Havr
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Game 1: Havr (Haven) def. Duranix (Stronghold) - 143.
Essentially, I won right at the start. After both restarts, I got a life resource next to barbarians. However, the road layout wasn't great; it was almost completely blocked, and it took several days to reach some areas, with no mushrooms along the way. Plus, both one-way portals opened with the worst possible options. For the first week and a half, I fought with 4 Crusaders (I built them as quickly as possible in my home Castle) because both dwellings turned out to be useless. The roads caused a lot of pointless maneuvering, but it seems my opponent also had problems with the roads, as I was always ahead in terms of resources. The game started to progress around the middle of the second week when Angels started appearing in my Castle. I used two of them for clearing out areas. After taking my 4th Castle, I decided to use two Angels to take the large cactus from the Magic faction and a Gargantua (I had a Wand of Death, so I decided to take the risk), but it didn't go well; I lost one Angel. However, I immediately received two more in the cactus.
The Diplomacy building was very poorly located; I only researched it around day 1.3.1. After that, I only had time to visit both markets and take one Utopia. The upper Utopia, with a couple of Angel squads, large cacti around it, and some good artifacts, remained untouched. Instead, I bought both expensive artifacts I had, namely the Robe and the Mug.
However, I got lucky with the road opening to my opponent's territory. I cleared out the lower Utopia and the lower market, and a two-way portal opened. First, it was close to reach, second, I could take a couple more large cacti and add a squad of Crusaders along the way, and third, I could run into a neutral Castle to get Magic for the runner. On day 1.4.2, I jump through the portal and block the path to the bear squad that was guarding the Shield of Death (which was aimed against me), because I didn't have enough movement points to defend it myself. Plus, there was an unclaimed Utopia nearby. My opponent arrives, but doesn't reach me. Looking at his army, I realize that I don't even need to take the Utopia, so I just attack.
My army:
14 Angels, 9 Champions, 61 Crusaders, 2 Sorcerers, a Tactics hero with Life Advancement, a Life Grand Master, and a Runner with Expert Order and Death Advancement. All three heroes are level 17.
His army:
6 Griffins, 6 Bears, 18 Cyclops, 4 heroes levels 10-14, one of whom is a Mage with Master of Life.
If it had been a serious battle, I probably wouldn't have taken the Champions and would have split the Angels, but as it was, it didn't matter. My opponent surrendered almost immediately.
Essentially, I won right at the start. After both restarts, I got a life resource next to barbarians. However, the road layout wasn't great; it was almost completely blocked, and it took several days to reach some areas, with no mushrooms along the way. Plus, both one-way portals opened with the worst possible options. For the first week and a half, I fought with 4 Crusaders (I built them as quickly as possible in my home Castle) because both dwellings turned out to be useless. The roads caused a lot of pointless maneuvering, but it seems my opponent also had problems with the roads, as I was always ahead in terms of resources. The game started to progress around the middle of the second week when Angels started appearing in my Castle. I used two of them for clearing out areas. After taking my 4th Castle, I decided to use two Angels to take the large cactus from the Magic faction and a Gargantua (I had a Wand of Death, so I decided to take the risk), but it didn't go well; I lost one Angel. However, I immediately received two more in the cactus.
The Diplomacy building was very poorly located; I only researched it around day 1.3.1. After that, I only had time to visit both markets and take one Utopia. The upper Utopia, with a couple of Angel squads, large cacti around it, and some good artifacts, remained untouched. Instead, I bought both expensive artifacts I had, namely the Robe and the Mug.
However, I got lucky with the road opening to my opponent's territory. I cleared out the lower Utopia and the lower market, and a two-way portal opened. First, it was close to reach, second, I could take a couple more large cacti and add a squad of Crusaders along the way, and third, I could run into a neutral Castle to get Magic for the runner. On day 1.4.2, I jump through the portal and block the path to the bear squad that was guarding the Shield of Death (which was aimed against me), because I didn't have enough movement points to defend it myself. Plus, there was an unclaimed Utopia nearby. My opponent arrives, but doesn't reach me. Looking at his army, I realize that I don't even need to take the Utopia, so I just attack.
My army:
14 Angels, 9 Champions, 61 Crusaders, 2 Sorcerers, a Tactics hero with Life Advancement, a Life Grand Master, and a Runner with Expert Order and Death Advancement. All three heroes are level 17.
His army:
6 Griffins, 6 Bears, 18 Cyclops, 4 heroes levels 10-14, one of whom is a Mage with Master of Life.
If it had been a serious battle, I probably wouldn't have taken the Champions and would have split the Angels, but as it was, it didn't matter. My opponent surrendered almost immediately.