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"Crusade" Tournament (Spring 2014)

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There was a draft with a rest on meeting, almost everyone chose the rest (I had one left). I played the draft with a Griffin Conservatory and an external dwelling of nagas, which I didn't take on the first week, guard - a horde of magogs. Home nagas in the Citadel.

On the second week, contacts with the opponent began, I had to change the development direction. I took a dungeon village, Town Portal'd the nagas, built a Castle, upgraded the nagas.

On the third week, Gunnisson came to kill me. By a miracle, having traded all resources down to zero, I managed to move all the nagas to Nila, who was preparing to take a Dragon Utopia. It gives the Golden Bow and the Sword of Justice. I also pulled Shackles from that treasure zone. On day 135, they take my capital, I capture the Castle and am left with one town.

Moving further along the wasteland, I reached a tower village, where the computer built a Fort. Next to it is an external dwelling of giants. In the underground treasure zone, I see a Dragon Utopia, but I don't know how to reach it, I ran into the treasure zone, but it turned out to be the wrong one. The treasure zone is worthless, little useful stuff.

Further along the wasteland, through rocks and swamps, I ran into the darkness towards where the entrance to the treasure zone with the Dragon Utopia should have been. I reached it on day 213, found two Dragon Utopias, they gave the Books of Air and Water, the Thunder Helmet, and the Titan's Sword. No Town Portal, Nila has no Earth magic. In the last slot, an unwanted Pathfinding comes.

Slowly, I press the remaining computers, find another untouched treasure zone (I was very surprised that in the end I got four treasure zones out of eight, considering that since the third week I had absolutely no control of the situation). In that treasure zone, I took the Cloak of Abdication and shook some Hives. Overall, the situation is as follows: I have four ranged stacks (Titans, Gremlins, Archeri, and Mages), for which I need the Angelic Alliance and the Red Orb. The Angelic Alliance is not assembled, no Red Orb. I can only win in a Castle, wearing the Pendant and Necklace protecting against lightning. The opponent has a fat stack of demons.
A bit later, the Angelic Alliance finally gets assembled (though I never took the helmet, but I saw where it was and could have taken it any day), but the Red Orb apparently wasn't on the map...

The opponent doesn't show control, so on the sixth week I got bold and entered his treasure zone, managed to take a single Conservatory, and then Gunnisson revealed control, and I couldn't avoid the battle on day 227. In the end, with mass Haste, I cut down two Devils, two Angels, 10 Pits, and 20-30 birds. And I bought peace for a hundred grand.

After that, I had plans for the Dragon Utopia. I could see an unopened Pandora's Box next to it, and I thought the Dragon Utopia was also unopened, but it turned out to be behind the keymaster's tent. In the tower, I built Town Portal, Clavius got Earth magic, enabling at least some teleportation.

Then we exchanged towns back and forth. I was thinking about how to position myself favorably in a Castle, but it never worked out. Eventually, on day 236, I sent Clavius to replenish mana in a town without a guild, and in the end, I had to change plans. Nila killed an enemy scout and went for the Library. To avoid taking the Library before breaking the guard, I had to spend movement points. A +2 speed Cape was revealed. I didn't want to leave it for the opponent, so I took it, and in the end, I neither entered the Library nor could cast Town Portal. That's when I was caught. In that battle, no chance, of course; I didn't have enough gold to buy peace for everything, bought peace with whatever was left, thought for a couple of minutes, and quit the game.

However, I was curious whether the Red Orb was lying somewhere, so I started looking at the map. I entered the Dragon Utopia behind the keymaster, and it was empty. Valenok had taken it with Fly, without visiting the tent. The Dragon Utopia gave a Chalice, Sandals, and the Titan's Cuirass. So, this is a technical loss based on a rules violation.

Thanks for the game.
ICQ 423164784

Battle Report Accepted
Башня / Tower Faction Башня / Tower
Нила / Neela Start Hero Нила / Neela
Нила / Neela Main Hero Нила / Neela
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Цитадель / Stronghold Faction Цитадель / Stronghold
Гурниссон / Gurnisson Start Hero Гурниссон / Gurnisson
Гурниссон / Gurnisson Main Hero Гурниссон / Gurnisson
Map Template
Spider
Game Length
236 days
Game Date
5/17/2014
Reported
5/17/2014 2:10 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Sanin 1559 1579 +20 ↑
BA/IEHOK 1697 1677 -20 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 5/17/2014 2:22 PM