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The first game ended successfully))
Uran Dungeon Gunnar - Outcast Swamp Tazar 2sm4d(3) 225-approximately
The defense was strong, through the neighboring respawn as well. So I went for economy. Built up quickly. Many (7) angels on my and the neighboring respawn. Consumed everything and went to the opponent. Captured the opponent's castle in 1 turn, with 75k worth of unrecruited troops there. Then I caught him in a secondary town with a tiny army. But after his 2 Dragon Eyes with good stats, the Outcast had no chance in that battle.
Uran won

ewgeniy dungeon\damacon\gunnison vs game killer tower ?\kirre
at 131, forgetting the rules, attacked Kyrre with a fresh arrival
gunnison: 170 troglodytes, 8 manticores, 28 Evil Eyes, 16 greater medusas, 40 harpy hags, and 20 harpies
Kyrre: 2 nagas, 130 minotaurs, 40 gargoyles, 9 mages, 3 genies, 11 golems
won the fight, the enemy bought peace and attacked the next day with an army: 150 minotaurs, 40 gargoyles, 15 mages, 16 golems, that seems to be it...
after the battle, 11 greater medusas and 28 Evil Eyes remained. The opponent surrendered, but I remembered redraw, and decided that honor is more valuable :smile43:

Added after 2 minutes
leveling was roughly equal, with the only difference being that my attack dominated, while the ranger had defense, roughly like this: g:10 2 3 2 k:3 8 3 2, gunnison didn't have a book.

Confirmed!
Yes, that's exactly how it happened. This was my first ranked game, and I wouldn't want to win due to a silly mistake by my opponent. I agree to replay the game if the judges don't object. If a replay doesn't happen, I'll give Zhenya a rematch.

The first game ended successfully))
Outcast, Swamp of Tazar - Uran, Dungeon, Gunnar, 2sm4d(3), 225 - approximately

Didn't notice the enemy, took everything with bare hands:D :D :D

invisible (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Dekontaminator (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 222 2sm4d(3)
We started the game last year, so I vaguely remember the first week. I only remember that I broke through to a secondary town (Tower), and right at the entrance a horde of Beholders guarded the artifact, so I didn't take the castle, but turned around and went the other way. The entrance to the second secondary town was guarded by a horde of Orcs, I broke through without losses on 121 with 2 Hydras. On the first week, Hydras in the Stronghold. Along the way I found a minimal Griffin Conservatory, but I'm not taking it yet. I took the second Swamp, next to which there was a Dragon Utopia, a Griffin Conservatory, an external dwelling of Gorgons and 2 external dwellings of Lizardmen. On the second week I built everything in the castle + an external dwelling of Behemoths. On the third I'm building the economy, and due to lack of money I'm not developing the second castle. Near the Dragon Utopia there was an entrance to the underground, from which a blue scout appeared. The scout was immediately killed, but I started to fear for the Dragon Utopia. I took a Hive of 12 Wyverns, and two Griffin Conservatories (1+1). On the fourth week I took a Pandora's Box, which gave 20 Basilisks. Wonderful, cannon fodder for the Dragon Utopia:) . I'm building Gorgons and Wyverns in the secondary town, setting up a chain and planning to take it on 147, because I see Shakti hiding at the entrance to the underground with a full army. His stats are roughly 15 Attack and 15 Defense. Having pulled up the army (22 Wyverns, 22 Behemoths, 25+ Basilisk, 2 Angels, 100 Gnolls, 6 Hydras and one Fly) level 11, with stats 2-9 (I had not a single battle artifact) and with a cry of "hurrah" I rushed into battle against the evil dragons without checking :smile31: . Maximum size :eek: . But Behemoths rule in combination with Tazar's expert Leadership (at first I was spitting when this skill was forced on me, but it determined the outcome of the game). Without the Behemoths I wouldn't have survived. And with only mass Stone Skin, I took it, losing only all the Gnolls, half of the Basilisks, 3 Wyverns and 1 Angel. The reward was pure chocolate - a Sword +5 to all stats, a Shield +4 to all stats, a Tome of Water and a Tome of Fire :) After that I equaled Shakti in battle artifacts, broke into his home castle. Dekontaminator said something about it being a good idea to have the Plague on 211 :) , and I bought everything just in case. 211 arrives... that's right, the Plague :smile39: , and I had only just started rebuilding my home secondary town. Oh well, I traded for resources to upgrade Wyverns and Flies (there was no Mercury anywhere, and there was nothing special to trade for it, so after the Dragon Utopia I went on a spending spree, trading for 5 Mercury at the crazy rate of 16000 gold - I was planning to attack anyway, hoping for magic). Here I give credit to the opponent's nobility: when I was upgrading all this, I accidentally dismissed all the Hydras :smile39: . I asked for an autosave and they gave it to me. Usually I never ask for an autosave, but I would never forgive myself for such stupidity. While Shakti trudges through the swamp, Tazar broke through the Hydras and Phoenixes and took the blue player's main castle. I picked up an artifact against Berserk and started waiting for the opponent. He, meanwhile, took my secondary town, my main town and also sat inside it and waits :) I waited for the start of the week to double the mana and went to visit him. On 222 I attack my home castle.
FF: Tazar 12-20-15-14 (mana almost 400) level 16, expert Offense, Armorer, Earth Magic, Leadership. 6 Hydras, 16 Wyverns, 22 Gorgons, 21 Basilisk, 40 Flies, 1 Angel and 80 Lizardmen. Shakti 16-13-6-3 (mana 60). level 14, expert Tactics, Offense, Earth Magic, Wisdom. 3 Red Dragons, 2 Hydras, 10 Flies, 72 Evil Eyes, 13 Scorpicores, 21 Minotaurs and 250 Troglodytes. I thought to block the gates and bombard with magic, but no, with Tactics Shakti pushed the Minotaurs out into the gate. In battle, I blundered as usual a lot, but Berserk rules. We fought for about an hour and a half. I finished the battle beautifully: killed all remaining on the battlefield, and I had 2 Basilisks left :) .
When I watched the save after the game, I never understood where Shakti got Resurrection from, if there was no scroll, no in the guild, no book. But it turns out he leveled Rosika's Scholar skill and transferred the spell from Alamar. Cunning)
Thank you for the interesting game and the final battle!

Uran Dungeon Gunnar - Outcast Humans Caitlin 2sm4d(3) 237
revenge failed
long match, large respawn time, while I was looking for an opponent, he almost caught up with me in terms of parameters)) then I chased him for another week
Uran won.

Outcast Humans, Caitlyn - Uran, Dungeon, Gunnar, 2sm4d(3), 237
revenge failed
Uran won

the worst spawn ever, and not a drop of luck. Built Angels on week 3:o
I still have everything ahead of me, Uran:D

DarkMind (red, swamp, Tazar) def Max 12 (blue, Castle, Ingem) 312 2sm4d

The map was poor, with a swamp covering half of it, and utopias only located on lava, which was closer to the opponent. I lost many troops while pillaging the Mezuzah (Max), but I built the Capitol early. Then I took another risk by attacking the Nagabanks, and again suffered heavy losses because there were many Nags... The only thing that gave me confidence was the Grail I dug up in the 6th week. Only in the 7th week did I leave the swamp and head towards the opponent's respawn point and then towards the lava, but I discovered that everything had already been taken before I got there. I turned back, brought reinforcements, and the next day, Ingem attacked me. As it turned out, the opponent had lost even more troops on neutral creatures and utopias than I had, but he had many Archangels, his hero was much better developed, and he was equipped with better artifacts. Thanks to a more powerful army, mass shield, and slow, as well as the Gorgon's deadly gaze (which took the lives of at least 8 Archangels), I won, losing 30-40% of my army. The opponent surrendered during the battle when everything was already clear. Thanks for the game!

Yeah, the game wasn't great. I lost, even though I had a good chance of winning. I lost a lot of troops right before the enemy arrived. I started leveling up my hero with dragons, even though his attack and defense stats were almost zero. After 2 dragons and 4 Pandora's Boxes, I didn't get much. 2 sacred artifacts and some lousy wagons. Next time, I won't let that happen :smile36:

invisible (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def EZH!! (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin) 145 2sm4d(3)
We took the castles as desired. I took one restart due to a block, then we started. It's been a while since I had such an amazing setup. In the first round, I had knights in the Stronghold. I could have placed a Castle, but then I wouldn't have had enough for the buyout. There were some problems with wood at the beginning, but I managed. There were hidden pegasus, dwarf, and elf dwellings. In the second or third week, I took 3 reserves (3+2+2), two Hives (8+4), built dragons, and on turn 145, I break through with 49 Royal-Naga and kill the opponent near his castle.
Thanks for the game!

I agree. Likewise, thanks for the game. Losing is also an experience :) :smile26:

invisible (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Decontaminator (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 222 2sm4d(3)

Interesting game. Thank you for the game and the experience.

Decontaminator (Castle, Valeska, Valeska, blue) vs. StickyFingaz (Swamp, Bron, Bron, red), 122
We tried playing on S without a dungeon, at 200% difficulty :D. It turned out that the rule of restarting the game when players meet in the first week simply doesn't apply here :p. Once, there was half a day's worth of turns between our castles. My castle was captured by Decontaminator on the first turn, and I restarted on turn 111 :smile03:. Eventually, I got a decent map.
At the beginning, I had 5 basilisks, 2 snakes, and some gnolls. On turn 111, I took a secondary castle - a Stronghold :smile04:. Between our castles, there were 2 paths - an orc horde and a group of air elementals. By turn 121, I had built up my forces with vivos, gnolls, and lizards, without a Stronghold. On turn 122, I sold all my resources, bought an army, and attacked the opponent :smile10:, who had already captured 4 castles :mad:. Along the way, I lost some troops to the air elementals.
The final battle. My Bron - 0511, 3 elves, 35 gnolls, 5 basilisks, 1 snake, 4 wyverns, 18 lizards. The opponent's Valeska - 2312, 27 upgraded archers, 15 golems, 35 imps, 6 spears, 1 + 3 hellhounds. Thanks to the archers being protected on all sides, Decontaminator won (in the end, he had 13 archers left).
Overall, Decontaminator and I agreed that such a small map isn't interesting, and much depends on luck.

ewgeniy rampart kyrre\kyrre def Loi castle valeska\valeska 1 3 6
on day 4 found a conflux, on week 2 built cavalry in the castle, on day 135 cleared many silver pegasuses and captured the enemy castle with 4 gogs. the next day valeska arrived - 9 7 4 3 90 arbalesters, 50 pikemen and 7 griffins. I was sitting in the castle, 5 9 3 2 having in my army 33 grelfes, 5 elves, 26 centaur captains, 15 centaurs, 10 silver pegasuses and 9 royal griffins. the castle was almost unrecruited - 18 halberdiers, 9 zealots and some griffins... kyrre only had mass haste, and a 60-point archery skill. valeska turned out to have slayer, but that didn't significantly affect the outcome of the battle...
thanks for the game.

PS the opponent cleared the portal guard (from his side) 2 days earlier, but didn't go further, seeing a pack of chaos hydras... It turned out that it was not a portal guardian but the guard of a hive and boots.

ewgeniy rampart kyrre\kyrre def Loi castle valeska\valeska 1 3 6

I confirm. After thinking that there is always a Guard of Opportunity (GO) between opponents, even in the case of a portal, I accepted the Chaos Hydras guarding the Hive near the road for that very GO. Hoping for the best, I calmly continued and quickly captured the Castle with no buyout. Although there were chances. It's my own fault.
Thank you for the game.