see an external dwelling of air elementals - buy 12 air elementals and on day 116 start hitting the cavaliers - first attempt: lost 6 air elementals, 18 spearmen, and 3 swordsmen... and for some reason entered the cavalier dwelling with only archers and single units, and even with negative morale - total facepalm - well, a loss... had to take auto... next time on breaking through the units I lose 12 spearmen, 12 air elementals, and a swordsman... in the dwelling I lose another 2 swordsmen. Then with 8 cavaliers I break into a third secondary - nothing there - I break into Conflux - and from there I'm going to storm the treasure zone. Meanwhile Wystan breaks through to almost 100 water elementals with a gr stack - I lose 2 archers and 5 spearmen and some single fairies - and then an even bigger facepalm - I go into the angel dwelling without cavaliers......... with archers and single units - this is the height of absurdity - naturally - morale and loss. I finish off the remaining angels with cavaliers - and immediately lose another 1 cavalier on breaking through the Hive guard - that's too much. But we're playing - I run to the treasure zone - there I found another 4 hives - totaling 24 Wyverns, I lose a wyvern to a dumb move. Crag Hack breaks through to me at a secondary, takes a shield from the liches and leaves. I lose another 4 ducks on breaking through a pandora - 90+ medusas for 15k exp with a gr stack in the underground... those bastards hit hard. Week 2 is already ending... Then Tyraxor breaks into another secondary, learns Mass Haste and takes level 2 Griffin Conservatory. On day 135 I see a Sword +5 all (lose another 1 cavalier to a dumb move) - break through 7 gold dragons, and find another 1 hive (max). So we have 31 Wyverns, 4 angels, and 13 cavaliers. I spot a Dragon Utopia a day's travel from Conflux - go to it - minimal Dragon Utopia - gave Captain's Hat. But there's money - break for home, upgrade cavaliers - and run to the opponent. On day 137 I left 17 swordsmen at home to upgrade and bring champions - but on day 141, Crag Hack attacks me.
First Fight
Stats are about equal - but he has much more meat.
Crag Hack (14 15 7 8 28 mana) - 75 gr lizardmen, 26 gr basiliks, 6 angels, 22 wyverns, 59 gnolls, and single serpents
Tyraxor (18 15 10 9 90 mana) - 4 angels, 31 wyverns, 13 champions, and single fairies)
Both have expert morale and I have tactics. After exchanging Wait actions, lizardmen take down 1 wyvern, then wyverns with Mass Haste knock out 59 gnolls first, get morale, and hit the opponent's wyverns, kill 8 of them and die to retaliation (mine), then opponent's wyverns hit mine - 5 wyverns lost on each side. Fairies remove retaliation from basilisks, which covered the lizardmen. Serpents with Mass Haste dispel Haste from the cavaliers. Cavaliers, on their turn, move to strike range - and again morale. We hit the basilisks - minus 6) Serpents dispel Haste from the angels - angels minus another 3 basilisks. Then opponent's angels hit mine - minus 2.
Round 2 - opponent's angels finish off my 2 angels, morale - blow into the cavaliers. Then wyverns also hit my cavaliers. I remove retaliation from the angels, cast Prayer on my wyverns and opponent's angels (Prayer for 275) and hit the angels with wyverns. Basilisks almost kill the champions - 2 remain, and on the champions' turn I retreat.
So I traded 4 angels, 11 champions, and 11 wyverns for 9 basilisks, 3 angels, 17 wyverns, and 59 gnolls.
After retreating, I build Mage Guild 5 in Conflux - summons of garbage - what a kick in the teeth. No way around it - the Mage Guild gave me crap (level 4 Frenzy and Water Walk). After that I scraped together money to buy 1 angel, 7 champions, 30 crusaders, and 12 griffins - Meanwhile Crag Hack storms into me, having forgotten to equip artifacts. Realizing I can't miss such a chance, I put on Shackles and attack - GG follows.....
Thanks for the game - managed to make a comeback on the opponent's mistake.
P.S. Autosave reverted to day 123))))))