"only XL-4"

They sold me a town for 1500. I had to play as Rampart. I gave up the color for 700. I immediately liked the map. A Griffin Conservatory single, a Centaur external dwelling, a Pyre, and a good respawn of money objects. Plus Kyrre was leveling up properly from the start. I got Earth magic. Then Wisdom. By week 1, day 7 I managed to capture a double. My plan was to rush the opponent, because I had a close passage from my adjacent zone to orange's adjacent zone, from where I broke a path to the grass guarded by 3k creatures. That was brown's respawn zone, whose town the opponent had taken on week 2, day 1. I had Pyre on my fast hero. I wanted to take a risk and run to the town, but in the end I didn't dare. So I sent Kyrre back home, captured a Griffin Conservatory single on week 2, day 1, and went to break Dwarf Cottages and Medusa Huts, of which there were plenty. I needed to solve money problems for buying from two towns. Main: cavalry in the Citadel, secondary: 1-5 in the Citadel. Then on week 2, day 3 I captured a Max-level Dragon Fly Hive, after which I went through a Naga Bank along a stone adjacent zone on wasteland towards the pink Necro computer. I reached a road branch connecting my hard computer's area and a corner zone. Before entering the underground, I also captured a Hive in the adjacent zone — a Min-level one — and near the town another Hive with 6 Wyverns and a box guarded by 70+ Grand Elves. I went to capture it with Kyrre, not Gunnar (whom I hired on week 2, day 5), and I didn't regret it — the entire fourth week. Both adjacent zones were compact and close together, so I grabbed many mines and resources, allowing me to build Mage Guild level 5 on week 2, day 6. I also had a Town Portal scroll. In short, the fun began. However, I finished the second week with a fairly modest army: 1 Angel, 22 Dwarves, 6 Cavaliers, 20+ Grand Elves. On week 3, day 1, I spotted a Griffin Conservatory near the Necro town. Kyrre with Town Portal went there immediately, and it was a Min-level one :( There was a path on wasteland to my central treasure zone with a village, so Gunnar rushed there, and within week 3, days 1-2, he captured a Griffin Conservatory-2 and another Hive with 8 Wyverns, and sent everything back via chain. Kyrre went to capture another Griffin Conservatory near the Necro town. That one was nicer — a Triple. On week 3, day 3, I wanted to capture a Dragon Utopia, but it turned out to be Max-level, so I didn't try. 7 Angels, 30 Dwarves, 13 Cavaliers, and many Grand Elves of course is fine. But it's a bit risky with stats of 7 10. Especially since I was missing Mass Shield from spells, and I also lacked Offense and Defense (however, I got Water Magic and Pathfinding). In short, I wasn't dealing enough damage to the little dragons; it would have taken me a long time to chip away at them. I decided to wait a day. In short, I was switching to Gunnar. His skills were developing great (Defense, Offense, Air Magic, Wisdom). But on week 3, day 4, the opponent's main hero flickered in the teleport near that infamous Necro computer. Having captured another Griffin Conservatory Triple with Gunnar, with another one right next to it as a gift, I ran on my last movement points to another central village. Kyrre with Town Portal picks up the army and attacks with all my might. The opponent can't run away and types GG.

Thanks for the game!