Season: "Winter 2013-14". Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

11.01.2014. PlayIntelligent (red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def. Night Troll (blue, Swamp, Bron, Bron), 2SM4D(3), 213.
Newbies were playing. I got a starting town that I didn't like, and I was considering restarting, but then I saw a goblin stash and decided to give it a try. I made a lot of mistakes, losing all my dogs and birds early on, but I found a +4 Knowledge hat and a +4 Attack mace in a wagon, and there was also a coliseum, which gave another +2 to Attack. In the middle of the game, I lost on Dendroids, and my opponent gave me an auto-win (thanks!). Bron went through a secondary town, which I painted, and headed towards my castle. Meanwhile, I used Crag to break the enemy's main castle and maxed out Logistics and Earth Magic with Mass Slow. I intercepted my opponent and defeated him. We continued playing, and on day 213, I took him in his castle. Thanks for the game!

Confirmed. I chose Bron because of the Basilisks, hoping for a better hero to come along. That didn't happen. Nevertheless, I was able to progress quite well. But Bron didn't level up well. In the end, I didn't get Expert Earth Magic, but I did have some decent troops. My opponent's attack grew rapidly, and his magic was much better. At some point, he really took the lead, and I gave him an auto-win, which I don't regret (I won't be so generous in a tournament :D), because I was feeling adventurous. Later, due to poor leveling, I was defeated by Crag, but I still had some troops in the city, so I didn't give up. And I holed up in the castle. Crag came with birds (about 20), five Behemoths, and some other troops. I held the siege quite well (it even seemed like I could defend). But the Behemoths broke through the moat and finished off the remnants of my army. While I was busy leveling up Bron, I lost the right tempo and lost. Thanks for the game!!!