"Newcomer-2014. Summer"

We had a decent exchange. On the first day, I spotted the opponent's external dwelling for elves and the Griffin Conservatory on a neighboring Citadel secondary town. A decent amount of gold, a 6-hero spread, but the opponent already had more gold by turn 111. I thought for a long time, since I had little creature growth; Ivor only brought 3 elves, but in the end I committed to the game.
On turn 117, I captured both secondary towns. I missed one day of building construction in my ramp-up and decided to build the Citadel, managing to squeeze in the upgraded creatures by turn 117.
The Citadel's respawn was rich: 3 Griffin Conservatories, double mana, and a box of 45 orcs. Ivor got both earth magic and logistics — everything was fine.
On turn 126, the opponent appeared and managed to take my Citadel with the bears by the end of the week. I decided not to defend but to take the Griffin Conservatories, as the army there didn't look threatening at all. A couple of birds, a few efreet, and some miscellaneous units — no bears.
On turn 127, I took the first Griffin Conservatory out of three — just a single one. On turn 131, I planned to take the other two big ones after leveling up my spell power a bit. My stats were higher, and I thought I could knock him out of my Citadel, where he had settled, by using angels.
Turn 131 started, the opponent attacked my scout hero, and his laptop crashed. Since it was already 3 AM, we decided to save the game.
We couldn't finish the game for a whole week. In the end, we only managed to reconnect today.
There were serious connection issues — we had to reload because the opponent forgot to buy a spell book before a battle, and then he managed to get a redraw despite the HeroesWorld rules :o
I offered auto-battle, but the opponent again forgot to buy a book for his scout hero and decided to surrender. To be fair, I had a significant advantage in creature growth and stats.

We started the second game on a mini-nostalgia map.

Thanks for the time and the game!;)