“Newcomer – 2016. Summer”

Either everyone reset or not everyone did, I don't remember very well anymore, but I got a pretty good respawn. Three duck external dwellings + one hydra + two basilisk. ГО - 30+ ghosts. Gunnar burst in on 123 with 35 monarchs and other junk on easy settings, though without earth magic, which saddened me until the end of the game because he was never offered earth. Right near the exit, КВ and a bunch of other junk were guarded by 19 titans. I decided not to touch them immediately because there really could have been 19, and I also saw a Dragon Utopia nearby. The same Dragon Utopia was at max level, but I decided to go in since I had decent sustain; I gave up a couple of ducks and got practically nothing or slightly more from the Dragon Utopia :) I found Pickadrill in prison with expert scouting and logistics; he quickly scouted the entire treasure zone and it turned out that the opponent wasn't in it, and that the opponent wasn't there at all since he was cut off by mountains and had a piece of his own treasure zone. I took three more Dragon Utopias, several basilisk dwellings, Pandoras. There were a couple of various books. We ran for 4 game weeks; I'd gathered nearly 90 ducks + 10 angels (consecration, external dwelling, upgrade in the main Castle) + upgraded 11 hydras and headed toward the opponent. I took his main and on the next turn caught same-speed Marusya with shackles, but without artifacts. The opponent somehow dug Marusya up that same day by some miracle. But I caught her again the next day (air sight decided it). After that, the opponent surrendered.

After Mashka expertized attack and defense, she was offered only slag for skills. On 121 without earth magic, going out through scorpions/ghosts was not an option at all. There were also rusted ones, but I wouldn't have had enough meat for them. In a week, I scouted the entire respawn except for one small corner, found 2 Dragon Utopias, a devil external dwelling, a couple of hives, and wings. On 131, I broke through the rusted ones with some loss of meat and entered the center, but it generated so disgustingly... I had only 1 Dragon Utopia, essentially. Everything else was cut off and likely under the opponent's control. I take this Dragon Utopia, take two home ones, and by a miracle max out earth magic. In terms of combat stats, I roughly caught up to Gunnar, but in magical stats, I was losing very seriously + without wisdom, I couldn't even learn antimagic from the village. Gunnar crashes into my respawn with a huge army and MP; my only way out is to seek same-speed salvation in that unexplored corner. Behind an orc block there, it turns out on a small patch, there are another 2 Dragon Utopias and a devil external dwelling!!! Eh, if only the scout had reached there in week 1-2.... I already had two built-up Infernos by the start of the third week. In those Dragon Utopias, I find a cloak with magic protection 3+, hope for victory in FB seems to appear, but the opponent uses bracers to catch the same-speed hero... Bracers weren't expected; with a buyout in the village, it might have been possible to merge. But no, after Mashka's wonderful buyout, she is caught once more halfway to the army, followed by surrender. Thanks for the game.