Игры HoMM3 for fun

23.06.2014 Falcone (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Jolly_roger (blue, Rampart, Ivor) Jebus Cross 143

We played with two restarts — we picked everything and went for luck. On the respawn there were 4 Dragon Fly Hives for 23 Waspworts, 2 Griffin Conservatories for 3 Angels and 2 cat external dwellings. The Conservatories were far away, so we had to build long chains.

There was no quick breakthrough. I broke through the КЗ with Rust Dragons on day 125 and parked Shakti in the central Castle on one Angel — to ramp up. My opponent was 1 day short of punishing me for that — our respawns were adjacent and he reached the same Castle on day 126. I was standing on the road to the center and my opponent decided to run to my respawn. I decided not to chase him and went to the center, which turned out to be very poor — without Dragon Utopias or any worthwhile artifacts.

I picked up 3 Dragon Fly Hives and a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels and went to recapture the town. Meanwhile, my opponent was actively clearing my respawn, and Ivor decided to take the Castle in the center, but by that time I was already returning and managed to ambush him. I killed almost all of my opponent's army, but he didn't want to give up and ran home.

Then I return to my main, take the home Dragon Utopia, find in it the КЗ and Sword of Justice, Town Portal to the central Castle, and go to the elf respawn. I capture the Castle and head toward an unclaimed Dragon Utopia, which Ivor takes right in front of me and attacks.

My opponent unexpectedly gathered a decent army, but against my burst of 1500 arguments, there was none.

Thanks for the game!