06.01.2014 Yostairs (Blue, Conflux, Aenain, Jabarkas/Septienna) def Sanin (Red, Tower, Torosar, Nimus) MiniNostalgia 137

On the second day, I took the Castle; the computer heroes just sat in the castle and waited for their fate. There was a rich respawn with two piles of spears and one of bows. I immediately bought a bunch of heroes. On the third day, I grabbed the Citadel and started building Bears there. I saw a Griffin Conservatory there, with a Shield +4 and an armor piece from the Alliance nearby. No road to the treasure zone. I was scraping together money until the end of the week, hustling at the external market, and eventually got Bears in the castle. Necro never made it to the tavern.

On the second week, Nimus took a triple Griffin Conservatory; they killed one Bear. Lost a second Bear in a fight against a half-stack of Gorgons for an Alliance necklace. Isra, equipped with the Necromancer's Cloak and the Necromancer's Robe, meanwhile goes to Necro on an Angel, sits in the castle, and defends it. There's a power boost there, of course.

At 131, with a supply line, I captured the Alliance Sandals, and Nimus shattered on the Necro respawn. I take a Pandora's Box for experience there; Isra takes the triple Griffin Conservatory (+65 Skeletons) and heads into the treasure zone. There, I gathered a double Griffin Conservatory, two Dragon Fly Hives, and two Dragon Utopias; the only good thing was a Gladius. The experience boxes went to Elshar from the prison. Built Angels, dragged Nimus toward the Dragon Utopias in the treasure zone behind the castle, and that's where I got ambushed. I knew the opponent saw me there; I didn't know there was control there.

Overall, theoretically, I could have leveled Gervulf, who had good Earth magic, and on the second week easily smash ГО with Archers and Gremlins, but who knew that the huge center would be full of Dragon Utopias, which, incidentally, were placed very inconveniently for me and conveniently for the opponent.