Дегустация Horn of the Abyss

It was a long game, with a tough development for both players. We took all the restarts and were supposed to get going, but the opponent had a block of nagas in front of their Castle and a fourth restart was taken. In the end, the draw gave a rather unpleasant layout — a lot of void, a crooked native respawn, and long roads. Luckily, Kalh got a Scholar — gave Necromancy. :o Luck, apparently, had an overcount.

It became clear there was nothing to be found nearby, and Kalh went as far as possible, breaking through as much as possible on the way (nothing for the army turned up, though). In the third week, I took a Conflux from the AI with an external dwelling of psychics and a decent build-up — things improved, but the opponent was still ahead in army and stats. It was urgent to look for air control (Earth didn't come), stats, and, frankly, anything useful that could be found. I cleared a fairly rich treasure zone under the lucky number 13: control was not found, but a stack of cyclops and a red orb appeared. Plus, to the bones and the cap, I bought the AotD sword in the Conflux; all that remained was to capture one of the two shields. Which was eventually done, also taking the opponent's village. The opponent took it back and sat down to fill up on mana — that's when I came to visit.

Under the Oil, FB was not very difficult. Despite Tazar's high defense and army advantage — the stack of cyclops, about 40 ice elementals, and the opponent's lack of shooters did their dirty work, GG.
Thanks for the game!