First Snow

10.02.2013 pofigu(blue, Tower, Aine, Gervulph) def ShadowManiac(blue, Tower, Thorosar, Dessa) JebusCross 146
We played ourselves into a Jebus, then the opponent erased Neela, Piquedram and Josephine apparently.
111. No Gargoyles, I'm upgrading Grems anyway. Around the castle 1000 experience, +1 defense, Griffin Conservatory, prison and +2/2 cloak for 20+ Minotaurs, Pandora's box for 10+ Cavaliers and Giant external dwelling. Of the heroes, only Gervulph and Terek are useful, but the external dwelling is guarded by 50+ Nomads and blocks the road, on the second road there is also an expected block of Death Knights. Gervulph is leveling Artillery.
112. Death Knights guard the Necklace of Ocean :smile35: Gervulph takes the pre-mini crypt, a whole 2 external markets are revealed. Built Golems for the second crypt.
113. Pre-max crypt taken, 18 Vampires, another 1k experience. Gervulph 0 7 2 3 maxed Artillery, took Archery too.
114. Took +1 attack for 1k, due to high defense I'm pulling 54 Nomads with 4+4 Golems without losing the Ballista, 85 Gremlins had to melee a bit and suffer losses. Got out 82, 1+2, leveled Defense and Armorer again. 2 more boxes visible for 20+ Snipers and Roc-class creatures.
115. Another Pandora and a Nagas external dwelling for 10+ Skeletons and 2 more external markets. Scouting reveals a Pit Lord dwelling for 100+ Griffins, nearby a Dragon Utopia. Clues present.
116. Gervulph spends the night in the castle to replenish mana, meanwhile another Griffin Conservatory and Giant external dwelling, also a box for 20+ Crosses and a Dragon's Hoard of 100+ Liches or 20+ Hydras.
117. Gervulph stands by the horses to take down the Gr. Nagas on the next turn.
121. In three turns found 2 Gremlin external dwellings, a Pandora's box and Gloves. Respawn is huge: the whole map vertically and a third horizontally. The box gave 10k experience and Wisdom/Tactics/Earth/Logistics. Nix dwelling taken.
122-123. Taking Conservatory 1.
124-125. Breaking through Minotaurs, in the prison Gundula level 5 with 2 experts. Breaking through Snipers. Left the box for her. With bloody battles and loss of Aine, the secondary native is taken.
126. Pulled Grems from external dwellings, total 197 Masters. Broke through Dragons, another 80 there, Gundula was 1 tile short of the box.
127. Took Giant external dwelling, Gundula takes another 110 Grems :smile20: 1234567 in the castle.
131. Conservatory 2, thought about breaking back home to gather Dragon Utopias for Titans, but I'm stalling at Crosses with Gargoyle speed boost :smile35:
132. Reached the center through Hydras without expert Earth 400+ Grems, 14 Gr. Nagas, 10 Giants, 15 Mages, 3 Angels, 3 units of Genies. Behind the mountain wings and a Hive are visible :smile26:
133-134. Broke through the wings for Behemoths. On the other side scouting found a Relic artifact.
135. Broke through Mighty Gorgons for a Pandora with experience and Orb of Vulnerability just in time for Dragon Utopias. Dessa appears in the tavern 7 11 20 6. Gervulph 6 15 7 11, but 7 experts and 1 free slot. Opponent is roaming near the Dragon's Hoard.
136. Taking Helm of Thunder. My army power is greater, I position for Genie speed boost at the Dragon's Hoard to take the Relic and go home.
137. Take the Relic without spending mana, of which I have exactly 12, but I fail and cast View Earth instead of Town Portal. Gervulph stalls.
141. Town Portal home, take the Pit Lord dwelling, break to replenish mana. 95 Grems delivered from the secondary hero.
142. Dessa breaks through his 2 Dragon's Hoards (Red Dragons and Angels) and my Liches and disappears :smile50: 3 low-level heroes prepare for the attack. Gervulph takes the first Dragon Utopia of three, there's a Sword of Justice, Book of Fire and Boots of Levitation. The last slot gives Ballistics :smile13:
143. The second Dragon Utopia is a single with Titan's Cuirass and Equestrian's Gloves. Dessa runs to the center and uses Dimension Door into the darkness.
144-145. The low-level heroes sort things out. I move to the central castle from my zone, taking 2 clues and another Pandora for experience, Angel external dwelling along the way. Almost got wrecked by Efreet, they burned well first, but the Relic helped with resurrections. Positioned over a hill from the castle on a Cartographer, nearby a Bag of Gold and Boots of Levitation.
146. Killed Galtran on the Genie. Dessa waits in the castle 11 17 22 7(74)
expert Tactics/Earth/Air, advanced Armorer, +1 HP, 35 Archmages, 5 Titans, 11 Gr. Nagas, 2 Angels, 3 Archangels, 365 Grems, 23 Genies. Gervulph 17 27 27 15(115) with Orb of Vulnerability and Pendant vs. Berserker, 11 Genies, 14 Dragons, 4 Angels, 20 Mages, 21 Gr. Nagas, 16 Giants and 603 Grems.
First round, surprisingly Ballistics came in handy, first Meteor Shower for 775 takes out Archmages, Angels and a portion of Grems. In response Armageddon and only 2 Titans remain with 54 HP, I have 10 Nagas, 9 Giants and 300 Grems. Second round, opponent raises Archmages, and they attack Grems, I for some reason cast Slow, Giant traded 1-1 with a Titan. Nagas with Grems moved away from Archmages. Third round, opponent casts Meteor Shower on Nagas and Grems and attacks with Archmages, I Blind the Archmages and kill the Titan. Then follows a series of resurrections and the opponent surrenders. GG. Thanks for the game.