Nestor86
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We picked almost all the restarts, it spawned some junk underground. But then daddy Tazar showed up with snakes and Nelka. On 112 I killed the green Castle computer. Scrounged up some Efreeti in the Castle, Tazar got Earth magic. Scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories, both 3-4 with Haste. On 121 I crack 15 Wyverns for Corboas, and there's 10k XP. I level Earth to Expert, but only 2 Knowledge and 1 Spell Power. Breaking into the big Conservatory is not an option at all, because the army is only 40 Gogs and 6 Efreeti. Nelka killed the pink player, found a Dimension Door scroll on him. I decide to go into the treasure zone and eat a couple of Dragon Fly Hives. On 131 I take 2 Dragon Fly Hives, a Naga Bank, cash appears, I got a helm for Knowledge. This is truly unreal tempo!! Out of the monolith exit, suddenly, a scout hero from the reds appears, I think daddy will show up soon. I split up towards the Conservatories. Gunnar shows up with 7 Angels. I take the Conservatories and ramp up. Gunnar suddenly decides to go into that same treasure zone from where I chain-ported the army out. He goes into the treasure zone and finds a Dragon Utopia there, which I didn't take, but I had broken the guard. Gunnar didn't reach the Dragon Utopia, but checked with a scout hero that it wasn't taken. At this tempo, I can't give away the Dragon Utopia. So I split up and attack. FF:
Tazar 8-13-3-8 (57), Expert Armorer, Tactics, Earth, Archery
9 Efreet Sultans, 6 Angels, 24 Wyverns, 1+2 Demons, 26 Minotaur Kings, 48 Magogs
Gunnar 8-12-5-8 (60), Expert Tactics, Offense, Earth
13 Minotaur Kings, 1+1+14 Harpy Hags, 1+6 Angels, 19 Wyverns.
Managed to win the fight. Thanks for the game.
About the game. A long road to the adjacent zone (while walking to the respawn, I scouted an external dwelling of Minotaurs). Broke through to the top, there's a passage to the Necropolis player. I decide to break through to him (there are 30+ Water Elementals with Haste). From the army, only 30 Troglodytes and 6 Evil Eyes remain.
So I didn't risk going straight to the Necropolis castle, but took a detour through wasteland. There I stumbled upon a Pandora's Box giving 5k gold for 10-19 regular Ogres. I brought 3 Minotaurs from the castle and broke it.
On 121 I took the Necropolis castle. In the Dungeon, Minotaurs in the Citadel.
I split up in the Dungeon against Gunnar, I take the external dwelling of Minotaurs, giving me 13 of them.
I break a 3rd-tier Griffin Conservatory.
I split up in the Necropolis, I take a Pandora's Box there for 10k XP. I take 3 hives for 20 Wyverns, 2 Griffin Conservatories for 7 Angels (lost 2 out of stupidity).
And so on week 3 I'm standing at a fork, don't know where to go. I send a scout hero into a one-way monolith. He reveals blue heroes and Black Dragons (what they guard is not visible). I decide to go there with Gunnar. I popped out and ended up next to the treasure zone. From the overview I saw the positions of blue heroes and entered the treasure zone. Gunnar could reach the Dragon Utopia, but it was unguarded, so on the remaining movement I broke a prison and scouted a bit.
Anyway, that's where I got caught, and quite unexpectedly, I'd say.
FF no contest. No money, gg.
Thanks for the game!