Jebus Cross - 3

15.04.2013. Oldboy [blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Inteus] def Twaryna [red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti], Jebus, 132

Confirmed. We picked all restarts and went for it.

111. Shakti with 2 stacks, starting artifact only +1 attack and defense. Second hero is Lora :( Market right under the Castle, good spread of 8 heroes. 3 Griffin Conservatories and a Refugee Camp are revealed. Beat the Axe +2. Everything looks great.
112. There's a Griffin Conservatory-1, but only 85 Troglodytes because of Lora, can't handle it( I decide to level Shakti on chests on the way to the secondary hero and plop down a Mage Guild there hoping for Bless. I hit a Crypt, take a couple of chests - expert Tactics.
113. I take a village-tower, build a Mage Guild, buy Shakti a spell book - no Bless. Build a Mage Guild at home - also none. I run heroes around the magic wells on the map, collect scrolls, there's a Scholar. Shakti got Earth.
114. The Refugee Camp gives upgraded wolves. I continue searching for Bless. Shakti is stationed at the Griffin Conservatory.
115. Finally find Bless! I teach Shakti through the Scholar, he takes the Griffin Conservatory. Advances Offense. With the scout-loamer, who went deep into the respawn, I get a view - the respawn turns out to be bugged - 2 roads to the ГО. On the second half there are another 2 Griffin Conservatories and 2 Pandora's Boxes. Shakti runs along this path, through a Dragon Fly Hive.
116. I take the Dragon Fly Hive - minimum. Get Pathfinding. Shakti runs...
117. Shakti levels-up, beats Archmages for a Hat +1 - they kill one cat. I replenish mana with 5 Knowledge. Cats at home in the Citadel. No decent caches gave anything, so I took the only one more or less nearby - Medusas. ГО is revealed - on my "native" road - 20+ Red Dragons. On the "alternative" road - 5+ Rust Dragons. In the Thieves' Guild I see the opponent has Grizzly Bears.
121. Shakti beats 20+ Trolls for a Pandora's Box. Gives all Water magic. I advance Earth. With the scout I reveal a tasty spot deep in the respawn - Gauntlets, Cape +2 Speed, a Dragon Fly Hive and a Ring +1 HP.
122. Shakti beats 50+ Flies. Take a small Pandora's Box - experience! Expert Earth Magic. That's good because the army before the Griffin Conservatory was funny - 1 Angel, 130 Troglodytes, 4 Ducks, 4 Cats, 14 Medusas. Also gave Armor and Log! I take a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels. I build a chain to take the remaining "home" Griffin Conservatories.
123. Shakti breaks into the Tower, the troops are transferred, takes the max Griffin Conservatory. Dace takes Griffin Conservatory-3.
124. Dace beats the Gauntlets, Andra picks up the army - takes Cloak +2 Speed, a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, Ring +1 HP. Shakti breaks home - doubles mana. Bron takes the second village-tower. Shakti breaks there.
125. Troops and artifacts are ferried. On the "alternative" part of the respawn, a Dragon Fly Hive for 12 Wyverns and a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels are taken. Shakti is stationed near the ГО.
126. I hit the ГО, enter the Treasury - the opponent has been there for a while, of course. I decide not to break through "head on", I free Dessa at level 10 from prison, punch through the ГО into an adjacent Citadel-respawn. Dessa takes a mini-Dragon Fly Hive.
127. I take a box for experience with Grands, run to a Dragon Utopia - Inteus is there with a massive army. I snatch the Dragon Utopia from under his nose. No luck - gives only a Necklace +3 All from useful stuff. Nothing to be done - I attack. Get Explosion, trade units, buy them back. Eh, if only I had Anti-Magic, which is in the Mage Guild at home... Essentially at this point everything was clear - he has Control. What to do isn't particularly clear. But I decide to run it out.
131. I gather resources, build Mage Guild 4 - gives Executioner and Meteor. I run Shakti to the ГО - Red Dragons.
132. I attack - he even has Grand Strike( Eats the Angel, Devourer and Duck. I approach 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Pandora's Box, but don't manage to take them. On my turn Inteus hits me. ГГ.

Thanks for the game!