Moderated: INSULT in the message

Satyr (blue, Conflux, random, Sandro) def Ominous1 (red, Castle, Valeska, Galthran) 132 panic

The start is gorgeous — lots of air units came in, Sandro, and the cloak is already cleared by week 1 day 1! On week 1 day 2 I take a pandora's box with 90 faeries for a pile of zombies and off we go. By week 1 day 7 I have 170 skeletons, two Griffin Conservatories are scouted, one at home, the second at the necro secondary town — minor. Not much gold, so psychos go into the Citadel. Sandro levels up like a boss — expert Necromancy at level 3, then Earth and Logistics.

On the second week I break through one passage to a village and beat my way home for the Griffin Conservatory. On week 2 day 3 I jump in without looking, and there's a maximum stack with archangels! Earth Magic is basic, combat stats 2 2, 260 skeletons, 5 psychos, air units and chaff. I lost everything except 3 psychos and 140 skeletons, got Tactics. By the end of the week I recoup the gold, grab the minor Griffin Conservatory, Speed Ring, Shield +3, collected a bunch of villages. At each respawn there are 3 exits, the village itself, and a pile of gold, sometimes ore! Not bad. At home I build Castle and +10 faeries, in the necro town — Fort.

After that I buy up whatever chaff from villages, throw them into the meat grinder, and on week 13 day 2 I break into the opponent's territory and sit in the necro village. In the end I brought 800 skeletons, 5 angels, Bolt for 300, and miscellaneous bits. The opponent's scout heroes hit-and-run me with Shaver, and then Galthran attacks. From the screenshots it seems like a mismatch, but the attack is off, defense+ is small, but the advantage in combat stats, my lack of Shield, and an underleveled Mass Haste lead to a very interesting final battle.

The opponent casts Shield, Stone Skin, I shoot Bolt at the most annoying stacks. The damage is disproportionate to the army size. I start worrying about losing the game because in the melee Galthran's skeletons cut through like mine, even though mine are twice as numerous. But then the opponent makes a mistake, exposing his skeletons to a hit and allowing me to cast Haste after he already cast and go first again on the next turn, this time under Stone Skin. After this moment the outcome of the final battle was decided.

Thanks for the interesting game.