“Summer 2013” experimental season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

27.07.13 Frol off (blue, Inferno, Kael, Charna) def Akella (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar/Xsi) 8mm6a 141

Started without restarts, got 20 gogs plus two money heroes. First I start leveling Damacon, but on the second turn Charna appears in the tavern and I switch to her. First week I walk around native and adjacent zone, Charna gets attack, defense, and Earth, necroed about a hundred skeletons somewhere, all creatures of levels 1-6 are in the stronghold. In the adjacent zone there's an external dwelling of bones, a trifle, but nice :)

On the second week I broke through to the green computer, immediately see two Griffin Conservatories and a passage to the treasure zone with potential. In the treasure zone there's a Dragon Utopia, a quest artifact with sizable guard, an artifact for +1 HP for demon raising, and lots of meat for necromancy. One thing was worrying - the computer was Conflux, and those worries were not in vain. Labetha in the field gave herself up almost for free, but storming the castle cost me all the meat, all the skeletons, and one Efreet. The war with the green set me back a whole week in development. But on the plus side, I saw another Griffin Conservatory and many guards like 100-250 gnolls. Upgraded the pits and built the castle.

On the third week I started catching up. Charna masters Earth and finds Slow, the first five days I gather meat, got 200 skeletons and 40 demons, on days 6-7 I take two Griffin Conservatories for 3 angels, the abundance of money from taken treasure troves and freebies on the green's respawn allows me to build devils.

On 141 I'm about to take the cyclops dwelling to buy 3 devils, since there's no mercury anywhere, and to build the Mage Guild, to break into the Conflux to replenish mana, take the third Griffin Conservatory, and then exit into the treasure zone. I set up a chain to upgrade efreets to the main, but then once again I receive news from the opponent about losing to the computer :smile32: Very sad, I was just getting warmed up. Thanks for the game and the time.