“Two Seasons: Winter-Spring 2016” Tournament. Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

We played random. I took 111, opp didn't take restarts. Falx came up on Swamp. Charna was the fourth to arrive. I see an external dwelling of air elementals nearby. Further away I also found a fairy dwelling. And I started collecting skeletons along the way. I took a gnoll dwelling with 75 gnolls. I broke through the guard into the teleport, and on the other side there were 20+ gr. archers. I decided to wait before exiting into the adjacent zone. On day 114 I spot the opp there. :eek: Our roads are fast, so we'll be breaking in on day 115. Charna had just gathered 100 skeletons by then, got logistics and earth magic. There was also a stable and an external marketplace. On day 115 I break through the archers and run to the lift to the surface, from where I saw the opp. I guess the direction right and reach the opp's castle (it seemed that from castle to castle it's a 2-day run). There's a citadel and units. I thought the opp would surrender, since 100 skeletons on week 1 is a force. But it turned out differently. On the red turn, the army is transferred to the castle, where Alkin appears and attacks. Charna 5,3,4,2 4 (5 mana) 100 skeletons, 14 air elementals, 6 pixies, 5 fire elementals. Alkin 3,5,2,2 2 dragon flies, 3 hornflies, 18 archers, 4 wasps, 30 gnolls, a few flies. The battle was tense; I was lucky that the wasps never cast stone skin. In the end, I barely escape with 9 skeletons, and the opp is left with 1 hornfly and 8 gnolls. The hornflies were outstanding in this battle (native terrain + leveled-up Alkin, +2 speed overall).
On day 116 I build earth elementals and with a mage with a scroll I chase away Alkin who was on a power-up run, plus 2 more heroes. Then mages with scrolls came into play. What surprised me was that the opp took a beehive on week 2 for 6 dragon flies. But even that didn't save him.
Thanks for the game.