"Newcomer - 2016. Winter"

There was a choice to play Jebus Cross or a template 8, I decided that template 8 is less random. The opponent, surprisingly, took the blue color, not the red one. The spawn gave good roads, 2 Griffin Conservatories at the respawn, a couple of Dwarf Cottages, and a lot of gold. In the next zone, I found an external dwelling of Black Dragons, but behind an unpleasant guard. In the end, on the first day I collected the Dwarf Cottages, checked the Griffin Conservatories — 2-4 both. Shakti wasn't leveling very well at first — kept trying to get Fire magic, but on day 7 got Logistics and on day 8 got Earth magic. On day 1-2-1 I collected treasure chests with Shakti — got lucky, leveled Earth immediately, used Mass Slow to take the external Dragon dwelling, and headed to the Griffin Conservatories. The first one had a third-level upgrade, the second — a second-level. Thanks to Slow they were no problem. On day 1-2-4, a scout hero — Marius — broke through to the treasure zone through roadless terrain — there I saw a box guarded by 20+ Gorgons, attacked — turned out to be 49 of them with GS... Lost 2 Dragons and Cats. The box had 15k experience, which I took with Marius — it leveled his Attack, Air magic, and Tactics. A bit further — another Griffin Conservatory — a second-level upgrade, took it with no losses. At a fork, I gave an Angel to the low-level hero — he went to pick up the Swamp castle, sent scouts in all directions. By viewing the ground, I figured out the path to the opponent and rushed, since I had almost no stats at all, and my army seemed significantly stronger for a second week. On the way, I found Shackles of War in the center, a box with 20 Inferno Pits, and a Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Waspworts. On day 1-3-1, I broke into the zone closest to the opponent. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to reinforce.
On day 1-3-2, the opponent attacked with Alkin (stats 1 8 1 3) against Shakti (9 8 4 5). The opponent's army: 21 Gorgons, 62 Greater Basilisks, 80 Gnolls, 4 Wyverns, and some units. Mine: 6 Angels, 8 Waspworts, 20 Pits, and some Dungeon fodder. Thanks to Mass Slow/Shield/Stone Skin, I won easily, despite the opponent's Golden Bow.
Thanks for the game.