The Crusade (autumn, winter 2013-14)

Group 2. 07.09.2013 cuc9ctblu (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Lucky George (red, Inferno, Octavia, Octavia) 8mm6a 144. At first glance, the starting area wasn't great, but then I found a hidden spot with bulls, two resource nodes (2+3), and a Hive – I took this on the 2nd week. Later, in the adjacent zone, I defeated +2 speed and a Hive with 35 Vivs. Not far from the opponent, I stole two Hives (8+12). As a result, on day 131 with 40 Vivs, I attacked Utopia – immediately got the Air book, defeated a couple more resource nodes – an army of 40 upgraded Vivs and 10 Angels. On day 134, the first final battle – the opponent had 55 Demons, 15 Pitfiends, some Efreet, 5 Angels, and 30 Gog. He managed to kill 5 of my Angels (they had higher stats and 200 lightning damage). He retreated with 30 Gogs. I realized why he didn't surrender – he thought there was an explosion and he still had an army. I continued to gather my army. On day 144, I caught up to the opponent. The final battle was again one-sided; he surrendered. Thanks for the game. Group 2. 22.09.2013 cuc9ctblu (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Shiva/Moner) draw Lim4 (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) JC 131. A difficult game with a practically empty, tiny starting area, there wasn't even enough money there. There was a secondary dungeon, but not a single hidden spot. What saved me was that Moner was leveling up like a god – earth and defense skills. Getting to the Grand Order was easy – a hundred Thunderbirds. From 4 Hives, 20 Vivs emerged (all that I had gathered). I was planning to attack on day 121, but it didn't work out, so I attacked on day 122. Immediately, I found Pandora's Box for 10k gold and 10 Nagas. I replenished my mana. For the next 5 days, I just ran around the treasure area – there wasn't a single artifact. All the Pandora's Boxes gave gold (4 for 20k each). In Utopia, I got a Captain's Hat (+3 all) for the three heroes and some other junk. I found another Pandora's Box with 10 Nagas and a spell for the entire land. There was a Scholar with experience and literacy – I retrained him in all the city portal spells. I rescued Shiva, level 30, with perfect skills from the prison. I was already preparing to switch to her when I remembered that Moner has the Explosion spell. On day 131, I attacked the opponent with my entire army, which I had bought in the cities – Red Dragon. We decided to load an auto-battle replay with an army without growth. In the final battle, the growth didn't really matter – Meteor for 1k destroyed the entire army. We decided to record a draw. Thanks for the game.