Playing in St. Petersburg.

You are glad (red, Barbarian, Giorgioш) - Tolik (blue, Wizard, Ambrosius), 7 Lakes, 225. 1 week. I've seen many games on 7 Lakes, and everyone tries to take the Necropolis town in the lower right corner for the blue player right away. Why waste an entire week, placing reinforcements under the walls of a town that is, in general, not very useful? I focused my main forces on the rich desert in the upper right corner of the map, and several heroes are heading there. I forgot to send one to the center of the map to take the free dwellings, money, and warlock's village. This forgetfulness proved costly, as I ran out of money. I only built ogres; I didn't have enough stone for the troll bridge. Tolik made Ambrosius, a Knight, his main hero, giving him pathfinding and logistics skills. Due to my mistake, by the end of the week, I only had 6 heroes against Tolik's 8. 2 weeks. Tolik captures the Sorcerer's castle on the island. He has 2 towns and 3 villages. Besides the castle, I only have one village in the sands, but I captured two lamps, which gave me 6 Djinns. I almost reached the teleport in the upper right corner. One hero fought in the lower part of the map with troops from the dwellings, gathering many slow-moving units. The path to the treasure and resources was blocked by dwarves. There was nothing else to do, so I attacked. Those nasty halflings almost wiped them out; only one dwarf survived. I was very upset. I built Cyclops in the capital. 3 weeks. On day 133, I reached the built central town, which turned out to be a Rampart. The secondary heroes take another lamp for 3 Djinns and several artifacts. Logically, I should rush to Tolik, but there are so many useful artifacts around, and I couldn't resist, so I went to collect them with two armies. That was a mistake. At this time, Tolik captures the Wizard's castle from the computer, which it had built from a village, and begins to build troops there. I didn't see this yet. 4 weeks. Tolik makes some very long moves and takes the castle in the upper left corner. Around this time, I discover that he has the Wizard's castle in the center of the map, so he has three Towers. I didn't know that two of them were built up to Giants and one to Mages, plus there is a Sorcerer's castle built up to Unicorns. But due to constant battles, he has almost no troops left by the end of the month, and he also needs money to upgrade Giants to Titans. While the opponent hasn't gathered an army, I rush to him. When my Barbarian came to take the Wizard's castle in the center of the map, it was empty; the troops were spread out, and there was no money for defensive towers. 5 weeks. Although he has only 2 towns and a village, he has a lot of money thanks to the collected resources and mines. I can't let the Wizard have a double growth bonus, so I'm going to take the blue Tower in the upper left corner of the map. I'm building up troops. In the lead is a secondary hero with a small army, followed by 2 heroes with Djinns, divided into single units, against a possible group of Titans. Then comes the main hero with an army, and a couple of weaklings help him carry it. Another Barbarian hero is fighting with a small army in the upper part of the map in the sands, and another hero took an army from the capital and is collecting resources in the lower part of the map. A blue scout with a small squad suddenly appears out of nowhere, attacks one of the heroes with Djinns, and kills one to save the rest - I pay him off. I attack with the main hero, showing Tolik my army, and his hero manages to escape. I reach the Wizard's castle in the corner - it's fully built up to Giants, but almost empty. I lose a few units, but the Mage troops have been evacuated. At this time, in the upper part of the map, in the sands, my second Barbarian, who was doing well, is ambushed by a secondary blue army - from the Rampart. 8 Unicorns, 11 upgraded Druids, 18 upgraded Elves, a few Boars, and Fairies destroyed my 30 Nomads, 25 Combat Gnomes, and a few Wolves. My second Barbarian manages to escape. I buy him in the center of the map, give him a Barbarian army, which is already quite large, and he levels up. At this time, a yellow computer with a large army attacks Tolik's capital. The blue main hero is fighting in the swamp at this time, so a weakling is defending to save the castle. Tolik bought a few Giants, and the computer managed to knock out a couple of them. Tolik still doesn't have enough money to upgrade to Giants. 6 weeks. I'm moving all my forces to the blue island capital, the main hero with an army, and two heroes with Djinns, to defeat the Titans. But I can't land them; Tolik will simply place the Titans one by one against the Djinns and defeat them. I land one far from the castle, but a weakling with a small army attacks the hero, and I pay him off. I land the main hero. At this time, my second Barbarian traps the Necromancer's main hero in a village, kills him after a long battle, and collects several excellent artifacts with parameters, but it takes a long time to transfer them to the main hero. I decide to attack the castle, the final battle. Giorgioш (9,10,11,11) - 12 Phoenixes, 17 Unicorns, 22 Elder Druids, 26 upgraded Elves, 134 Fairies. Ambrosius (9,11,4,3) - 6 Titans, 5 Giants, 34 Steel Golems, 25 Boars, 125 Hobbits. Both had only 3 levels of magic. I placed quite a few troops under the walls, but due to the magic advantage, I won.