One for all and all for one - 2

Merrzavchiki vs Cerberus
05.10.2013 JustObserver (red, random, Rampart, Ufretin, Vokial) def Sanin (blue, random, Tower, Josephine, Gunnar) Spider 144

I had Necro, external dwelling of elves, pegasi, and dwarves. Opponent had Gunnar and native town, captured in the first week. Tried to get some advantage, captured a dungeon, but it only spawned pegasi for all 4 weeks. By the first final battle I only mustered 500 skeletons, but by 16 spell power I had the entire 5th level, which with 140 mana allowed a fairly decent trade with the opponent. As a result of the bloody battle, the opponent had 2 angels out of 11, 8 nagas and 21, 40 mages and 200 gremlins. After retreating, I bought back into the dungeon and doubled my mana back to 140, attacked the newly captured tower, brought 20 wyverns, 3 devils, and pegasi that didn't participate in the previous battle, also bought 3 giants and sat waiting. The attack was inevitable. The opponent, confident in my lack of mana, went on the attack, and everything was decided in a castle battle, where again 16 spell power and artillery (who would have thought) allowed me, on nearly the last HP, to secure a big advantage in meat, reinforced by resurrection, but fortunately only with 5 spell power. I should also mention that at the end of the first final battle there was a disconnection, which almost put the continuation of the game at risk, but fortunately we managed to sort it out. Thanks for the game.

We started without restarts. Tower was dealt, I expanded decently. The main reason I started playing: my towns were Tower and Castle, adjacent were Dungeon and Necro. I decided to overpower with a double. I had Tamika, whom I planned to level, but after him Gunnar showed up.

I took the pink Tower in the first week, but only built mages there, built Naga Hall in the fort. In the zone of the pink town I killed 7 gr. wyverns for a quest artifact. At the end of the week, I sacrificed a scout hero in a battle against Diamond Golems guarding a Griffin Conservatory and the Armor of the Damned. However, the quest artifact gave 15 Arch Mages, and things spiraled...

In the second week I killed blue and green (Castle and Dungeon). Unfortunately, there was no one to Town Portal, nothing to build angels with. Near the dungeon I took a mini-Griffin Conservatory.

In the third week Gunnar took a triple Griffin Conservatory, then Tamika took a double, and with six angels, nagas, and mages, Gunnar moved into the treasure zone. There was a max-level Dragon Utopia there, which I didn't go into [and in hindsight, in vain. It was quite doable with the loss of all mages and other chaff, leaving three angels and nine nagas. Its contents would have decided the outcome of the final battle in my favor, that's for sure]. I took several Dragon Fly Hives there, Pandora's Boxes, a Refuge that gave an angel the following week, and eventually I was beaten back from there. Meanwhile, I very timely sent Ajit to clear the respawn, so that by the end of the week he had taken the far Dwarf dwelling and the external dwelling of mages. Giants in both towns and in the Castle.

In the fourth week I pushed him further up, where there was a Griffin Conservatory, and sent Gunnar the other way, from the adjacent zone. Turn 142 I transferred the army to Ajit, Gunnar on the run. Then Vokial bursts into my domain, I'm bewildered. Ajit takes a double Griffin Conservatory, Gunnar breaks through into a nearby treasure zone, where he takes another double Griffin Conservatory. Nearby lies a Pandora's Box, whose contents determined everything that followed. It gave all the Earth magic, Gunnar has advanced Wisdom, enough mana for one Town Portal. Then I Town Portal to the dungeon, double mana, Town Portal home - upgrade genies, Town Portal to secondary - upgrade nagas, Town Portal home - upgrade gremlins and genies from the secondary. I wanted to buy six more giants, but there was nothing left to sell on the external market. Town Portal to the village, not enough movement to reach Vokial, but along the way there was a Fountain of Youth and at the very last second!!! I managed to attack. After all these manipulations, I just stared blankly at the screen for about three minutes, breathing heavily :D /I hate the 8-minute time limit on XL+U templates/
In the unclaimed Dragon Utopia there was the Shield of the Damned and Breastplate +12, and enemy explosions would have been simply countered by resurrection. But it is what it is, Gunnar has only 5 spell power, although he has an advantage in meat, but nothing to oppose in terms of magic. On turn 144 I see Vokial in my secondary town. I assume he has no mana and attack, but there it's again 140 out of 70, and I realize it's the end. Although in the end Vokial had two wyverns left, and some morale/luck during the battle could have decided the outcome in my favor.

Thanks for the game, it was epic.