Дегустация Horn of the Abyss

Now that was a game!!!
A couple of times during the game I thought all was lost.

We started the game on the first day of the second round's start, saved 4 times.

Briefly about the game itself:
On the second week I took the Cove from the computer and made this town my main. On the third week I captured the Cove village. On the respawn and nearby territories there were many Gears (Giants) and Blockades (Cyclopes), in total I scouted 1 Dragon Utopia in the first month. On the third week I also killed another computer (Inferno). On the respawns there were 2 external dwellings of birds and one each of Pirates and Nix. I built up all 3 towns.

By the end of the first month of the game or the beginning of the second month, the opponent was an order of magnitude stronger in stats, and it was clear from the finances that he had taken not just one Dragon Utopia. I took my "third" and got the Book of Fire Magic and the Titan's Cuirass. Near the Dragon Utopia I picked up the Sphere of Fire. Armageddon damage1850. I see the opponent is coming at me with 5-9 Angels, Wyverns and Cyclopes (I might be slightly mistaken), I took everything I could buy and most importantly took a stack of Nix with total HP greater than the Armageddon damage.
Cassia attacked, Implosion killed about 60 of my Sea Wolves (the entire stack), and on my turn I cast Armageddon (there were no other options), and in the end only one Nix survived. I got the Sword of Justice and the Lion's Shield and many other things, but most importantly I got a Dimension Door scroll. My stats after this were roughly 25-20-25-25.

The opponent didn't surrender and said we should keep playing. I relaxed a bit, squeezed the computers a little, took the opponent's starting Cove (without a fight), gave the Titan's Cuirass to Solmyr. Army and artifacts were enough for 4 heroes, who could defeat the computer and gradually pressure the opponent.
Around day 222 I brought three of my strongest heroes to the town where Dessa was holed up (the opponent's next main hero). I was very bothered that his income was higher than mine, and I assumed he had the Grail in that town (Stronghold).
The guild stats showed Dessa at 30-12-12-12.

I decided to attack with Solmyr to thin out the opponent's army with Chain Lightning.
To my dismay, the Grail was there and Dessa's attack was 50 :eek: , plus he had the Cape of Submission. Dessa's army - 10 Behemoths, a bunch of Ogres and Wolves, 25 Cyclops Kings, I don't remember how many birds, but enough.
I took down two Behemoths with Lightning Bolt, he slowed me, I realized things were heating up and fled.
But it turns out I had the wrong understanding of Hit-Run and we reloaded the fight, and in the end Solmyr died.

Jeremy filled his pants, I felt there was no way I could knock him out of his Town and couldn't continue (I was just tired of this match).
After a week's break we continued, Jeremy gave the Book of Fire and the Sphere to another hero, who ran off to get Efreeti in Inferno. Jeremy himself hid behind a hill and literally a turn later used Dimension Door to capture the opponent's Castle.
Dessa with his entire army fled in an unknown direction.
I ran to take Conflux from the computer.
And around day 2-4-2 I noticed that Dessa was loitering in the Treasure Zone and only a couple of Dimension Doors separated me from him. I bought 3 Phoenixes, 12 Azure Dragons, about a hundred each of Magma Dragons and Sea Wolves, 5 Angels, 9 Giants and 30 Enchanters.
I attacked the opponent, in his words, suddenly; I had tactics, he didn't. Sped up on the first turn, the Angels remove the retaliation from 10 Behemoths, then the Azure and Magma Dragons nullify the Behemoths. In the end, the opponent bought peace with 16 Thunderbirds and 82 Ogre Magi, my losses were 5 Angels, 3 Azure Dragons, 2 Phoenixes and 50 Sea Wolves.
But even then the opponent didn't surrender and decided to play to the end.

Using the Pendant [of Submission] and skillful play, he killed a couple of weaklings with mini-armies and captured 3 of my towns, and also squeezed one computer.
I, with Efreeti and Armageddon, killed the last computer and Jeremy moved to a strategically important position, where the enemy's troop chains were being built and constantly threatening my peripheral towns.
The opponent dug up Cassia in the tavern and somehow lost Dessa.
As I understood it, he never managed to find control and eventually on day 3-1-7 I attacked the Main Hero against Cassia in the Stronghold (without the Grail).
My army:
13 Azure Dragons, 130 Magma Dragons, 50 Behemoths, 9 Giants, 40 Nix, 1 Phoenix, 40 Enchanters.
The opponent had:
82 Ogre Magi, several Thunderbirds and a stack of Goblin.
My stats: 27-23-25-25 (more or less)
Cassia's stats: 41-17-25-15 (more or less)

The forces were not equal, the opponent perishes.
Throughout the entire game I only took 2 or 3 Griffin Conservatories (6 Angels total) and 1 Dragon Utopia.
Everything was decided by that Armageddon and the Dimension Door obtained from it.
The opponent played better, but the lack of Town Portal, Dimension Door or Fly prevented him from fully applying his skills.