"only XL"

SoD 09.02.2013 Dima Surmay (red, Rampart, Ivor, Mephala) def Scorpiona (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Tamika) 8xm8a 317 It turned out to be a very tedious and drawn-out game; we played in 3 sessions, and I constantly felt I was losing tempo. I only started taking Dragon Utopias at the end of the month. On the second one, I got Wings and the Air Book. Then for 2 weeks I searched for the Town Portal spell... I found it in a Pandora's Box covering the entire ground, even though I could have grabbed it 2 weeks earlier—I just didn't quite make it along the path, distracted by another Dragon Utopia. Then I started capturing all the towns and looking for the Skull Helm for the Armor of the Damned. I felt that only it could save me, since Scorpiona was actively necromancing with several heroes, and I could see she was collecting a lot of Dragon Fly Hives. While looking for the helm, I assembled the Elixir of Life, the Orb of the Firmament, the Pendant of Dispassion, and the Bow of the Sharpshooter. And at that moment, I lost 16 Archangels attacking Scorpiona's town with a scout hero—there was a mage with power 22 there... I was 3K gold short for buying it off, and I didn't think to give the Pendant of Dispassion to the scout hero... resulting in Armageddon and me knocked out... I didn't know what to do... almost ready to surrender... Luckily, both heroes died, otherwise Scorpiona would have gotten the Wings and the Air Book (she didn't have Dimension Door the whole game), and I still had such a set... About 3 days later, I finally found the Skull Helm in one of the zones on the last moves... I was about to portal home. At the start of the third month, I continued capturing the remaining towns, and at the end of the week, I caught Tamika in a village, cast Vision, and realized her army was about 2 times smaller than I thought, and there were no assembled artifacts at all. So, a forfeit without options. Thanks for the game.