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29.12.13 Cincinnat (blue, Stronghold, Gunnisson) def Dark30 (red, Fortress, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 141

We chose all restarts and began.
In the first week, Gunnisson and Gretchin leveled up well, luckily I didn't waste a good stack of upgraded goblots, ran around the upgrade points, broke through pedestrians. On 115 I took a secondary Tower, by this time two Dwarf Cottages, a level-1 Griffin Conservatory, an external dwelling of orcs, and boots had been revealed.
I was nursing a cunning plan: to take one Dwarf Cottage by the end of the week, then the Conservatory, then the second one, and to build 12357 in the Citadel, but it didn't work out. I was afraid to take the Dwarf Cottages (they were glowing like throne ones) and decided to take the Conservatory with the growth, since the bears no longer fit.
By 122 I collected the Dwarf Cottages (both 20) and the Conservatory, and ran to my native secondary via the wasteland.
I get a disconnect on an important turn, having broken 100 magogs without losses. The second breakthrough resulted in a loss of ~50 goblins.
I split the army; Gretchin on the angel and with all the meat except the birds goes to the native treasure zone through the snow respawn. Gunnisson, level 9 with 15 attack, runs there too, but via the native secondary on 7 gr. birds with the ballista, killing everything (there was a box with 20 pit fiends for 10k gold).
On 126 I capture the secondary, combine the troops in the treasure zone and fail hard - I attack with Gretchin on 100+ vampires with Haste in the refuge, the tower of gold and the arena. I break through, but leave the bird, all the orcs, a lot of meat, and the ballista there.
I conveniently forget about the loss of the ballista and happily pile on with Gunn on birds, angel, and singles against 10-19 gr. nagas for a +2 speed boost. Loss. Good thing the shackles were in the backpack; I escape after killing some of the nagas. At home, the bears are in the castle.
131 - I buy back in the Tower, take the tome. I set a chain to take the Conservatory at the snow respawn.
132 - I take the level-3 Conservatory, on a morale roll I sacrifice the bear, one bird, and the goblins with the hobgoblins. I run back to the treasure zone, previously scouted by Deemer with expert scouting.
On 134 Tazar runs up to the Citadel-secondary, I manage to move 6 unupgraded birds from there, continue clearing the treasure zone: a box with 100 snipers for 15k experience drops, two Dragon Fly Hives with 18 Wyverns, minor artifacts. By 135 I break back home to double mana in the fountain.
Gunnisson with 18-11-8-11 runs to the opponent, and on 141 with the growth I attack Tazar with 14-20-4-4 in the Citadel. There are also 18 ducks there; from Tactics I fly in with everything, GG, there was more meat. The generator smiled at the end with phoenixes in the refuge :)

Thanks for the game and the conversation!