Favorites, to battle! - 7 - The Battle of Favorites! - 7

group O.

The game turned out to be quite something, of course. We cheesed as much as we could. But let's take it step by step.

All the Ramparts were picked, +1 in the block. The worst surrenders came from all sides, well, as usual.
The only road led to a village in the center, behind which there was an immediate block of 50+ Evil Eyes. Everything else was off-road.
Monja without Air, second hero - Kalt with 5 Fish. Ended up with an army of 11 Fish and Fairies. First week in the Citadel, Xsi is there.
123 - native town of Necropolis. Poked around a bit, ran the Fairies through the Converter. After a couple of Nagashis, Griffins were built in the Castle.
Found 2 Griffin Conservatories 2+3, which were taken on days 127-131. Cheesed up 400 Skeletons.
Heading to the center.
132-133 - Dragon Fly Hives +6+8.
135 - Xsi there takes a box of all Air Magic and Necromancy Cloak after a Green 10. High time to buy Air Magic at home for Xsi.
Monja on 2 Griffins ran off to scout, sensing the trail of the Red player.
(After the game, as it turned out - during this Pandora's Box on the same day, Kleva was taking a Dragon Utopia with КЗ).
On day 141, the opponent reveals his entire domain (Town Portal + Meteor Shower) and 4 Angels. Definitely not worth charging in headfirst. Still unknown how many Skeletons he has.
Week 4 ended with 2 Dragon Utopias and two Mage Guilds lvl 4. Gave some stat boosts. Xsi levels Air Magic. The second Mage Guild gave Town Portal. Not bad. Though Skeletons didn't pile up much. Xsi found a Pandora's Box for the entire 5th level. Now we have Implosion too.

Start of the 2nd month, the game is dragging on. Deesa arrives. Decided to level Logistics. Built Mage Guild lvl 5 at home - Dimension Door. I thought - yes, we have it! Taught everyone Town Portal and Dimension Door. Vokial also got leveled up - Logistics + Earth + Air. Began capturing the map with 3 heroes under full control. Meat from the villages goes to Skeletons whenever possible.

Sometime in the middle of the 2nd month, we revealed each other's cheese. Nearly 2k Skeletons each. He got Archangels. I had a stack of Griffins, Beholders, and Swamp Drakes cheesed up.
Constant back-and-forth intercepting strategic villages that were in the center of the map. Captured a Castle - upgraded my Angels. With the boost on Earth, Xsi's Implosion hits for 4k. I have more Skeletons, but not by much, while he has twice as many Eliks and Archangels.

Towards the end of the 2nd month, I built a Legions, gave it to Deesa, confronting the opponent in bracers with 4.5k movement points and 2 Dimension Doors. Skeletons are being amassed at a furious pace with Necro artifacts, the boost from the town, and all the meat from the villages.
In the last Dragon Utopia, we got a Catapult. Found a Cape for +2 Speed. Finally caught the opponent's main hero. Though I lost mine a few times.

In the end, +3 Speed, Red Orb, x2 stack of upgraded Power Liches. I have a slight edge in stats. Nothing to fear. Though I almost got caught out with Vokial carrying the army and missing key artifacts (and offensive magic was only on Xsi).
Captured the Castle yet again. This time, I won't give up the Archangel growth. And the opponent attacks himself.

GG, thanks for the game!