Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2008 season).

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Iona) def Sir Dmitriy767 (blue, Dungeon, Gunar) 2SM4D(3) 147

He couldn't do anything, Vitalik is a strong player!!!!!!

Dreamcatcher (red, Rampart, Ivor) def Yakudza (blue, Castle, Valeska) 1-1-4, 2sm4d(3)

Yes, that's how it was; the first time I took a restart because of lots of elves standing on the only path—I really messed up, because after the game, looking at the map, I was stunned: there were external dwellings, very much money, and most importantly—5 cans on the respawn, two dragonesses with artifacts, and in the underground 5 hives together in one pile and even Dragon Utopia :( . I took a second restart when cows guarding Pandora stood on the path and blocked the passage. Then I started playing with what I got. After buying and merging, there were only 19 Archers (the second hero arrived without archers), but the third hero to arrive was Shakter—with 100 troglodytes; I used him to take a crypt with 5 vamps, then Valeska broke through lots of cursed griffins on the grass (they were guarding the passage to the underground), then from the other side—a horde of gargoyles. In the underground, I captured the dungeon and ran further with Valeska; since the Dungeon had little money, I broke a pack of cursed trees, and there ahead on the path lots of trolls are guarding a grave and an artifact axe. I attacked them, thinking there would be 20-35 of them, but it turned out to be exactly 49 :eek: (7 stacks of 7), and on top of that, morale for two stacks in the second round; although, despite the fact that troglodytes were killing 6.5 trolls at a time—I couldn't have beaten them even without morale for the trolls, as the trolls very quickly killed off the pack of maxmen and pickmen and pounced on the troglodytes. In the end, I wiped on the 4th day of the game, but it was a lesson....

And thanks to you too

Vigo (red, Castle, Valeska) def МЫТ@РЬ (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 217

Normal start, the archers weren't upgraded though, but the respawn was nice from the first turn. Very rich in gold and resources. In the first week I skipped the archer upgrade and built horses with the castle. In the second week I got angels and was ready to go to the enemy, but the map turned out to be very interesting, so I decided to keep playing. There was even a time when the opponent attacked and I bought myself off, I had a ton of gold...

Next time the opponent attacked, Valka was already wise, with Resurrection, 180 mana and 8 archangels...Well, the opponent caught me on neutral territory...It was tough for him.

Thanks for the game.

Vigo (red, Castle, Valeska) def MYT@R' (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 217


The next time the opponent attacked, Valeska was already wise, with regeneration, 180 mana, and 8 archers... Well, the opponent caught me on neutral territory... It was tough for him.

Thanks for the game.

That's exactly how it happened (only I had Gunar). The revival spell against me was what doomed me:(
Thanks for the game.

SpiriTT (red, Conflux, Moner) def. Yakudza (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) 126
Took a restart, then I found some good spots (air, water, fire) and took 2 of them, but didn't make it to the last one. In the capital, everything was full of heroes.
On turn 126, the opponent surrendered - he lost his main hero.
Too bad. Thanks for the game.

SpiriTT(red,Conflux,Moner) def Yakudza(blue,Dungeon,Shakti) 126

I confirm...
I played the beginning wrong. Started with 150 troglodytes—even though there are no external dwellings—we're playing. Right by the castle, I found that the passage was blocked by a lot of fire elements, and above them, boars were guarding an obelisk. I decided to break through the upper passage with a pack, since Shakter has first speed (troglodytes are upgraded), whereas with another hero, there could be losses. I broke through; then the next day I see—nearby is an entrance from underground for water elementals, and nearby is an entrance from underground guarded by a throng of upgraded minotaurs—aha, that means the opponent is there. I decided to break through the same underground passage, as there might be a general secondary town since the holes are close together, and then return to clear the fire elements. I broke through (the water elementals were split into two, with an upgraded stack), then an horde of ghouls, I broke through, and searched along the path to take the same secondary town. The next day I ran into a pack of upgraded human horses guarding a flaming sword; I wanted to turn back—but then I saw a dwarf dwelling to the side—I rode there (since I needed money) (although it was behemoth land—penalty applied), then further aside I saw a bird external dwelling—decided to take it since I had no external dwelling of my own, and then I decided not to return, but to bypass the horses via off-road and capture the same secondary town after all. In the end, I crawled and crawled, and on the 6th or 7th day discovered that there was no passage to the same secondary town :( I decided to at least break through a passage in the underground corner—a lot of orcs were guarding it there. Those bastards morale-checked 3 times—killed quite a few of my troglodytes; on the other side, I pushed through an horde of pikemen and went back (since there was no road from the underground, first you had to send a scout there rather than going with weak troops). And then—bummer—a pack of nagas were standing near the underground (guarding an artifact); I passed them while attacking the orcs—but on the way back—I had to fight them, broke through almost without losses. And then I decided to take a conserve at least, which was on the stones since I was already here. Through a long chain, I transferred troglodytes and birds (from the portal in the dungeon and the external dwelling on the stones; there was no money for more), went into the conserve—it said it was large (throng of griffins) Shakti level 10, 160 troglodytes and 10 air elementals. I climbed in—turned out to be a conserve with 4 angels (maximum)..... Well, I could have won the fight (only 20 griffins were left), since the griffins morale-checked twice, and full packs of them (40 each), moreover when troglodytes and birds were within reach; it turns out I killed 260 griffins (if you count morale too). I could have finished them off later, of course (since there were still cats in the castle), but my mood dropped—I decided to surrender...

after the game I opened the map and was stunned: behind the lot of fire elements that I didn't break through by my castle—was my own secondary town—dungeon !!!!! with a heap of money, a minotaur external dwelling behind an horde of ordinary skeletons, a Dragon Utopia and three wyvern nests nearby :( (but now I'll be more experienced—first always break through the passage in that land where your own secondary town might be, especially if the same passage guard is so weak)







Yakudza (blue,dungeon,Shakter,Shakter) def Attasik (red,castle,castle) 1-3-7

The start was bad, only 80 troglodytes arrived, though there was a mino external dwelling nearby and a Dragon Utopia, but that was all... I went straight into the mino external dwelling, took it, but in the rush, wanting to move faster—I pressed defense for the troglodytes instead of attack—as a result, troglodytes became 60. Then 4 holes—at one, a throng of upgraded liches; at another, a lot of upgraded snakes; at the third, a lot of storm elementals (upgraded air elementals); in the fourth, a pack of archmagi. By the time I scouted this—a couple of days had passed; decided to go for the archmagi, broke through them—and on the other side—an horde of archers (moreover, almost a maximum horde), broke through—then a lot of upgraded orcs guarding an obelisk, also broke through and ran along the path, as it's swamp all around. But I needed money, so I went into a crypt aside in the mire—turned out to be minimal :( . Only on the first day of the second week did I reach the castle; there I bought a book, scouts crawling through the swamp (with dungeon troops) discovered a conserve. Decided to go there with Shakter, built markets at my place and in the swamp, sold everything and bought an army (thought the conserve would be large). But—another bummer, Shakti crawled through the mire for nothing—the conserve turned out to be minimal... Shakti crawled back to a visible hole into the underground, broke through it, saw a tree there, and stood by it. The third week arrived; through a very long chain I transferred troops from home (where I didn't even build cats due to lack of money :( ), Shakter took the tree, then broke through an horde of upgraded vamps—they were guarding the library and artifact, entered there, then fought off an horde of upgraded minotaurs for an artifact +4 attack and defense, then took another tree, a Pandora's box with 15,000 exp behind an horde of archmagi, and after that split up to take the Dragon Utopia by my castle. Through a very long chain I transferred the army to Shakti (even had to dismiss the hero and buy him), upgraded minos and went for the Dragon Utopia—turned out to be minimal, troglodytes were killed there (and there weren't many of them), got beaten badly; from the good stuff—only a club +5 (and a helmet I didn't need +12 knowledge -3 strength), and after that rode off to kill ГО. The next day I crushed a throng of upgraded liches, losing a harpy, and on the other side—an horde of cats—defeated them without any losses at all. And the next day—attacked the enemy castle, after which he immediately surrendered...

P.S. Looked at the map after the game—and was shocked; the opponent had a simply fantastic layout: own secondary town-castle, two conserves near the castle, a hive, a swordsman external dwelling, a griffin external dwelling and one pikemen, a stable, a Dragon Utopia on the respawn of his own secondary town, and near the main castle—an entrance to the underground, which was guarded by an horde of wolves on one side and a pack of basilisks on the other; and not far from the entrance—3 !!!!! angel dwellings (behind nagas, griffins and villains), a horse external dwelling, two Dragon Utopias and 4 wyvern nests !!! . But for some reason, even conserves near the castle hadn't been taken yet, nor the hive or pikemen and griffin external dwellings, the prison behind goblins not far from the castle wasn't cleared, although it was the end of the third week... True, the opponent moved very quickly, so much so that three times, stepping away for a couple of minutes (to the toilet, for beer and to air out the kitchen), I missed part of my turn every time; as a result, I didn't have time to move some heroes (correspondingly—badly scouted treasuries, where the library was, didn't have time to break through the passage behind upgraded snakes at the start of the second week—even though a chain was set up there). Although I also moved in less than three minutes per turn at the start of the game and fought as fast as I could (often without even splitting or positioning)—but it didn't work out that fast, I will learn :(

Thanks for the game...

Dear Yakudza, I really enjoy your detailed reports :smile54:, but please write using numbers instead of "lot, pack, throng..." It's possible for me to search and translate, but it's not just me who doesn't understand.

Dreamcatcher (red, swamp, Tazar) def Invisible (blue, Rampart, Kyrr) 1-1-5, 2sm4d(3)

After the restarts, the start turned out to be impressive:
1) Lizards are built, which means we set up wyverns on the first day and move forward
2) Bron arrived with 7 crocodiles
3) The flies arrived immediately - cockroaches are running like rockets
4) Ivor arrived with elves - meaning the opponent won't have him
5) Dragon Utopia is near the castle :)
As for the downsides, there were no caches and the sawmill was in some random place, which forced me to make irrational moves. But overall, cows and geese were reliably placed in the castle.
But then news of surrender arrived...

Thanks for the game!

Dreamcatcher (red, Swamp, Tazar) def Invisible (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) 1-1-5, 2sm4d(3)

It happened. Guess the sea air is harmful. Due to a lack of money, I went with 6 basic elves into a dwarf dwelling on day 75 on grass and stayed there. There were prospects — two Griffin Conservatories at the respawn, but there wasn't even enough money to buy back Kyrre. In such cases, I usually surrender.
Thanks for the game!

Dear Yakudza,
I really like your detailed reports :smile54:, but please write in numbers, not "lot, pack, throng...". I could, of course, look it up and translate it, but it's not just me who doesn't understand;)

Okay, I didn't know.
As for that, "throng" means 100 or more monsters, "horde" means 50-99, "lot" means 20-49, and "pack" (or group) means 10-19.

vbn (red, Shakti, Shakti) defeated mal1982 (blue, Valeska, Valeska), template 2SM4d(3). Agreement on the rules: standard rules, with only one change: time-limit - 2 minutes. No restarts were used. For 2 weeks, both players developed almost equally. On the 3rd week, vbn took 3+3 angels from the conservatories and started visiting the utopias. While defending against the guards at the utopias, his troops thinned out. He checked the first one - it was at its maximum, he didn't dare to attack it with 1-4-2, so he went to the 2nd. He took the 2nd one with 1-4-4, which gave +2 to all, and returned to the 1st with a small reinforcement and attacked with 1-4-5. He lost a couple of angels, but received +6 to all + 3 to all + 4 attack and defense and 10 knowledge. A large amount of money allowed him to buy 5 black dragons and the rest of the army at 2-1-1. At 2-1-2, he attacked the Gate of the Underworld (~90 sultans). There were losses, even considering the experience slowdown. On the same day, he exited the underground and wanted to go to Valeska's Castle, but he saw her and attacked. The advantage in parameters of 26-29-15-16 against 10-14-4-4 and a stronger army left no chance for the opponent. Thank you for the game! P.S. I finally remembered the rule about guarding the passages from one spawn to another. This time, even after seeing my own secondary town on the 1st week, but not finding a guard for the passage (possibly flies that were guarding the portal, Shakti defeated them, but he didn't dare to go to the castle).

I confirm... the armies were roughly equal... I just didn't have time to reach the Dragon Utopia and there were no artifacts at all... I started on a huge respawn and "got lost" while exploring everything; by then, the Dragon Utopias had already been taken

Yakudza (blue, Dungeon, Shakhter, Shakhter) def Attasik (red, Castle, Castle) 1-3-7 - Confirmed. Thanks for the game.

Alex_R (Castle Caitlin / Adel) def Dmitriy767 (Dungeon Gunnar) 1-4-1
For me, it was a quick victory...
In the second game, I grabbed a dwelling of monks and added angels to my castle...
In the third game, I had +2 angels in reserve... My opponent attacked on 1-4-1, also with 2 angels... I lost and surrendered.)))
Thanks, Dima, for the game.
P.S. Yes... I forgot... Ukraine rules! :smile44:

Alex_R (Castle Caitlin / Adele) def Dmitriy767 (Dungeon Gunnar) 1-4-1

Well, as always, I didn't quite make it in time! Thanks for the game!
Yeah... I forgot... Kazakhstan is all about studying!!!!!