Roads are average. We started the game having spent all resets.
If you look at the saves, they'll say it's a chocolate run:p external market, stable in the nearest villages, 3 Griffin Conservatories.
But if you dig deeper, the game went under the motto "failure" or "cursed moves":smile35:.
Starting army with buying 13 archers, 30+ pikemen, and a stack of gremlins for dessert.
Day 1, week 1, turn 1, scout on the respawn I see 3 roads. First path: guard is small fry, but then a block on the road with greater air elementals. Second path to the underground: at the entrance, a block of 5-9 snipers for an artifact +1+1 knowledge/attack. And the third road to the swamp where I headed, guarded by zombies. From the road, a fork: one block to the treasure zone, second to greater archers, third to the respawn near the opponent for orcs.
I planned to run there, but on the way, with Christian, ballista, and 30 gnomes, I decided to take a pile of gold in the swamp behind the zombies. There turned out to be 49 of them))) literally 1.5 stacks left, minus a precious hero:smile16:, and with that, morale dropped, and the chain also broke. Ciele used up all her mana in battles, had to turn back home.
Day 1, week 1, turn 7: 1-4 in the Citadel. 3 heroes left.
Day 2, week 1, turn 1: I exchange all resources for gold, immediately buy 2 heroes and archers. Ciele dives into the underground. Turns out to be the richest zone with tons of free gold, and the scout also revealed a Griffin Conservatory with gloves.
While the scouts were gathering loot and scouting the huge respawn, we also spotted a stronger-than-expected Griffin Conservatory deeper in. Ciele took the gloves and checked the first stronger-than-expected Griffin Conservatory with greater stone elementals. It's too tough for me… I wanted to exit to the nearby opponent via wasteland, but the exit was blocked by a treasure zone guard, and a ranged one at that:smile35:. And the second exit to the swamp, no point poking out there.
I bought 2 horses for the scout in the capital and sent him with minimal troops to the second front, but from there the opponent's bots quickly drove me back to the tavern:smile15:.
Day 2, week 1, turn 7: Horses in the castle.
At the start of week 3, I go to the treasure zone hoping for at least a couple of Dragon Fly Hives to take a Griffin Conservatory… but only wasted time on a horde of nercons and a Pandora's Box with Devils, which I didn't dare to attack.
Then I make a MEGA move: sacrifice the army with the scout near the opponent:smile16:. I crash into the castle with Ciele. And I meet an empty-handed but leveled-up Kyrre with a mega-powerful army:smile24:
Thanks for your time.
