=Stinger=(red, dungeon, Shakti) def Myduck(blue, fortress, Tazar) 146
The game was a blast. For the first time playing on Jebus, I realized as early as the first week that I wouldn't break out before 131. ГО - a horde of sultans on one road and a double ГО consisting of a pack of blackies and a horde of warlocks on the other.
Money was fine, but the respawn was huge and I had no idea how to gather everything quickly.
In week 1, I built 2 mini-Griffin Conservatories, 3 mini-Dragon Fly Hives, and 1 for 6 Wyverns. I discovered 5 Minotaur external dwellings, but never took any of them, as they were scattered around.
I built up 1-6 in the castle.
In the second week, I started building magic in a secondary Rampart. I also took another Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels. I used Reveal Map to light up the native center, where there's a red orb near the library, the helm +6 to all, a couple of Pandora's Boxes, and the Dungeon castle itself.
I spent the whole second week running around capping Minotaur external dwellings via chain movement, found bracers at an external black market, and fought for resources for the mage guild tower.
In the mage guild tower — neither Dimension Door nor Town Portal nor Fly, no combat magic at all — just Mirror Image.
I build the guild in the Dungeon — same thing, Mirror Image.
Hope remains for scrolls; by fighting for them, I get Fly, Implosion, and Armageddon.
But on day 126, I see Tazar taking the central Dungeon castle; on day 127, he hits a Pandora's Box guarded by a throng of Pit Lords, takes it, and runs toward the library for the red orb. He broke through the guards but couldn't reach the library or the orb.
On day 131, I buy everything out and break through the double ГО, max out Pathfinding, take the red orb, and visit the library, where I stayed, since I can't attack due to growth.
Shakti 19 16 7 (35)
4 Angels, 10 Manticores, 40 Troglodytes, 30 Evil Eyes, 20 Medusa Queens, 49 Minotaurs, and 18 Wyverns; I have Mass Haste, so I don't equip the orb.
Tazar's stats glow: 8 13 5 5, a lot of Monarchs, Dragon Flies, several Angels, several Dragons (from the Pandora Pit Lords).
On his turn, Tazar turns and runs toward the helm +6 to all, scouted by a scout hero near the castle. But I see him too, and I have Fly, so on day 132 I snatch it from under Tazar's nose too — I just fall a couple of tiles short of attacking. Tazar gets wrecked by the black market guards and flees the center. The third castle also didn't give Town Portal, and no more scrolls are visible. After that, I cleared the center a bit, then chased Tazar around the green zone, and finally found a scroll with Dimension Door, and long story short, left Tazar without castles and finished him off in the center, without finding a single Utopia.
Thanks for the game!
On the second week, I take all the hives, break 2 Griffin Conservatories (3+4) with Oil. I see another Griffin Conservatory; scout heroes barely squeeze 2 more Angels out of it through the swamp, which delays the breakout. Upgrade Wyverns. And on Tazar's last movement points, I break through ГО — Angels. Army: 32 Monarchs and 9 Angels. In 2 days in the center, the only valuable things I took were a Dragon Fly Hive and a Pandora's Box with 5 Red Dragons; on day 127, I fight for the red orb and the library but don't manage to claim them.
On day 131, Shakti appears and steals the orb from under my nose, then parks in the library. His combat stats are over 18; mine are 6 15. With a scout hero, I scout a nearby Gauntlet and +2 all attack, and I run toward them, hoping the opponent can't reach due to low speed, but he has Fly. And for the second time, I'm left "empty-handed" and without the Gauntlet. I get wrecked and retreat to the grass zone. There, I take 2 maximum Utopias and a level 3 one, and a Griffin Conservatory (3). Stats: 13 32 11 13, with only level 1 magic, against 26 24 13 14 with Dimension Door, Fly, and Implosion. Shakti caught me twice, but I bought my freedom. In the end, I'm left without castles, and I stop Tazar next to the opponent's main hero.
Endgame: Opponent has 50 Evil Eyes, 32 Monarchs, 2 Red Dragons, 5 Manticores, 9 Harpies, 58 Minotaurs, and 2 Angels vs 6 Angels, 6 Dragon Flies, 24 Monarchs, 12 Wyverns, 4 Red Dragons.
Then comes Implosion — no chance. That's the end of Tazar's adventures.
Thanks for the interesting game.
