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

Solid start - two columns of Griffin Conservatories, income on gold is decent. By day 5 I took a Rampart from the computer, Village from the Citadel. On turn 1, birds in the Citadel with buyout on 121 (traded), mines with Logo and basic Earth magic, on 122-123 two Hives with a total of 8, one Griffin Conservatory (3 minimal objects :confused:). By the end of the week I took the Swamp, bought the ducks there that the computer hadn't bought, and headed to the opponent — though it was 3 nights and I wasn't too bothered about mana, which was only 7, primarily due to the strong army. The only downside was no artifacts aside from a cheater's trinket on morale and a +4 shield.

On 127 I break into the blue player's area, kill a couple of weaklings, on my turn I'm attacked by:
Crag Hack:
15 3 3 5 (40) 12 Rocs 44 Dogs 1 Angel 3 Bears 4 Ogres, +1 speed, Expert Offense, Defense, Earth Magic, Advanced Air Magic;
Shakti: Advanced Attack, Expert Earth Magic, Basic Air Magic without Haste.
6 11 2 4 (7) 5 Birds 4 Angels 20+1+1+1+1 Ducks.

Due to Crag Hack's Expert Defense, I couldn't take down the Angel with birds, but despite the lack of mana, the fight is easily won with a remaining 14 ducks, which are then upgraded on 131...

Thanks for the game.