We finally finished the game that had been on save for 4 months. About the game:
Half the respawn in blocks, strong dwelling guards: a stack of snipers behind minions and a pack of cats behind cats, because there are also resources and scrolls there... There is a Dragon Utopia on the way to GO and the hive. I dug up Clavius and sat on him. From the second half of the first week, I'm actively collecting hives. Clavius is slowly necromancing. I finally found a minion dwelling that I could break into, and portal'd in. Half the respawn is played out. Constantly tight on gold. Anyway, on day 122, having gathered 40 + duckies, I go through the Dragon Utopia - a level 2 one, where they nicely give KZ and a red orb (Clavius just happens to have Earth Magic). In the Dragon Utopia, a hundred angry skeletons and 150 trogs died (thanks to Shakhti on week 2 in the tavern, since I finished the trogs week 1). What was upsetting was Clavius's lack of Logistics...
All this time, the opponent shows absolutely nothing, and I assume that since the respawn is played out with RE present, there will be both angels and archangels, but apparently, he is preparing a late exit with archangels. Especially since there was such a case in another game on Jebus Cross for Castle from my opponent. So, after veering a bit into the sand and killing a pack of hydras there for a box and a +3/+3 shield (and I have no stat-boosting artifacts), I leave this for a later turn and advance along the road. Clavius: minions - King, 47 ducks, 10 Evil Eyes, a couple of gray harpies, and some fodder.
Then, on day 122, Edric attacks me with 11 angels, 39 ducks, attack 18. And I have 7/8 offense and defense... I have 80 mana and 8 spell power, he has 120 mana!! but, fortunately, 2 spell power. I cast implosion on the angels for 830 immediately, then mass haste and a stack with wait. In general, at first it seemed to me that the opponent had no chance, but when his ducks lost morale and cursed a couple of times, it got scary. In short, by the end of this final battle, I was left with 7 ducks, while he retreated with the harpies. On my turn, I brought up 3 minions and a couple of harpies, 4 medusas, and went forward. And then it turned out that the exit from the opponent's respawn and the turn to the center were blocked by a stack of efreet. I already had 2 mana and no power, so I decided to fight my way home for double mana and clear the blocked part of the respawn. Especially since there were still 3 trees and 2 dwellings there.
Here he attacks me again with an angel, 2 horses, 7 crusaders, and also had 60 mana. I buy my way out, losing a duck and a minion. But I double. The opponent approaches my capital, sees 160 mana, and surrenders.
To summarize, if the opponent, having seen me with scouting, had not attacked but simply turned towards the center, which is significantly closer to his respawn and with more movement points, he would have taken the center, which would have decided the outcome of the game. You could say I got lucky.
Thanks for the game!
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