“Spring 2013” season. Online ranked games (reports, confirmations, discussions).

04/28/2013 Alexey-omsk (red, Stronghold, Crag, Crag) lost to Roger-ua (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3). 143.
On the first day, I built 123456 in the Stronghold and took a secondary Rampart. On the second day, in the capital, I built 123456 in the castle and took my own secondary building, then built 12346. On the third day, I took 3 conscripts (2+2+3) and built them in my secondary building, 123456 in the castle. On day 141, I took a Utopia, and near the capital, I received the Earth and Air books. On day 142, I broke through the Guardian and visited the Barbarians. On day 143, Crag attacked, and a battle ensued. Crag: 15 8 3 30 (10 gray bears, 26 griffin birds, 107 griffin wolves, 93 goblins, 3 angels, 5 orcs, goblin, ballista). Shakti: 16 7 6 145 (7 angels, 21 scorps, 20 minotaurs, 45 griffin medusas, 73 evil eyes, 8 unicorns, 44 griffin harpies). Crag sped up the wolves, and they showed their fangs; almost the entire stack of minotaurs fell. Then, a general slowdown occurred; the angels killed the remaining wolves, and the barbarians covered the gray bears. It dawned on me that Crag's chance was to speed up the bears because it's difficult to fight against both the melee and magic. I shifted the fire from the birds to the bears. On the second turn, I hit the bears with an explosion, but since the magic power was only 6, the explosion only dealt 750 damage, and 3 bears fell. Crag gave a speed boost to the bears and exposed the birds. The unicorns and scorps broke through the birds. Only 6 birds remained. I didn't dare finish off the birds with angels so as not to expose myself to the bears twice. The bears hit the scorps, minus 9. Then, Crag restored the bears, and they crashed into the angels, minus 3, but it seems that the success was short-lived; Crag ran out of mana, and without waiting for a response from Shakti, he surrendered.
Thank you for the game!