“Two Seasons: Summer-Autumn 2014” Tournament. Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

The game turned out to be interesting in its own way. We chose all the restarts, random starting positions. I got Swamp on Necropolis. :( And immediately in front of the castle, blocks of 20+ Marksmen and 50+ Stone Gargoyles. Frustrated, I played the fights poorly, and wrote to my opponent about a restart due to the block. My opponent entered the save, played the fights, and wrote that he wouldn't allow a restart. As a result, after pulling myself together, I decided to redo the fights and continue playing. As the reveal later showed, the starting position was rich. On the respawn, there was an external dwelling of Beholders, 2 level 1 Gnome Mines, a level 2 Gnome Mine, and a chest with 5K gold. The secondary hero, even though on grass - Swamp, with an external dwelling of Beholders and Wyverns. Bron eventually picked up Diplomacy and became the boss. End of week 1: the Beholder dwelling was flagged, in the castle Wyverns with 1-2-3-4-5-6 in the Citadel. On day 2, I took the second Beholder dwelling and Wyverns behind 10+ Death Knights. 2 Gnome Mines were cleared, and a 5K gold chest was taken, scrolls for Implosion and Fly were picked up! On day 127, Bron breaks into the treasure zone. But only 40 mana.
After two battles, I was out of mana. Broke back to the castle to replenish. Meanwhile, Pirr shows light in the treasure zone at a Dragon Utopia and two Dragon Fly Hives with artifacts: a sword +2/2 and a shield +4. On day 132, Bron with Fly grabs the hive and artifacts, and on day 133, a 3-stack Dragon Utopia falls. It dropped generously: a Pendant of Free Will and Wings! (Pity they were for 1 pair) :D And then it began: having Pirr and Monere with Wings, I started collecting hives and artifacts: KZ, 5K experience, shield +4, everything. On day 141, Bron picks up the last 3 hives, and HURRAH! A Cartographer is also found. He revealed not only all the surface but also part of the underground treasure zone where my opponent was operating. (Calmed down, there weren't many Liches in the army) :). In the treasure zone my opponent is clearing, I see КВ, and my opponent is moving towards it. Monere breaks the elevator into the underground to steal КВ with Wings and break through, but emerges slightly off target. Frantically looking for the right elevator, we find it behind my opponent's secondary hero. A plan is born: grab the secondary town, from there reach the prison, and then the tavern (Monere is on a Giant Bee in position for a break-in). On day 142, Tan rises in that secondary town to replenish mana. Bron uses Town Portal to the secondary town, from there takes down Tan (he drops Wings and a Pendant of Free Will, that's good). Fura is bought out, then the prison, and in the external tavern Monere is bought out. And there isn't enough time for all this. Bron barely ran out of my opponent's secondary town, Monere with 80 Wyverns remained in place. :( The mistake here could have been fatal, because Bron could have cast Town Portal home (I forgot to leave him the КВ, and Monere could have been destroyed on the spot with the Wyverns). And then my opponent starts moving, in the teleport I see Charna with legendary stats (I realize Bron is doomed). But thankfully, it's avoided. On day 144, my opponent made a mistake: brought his entire army to this secondary town and left it on a scout hero. Day 144: Monere steals КВ and breaks through, Bron takes 2 Dragon Utopias and Town Portals home. 90+ Wyverns are upgraded, all the meat is bought. We have 90+ upgraded Wyverns and 50+ upgraded Beholders. Town Portal to the secondary town, from there 3 Dimension Doors, and on the last move we reach the secondary town with the army. There is a lot of meat there, but the scout hero and morale are in the red. GG.
Thanks for the game.