"The Newbie-2015. Winter" tournament.

All that remained were the resource zones, the roads were fast and only two of them. I open the scout tower, find 3 Dwarf Cottages, 2 Griffin Conservatories, some gold, a stable within reach, and an immediate path to the secondary zone off-road onto grass for halberds. There's Piry as my main; on day 2, Gundula arrives. On 114, I reach the secondary Castle, buy out everyone from the town and head back, scouting a bit along the way—it was immediately blocked. The heroes are holed up in the Castle.

On 121, I took 2 Dwarf Cottages (size 15 and 20) with Gundula. Piry set off to recapture the other secondary zone along the way, checked the Griffin Conservatories (sizes 3-4 and 2). Piry and Gundula get Earth Magic. The secondary Dungeon is small and bare, but it has an immediate passage to the treasure zone on grass. I dive in there with Gundula on 124, hoping to level up Earth Magic (also got Logistik) and then head for the Griffin Conservatories. The trip for the Conservatories had to be postponed, because the treasure zone turned out decent: 3 Dragon Fly Hives with 18 Wyverns, a Griffin Conservatory (size 1), several boxes, a Cloak of Velocity +2, and armor was given.

On 132, I split my forces, double my mana. The opponent appears, breaking through the ГО, doesn't attack me in the Castle, and moves off-road toward a size 3-4 Griffin Conservatory on the Castle's adjacent zone. I attack on my turn—his combat stats are 10 higher than mine, but my army is bigger. He rushed in with Mass Haste and killed 11 Wyverns. I take out his 11 Wyverns, 10 Thunderbirds, and he bails out on 3 Angels.

I pick up the size 3 Griffin Conservatory and turn in a nearby quest for 15 Mighty Minotaur Kings. Through the Castle's adjacent zone, I ride to his respawn, where I take a maximum Naga Bank and dive into the underground to his other adjacent Dungeon zone. I pop a scout tower, see a Dragon Fly Hive and an entrance to the treasure zone. No sight of Crag Hack.

The treasure zone isn't great—profit is 2 minimal hives and a box with 8 Necro Knights. I split my forces, head home to pick up a Shield +6, then into the treasure zone on grass for a Gorgon pool, boxes, a Dragon Fly Hive, and the Golden Bow.

During this time, Ain from the prison on Necro Knights first takes my main Citadel, then the swamp adjacent zone—the opponent was without towns for several days.

Crag Hack appears underground, takes the Dungeon, his stats are terrifying—twice as high as mine, but his army is much smaller. If there had been an Impulse there, it'd have been goodbye for me. Then he takes the Castle's adjacent zone and surrenders...

Thanks for the game!