Finally, the two-week epic has come to an end. Surprisingly, it ended with my first victory over an experienced, strong opponent!) It started great, I quickly captured the computers, in the dungeon I put Minotaurs in the citadel + external dwelling, and for the Barbarians I put birds in the citadel. Although I messed up, I didn't plan for the portal option and while going to the Inferno computer to be safe, I took 2 dwelling upgrades of Demons, which prevented me from portal +6 Minotaurs by week 1 day 2. The real mistakes started after the beginning of the 2nd week, when the computers were killed and I had to spend a long time deciding where to go, because in the Castle treasure zone there were strong guards. The timer, as usually happens with me, simply ran out... Upset, I ran to the only Griffin Conservatory, hoping it would be at most level 2. In the end, because of the rush due to the abundance of fights along the way, my main hero didn't reach the destination by half a turn twice!! It was a catastrophe) I thought about giving up, but the Conservatory turned out to be level 1 and that was luck which gave me a chance. I returned to the treasure zone, recaptured a Pandora's Box with 15k gold from the horses, exchanged resources at the market and built Bears with the Castle. There turned out to be many Dragon Fly Hives in the 1st treasure zone and they ended with a level 3 Dragon Utopia which gave КЗ!! By week 1 day 3 week 2 I managed to assemble the Wizard's Well, which helped a lot later on... In the 2nd treasure zone after a Pandora's Box with 30 Troglodytes I stumbled upon a 2nd Dragon Utopia, which gave КВ!) After that I decided to clear the opponent's nearby treasure zone) There I found many Dragon Fly Hives + 2 Dragon Utopias for stats. Mana from the dungeon became very plentiful, and if I weren't a noob, I would have gone to kill the opponent via Dimension Door + Fly to the main, but I thought the rules forbade doing this without breaking ГО:smile43: Therefore, I tried to catch the daddy on the map through Scuttle Boat, but ran into Lokhors... By week 1 day 4 week 3 the opponent attacks the citadel and stays there to spend the night. By this time I have Archangels in the Castle and there is no point in dragging it out, since the opponent next turn either goes to the dungeon and doubles the mana, or goes to the Castle and upgrades his Angels and buys my Archangels. Nothing to be done - I attack) I have an advantage in stats, the opponent in army. He has Bracers of... and Cape of... I start the battle with Lightning Bolt to disable the archers, the opponent casts Haste, but even under Haste the opponent has no speed advantage. And like a true noob I cast Haste and knock off the retaliation with my Archangels on his Wyverns, intending to charge with Monarchs, but this doesn't happen because the Pegasi move next and the opponent casts Slow) And then I realize it's GG, because he attacks first with everything) I get lucky and resistance triggers on 2 stacks, I manage to protect my Monarchs, the opponent hits the secondary stacks, I cast Haste and hit his Wyverns with Monarchs, cutting off half (because daddy Krack doesn't spare anyone), morale triggers, and I hit with Luck and cut off the entire stack of ~100 Wyverns. GG!! Dzhavdet, fellow countryman, thank you for the match!!)
And again I was wrong about the direction. In short, until the final without Town Portal I dragged chains, and again it was a waste of time, which of course decided the game. Town Portal stubbornly didn't appear, and the advantage in army and stats quickly melted away.
Well, the opponent played quite decently for a newcomer.
Thanks for the game