OFB-9

Thanks for the game!

An interesting game it turned out to be.
After all the resets the moon came, but that's where my luck ended.
No money, ranged blockers everywhere, in short, a nightmare. On 114 I managed to take a Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, and only got out of the respawn on 116 :D
The birds, of course, were not built.
A couple of Necros came, I started slowly raising skeletons.
I killed a computer's Castle.
The roads were great, but the road network was horribly bugged.
The opponent had Gunnar glowing from day one, which was very bad.
Then the first encounter in the middle of the 2nd, I chased away the miner on Harpies. Next, I took a village, but didn't dare go for the main.
After that we split to different sides, I took a Necro with a Capitol, boosters, and horses, and before that I also found the Necromancer's Mantle. Izra was blessing me, until the moment when Luna, in the Scholar, picks up Necromancy :D. The Tower gives Flight, and in the first Dragon Utopia there's КЗ + waters, life seems to be getting better, but the next Dragon Utopias turned out to be garbage. I assembled AotD, but there's nothing for stats, and no Dimension Door either.
The 2nd month started, but no progress; in the 3rd month the Mage Guild finally gave Dimension Door. Skeletons are growing, but Gunnar's stats are growing too. Luna, even with boots + gloves, can't do anything without Logistics. Broke into a fat treasure, ate 3 Dragon Utopias, and again nothing for stats. Over 6 Dragon Utopias, only a +4 all shield and 4/4 armor :smile35:
I found a Fireball + all the fire spells in a Pandora's Box, but of course I forgot to equip it on time :D
Then Gunnar rolls over me.
His stats: 43-39-31(230) 10 Archangels 60 gr ducks 100 Marksmen 140 gr Eyes (with Golden Bow) 430 gr Troglodytes 18 Scorpicores 75 gr Griffins +2 HP

My stats: 13-10-19(170) 10 Firebirds 12 Angels 58 gr ducks 3500 Skeletons 8+7 Wizards +3 Speed +2 HP AotD

He immediately casts Mass Haste, and the Archangels don't finish off 1 bird; then AotD triggers, the Wizards cast Haste, and with the Skeletons (on which I cast Anti-Magic) I carve out the Archangels (the opponent had no Defense, and Luna had Expert Offense)
One stack of Skeletons took the retaliation from the ducks, but the Angels and my ducks barely hit.
2nd round, Armageddon flies in (this is where not having the Fireball decided things), the Skeletons don't quite finish off the ducks — about 7 remain.
Then I thought for a long time about how to kill him, but couldn't find a solution and missed the moment after which the opponent resurrected 7 Archangels and cast Anti-Magic on them. He has more mana, I understand that he'll keep spamming 130 poop stacks that will cut everything down. Skeletons under Anti-Magic can barely catch the Archangels, so I decided to kill the Eye and buy myself out with what remained.
I have 3k Skeletons and 30 ducks, he has 7 Archangels and 6 Marksmen, with a score of 100k in the foreign bank. We ran around some more; he built up a decent horde again, and then artillery, which I didn't know about, decided the game. I attack the castle after a few days and realize I have no chance at all. Even Earthquake didn't help, because as soon as the towers fire, Anti-Magic goes on the Archangels.
I didn't have another 100k, so GG.
Thanks for the game.