Group D. Game 1.
I got a wonderful Castle, while Roger had no restarts left. At the respawn there is a cache of fires (half a day's travel) and air units (three days' travel), a 2+ Griffin Conservatory and road exits to the underground via pits, to the Inferno zone via eyes, and to the stone zone via wolves or vaseks (I don't remember :rolleyes: ). The birds were hard to get; I had to fight eye-beings for this, as monks stood behind the pits, and I got lucky with large stacks. In the first week, I captured two secondary towns and scouted 4 Griffin Conservatories (2+, 3-4 with gs, unknown, unknown).
The second week was spent circling around the Griffin Conservatories, checking them and taking them. I accumulated 8 angels and went to the treasure zone in the third week.
There we found a max utopia, and nearby a small one, which we entered. We got a hat for magic 4/4 and a shield +6. We discovered a passage to the opponent and set off. There is 80 mana, thanks to a well on the way. Through the scholar, Müllich knew bless, haste, shield; slow was given in the Mage Guild. As for skills, the main hero is also all set: air, logy, weapons, earth (bought houses at the university), armor.
Air and earth views were used on the opponent's territory. I managed to cut off several scouts with troops. Then a battle in the Castle.
On the map, out of 10 possible zones, 6 were Inferno!)) 3 treasure zones, 2 secondary towns, and the main opp)
Thanks for the game)
P.S. There was a chain, but I didn't do a red rush)
Victory by restarts; of course, I regret that Gurni didn't play against Shakti (although even here it wasn't exactly equality, as 2 were built up, 2 native, a native secondary town where he came out on 112), but still. One could have surrendered immediately without playing; there was a great desire to surrender on 113 and 114 when the ifrits just wouldn't spawn, 2 roads ГО and 20+ storms, and over rough terrain 50+ gr lizards, in general, it was brutal. I played poorly, but even with correct play, the chances were negligible.
Thanks for the game!
P.S. Game of 2 turns (Masha red and her templates)!