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24.11.2012 Snooppy (blue, Castle, Valeska, Dess) def wariator (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a 237

Good start: big respawn, 2 external dwellings of marksmen, lots of money, a shield +5 lying around. Right away, Crag Hack, Dess, and Monere come in a crowd. Dess grabbed Earth. Immediately broke into zones 22 and 26, revealed a Griffin Conservatory and two Dragon Fly Hives, one of which (in the center) later turned out to be maxi. Horses in the Castle. Beautiful! :smile54:
On the second week, I captured my AI ally's conf (turned out to be far away, and through a long gorge as well). Dess ended up in a trap: going back is far, no chain, and the AI wouldn't let up. In short, a week wasted. :smile48: Monere on the second front checked the Griffin Conservatory — a two-stack with upgraded ones, army far away.
Third week. In the depths of the ally's respawn, a stable and a metro nearby are spotted. Decision made to return Dess through zone 26 (maybe something interesting will be found there). Found a Fly scroll :going:. On 133 the army was reunited. Monere dashed to a village, but didn't have enough movement points to enter it. Bought a scout hero to return the army, and Monere blocked the road :smile25:, had to dismiss… Dess takes the Griffin Conservatory. From the prison, Moandor level 10 is liberated and immediately gets into action, revealing another Griffin Conservatory nearby. Griffin Conservatory is a single :smile05:, Dragon Fly Hive for 8 ducks, Dess runs to two more Dragon Fly Hives near the village, Moandor decides to clear the Naga Bank. At 137, in zone 14, the first (and as it turned out, my only) Dragon Utopia is finally revealed.
The fourth week started with Dragon Fly Hives, 22 ducks. I send Dess home for the little shield, and also to level up (guards are tough). I enter the Naga Bank, pick up the little shield and a sword +2 attack/defense. And why did I do that? :smile30: I have enough resources! I build the mage guild in my conf for the Fly scroll. On 145 the guild is ready and Dess flew. Exits to other zones are broken through, scout heroes go there, and Dess captures a village from the reds in zone 11.
Fifth week. Kyrre is nowhere to be seen. No signs of control either. :smile32: Dess sets off on a long journey to the only explored Dragon Utopia :smile13:. While running, she took a maxi-Griffin Conservatory, picked up a sword +6, bracers, an external dwelling of Hydras (very handy, since there wasn't enough meat for the Dragon Utopia) — a good treasury, I liked it :smile20:. At 215 I finally take the Dragon Utopia (little Kyrre takes his first Dragon Utopia on the same turn :smile08:). Dragon Utopia is a three-stack, falls without losses, they didn't even kill the Hydra, had to dismiss it so it wouldn't slow down movement. Gave stat boosts (body and hat from the dragon) and Levitation Boots :smile54:.
Sixth week. No control and nowhere to get it, can't see any :smile45:. In light of this, I even started capturing all the scrolls I saw (It happens sometimes, just not this time). Kyrre still nowhere to be seen, seems to have trouble with control too.
After that I ran around treasures. I conjured up more Angels (4-5 Griffin Conservatories total), found an external dwelling of horses and that's it. Got boring, at 233 I took the reds' main. We put it aside at that point.
After resuming, I started capturing the red's castles, but Kyrre apparently didn't like that, appeared, as usual, out of nowhere, and started capturing my castles, including the capital. The newly discovered external dwelling of Angels instantly became irrelevant, Dess flies back at full speed, can't quite make it and stops nearby in a village. Kyrre decides to sit it out, counting on the growth of Archers :smile42:, but giving them up wasn't in the plans, so, assessing the meat advantage, I put on the Magic Cape, Spirit of Lament, and attack. Even though there was an elixir, the meat advantage was significant and the enemy capitulates! :smile49:

Thanks for the game!