One for all, and all for one!

I'll repost here before I forget, if our team loses the second game, please move this report to the season thread.

Third game

Troglodytes in the Fog - Three Bogatyrs 1-0
26.11.2012 Kilgor (blue, Inferno, Calid/Kyrre) def HellLighT (red, Castle, Turin/Gunnar) Mininostalgia 216

Full random, us and the computers.

I was dealt 2 Ramparts and Necropolis, opponent got Tower, Necropolis, and Conflux.

111 Spawned in the underground, one long road, a fork starts after a day's travel. Spread out to 5 heroes, got Kyrre and Tyraxor. Revealed a Griffin Conservatory, an external Pit Fiend dwelling, and an external Demon dwelling. Plans: take the Conservatory if it's a 1-creature guard, capture both Ramparts, place Rogues in the Citadels there. Pits at home in Fort.
112 Revealed a second external Demon dwelling. The Conservatory turned out to be a 1-creature guard, will take it next turn. 6 heroes. Saw a block of 5-9 ghost dragons in one of the Ramparts.
113 Take the Conservatory. Using chains to gather resources. Kyrre ran down the wrong road and hit a dead end.
114 The roads are extremely long, a 3-day journey to the second fork! Using chains to transfer troops to a scout hero and break a passage from the underground to the second Rampart. The respawn is generous right away, lots of chests and gold lying around.
115 Tyraxor goes to clear the Rampart's respawn with 1 angel, 11 demons, and 3 pits. Kyrre is scouting near the guard of the passage to the Necro computer. I decide to build Efreeti and open a second front.
116 Tyraxor is rampaging through the Rampart's respawn, finds Gloves and a Dwarf Cottage. Kyrre breaks through 15 Orcs guarding the passage to the Necro computer. And here's the surprise: the passage to the opponent's treasure zone glitched and blocked the way to the computer. Orcs 20-49, I estimate them to be around maximum strength — can't break through with just 2 Efreeti. Frustrated, I attacked the guard of an experience obelisk and a skill tree, and the guard turned out to be 30 Orcs... lost 2 Efreeti and fled with Kyrre. As upset as an elephant. No money, no buildings, Kyrre in the tavern.
117 Take the Rampart, find some money, buy back Kyrre and put her at the stables near the Rampart. Result: I have positions 1,2,4,5,6 in the Citadel, the opponent has 1,2,3,4 in the Fort.
121 Little Kyrre eats 15 Dwarf Cottages and goes into the snow treasure zone.
122 Catastrophically low on money!! Bring up some troops, break through the passage into the treasure zone, standing near a Dragon Fly Hive. Leveling Kyrre and Tyraxor simultaneously.
123 Two Dragon Fly Hives +6 and +8. Lost a Dragon Fly guarding the second (70 Elves). Take the dungeon, build a Mage Guild. See a Dragon Utopia, an external Dragon dwelling, and a couple of Pandora's Boxes. Licking my lips at one of them — 50-99 Archmagi.
124 Take the external Dragon dwelling. Via chains, another Dragon Fly Hive (4). Going to the University.
125 Take the University, check with a scout hero — 66 Archmagi. Decide to fight! 1 Angel + 1 Dragon + summoned fodder from Gogs and Imps + 17 Dragon Flies. In the end, morale -1 let me down. In the second and third rounds, anti-morale on the Dragon Flies while they were under Haste standing in the direct fire line of the Archmagi. What treachery. Survived with 11 Dragon Flies, got 15k experience. The Dragon Utopia is postponed indefinitely.
126 Crash Kyrre, and out of frustration buy her in the wrong place. Crash her a second time, buy her in the tavern near the Necro computer, and go visiting.
127 Finally take the Necro computer, run into its treasure zone.
131 A road that lasts a lifetime.
132 There it is, the treasure zone! But even here the generator was out to get me. Out of 5 guards I broke through, 3 were Ghosts. Mana vanished like the wind. Took 2 Dragon Fly Hives (8+6). Reached a Castle, but couldn't hole up. See a Pandora's Box behind Dragons, decide to fight.
133 THERE IT IS!! Jackpot — killed 15 Green Dragons (losing half my army), the Pandora's Box had 5 Angels! Mood improving. See a Pandora's Box behind 5-9 Arch Devils. Hoping for more Angels!
134 Bust. Just experience. The treasure zone is glitched. I transfer troops via chains to the glitched passage with Tyraxor. There's a Dragon Utopia and an external Angel dwelling there.
135 And there it is, my first Dragon Utopia! Gave me a Cape of Silence and +3 All Stats. Tyraxor moves deeper into the treasure zone.
136 University. Scout with Kyrre in the snow treasure zone. Double Mana, running to the Dragon Utopia.
137 Dragon Utopia: Helm +12 -3 and Shield +3 +3. In the snow, I see another Dragon Utopia and a bunch of Pandora's Boxes. Need control urgently. Simultaneously building a Grail building in Inferno.
141 Gave me the whole map! Hooray! Ate a 3-creature Griffin Conservatory with a scout hero, unfortunately got -1 Angel.
142 3-creature Dragon Utopia gave: +5 All Stats, +2 All Stats, and Crown of Dragon +4 +4. Town Portal to the dungeon, Double Mana, now 600. Town Portal to towns, ate the University, start doing quests.
143 Scout hero in the snow finds a Hat of the 5th Level. Grab it immediately. Little Kyrre with 4600 movement points (stables, boots, gloves) + full control.
144 Capture the second Rampart, spread out. See a Dragon Fly Hive, Dragon Utopia, Griffin Conservatory. Build chains.
145 Take all of it. Simultaneously, with the demon summoner and a scout hero, reach the Castle in my last treasure zone, spread out there. Critically short on time. And money. Completed 2 quests: one gave 20k gold, the other... 5 Angels!!!
146 Using chains, take 2 Dragon Fly Hives. Eat the University with Kyrre. Preparing to take the red player's capital on 147 and upgrade 17 Angels there.
147 Angry Gunnar breaks all the chains. Take +2 Dragon Fly Hives with Kyrre. Completed a quest for 10k gold. Summoned a few small demons.
211 My heroes are being killed. A war is raging over the central Rampart. My army: 220 upgraded demons, 70 Dragon Flies, and 17 Angels. A slight stat advantage. He has 11 Archangels, 80 upgraded Dragon Flies, and +3 speed. Waiting for the opponent to make a mistake and leave his Castle undefended.
212 Summon a few demons. Waiting. Cleaning up the treasure zone.
213 Got it!! The opponent went into his last treasure zone. I took his Castle and upgraded 17 Archangels, ending up with exactly 0 trade resources! Barely had enough.
214 Kill scout heroes, grab Castles, but don't give up my own Castle. Want to wait for the new week, summon everything that spawns, buy Archangels, and catch up to Gunnar.
215 Saw the opponent has an Orb of Inhibition! In one turn, I collect the 2 remaining pieces of the Armor of the Damned. Want to find him next turn and attack, after first checking if the Orb is equipped! But then I get tempted by a Dragon Fly Hive and... make a mistake!! Short 68 MP to Town Portal to town. Stuck out in the open field.
216 The opponent attacks, of course. I'm without the Armor of the Damned. He attacked with the Red Orb + Vial of Mana. Army: 1600 Skeletons, 90 upgraded Dragon Flies, 11 Archangels, with +2 speed. Overall combat stats are 11 lower. I have 17 Archangels, 80 Dragon Flies, 30 Pits, and 240 upgraded Demons. The opponent overestimated the Skeletons, sent them right at my Demons, and I even got a morale proc = half the stack gone. A bit of micro, then GG from the opponent.

Thanks for the interesting game.