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Awesome! I couldn't tear myself away from the map for three days! I recommend it to everyone. The map is very challenging, which is why I love it! Now, let's get into the details. This is the first map I've played that I managed to complete on the fifth try, and I used save/load quite often (I played as the "Rangers" on the "Hero" difficulty, of course). At first, I really didn't like it (I was barely holding back my frustration) because, by the end of the third week (and continuing until I had 300 Forest Archers), there were huge queues of enemies lining up to attack my Castle. I managed to repel the first attack – only 1 (ONE!!) Blade Dancer remained (it was an epic battle). Then, miraculously, a demon bypassed me and didn't attack – I got lucky. After that, I slowly developed, barely holding off the attacks; I changed my gameplay tactics twice (twice I went to the mentor and radically changed my skills), eventually choosing the development tree with "Empathy" (Leadership) and the "Counterspell" (Sorcery) ability (I also maxed out the basics of Machine Management with the Enchanted Ballista, Chaos Magic, and Defense with Fight to the Last). In the end, I completed the map in just under 12 months. Initially, I didn't like the following (but during the game, I realized that these were actually advantages): - Large enemy armies - Mines are very far away, and they can't be captured because the Castle is attacked frequently - When defeating heroes, I didn't receive their artifacts - Little gold, and sometimes the Witch Coven would destroy the Castle (I had 27 dragons in my Castle, but I couldn't buy them because I didn't have enough gold) During the game, I realized that these were actually advantages (because it makes the game much more difficult – and therefore more interesting), and I continued to play the map with great interest. Once again, I recommend it to everyone! Huge respect to the creator! I wish there were more challenging maps like this. It was very fun. P.S. I'm looking for challenging maps (I just found one like this), very difficult to complete; I would be glad to receive a link to something similar. Added after 41 minutes Oh yes, here's something I noticed: When a Necromancer attacked me, I looked at his inventory (it turned out that I had learned the "Uncover Secret" (Education) skill during the upgrade) and saw that he was wearing the "Sword of Power" (+2 to attack), and he had the "Staff of Subjugation" (-20% to enemy initiative) in his bag. Moreover, he was wearing a Ring of Sinners, which would give me a total of "-1" to movement speed. In general, I didn't understand why the computer prioritized the "Sword of Power" artifact over the "Staff of Subjugation - 20%".