M-200% No. 6

27.01.13 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Dungeon, Damacon, Shakti) def ~no1_knows_me~ (blue, Inferno, Kalid ,Rashka) 127 2sm2c

27.01.13 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (blue, Fortress, Voi, Voi) lose ~no1_knows_me~ (red, barb, Gundula, Sandro) 121 skirmish

27.01.13 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Inferno, Rashka, Rashka) lose ~no1_knows_me~ (blue, Fortress, Broghild, Alkin) 126 2sm2c

Thanks for the game, good luck in the final!)

Game 1:

Rests ended, and I got Inferno vs Dungeon :o well that's only half the trouble, but in the tavern Shakti is showing :smile07: Got some gold, I break through to a secondary town, take Rampart. Scouting reveals a couple of Pandora's Boxes and a Dragon Fly Hive - well, it got more fun :) At home I built 1-2-4-6 in the Citadel. With the new week, new troubles begin. In the treasure zone I get to a lookout tower and spot Miner near the Dragon Fly Hive - what to do? Two choices: seems like I can set up a chain and try to cover the Miner, or go eat the Pandora's Boxes and the Dragon Fly Hive... but after thinking it over, I figure the Miner will buy himself out now, and I'll calmly eat everything later... not a chance :smile35: I'm 100 MP short of reaching the Miner on Wyverns... and there he is with boots and Logging, on stables, outran me and ate all the good stuff... I wouldn't have caught him... took my opponent's main, went into his treasure zone, got to the Observatory - and there's emptiness everywhere :smile15:

Game 2

Got Barbarian vs Swamp...
111. Wolves built. With Gundula I collected 2500 and Yog went to break through 20-49 slingers. The beasts messed up a couple of times and took out 5 wolves. Dug up a Cape in a cart +2\2 attack and knowledge.
112. Took Necropolis, Fiur shows with scouting - bummer. Home respawn is small, where Necropolis is there are only dig sites and that's it, and from there 3 passages into treasure zones that are decently guarded.
113. Took Sandro too - maybe I can necromancy something.
114. Gundula stood before the portal with 20-49 Ogre Mages, I think with Slow, Orcs, and meat I'll manage somehow.
115. Well I think I'll manage these, but on the other side there's still a surprise waiting - I fight off the dig sites.
116. Everything's so-so, I built Birds.
117. Placed a Citadel.
121. Decided to send Sandro against the Ogres - 6 birds, almost 30 Orcs, 19 Wolves, and a few Fairies. Auto-combat shows a loss :smile34: I press cancel and go myself: there are 24 Ogre Mages in 5 stacks - after the battle I come out with 6 birds and 9 Orcs. On the other side 20-49 upgraded Crusaders :smile45: Behind them a Conflux is showing and a Pandora's Box behind Golems. Where to go I don't know... Army is battered, gold 0... Sandro's shooter became 66 - there's a Dwarf Cottage near the main, and next to it a Mana Doubler... well I head there, at least I can fight with a shooter...
News of the loss arrives...

Game 3

First I got Barbarian vs Tower, the layout is so-so, but I don't take the rest because my opponent got Piquedram :D so 111, then Rampart vs Tower, rest again, then I'm Tower and opponent is Barbarian - I take the rest. And it gives Swamp vs Inferno, naturally there's no need to take the rest :)

111. Lizardmen built, Broghild arrives... no gold for a second hero, but lots of stacks are showing. Near home is a Griffin Conservatory. :smile12:
112. I hire Alkin. Roads are slow, don't let me collect all the gold.
113. Took Yog too, passage to the adjacent zone is guarded by Undead. Building the Citadel.
114. Broke through but didn't reach the secondary town. Scouting revealed my respawn and a bit of treasure zone... there are a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and Pandora's Boxes... nothing much, but one Dragon Fly Hive with a Pandora's Box guarded by 10-19 Harpies :eek: At home I built Wyverns.
115. Took Conflux, buy Piquedram there.
116. Spotted Mercury and Sulfur with scouting, catastrophically short for Serpents.. and also Pepps for speed - I run there. Serpents at home.
117. A loser reveals a Pandora's Box guarded by 20-49 Marksmen, Alkin gets beaten up and goes to eat it. At home, together with the external market, I managed to build Cows :smile12:
121. Catastrophe, the loser with 21 Lizardmen and 19 Gnolls got wrecked by 120 Goblins for Pepps and a campfire :smile10: they devoured him completely. Fairies and Air Elementals are brought to Brogh, he finishes off those vile creatures. Plans shifted a bit... no big deal, thankfully there's gold...
122. Chains deliver upgraded Serpents and Alkin takes a box for 5k XP.
123. I take a Sword +3. In the Mercenary Camp sits a Devil :smile41: we buy him out.
124. Alkin gets beaten up on the way home, wants to take the Griffin Conservatory - though it's strong, if it's fat I'll go into the revealed treasure zone.
125. I specially hire the loser to check the Griffin Conservatory - it has 2 Angels :smile20: I bring the army and take it (1 Devil, 5 Wyverns, 7 Gorgons, 50+ Gnolls and a few Flies - I managed to take it nicely with the loss of Flies and Gnolls... 15 Griffins remained, and the Gorgons and Wyverns had 6 HP each... I thought about who to sacrifice, thankfully the chat suggested flying everyone away, and the Devil would handle it himself :smile08: and that's how it was :smile44: well, it got really fun, though they keep trying to shove Water into Alkin... so for now Expert Armor, Offense, and Logistics - already aiming for the treasure zone.
But news of the loss arrives, the opponent hesitated on the 20-49 upgraded Monks, thinking they guarded the portal to my treasure zone, but they were actually GO, the portal was to my main...

thanks for the games, it was fun :smile20: