08.07.2013. Roger-ua (blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Simon5760 (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar). 2sm4d(3). 126.
On day 111, external dwellings of orcs and goblins, built level 2, 4 roads – we play. On day 1, I built 12345 in the castle, painted 3 external orc dwellings and 2 goblin dwellings, took a secondary Inferno hero, Crag Hack stands at the Griffin Conservatory 1. No money on the secondary and nowhere to go with him, no bears, 5 heroes. On day 121, I barely buy 6 birds, take the Conservatory – minus one bird. On day 122, I take the mini Naga Bank, Medusa Hovel 8. On day 124, I take a secondary Tower hero, buy Crag Hack a spell book and go to the Conservatory on the snow. Tazar scouts stats – Tazar 5 12 8 7 vs Crag Hack 9 6 1 1. I realize it’s even sadder than I thought before. The two treasure zones I see through the snow – one is sand, the other is snow. On day 125, I buy 12 ogres, take Conservatory 2 with losses of 5 ogres and a few orcs. Crag Hack runs home; the Pandora’s Box and Naga Bank are not taken there for building bears. On day 126, the joyful news arrives that the opponent surrendered. After looking at the saves, I realize the opponent’s surrender was clearly premature. The opponent’s loss of troops only equalized our chances of victory. Once again, I note that the option with one secondary (seemingly unpromising) works quite well.
Thanks for the game! And for the gifted victory!
It was roughly like that.
Week 1:
The initial setup wasn’t bad: gold lying around, I see a reception area for mummies from the start, a ballista comes in, I see 2 Dwarf Cottages, a helmet +3 behind ridiculous guards, a Griffin Conservatory, a shield +3 (though behind a horde of lizardmen), but there were few archers, no external dwellings visible (turns out there are none at all) – I decided to play!
In the camp, I took 3 monks, which compensated for the lack of lizardmen, visited stat-boosting spots (luckily there were quite a few and all near the path), took 2 Dwarf Cottages, lost all gnolls and a couple of lizardmen on the morale checks, but got a huge boost in gold, built the Wyvern and Behemoths immediately, broke through to the secondary, not without losses, captured the Necropolis secondary, gave Tazar Air Magic and a spell book (I have Slow, I have Haste), scouted the entrance to the treasure zone, broke some obstacles, and set up for the Pandora’s Box!
Week 2:
I bought out, but not everything; the camp gave 2 upgraded Elementals of Mind, I was so happy that while clearing the Pandora’s Box from 99 mummies, I lost a duck and a few gnolls; it gave 10k experience, I took Expert Air Magic, Attack, and Logistics (excellent). I broke obstacles, bought out at the Necropolis secondary, ready to conquer the treasure zone (but here a dilemma arose: go around through the unicorns and take the Dragon Fly Hive, or break through the horde of Evil Eyes and take the Dragon Fly Hive directly and visit the Well). Well, I’m strong and have Mass Haste and all that. In parallel, the scout hero sees boots of speed, I decide to take them and the shield behind the lizardmen; as a result, I messed up the hero chain, returned Tazar to take the boots and boost him on the fly, and forgot to pass them on (( in the end, I wasted a day and didn’t boost Tazar! And then everything went wrong! To not lose tempo, I decided to go through the Evil Eyes anyway. I suffered heavily from them, losing 4 Wyverns, all Elementals, and all the meat, leaving 7 Behemoths, 20 lizardmen, and 1 Wyvern (I was terribly upset)! I moved on, broke through the unicorns, took the Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, losing 1, burst into the treasure zone with full mana and a thirst for revenge!!! I reached the Archmages, nothing guarded them except a Pandora’s Box and 1 resource, I attacked. It turned out to be a ton (as always)! I cast Haste, charged in, and then a complete failure! They cast Haste on themselves, kill units, and on the next turn simply shoot the Behemoths and Wyverns! While they were doing that, I went a bit bald tearing my hair out!)) in the end, I barely finished them off with lightning, leaving 2 Behemoths and about 15 lizardmen. My only hope was the Pandora’s Box, which contained NOTHING!!! Upset, I wrote GG!((
Lessons have been learned and I am ready to fight again!!!
Thanks to the opponent for the time spent.
