"King of the Hill"

Well, and finally, I'll stay sitting on the throne until the end of the year :D

18.12.2013 HellLighT(Red,Dung,Shakti) def Javdet(blue,Ramp,Kyrre) mini-nostalgia 146 (this number haunts me)

We completely scrubbed the battlefield, I got one good rage-rest with a favorable layout, where I was beating a stack of 80 gnolls like a noob, they cowardly cast Forgetfulness twice and took out -30 goblins and -30 Troglodytes. There were 2 Griffin Conservatories a centimeter from each other, one strong... in general, I thought the generator had turned away from me, saying: "You already have enough." A respawn with no money and 2 roads, everything in ranged blocks, Troglodytes were melting before my eyes. I thought even the Minotaurs wouldn't spawn. I only killed the enemy's Citadel on the first week, and oh wonder, I found an external marketplace out in the middle of nowhere. The Minotaurs spawned at the Citadel. On the respawn, the only consolation was an external dwelling of Dragons, but due to 2 resources and a Monk guarding 20-49 gr Minotaurs, and there were clearly under 40 of them... Then the first miracle happens: a week of Minotaurs ))) I clicked the checkbox as usual without reading it, sat stupidly for a couple of minutes looking at 12 Minotaurs on the buyout, wanted to write to Javdet that it was a bug, but a bit later it dawned on me. I took a Dwarf Cottage at 20, upgraded the Minotaurs, took the external Dragon dwelling, killed the Necropolis player. On the Citadel respawn there was a Griffin Conservatory(1) and in the same treasure zone, without a spell book and with an underleveled Shakti with an army of 2 Dragons, 1 Angel, 12 Minotaurs, and some chaff, I reached a village, revealed a couple of Dragon Utopias. Shakti picked up a couple of Pandora's Boxes for experience and was magnificent — Earth, Defense, Sorcery, Logistics, Wisdom, and Leadership. But not in any of the 4 GM skills was there Slow or Shield, and there were only 3 scrolls total for 2 respawns, instead of the usual sea of them... With great difficulty I hired Neela at the tavern on the third week. I bought what I could and went into the first two-way. Despite the stats being 15 10, they chewed me up quite a bit. They gave +3 all, +4+4, I won back a Crown +2 and +1 speed. Then another Dragon Utopia. I took 2 external dwellings of Behemoths and placed them in the castle. With the growth of a couple more Dragon Utopias, I eventually caught up with Kyrre in stats, even slightly exceeded her — averaging 20-25. Lots of money, but no crystals; nothing to upgrade 9 Behemoths with. However, I collected a bunch of KV artifacts with Chains, all of which were requested on the respawn — a whole 7 of them, and they gave... 4 Ancient Behemoths, 15 Thunderbirds, 15 Ogre Magi, 30 Ogres, 45 Orcs, 15k experience, and 10k gold. I missed another one for 20k experience. From the last Dragon Utopias I got a bunch of KZ, so I was in full combat readiness. But thanks to the presence of another Citadel village that could be built up, I knew time was working for me and I wasn't in a hurry. Plus, I wanted to upgrade everyone. However, my plans were thwarted by the treacherous Kyrre, who took my main town. Shakti from the Necropolis town didn't have time to run over. I was upset. Chasing a torpedo with Dimension Door and Fly wasn't appealing at all. However, Kyrre makes a knight's move and attacks herself. The armies were roughly equal, my stats were slightly higher, but while she was casting Slow and Blind, I was hitting with battle magic and biting a bit on Tactics. Then I summoned Earth Elementals and cleaned up the rest. Concession follows. Thanks for the game.