BISHOP
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Took both restarts. Very good start.
I immediately see a Book of Earth under the Castle, Labeta appears in the tavern, I discover a Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive. Labeta first ran to ГО, picking up chests along the way and visiting a couple of stat-boosting locations, then split up and headed down the road, where another Dragon Fly Hive was found, and there were even two of them. Along the way I took out a Bubble, took the Dragon Fly Hives, 6+8. On 116 I discovered a couple of hidden caches, built a chain to them and picked them up on 117 (Hydras + Bulls). I placed the Hydras in the Citadel, a bit short on gold.
On 121 Labeta took a couple of Pandora's Boxes with 5k experience each, leveled up Scouting and Air Magic. Moner grabbed 2 Angels. On 122 I moved toward ГО, cleared the second Griffin Conservatory – another Angel, picked up the Book of Earth. On 123 I took the 4 Dragon Fly Hive and Titan's Cuirass, after which Labeta went to attack ГО – first Devils, then Hydras. Both fights were somewhat difficult, had to spend a lot of mana. In the center, a brutal block of 30+ Red Dragons, so I first grab the Dragon Fly Hive 100 movement points away, they give 12 Wyverns. With 30 Wyverns and mana for one Resurrection, I attack the Dragons, lose about 5 of them, but the reward is a Helmet +6 All Stats, Titan's Shield, and 4 Wyverns. I free Isleen from the prison, settle into the central town to restore mana. I have an army, stats, and magic, but Labeta can barely move, I need Dimension Door. I start building the Mage Guild in the Rampart (never finished it), rush to collect Pandora's Boxes. First – a pyramid, gives Mirror Image. Behind 20+ Angels they give 5 Angels, behind 50+ Silver Unicorns they give 20k experience. I free a hero from prison with Pathfinding, run to the Dragon Utopia. Grabbed a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, took a level 3 treasure – gave bad rewards, two artifacts for Navigation and a Necklace +3 All Stats. By this time I had scouted everything up to the opponent's ГО and discovered a Pandora's Box guarded by 10+ Titans there. Can't leave it... I Portal, take it out around 131 I think, they give 10 Horses. I'm left with about 50 mana points, can't run back home, but what's there to fear, it seemed? And then Jeditte descends with 15 SP, 200+ mana, and a dozen Meteor Showers. I manage to deal with the Armageddon caster with minimal losses (Angels resist twice, I cast Anti-Magic on them and 40 Wyverns), but a summon of 60 Fire Elementals stumps me. In general, I wanted to surrender immediately (and initially planned to do so if things went south), but there are also Shackles of War... Both heroes die, I have a lot of gold and the un-bought growth of week 3. I try to dig up one of the heroes, only Isleen comes in. I position her poorly (without a split option), lose the central town because of it, and also carelessly expose Moner, who could have retaken the Castle, but he gets caught and routed on the last tile before reaching it. Dessa goes on the attack, but driving her off is easy with Meteor Shower. I gather an army, go on the attack (still have the Helm of Thunder left), but I expose myself very badly several times under the Castles, and by 141 I still haven't reached the capital. No gold, the heroes still don't come in, the opponent has a whole respawn for free pickups and 9 growth of Meteor Showers. Everything is very bad, GG.
Thank you for the game!
