We both drafted completely; it went poorly, Griffin Conservatory was a singleton, 1 chest for goblins, 1 for 5k experience, ГО ruins, at least the marketplace was there, I upgraded bears and birds and went to the center, immediately a chest for 20k experience (and it’s a native treasure zone, why not 8 bears :)), they hit hard, all goblins are lost, 7 birds and 3 blind remain, my opponent's path is not broken - ogres and cyclops, next to him lies a chest and a +12 sword behind nagas, so I stop there and wait to be killed. But the opponent doesn’t take his turn, I pick up the Dragon Fly Hive (8 Wyverns), the chest, and the sword, and flee deep into the treasure zone. On turn 123, the opponent moves and misses me by 1 hex with Ayden, revealing 9 birds, 12 psychs, 2 angels, 25 water elementals, 25 air elementals, high magic stats, while I still have 3 bears, 7 birds, 8 ducks. I had already given up mentally, so on a whim I run forward, find a chest for the entire 4th level, but little joy - low spell power (8), little mana (70). On his turn, the opponent takes a Dragon Utopia, air elementals are gone from his army and psychs are fewer, stats not much higher (+1 to everything).
I hit a block of 10-19 dragons, with angels behind them, completely disheartened, I put on the Shackles of War so I wouldn’t even think of buying my way out and continuing the game, and run to my death against the opponent.
Gunnar: 24-5-8-70 mana, 3 blind, 8 ducks, 7 birds, 23 lizards; Ayden: 11-10-11-200+ mana, 9 phoenixes, 2 angels, 4 psychs, 4 ducks, 25 water elementals, 20 goblins.
Still waiting to die, I have neither oil nor haste. The opponent waits, oh well, I throw a meteor shower at the angels, psychs, and goblins, exactly 200 damage. In response, an arrow comes for 210, I can’t believe my eyes :), then a full assault on the bears, but I resurrect them and they start cutting down phoenixes, and the Shackles prevent escape. The ballista killed 1 phoenix with a side arrow :).
That’s how it goes sometimes: you go in to die, and 5 minutes later you’re winning.
Thanks for the game!