The opponent took one restart, and we started playing. On the first day, the map seemed decent: there was a lot of gold that could be taken without a fight, two Necropolises appeared, and a Griffin Conservatory was discovered. On the second day, a few downsides appeared in the overall picture in the form of a very long road from the starting location and unpleasant blockades along it, but I still decided not to risk restarting. On the third day, it turned out that the long road was accompanied by a subway, and the neighboring starting location was flooded – unpleasant, and there was nowhere to retreat.
As a result, I finished the first week with Tamika in the Dungeon, level 8, having gathered no more than 100 skeletons, losing some of them on ranged attack blockades, but as a bonus, I have mass speed and find another Conservatory. At home, I build levels 1-6 in the Citadel with a Prefect's Office; the Archers take the Crypts, the Vassals take a blockade, and two more remain uncaptured. The second week doesn't go very fast. At home, the Archers and Vassals each take one more blockade, Tamika in the Dungeon takes her native town, frees Sandro, a Necromancer, level 10, and a Conservatory for one Angel appears. Two more Vassal and Hydra blockades are also taken there – the stack of heroes promises to be threatening, but all this is only on the third week. In the next week, I plan to take the home Conservatory 3-4 and Utopia. I didn't mention that on day 117, Goshan appeared in the tavern for the opponent, which added to my worries.
On day 131, the opponent appears in the portal not far from the town underground and immediately hides. Tamika is preparing to take the Green Elf Castle, barely found with such roads. My thoughts are occupied with considering a possible defense against the Red player in case he approaches the town, and how to combine all this with taking the home Conservatory and the Dragon Utopia. But I was probably worried for nothing – on day 132, the opponent surrenders, citing a lack of money and the resulting unsatisfactory pace of his game. Also, it seems that he lost a lot more troops on his last turn.
Thanks for the game.
My hands were on keyboard and mouse but my brain was miles away. Thx for game.