Opponent took 2 re, I didn't take any, saving restarts for Lora and 1 stack :)
111 scraped together enough for Dessa, opponent has 1 hero so far
112 I see a Griffin Conservatory and an external Troglodyte dwelling, Shakti ran deep into the respawn for money, getting a log!
Short 100 gold for a 3rd hero, opponent already has more heroes, but we play))
113 Griffin Conservatory 2-4 without GS, 4 heroes, including Pirr with artifact, Jaegar stomps along the road past another external Troglodyte dwelling, first building at home – Harpies)
114 Jaegar with unupgraded Troglodytes breaks through thanks to the artifact, Clavius is bought, no freebies on the respawn at all, Marketplace at home
115 Jaegar takes a Castle village, external Dwelling of Horses is revealed, Shakti runs to it, I don't build, but buy a 6th hero
116 Shakti breaks a lookout near the external dwelling and camps next to it, Mushrooms at home, Marketplace in the village
Thieves' Guild shows 6th place in army, red is 4th, strongest monster – Air Elementals
117 in the external dwelling Shakti finds Earth :) with trades I buy out the Horses, then low-levels by chain take 2 chests for a portal, revealing another Griffin Conservatory 2 days from the road
Before that I painted 1 external Troglodyte dwelling so I wouldn't have to return, chance of Horses/Troglodytes 50/50, but it's not certain I'd have enough to buy Horses even with a trade, however Troglodytes came, I paint their 2nd external dwelling
121 I buy Ajit, on 2 respawns not a single gold-producing building is visible, gold is catastrophically short to break Shakti closer to the Conservatory, and he just runs there, low-levels with Horses, having checked the 2nd Conservatory (3-4 with GS) take resources for a trade to buy and upgrade 190 Troglodytes
122 the low-level at the cost of his life reveals that the Conservatory is a 2-tier! so I didn't even buy all the Troglodytes, left resources)) +2 Angels, Shakti speeds up in a Coal Mine :D
123 Harpy upgrade, low-levels take a prison with Crag by mail, though 1st level, and he along with Clavius runs to clear the respawn
I give Pirr the artifact, an Eye from Ajit and a Horse that survived from a Wolf morale stack, to run to the teleport off-road
Question: where to go with the main army – if to the 2nd Conservatory, it's a waste of time, the Guild shows we're first in army!
So I decide to first fatten up on gold and castles, and the Conservatory and low-levels will take it by chain later
124 Angels with power return to Shakti and he runs to where it's unexplored and closer to the dark (this ultimately led to an early encounter))))
In the secondary, a thousand, Eyes at home
125 at night the blue NPC took Pirr, I was short a 2nd Horse and at least advanced artillery(( no gold for ransom, I run for the artifact
Shakti reveals an external Troglodyte dwelling and Cats! :) right away I plan to fit them into the Citadel, I go into the Dwarf Cottage for gold, though it's a slowdown
Dwarf Cottage gives only 15(( I build Medusas, take the external dwelling, but there's no gold even to buy the Cats – before that I bought Horses for supply))
126 Shakti runs to a Dungeon village, but sees a broken lift! NPCs are more interesting economically than villages, I go to the light, and there's red Septienna!!!
We have no spell book, but a conveniently placed Thieves' Guild shows that we are 1st in army, and green has cut in front of red, and Air Elementals are still the strongest
So plans for Cat building are not to be, I charge forward, hit a low-level, not having split Angels, so Septienna managed to cast 2 times and scratched a bit))
Just in case, before ending the turn, I trade almost to zero
127 at night Jaegar without archery is chased away by Jellar
No one attacked Shakti, I run to the red Conflux Citadel with single units, on spare moves visiting an observation tower, took it, losing a few Troglodytes, finally stock up on a spell book :)
In the tavern on the map, Grechka is bought with 3 stacks, thugs from her go to Dessa, who reaches Jellar on the last tile, and he runs
Grechka with Harpies stomps through the basement toward red, reveals their gathering, but doesn't reach anyone
And the observation tower near the Flax showed a Conservatory and a Hive with unbroken guards above, Shakti has advanced Earth and 500 XP to level))
131 Earth wasn't explored for Shakti before the Conservatory, but it's a 2-tier, gnawed a few thugs
Through the Stables to the Hive, but the opponent writes GG on his turn
There was also an ambush with gold, and with resources too, and the Flax was poorly built – which was the expectation when I left it ;)
And also the Thieves' Guilds placed everywhere by Vic on the spider helped)))) if not for the info from there, it's not certain I would have charged recklessly at the Flax, there was an option to split toward the Conservatories – another one was scouted near the Castle village
But like this everything ended quite quickly, thanks for the game :)
(с) Roger Zelazny