We played full-VT; I paid 600 coins for the right to pick my hero first. A coin toss made Vanya red, and I became red using rest 111. The start was tight, seemingly for both of us. Vanya's computer opponent was Inferno, but he never took it, and fortunately for me, I didn't see any legions of goats. There were 4 candidates for main heroes: Damacon, Lora, Gunnar, Moner — later I also freed an Inteus level 10 with expert logistics. Each had their own drawbacks: some lacked wisdom, some lacked water magic, and some I started leveling too late. Everything was decided by Vanya's gift on 212; he finally built a Town Portal in the Inferno village. He wanted to switch completely to Gunnar, but while returning to my starting area with Lora (with 2 Dimension Door), a fire book dropped from a loot bag (Lora has water, fire, earth, but no wisdom). All thoughts of switching vanished instantly. I slowly began reclaiming castles and seizing others; Vanya had several opportunities to attack, but he Town Portal-ed away, likely stressed by my advantage in army and combat stats—thankfully, he didn't know that I still lacked proper battle magic and offense. On 215, I took his starting area with titans; I have 5 caches of giants in my treasure zone, although there is currently nothing to upgrade 21 giants with. On 216, I headed toward a spotted Necromancer; they cast Veil of Darkness there, but I remembered the route, and scouting with the trumpet helped: boots, gloves, stable, explorer, 2 Dimension Door, acceleration via oasis — Lora reaches it, and there Jaegar is speeding up with 3 titans and 1+1 angels, the bag is inside the hero. I spent a long time figuring out how to prevent them from escaping, since 15 rank 7 angels dealt only 790 damage to 3 rank 7 titans — Inferno helped, although if I had put on +2 all slippers instead of boots before the battle, everything would have been easier.
Thanks for the game.