24.12.2012 Heroin (red, Barbarian, Kira) def R55Max (blue, Rampart, Solomyr) balance, 136.
We took one rest each and GO. A Citadel with Gretchin with 70 hobbits dropped, in the tavern Gurney and Aiden. I scouted the tower and saw boots, a crypt, and a passage to a secondary with a fort through a resource zone; north of the town, a Conflux secondary. I bought the heroes with the army, Gurney headed towards the boots with the secondary. And Aiden took the native Barbarian. Kira and Septienna appeared in the tavern. Seemed like a decent start, but a GO portal with 50+ air elementals, and what's on the other side is unknown. On the second day, Gurney with Gretchin broke the crypt and the guard at the secondary with the fort, so now there's a Conflux + two chests scouted on the path from it; I bought Kira and sent her to a second Conflux + scouted a bit of the blue spawn and, as it turned out, a very inconvenient GO on the other side of the portal — 50+ grand elves. Then I developed the economy a bit and decided to hit the GO with grand air elementals, of which I had 24. On day 117, 1235 in the Citadel is not much. Kira got Earth magic almost immediately and caught Slow and Haste without issues in the Conflux. On day 123, I take the chests guarded by 20+ medusas and 10+ rocs; they give experience and 50 boars (needed meat at the right moment). Logistics made itself known — there was a turn where Kira had more than half her movement points remaining, but there was nowhere to move and nothing to move for. On day 126, I break the GO — already 100+ air elementals and 100+ elves; I shot down the air elementals with Slow, but the second stack was tougher, though losses were still insignificant — some orcs, fairies, and a few goblins, and the elf stack got worn down once. I take two max and near-max Dragon Fly Hives and the Gloves in the sands. But from the army — 6 birds, 3 grand air elementals, and 20 ducks, with 0 mana. On day 127, I return Kira to the town for mana and army. Then from day 131 to 135, I cleared all the treasure zones. The Dragon Fly Hives were generous — about 4 max and all the rest near-max, except for one 4 and one 6 ducks. On day 135, I return to the town to replenish mana. On day 136, I attack the blue town — Solomyr is there with a chain lightning for 800+ HP, but mass Haste and 84 ducks leave the opponent no chance in the final battle. At the start of the second week, I thought I'd enter the treasure zone a couple of days later; midweek I thought we'd go together; and on day 132 I realized the blues weren't even thinking of going there. Something went wrong for the opponent, even though the GO was much weaker — 50+ grand griffins. Thanks for the game!