"Mirrors"

I've watched a few streams. Perhaps it's better to keep the rule banning buffs and group vampires on SoD. If there are secondary Necropolis options, but one player gets Necro and the other doesn't, you're basically doomed. Moreover, even if the Necro is bad (some Nimbus type), you don't necessarily have to make him the "father"; you can give him the vampires so he collects skeletons—the effect is still very strong.

And regarding the Hot mirror maps, I have a question: wouldn't it be better to play them on fast roads? Especially h3dm1, where the distance to the opponent is slightly greater than on Diamond, and therefore contact happens later.

If anyone is interested—please play some games on fast roads and some on medium, and then compare your impressions.

I disagree regarding Necros; even if the opponent has a Necro and a Necropolis town, you still have a chance to take a different path. Although it can be a huge deciding factor.

Fast roads on mirror maps are much more interesting to play. The tempo is many times faster and contact in the 2nd week is quite possible, but apparently not everyone likes that.

On medium roads, I haven't seen any scenarios yet where you could reach the village in 1 day without uber-acceleration or DD.