Игры HoMM3 for fun

06/12/2014 RaiseTheDead (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) def Spinhead (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 8mm6a, 144
20 elves arrived. Average respawn rate. Cons and hidden manticores. The path to the resource was very long and blocked by 80 pegasi guarding the boots of speed and the prison, so I only managed to reach the resource in the beginning of the second week with a growth. In the second week, I took a level 2 resource. In the third week, I took 3 more resources and several Hive. I had 9 angels and 30 vivs. But the only visible utopia was destroyed right in front of my opponent. I found a damage dealer in a scroll, built 5 GM. I teleported to the resource, captured a castle, and my opponent attacked me there. With a crimson sphere and stats of 20+ against my 5-10, and roughly equal armies, he killed me without significant losses in the castle.

Confirmed.
The hidden manticore near the castle helped a lot. I don't know what I would have done without it, as the resources and Hive were quite scarce. A throne resource (level 2) and a Hive, plus a quest artifact for 100+ gold, which blocked the passage to the center – that's all I saw in the first two weeks. I broke through the snakes with oil and still found nothing. Only after a few days of running around, I found a few utopias and Gunnar took a level 3 resource. On day 141, with a decent stack of scorpios and a damage dealer, I destroyed a maxed utopia. The loot was decent – a +12 sword, a +12 shield, and a crimson sphere. Then I found another maxed utopia, got the air book, the orator's hat, the dragon scale armor, and wings. On the next turn, the opponent settled in a castle within range – without any level 1 creatures, with 5-9 angels and 20-49 vivs. I decided to attack without mana, using the crimson sphere, as my combat stats were much higher. I managed to win the battle with minor losses.
Thanks for the game!