21.09.2012 Javdet (blue, random, Lorelei, Shakti) def Hermit (red, random, Conflux, Brissa, Vidomina) 8mm6a, 222

Shakti entered with 3 stacks, with an eye nearby. The roads were generated a bit awkwardly — a bugged passage to purple heavily confused map understanding.
At home, only a Citadel remained by the end of the game; I was building Barbarian and Conflux under an Armageddon scroll. There was a constant financial strain. But then things got sad — scout heroes with small armies uncovered quite a lot, and there was only one Dragon Utopia, and even that one was behind a pillar.. I ran into a treasury, explored it completely, and got a measly 4 Wyverns and +1 to all stats. Finally, a scout hero finds a Dragon Utopia near the central village, which kept changing hands. And here I make probably the only mistake that could have cost me the game. My miner was at the time a day's march from a strategically important swamp town. I figured the road to the village was quite far, and the opponent's scout heroes wouldn't reach it. The scouts didn't, but a souped-up Vidomina with Boots of Speed and Dimension Door handled it quite easily. The Dragon Utopia is lost. And I see +2 speed on the opponent and a red orb.
Truly disheartening, I run off to search further. The generator, though, at least partially compensated with an abundance of scrolls and both Dimension Door and Town Portal in the guild.
Finally, a town portal is found; wings and boots are a bit little for a month of searching, but there's cash for buying. And Vidomina conveniently presents herself. About 30 Thunderbirds, 8 Phoenixes from Conflux, 12 Angels, 13 Zealots, 32 Wyverns, 400 Troglodytes, and 95 Evil Eyes with a large stockpile overcame 1000 Skeletons, 5 Angels, about 25 Wyverns, and nearly 100 Demons. The Necromancer buys back with 300 Skeletons, and I'm glad I managed to preserve the fast stacks. We ran around for another hour, and Lorelei catches the Necromancer in a village.

Thanks for the interesting game.