caliban
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A very interesting match where both of us made one critical mistake each, and I was on the verge of defeat, but still managed to win.
The opponent resigned, leaving me with one more. I had enough money for respawn, Gunnar arrived — I played. I placed horses in the citadel on the first day, a decent spread, managed to take a village by the end of the week. The second and third weeks were quite tough due to a lack of objects. No Griffin Conservatory in sight, I took 5 Hives (all mini!). I took a village in the third zone — I saw two Dragon Utopias. By the third week the army wasn't growing, stats were almost the same either. I saw another Dragon Utopia deeper in — checked it — tier 3, risky to take (19 wyverns, 10 horses not upgraded, stats 9-13, expert Earth, Offense, but no Armor). I check the second one — max. I already built the Mage Guild up to level 4. There are 2 days left until the end of the third week, and I realized I absolutely had to build Angels after the Dragon Utopia. Without checking, I dive into the third one — turns out it's tier 1, lost more than half the horses without growth. It gave — КВ. I built Angels. I jumped into the third zone and found two Griffin Conservatories (4+2). I gathered all the Angels through chains and dove into the max Dragon Utopia — it gave КЗ and some stats. The same day, a horse jumped into a portal and came out near the red Conflux (captured from the opponent's computer), luckily for me it was empty. I teleported the daddy hero there via Town Portal and killed about 5 horses near him (a Cloak of Negation dropped from one). Next turn, the tier 3 Dragon Utopia — nothing special, I built Archangels after it. The fight for castles began (several castles within a 2 Dimension Door radius). My stats and army were higher. The opponent, taking advantage of my absence from the mainland, took my castle and built Archangels there (6), while I had 11 at that point. Then another Dragon Utopia, tier 2, with +6 All, Fire Warlock's Pact with gauntlets, and other junk. Afterwards we played castle trading. At some point, the opponent stayed in a castle within reach (I knew it was intentional) and fortified with 7-8 Archangels. But I decided to attack without equipping the Cloak. He had +2 speed and on his first turn, using Implosion with the Warlock's Pact and his Archangels, he cut down 7 of my Archangels, the Phoenix, and several horses, then retreated. I was stunned and realized I was almost without an army. I had 3 Archangels, 5 Phoenixes, and 11 Griffins left. The opponent had 40+ Griffins and Archangels. I stayed fortified in the castle on my turn, because giving up the castle would be a guaranteed game over. On his turn, he attacked with 9 Archangels, Magi, and a single Pegasus. On his first turn, he cast Anti-Magic on the Archangels, and I cast Mass Haste on mine (the birds matched the Archangels in speed). He cast Armageddon the next turn, I summoned Earth Elementals. 104 Earth Elementals per turn with Implosion — the opponent couldn't kill them. He retreated. My hero disappeared. But I found him right away. I was completely without an army. On my turn, Charna from the prison (who was running around with a bear making Skeletons) handed over a scroll of Armageddon that she had found long ago and a Fire Warlock's Pact that had been given to her earlier. I gathered the scraps of the unbought army: 49 Harpies, the weekly growth army from the Conflux, and 250 Skeletons from Charna. I spent the night in the castle. The opponent attacked on his turn with 9 Archangels and a single Pegasus. My turn first — Artillery. Implosion on the Archangels — they died. The opponent cast Resurrection and couldn't retreat in the first round. My second turn — Armageddon with the Warlock's Pact, and Kirr perished.
Thank you for the interesting game!
The opponent resigned, leaving me with one more. I had enough money for respawn, Gunnar arrived — I played. I placed horses in the citadel on the first day, a decent spread, managed to take a village by the end of the week. The second and third weeks were quite tough due to a lack of objects. No Griffin Conservatory in sight, I took 5 Hives (all mini!). I took a village in the third zone — I saw two Dragon Utopias. By the third week the army wasn't growing, stats were almost the same either. I saw another Dragon Utopia deeper in — checked it — tier 3, risky to take (19 wyverns, 10 horses not upgraded, stats 9-13, expert Earth, Offense, but no Armor). I check the second one — max. I already built the Mage Guild up to level 4. There are 2 days left until the end of the third week, and I realized I absolutely had to build Angels after the Dragon Utopia. Without checking, I dive into the third one — turns out it's tier 1, lost more than half the horses without growth. It gave — КВ. I built Angels. I jumped into the third zone and found two Griffin Conservatories (4+2). I gathered all the Angels through chains and dove into the max Dragon Utopia — it gave КЗ and some stats. The same day, a horse jumped into a portal and came out near the red Conflux (captured from the opponent's computer), luckily for me it was empty. I teleported the daddy hero there via Town Portal and killed about 5 horses near him (a Cloak of Negation dropped from one). Next turn, the tier 3 Dragon Utopia — nothing special, I built Archangels after it. The fight for castles began (several castles within a 2 Dimension Door radius). My stats and army were higher. The opponent, taking advantage of my absence from the mainland, took my castle and built Archangels there (6), while I had 11 at that point. Then another Dragon Utopia, tier 2, with +6 All, Fire Warlock's Pact with gauntlets, and other junk. Afterwards we played castle trading. At some point, the opponent stayed in a castle within reach (I knew it was intentional) and fortified with 7-8 Archangels. But I decided to attack without equipping the Cloak. He had +2 speed and on his first turn, using Implosion with the Warlock's Pact and his Archangels, he cut down 7 of my Archangels, the Phoenix, and several horses, then retreated. I was stunned and realized I was almost without an army. I had 3 Archangels, 5 Phoenixes, and 11 Griffins left. The opponent had 40+ Griffins and Archangels. I stayed fortified in the castle on my turn, because giving up the castle would be a guaranteed game over. On his turn, he attacked with 9 Archangels, Magi, and a single Pegasus. On his first turn, he cast Anti-Magic on the Archangels, and I cast Mass Haste on mine (the birds matched the Archangels in speed). He cast Armageddon the next turn, I summoned Earth Elementals. 104 Earth Elementals per turn with Implosion — the opponent couldn't kill them. He retreated. My hero disappeared. But I found him right away. I was completely without an army. On my turn, Charna from the prison (who was running around with a bear making Skeletons) handed over a scroll of Armageddon that she had found long ago and a Fire Warlock's Pact that had been given to her earlier. I gathered the scraps of the unbought army: 49 Harpies, the weekly growth army from the Conflux, and 250 Skeletons from Charna. I spent the night in the castle. The opponent attacked on his turn with 9 Archangels and a single Pegasus. My turn first — Artillery. Implosion on the Archangels — they died. The opponent cast Resurrection and couldn't retreat in the first round. My second turn — Armageddon with the Warlock's Pact, and Kirr perished.
Thank you for the interesting game!
