Anyway, we decided to play the upcoming game with Captain in advance, since his opponent in the previous round had been silent for a week and a half. We started with me taking all the resists, and off we went. Gogs are built at Kalx: 2 stacks, I immediately assigned the gretchin folder. I see a lot of wyverns, 2 roads: one to GO (lurking liches), the other down to the secondary. A buggy respawn above, another castle off the road. I spread out to 6 heroes on day 1. By week 1, day 12, there are almost no neutrals, only some weak 3 kennels and 2-3 imps. Down below, I get blocked by a wyvern with hell hounds — turns out there are 33 of them plus 20-49 marksmen with a +2 bonus (I never attacked them in the end). As a result, I plan not to build but to capture the wyverns mostly located in the lower part of the scouted respawn. On day 1, month 13, I scout further and see 5 more wyverns. On day 1, month 14, I build efreets and start chaining wyverns. On day 1, month 15, I already have 12 wyverns, 3 hell hounds, 2 efreets, and cannon fodder. I get hit by 33 hell hounds near a beehive and lose everything except 10 wyverns. Not discouraged, by day 1, month 17, I capture 2 more beehives, and the wyvern count reaches about 28. Then, above the respawn, I find 2 conservatories and a couple of wyverns. Meanwhile, gretchin is level 7 with expert attack, scouting, and basic air magic. On day 2, month 22, I set up a chain for the conservatories. Kalx has basic tactics and air magic and finally breaks through GO to reach the liches. I get 5 angels from the conservatories. After the respawn, I have 50 wyverns. On days 2, month 24-25, I hit GO, fly into the treasure zone, and realize that by some unthinkable move, I didn't pick up a spellbook for gretchin. Meanwhile, having flown into the treasure zone on days 2, month 24-25, on the first and only turn, I crush 49 nagas for a chest giving 15,000 exp for gretchin, and I expert air magic with 49 wyverns, 4 angels, and cannon fodder. At the same time, I manage to reach a prison with intei at level 10, skills 1-2-7-6, expert fire and wisdom, and something else... On this turn, after I used my movement, Tamika attacks me with 36 wyverns, 19 upgraded gremlins, 88 skeletons, and 14 archers, with stats 8-8-7-8, while I have 12-8-6-7. Without magic, I get crushed to zero and flee with 10 wyverns that catch up on the respawn. My opponent has 33 wyverns, 16 gremlins, and skeletons left. Then, a scuffle for 2-3 turns, during which my opponent takes KВ and heads toward my respawn. I flee with intei and build a level 4 Mage Guild, finding Armageddon and having efreet sultans on single efreets. I come out with intei, running past the main hero on day 1, month 32. My opponent has 7 movement points and runs back to the very start after my GO. I stand with 1 efreet sultan and single imps under intei. Then, my opponent blunders by attacking with a secondary hero, taking 5 green dragons and all of Tamika's artifacts, placing the dragons in single stacks. I kill everything with Armageddon. I get tank +2 and a good KВ. My opponent does not dare attack with the main hero! I flee, taking the swamp above in the treasure zone, and it turns out the main treasure zone is up there. I crush everything with Armageddon. By day 1, month 43, I have 20 wyverns, 4 chaos hydras, some miscellaneous cannon fodder, and intei at level 22 with stats 23-11-17-16. In the final battle, my opponent has a much larger army but 30-40 mana by turn 225. Having mass earth and air, my opponent uses all spells in combat, then gets hit with mass slow and starts getting shot with lightning bolt: 30 wyverns and 19 gremlins. My opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game
лето 2012.