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"Newcomer-2013. Winter"

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group C
07.01.2013 BlooDy)DriVeR (red, Rampart, Ivor) def Lim4 (blue, Conflux, Ignissa, Monere) 2sm4d(3) 146
10 elves at the start, small respawn, but right next to the castle there are 2 unicorn dwellings and a stable, you can't not play this! I upgrade Grand Elves, break through the demons — passage to the secondary town, send Malcolm there with fodder, and deploy Ivor towards the second grass secondary through the stables. On day 4, I have 3 castles (native, Necropolis, and Conflux), gold on the secondaries, but nothing else interesting. At the end of the week, I take both unicorn dwellings and buy them out, stationing Ivor at the stables. On 121, I have 15 unicorns, look for the first treasure zone to go into, cast View Air, see a snow treasure zone near Conflux, a portal somewhere, and a bunch of artifacts underground. I break through to the Necropolis castle's underground treasure zone, kill a stack of Nagas for a Tombstone and a Shield +3. On 122, I break through to the treasure zone. On 123-124, I successfully stall with the main hero, a double chain for upgrading the unicorns didn't work out, I cleared the Dragon Fly Hive from Vas'ki, got Gloves of Speed, thought about trying to break through the Guards from the Rust Dragons on the 2nd week, but found a Dragon Utopia, decided to postpone it. I broke through to another one of my secondary towns and took an Artifact +2 spell power behind a group of Cyclopes. At the end of the week, I prepared a chain for the Dragon Fly Hive, Pandora's Box, and Dragon Utopia. Finally, I took +4 Knowledge, took a Castle secondary, and killed a Dwarf Cottage, positioning myself at the Dragon Fly Hive. On 131, the chain obviously didn't work out, but it wasn't critical. I managed to take the Dragon Fly Hive, approached Pandora's Box closely with speed boost. On 132, I kill Pandora's Box, it gives 15 Trolls for the Dragon Utopia, then the Dragon Utopia — turned out to be minimal tier. I lost all the fodder there; the Unicorns, Wyverns, Pegasi, and Grand Elves weren't harmed. It gives a Red Orb, good, but not needed yet. I lose 2 Wyverns to a horde of upgraded Medusae for a Dragon Scale Shield and level 4 spells. I break through. I found a passage on the Necropolis secondary to a large underground treasure zone with a bunch of artifacts (spotted with View Air). Decided to wait again for the Guards and rush there as fast as possible. End of 133, I'm standing at the entrance. It turned out I found 1 lost treasure zone, because it wasn't 1 but 2 treasuries. Next, I smash Dragon Fly Hives and Pandora's Boxes until the end of the week. On 137, a Pandora's Box gives all level 5 spells, time to go to the opponent. On 141, I'm standing at the Guards with speed boost on Unicorns (so they don't get killed, I have resurrection), and on 142, Ivor with Gloves, the stable, and 3 Loga takes the blue capital, immediately kills 2 Loaches. I see a passage downwards, and on 143, Monere is visible, trying to escape into the treasure zone I had cleared. I chased for 3 days, caught him in a rebuilt castle on a secondary. In the final battle, I have 30 Grand Elves, 40 Wyverns, 33 Unicorns, fodder consisting of Centaurs and Dwarves, and 2 small stacks of Pegasi, 100 mana, stats 9 14 13 10. He has 58 mana, 11 6 15 5, and very few troops. Maria killed 2 of my Wyverns with Lightning on the first turn; in response, I cast Meteor Shower dealing 350 damage to 4 stacks, followed by his surrender. Thanks for this interesting game that dragged on into the night!
P.S. Very poor layout, only 2 Dragon Utopias with junk and 2 Griffin Conservatories on the entire map.