04.10.2013 Yostairs (Red, Conflux, Fiur, Fiur) def Akella (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Gunnar) Balance, 137
A decent respawn with stables, plenty of gold, and easy access to secondary zones; the Griffin Conservatory is visible on the adjacent tile. On week 1, I placed birds in the fort, Fiur with Earth Magic, but no Slow (never found it until the end of the game), and Passwall (which came in very handy). On day 1-2-2, I scout the Conservatory — it's a level 2, I take it, then push toward the central castles through 94 golems. My opponent sees all this but is in no rush to interfere; as a result, I enter the treasure zone, pick up 2 beehives for 12 ducks there, clear my ГО from two sides (60 Ruhks and 30 Gr. Nags), and head to the ultra treasure zone with week 3 growth. The ГО in the ultra treasure zone is 8 Phoenixes; I lost 10 Storms and 10 Ice Elementals there. In the treasure zone, I found 3 more beehives, bringing the ducks to 30. Meanwhile, my opponent chased my scout in hopes of capturing a town but ran into a dead end. After defeating Fiur, I went to meet him. Fatal Blow with no chance — on his side, the relevant stacks were 2 Angels, 40 Grands (of which only three remained after a strike from 7 birds), and 6 Unicorns. Thank you for the game.