I had a choice between a skirmish and a mini-brawl.
My castles are Tower, Conflux, and Stronghold, opponent has Dungeon, Castle, and Rampart.
On day 2 I take Conflux, on day 4 Stronghold. I didn't take Tower first because there was a block. The good part — I discovered a Griffin Conservatory on Stronghold territory, built Wives and Waspworts in the citadel, built Roc dwellings in Stronghold (thanks to the AI for not building them itself), and Ogres in the citadel. There are 3 Gnoll external dwellings.
Gundula sleeps at the stable on the Conflux respawn on day 121 and prepares to hit the Boots on day 121, and on day 122 to retake the +5 Shield guarded by 100+ Griffins.
I managed to buy out the entire army in the Swamp and 7 Rocs in Stronghold. There turned out to be 128 Griffins, but Gundula had Slow and 20 mana, so I only lost 40 Gnolls. Gundula gets Air Magic and Logistics and breaks into the Conflux treasure zone. There's a Pandora's Box for 20-49 Berserkers, a Dragon Utopia, an Obelisk, and a +3 All Stats behind a pile of Cavaliers, and another Obelisk behind a front of Monks with a quest artifact.
I decide to split and take the Griffin Conservatory in Stronghold on day 124. It turned out to be tier 3 — killed 3 Wives and all the Rocs and Gnolls.
Gundula gets Armorer and Tactics.
On the second week, I took 2 Obelisks in the Stronghold treasure zone, got 14 Wives in total, built a Castle town. On day 131, I started again at the stable and, after splitting into the Conflux treasure zone, took 2 Obelisks with the main hero. Then, chaining, I took 3 more Obelisks with secondary heroes, returned everything to Gundula, and on day 132 the Dragon Utopia fell, which gave КВ + Orb of Water.
I split Gundula in Conflux, build a Library there, and buy Earth and Water. Simultaneously, I completed 2 quests for 20+20K gold. I transfer the army to the main hero; there's another Dragon Utopia on the way to the castle, I take it with a secondary hero holding 50 Wives.
Got a +4 All Stats shield. Day 133 — upgrade the Swarms, break into the central treasure zone, there's a Dragon Utopia right away, get +6 All Stats, stats around 26 26 26 23.
On day 134, I run to Javdet's castle, and there's a massive force of secondary heroes on the way to the castle. I take it out with my own secondary hero and Roma surrenders.
Thanks for the game!
Thanks for the game.
Зима 2011-12.