18.04.2013 Scorpiona(red, Castle, Caitlin, Ciele) lose Ayauhteotl(blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), spider, 135

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.