I took a rest on the first day, although it was quite playable – lots of money, a big respawn with a Griffin Conservatory. But problems with speed and the starting army, as well as the pathfinding, still forced me to take a risk. As a result, I ended up with a very bad roll.
111 – spawned underground, cast View Spellbook. I see a prison, boots, an external dwelling of Knights, a couple of Pandora's Boxes. There's a hero with centaurs. There are treasure chests. Roads are slow. I can't afford the boots.
113 – I take a Tower town. Nearby – a Titan's shield guarded by a horde of greater Minotaurs. Clavius with Tamika stubbornly level up Attack. In the treasure zone through wasteland, I ran into blockages.
115 – scouted a Dragon Fly Hive. Things look very bad. No money, blocks everywhere. But the main problem – no sulfur and no ore! The mine remained north of the castle, to get to it I need to clear the external dwelling of Knights, and it's guarded by 20+ greater Medusas. The lion's share of the starting zone's gold is there too.
116 – still, I think there's a chance to take the external dwelling. But in any case, I need sulfur for Liches first. I attack Magmas for a bunch of resources. I lose a quarter of my skeletons and realize it's better not to mess with the Medusas.
117 – traded for 3 sulfur and 6 stone at two marketplaces, I build Liches in the Citadel. In the army – 113 skeletons, 6k gold for buying units. Maybe I should have taken the external dwelling, I could have, but I was afraid. Glad about Clavius, who got Logistics.
121 – but now I took it with minimal losses. 165 skeletons, bought out Liches, learned Tactics in the hut.
122 – I clear the boots. I enter another wasteland treasure zone, where I cast View Spellbook. Nothing particularly interesting – 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Pandora for Behemoths, but that's exactly what I need now. I took a small town, replenish mana. And in the neighboring treasure zone from the scouting, I see a Dragon Utopia, a Book of Fire, and a Dragon Fly Hive with a Pandora for Hydras. It would be good to get there, but I don't really have anything to fight with there yet.
123 – I take a max Dragon Fly Hive, a Pandora for experience – Clavius is now Expert at Attack, Defense, Tactics, Logistics. I sit in a new town again to replenish mana.
124 – I take another max Dragon Fly Hive. Result – 24 Wyverns, 160+ skeletons, and a few Zombies. I pick up Wisdom. Time to run to the Dragon Utopia, I'll gather army on the way.
125 – I aggregated Goblins from the towns, +100 skeletons per day.
126 – I get 70 Zombies from a Pandora, now I have a meat shield for the Dragon Utopia.
127 – I sit in the town in front of the Dragon Utopia. Already 400 skeletons.
131 – the Dragon Utopia turns out to be level 3, they give stat items – Sword of Justice, Titan's Cuirass, and a Crown +4+4. I clear the Book of Fire, another Dragon Fly Hive for 8. I'm getting ready to attack, because the opponent seems not very strong.
132 – split the army, replenished mana, go to the respawn of the Barbarian opponent.
133 – cleared a Ring of Speed and a Cache of Demons, but took the wrong road.
134 – the opponent turns out to be somewhere in a remote wasteland. I run aimlessly, pop up at the Dungeon opponent's respawn.
135 – I clear the Dungeon and take a nearby Dragon Fly Hive for 6.
136 – I pop out somewhere in a corner from the underground, and I see a Dragon Utopia! I start an urgent relocation towards it, because there's no control.
137 – I pop up at the Rampart opponent's respawn, spent the night right next to the stable.
141 – I find a portal – and now I'm on the lava in the right treasure zone!
142 – I grab the Dragon Fly Hive, the Sphere of Water, and now I'm right in front of the Dragon Utopia!
143 – but the opponent has already had control for a while, and the Dragon Utopia slips right out from under my nose. Solmyr runs away. I cast View Spellbook – there are a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and Pandoras. I try to find magic in them…
145 – the treasure zone is eaten up. Didn't find control. 56 Wyverns, 760+ skeletons, 11 Black Knights, 3 Angels – final army. I maxed Water, in the last slot I got Air, still Advanced. Built the Mage Guild in one town up to level 3, but resources are a problem.
146 – split the army, I run home. I grab the Cloak of Resistance along the way.
147 – leveled Tamika properly, she gets Expert Logistics. Clavius – near the stable.
211 – stable, split the army – and now I'm home! Solmyr flew nearby but didn't take my scouted valuable objects. His loss. A Pandora for greater Wyverns gives all Air magic! Well, now everything is easy… I also cleared the Sentinel's Shield and equalized combat stats with Solmyr. The Mage Guild doesn't give Town Portal.
212 – I spend a day on another Dragon Fly Hive and getting Expert Air.
213 – I take the Ring of Life, split my army at a rampart, next to which Solmyr grabbed a Dragon Fly Hive last turn. Tamika with Logistics brings up the army, I attack.
I have 13-25-27-(170), the opponent has 22-15-16-(300+), but the mage has neither Armor nor Attack. In his army there are 50 Wyverns, 6+5 Angels, 17 Naga Queens, a couple of Genies, and 20 each of Magi and Golems. I have 1000 Skeletons, 63 Wyverns, 15 Knights, and 3 Angels. Using Tactics, I hide in a corner, planning to shoot everyone with Water Bolt for 850+. The mage casts Mass Haste, but seeing that his troops deal almost no damage, he surrenders!
Thank you for the game!