Posts from 2nd annual offline tournament "Best Of The Best"

I also read between your lines before New Year's that you're swamped with work and won't be able to master Best. I was pleasantly surprised to see you appear.;)

:) That's what I thought. But I had a few free days, so I gave it a try. Even though the result isn't great, I still enjoyed playing. :)

Same here, but with 450 points. In the game, they seem to draw Arcomage if you get 400 points or more, if I'm not mistaken.

And what's the coolest monster they can draw there?

Yes, 10 days is quite a feat! I thought I could squeeze 15-20 days out of it, but alas... it all comes down to time (real time), so I only played the map once. I'm almost ashamed to reveal my score :-( Regarding the map, I'll say this: it's perfect for an official tournament! It's very interesting, but as I understand it, the map was designed for Multiplayer and online play! But what kind of Multiplayer can there be when the guards are everywhere (80 4th level and 20th level creatures guarding a neutral Castle) and there aren't even any mines, you can't build a Castle, you just have to find 50k for the Mages... The map is symmetrical, the idea is good, but the map is completely unplayable!!! How could it have even won the contest:confused: P.S.: Congratulations to the preliminary winner!!!! (Well, maybe someone will show a better result? There are still wonders in the world :D) But 10 days - that's RESPECT!!! I think everyone is interested in the question: how much real time was spent? P.P.S.: By the way, it's interesting, what was everyone's main hero? Maybe the results table should reflect this? That would be interesting for everyone! (Of course, this is up to the organizer...)

I'm totally shocked! )
I played through the map at a leisurely pace, but I thought I'd at least be among the top players.
But here - 10 days... And I didn't think anyone would play so fast!

I apologize – I didn’t submit the save file. I started replaying the game, intending to complete it in 60 days, and fell asleep at the computer.

What a horror. I played this map when it was first released and nominated for "best map of 2007." I played as Necropolis, though. Unfortunately, I didn't make it to BestOfTheBest... 10 days – that's an incredibly strong result. Whether it's too early or not to congratulate you, Dmitry_AS, I salute you. There's no competing with you and your brother-lich...

Ugh, I don't want to remember that.:)

But I have to... ;) Yes, 10 days is a long time! I'm shocked!

to IronAxe: all participants in the table have Archangels.

to Raper: Hmm, your save file didn't reach me... :(

Preliminary results:

Rank	Nickname	Days	Party	Mercury
1	Dmitry_A_S	10	66	179
2	Perpolken	17	76	161
3	Eldgarnon	18	65	19
4	Kamikaze	19	47	34
5	RAPER		23	46	60
6	BigAke		27	82	479
7	Dirty_Player	29	92	509
8	IronAxe		43	68	501
9	kj1313		87	72	120
10	Mori@rt		90	34	0
11	Nimizida	96	85	449
12	Kobra_sat	116	75	2135
13	Muxa		124	137	750
14	Aivengo		131	125	1468
15	Souldrinker	150	137	129

Sincerely.

I'll be posting updates day by day. Here's the first day penned in the interlude. I'll add to this post over time. Since time is tight, you'll have to wait a bit. Alright, I'm off...

"Right on the Mark" or "Against 'Battering RAM' There's No Defense".


Walkthrough of the Best of the Best 2 tournament by Dmitry_A_S.

Day 1.

Luna takes two chests in gold (hereafter gold by default; if experience is taken, I'll mention it separately) and a mill (+ Crown of the Supreme Magus, Rogue), smokes.
Brissa to town, upgrades Sprites into Fairies, takes one with her, chest 4-18 in gold, Market (exchanges resources for gold as they come in, except 2 Mercury and 2 Dragon Gems for upgrading Elementals).
Hire Pacis (Ciele), hires 5 Air Elementals, Sprite to town, mill 14-11, clears garrison 16-11 without losses, chest 17-11, to point 17-11, smokes.
Hire Ciele (Moner's favorite), Ciele with 15 Fairies to 7-9, Luna gives Her the Crown, Stone of Knowledge (adv. Water), takes 5 Elementals from Pacis, leaving him with 1 Fairy, Shipwreck 18-14 (hereafter – without losses), gets Axe, summons boat, exchanges troops with Pacis, staying with 1 Sprite and Crown, dismisses.
Pacis into boat.
Luna with 10 Sprites and 1 Rogue (dismiss) to town, into garrison, upgrade Sprites, smoke (total in town currently 45 Fairies).
Hire Moner (Kira), Spellbook, upgrade Sprite, take about 24 pieces (23-1 per stack), Stone of Knowledge (adv. Logistics), garrison 8-18 (with this setup, 100% morale trigger, so no losses), chest 9-18, gold 11-17, camps at 10-18.
Hire Kira (Ananin 😊 ), takes 1 Fairy herself, Gremlin to Tartarus, Stone of Knowledge, camps at 4-21.
Hire Ananin (Sandro – innate Slow and Skeleton, essential for clearing the passage guard 72-8), Sprite into Fairy, takes all Fairies (there are still 16 unbought Fairies and 6 Elementals in the "breeder"), Mystical Garden (- You, You, and You…; - And I…; - Well, fine, You too, all into the Garden 😊 ), takes all Sprites and Elementals from Pacis, camps at 17-13.
Brissa camps at 9-10.
Luna camps at 8-10.
Thus, 7 heroes hired on day 1!!!!

Day 2.

Pacis collects all resources on water and at 21-11.
Moner at 6-18, smokes.
Ananin gold 16-15, 14-16, 13-16, 13-17, Shipwreck, camps at 7-18.
Luna takes everything from Ananin (leaving him with 1 Fairy by default), gives it all to Brissa, camps at Market.
Brissa to town, upgrades Elementals, to point 5-7 with 11 Elementals, smokes.
Hire Xiron (Ciele), one step down from town, smokes.
Hire Ciele (Kalt!!!).
Xiron learns Archery from Ciele, teaches it to Brissa, gives her all his Infernal rabble, smokes.
Brissa clears garrison, preserving 11 Elementals, 5 Gog and more than 7 Imps. Leaves Gogs and Elementals in garrison, takes gold and with Imps using Archery, kills the Angel, tent, two chests 3-2, 4-2. Camps with 1 Imp at 3-4.
Ciele into garrison, buys all Fairies.
Hire Sandro (Verdish – Troglodyte for passage guard), takes 11 Elementals from garrison, teaches Xiron Slow, into garrison.
Xiron teaches Ciele Slow, taking all Fairies (leave 3 in town), teaches Luna, Moner, at 4-20, killing Centaurs, teaches Kira, giving her all the rabble.
Kira (104 Fairies, 11 Elementals) to Witch Hut 2-28 (Logistics, hereafter simply Hut), breaks Basilisk and Imp cache, camps at 9-29.
Ciele to Hut, camps at 4-29.
Sandro smokes in garrison with 1 Skeleton and 3 Fairies.
Moner Marletto Tower, camps at 19-18.

Day 3.

Ciele at 7-26.
Kira gives Ciele all troops.
Ciele (80 mana from Crown) with army 11El-99F-1F-1F-1F-1F-1F kills Monsters without major issues (36 mana left and 11El, 99F, adv. Logistics).
Pacis Stable, mill 24-20, smokes.
Ciele Stable, at 24-14, smokes.
Moner Marletto Tower, into Stable.
Ciele gives Moner all troops and Crown.
Moner Banner of Unity 26-26, kills Elementals 30-28 (exp. Logistics).
Pacis Banner of Unity, takes 11 Elementals and 65 Fairies from Moner, leaving him with 35 F.
Moner kills Riders 32-38, camps at 35-42.
Pacis camps at 34-27.
Kira Stable, camps at 27-26.
Ciele camps at 26-24.
Xiron to Hut, mill 2-23, camps at 3-23.
Luna Hut, camps at 7-25.
Ananin mill, camps at 7-26.
Brissa camps at 7-18.

Day 4.

Brissa at 11-18, summons boat and boards it.
Kira Banner of Unity, at 30-29, smokes.
Ciele Banner of Unity, to Pacis.
Pacis gives Ciele the rabble.
Ciele 11 El-60F-1F-1F-1F-1F-1F kills Balls 37-24 (lost 2F), joins Demons 33-16, runs to 35-19, where she camps.
Pacis takes everything from Ciele, breaks Golems, takes chest 39-17, camps at 40-18.
Xiron to Refugee Camp 8-13, hires 7 Grand Elves, gives them to Luna.
Luna to Stable, Banner of Unity, gives 7 Elves to Kira, camps at 31-30.
Ananin to Stable, Banner of Unity, camps at 30-29.
Xiron camps at 13-23.
Moner at 41-51, smokes.
Kira takes Fairies from Moner, kills Medusas 44-50 (30 Fairies and 5 Elves remain), camps at 52-49.
Moner to mill 52-51, buys boat 64-55 and jumps into it.

Day 5.

Brissa collects everything on water and into Tartarus.
Ciele at 39-20.
Pacis chest 38-16, Scholar, hires 1 Pikeman in LB, gives everything to Ciele, mill 44-18, chest 48-16, dismissed.
Ciele kills Cavalry 39-30 (adv. Wisdom), to point 35-32, where she camps.
Hire Verdish (Das – Troglodyte for passage guard, adv. Logistics at level 2 via Hut). Swaps places with Sandro in garrison.
Sandro with Fairy and Skeleton - one step down, smokes.
Verdish gives Gnoll, tent to Sandro, back into garrison.
Hire Das, takes Fairy.
Sandro takes Troglodyte from Das, gives everything to Xiron, Tartarus.
Xiron passes all assets to Luna.
Ananin takes Fairies, Demons and Elementals, Axe from Ciele and passes everything to Luna.
Luna passes everything to Kira.
Kira with army of 10 Master Genies 54-49, with 1 Skeleton, 1 Troglodyte, 1 Pikeman, 1 Gnoll, 92 Fairies, 15 Demons (exp. Wisdom, adv. Log, basic Diplomacy) joins 5 Angels (Demons into Tartarus), on the last move passes Angels, Skeleton, Troglodyte, Gnoll, Pikeman, Axe, tent to Moner (kills Nomads 63-48 along the way).
Luna camps with 11 Elementals, 5 Elves (could have dismissed the Elves) at 55-49.
Ananin collects 4 chests (except 37-29, 38-29 – leave for Kalt), camps at 36-31.
Das into garrison.
Verdish at 5-7.
Hire Kalt (Tunar), upgrade Sprite and with 1 Fairy run to Hut, stopping 1 step away from it.
Verdish into garrison, camps.
Das runs to Hut.
Moner disembarks with 5 Angels and rabble for passage guard at 64-63.

Day 6.

Kira mill 64-53, clears Dwarf Den 63-47 (exp. Logistics), chest 56-43 for exp (adv. Diplomacy), mill 61-43, camps at 62-44.
Luna mill 57-51, camps mill 70-43.
Ananin three gold piles near Imp cache, camps at 26-36.
Das to Hut, Stone of Knowledge 9-8 (adv. Logistics), dismissed.
Verdish Hut, runs to Market.
Ciele mill 38-49, gold 41-55, runs to Mystical Garden.
Xiron mill 29-25, mill 23-7, camps at 25-9.
Kalt to Hut, runs to Stable, stopping 1 step away from it.
Moner to DM, to point 85-1, chest 81-1, Banner of Unity, Passage Guard, Scroll – kills 50 Elementals (adv. Attack), camps at 73-7.

Day 7.
Moner Banner of Unity, Mercury (50 Troglodytes), Stone of Knowledge 86-3 (adv. Attack), DM, to point 72-77-1, casts Water Walk, camps at 81-86 (reminder: Moner has Axe, Tent, adv. Attack).
Kira 70-44, smokes.
Luna gives Fairies, Elementals to Kira.
Kira joins 4 Green Dragons, joins 12 Waspworts 81-48, smokes.
Luna mill 74-43, takes everything from Kira except Genies, smokes.
Kira camps at 85-50.
Luna clears Dwarf Den (adv. Fire), camps at mill 86-51.
Verdish to Market.
Xiron to point 17-35.
Kalt Stable, Banner of Unity, two chests 37-29, 38-29 (exp. Logistics), dismissed.
Ciele Mystical Garden 45-45, Water Mill, camps there. Ideally, Ciele would be dismissed, but in that case, the cunning lady would "cuckold" you and pop out in the Blue castle.
And in general, the fact that the main maneuvers fell during the transition period (night from day 7 to day 8), i.e., heroes were without the Stable, posed many, as it turned out, solvable problems for me.
Ananin mill 23-36, camps at 32-36.
Hire Tunar, Sprite into Fairy, Stone of Knowledge (adv. Economics), camps at 3-4.

Day 8.

Moner gold 83-85-1, kills 30 Naga Queens 85-86-1 (super fight – recommended, exp. Attack, adv. Earth, Freezing Dragon Eye), clears Naga Bank (also a fun battle, exp. Earth), kills Naga Queens 100-80-1 (arguably the hardest battle for Moner, primarily due to the inconvenient terrain for this type of fight, basic Economics, Water Orb), Banner of Unity, Minotaurs (basic Defense, Dragon Scale Armor, +5000), Banner of Unity, DM, Minotaurs (adv. Economics, Dwarven Mace, +5000), at 110-69-1 (all 5 Angels alive), smokes.
Luna gives everything to Kira, taking Genies from her, mills 86-51, 79-53, camps at 82-50.
Kira joins 14 Spawn of Evil 89-49, releases Archmages 100-49, joins 12 Nagas 101-44, collects all gold nearby, takes the Gold Mine, and camps at 98-43.
Verdish exchanges all resources except Wood for gold, smokes.
Tunar takes 100 Wizards from the Seer's Hut, runs to Verdish, stopping just short.
Verdish takes Wizards from Tunar and passes them to Xiron, dismisses.
Tunar dismisses.
Xiron kills 300 Crusaders 2-40 (adv. Grammar, adv., exp. Wisdom, adv., exp. Logistics, exp. Grammar, basic Ballistics), frees Octavia from prison.
Octavia takes Wizards from Xiron.
Xiron takes two chests 6-40, 7-40 and dismisses.
Octavia to Fountain of Youth, to 31-34, smokes.
Ananin takes Wizards and 2 Phoenixes from Octavia (Octavia dismissed), kills Demons, takes Citadel without losses (adv. Air, adv. Wisdom, exp. Air, adv. Logistics, exp. Wisdom).
I'll dwell on the battle a bit. Ananin casts Slow on Cyclopes and flies Phoenixes to the garrison door. Wizards attack Cyclopes. Cyclopes attack a Phoenix – the Phoenix survives. Then we finish the fight without issues.
Build Blacksmith in the Citadel.
Ananin runs into town and buys a Cart, into garrison.
Hire Lorelei (Piguedram), who brings 15 Harpies with her, swaps with Ananin in garrison.
Ananin with 2 Phoenixes, 30 Wizards, 5 Harpies, Cart to Stable, killing Phoenixes 46-38 (loses 3 Harpies, exp. Logistics), into garrison.
Lorelei takes 2 Phoenixes, 1 Fairy, 70 Wizards, mill 38-49, Nagas and Naga Bank 43-53, camps there.
Hire Piguedram, takes 30 Wizards from Ananin (1 Gargoyle to castle), Stable, mill 54-38, joins 30 Crossbowmen 51-41, kills Black Knights 62-41 (dismiss Crossbowmen), camps at 63-42.
Ananin with Cart escapes from Pikemen.
Moner on the last move hires Fyur in tavern 111-67-1, who brings 23 Sprites with him.
Fyur one step down, takes Angels from Moner, all arties, giving 1 Sprite back.
Moner dismisses.
Fyur hires Ananin (Kalt) in the tavern.
Ananin gives Fyur the Cart and dismisses.
Fyur hires Kalt in the tavern and passes him 5 Angels, 21 Sprites, all arties, gold 102-68, Water Mill, where he camps.
Kalt joins 22 Ice Elementals 108-63-1, Banner of Unity, kills Ancient Behemoths 104-56-1 (loses all Sprites, basic Earth Magic), kills Ogre Magi 107-38-1 (basic Ballistics!!!!!!!).
Kalt takes ST, losing 1 Angel and 21 Elementals.
The most important battle in my walkthrough:
Skip turns with the Catapult.
Angel hits Cyclopes, morale triggers, flies back to strike range.
Cyclopes shoot at Angels – 1 dies.
Elementals crawl to the castle door.
Angel hits Cyclopes, morale, flies back.
Cyclopes shoot at Elementals.
Elementals block the garrison door.
Then everything is simple (aside from one small thing – a multi-hour battle) – Angels with skipped turns finish off Cyclopes, Riders, and fly behind the walls, and the remaining 1 Elemental methodically shoots down Ogre Magi. Job done! Kalt smokes before the castle.
Ciele takes the item from the Water Mill and escapes from Magic Elementals.
Hire Ciele (Das) in ST.
Kalt gives Ciele 4 Angels, 1 Elemental, all arties, and staying with 1 Sprite, dismisses.
Ciele kills Fire Birds 99-38-1 (lost 1 Elemental), Stable, one step down.
In ST hire Das (Ermadon), Stable, takes 1 Angel from Ciele.
Ciele camps at 112-30-1.
Das to mill 90-38-1, camps at 81-36-1.

It would not be amiss to mention resources, as there were considerable expenses on this day.
At the end of the day, my kingdom had: 25 Wood (exchange it only as a last resort), 8 Mercury and 14 Sulfur (already accumulated after exchanging resources at the Market), 10 Gold. So Tunar was hired not by chance. Additionally, there are 25 Wood in reserve, but you'll have to balance the books before Verdish leaves the Market, otherwise – start over. A possible minor cash shortage may be caused by the small amount of resources in the two mills that Luna visits on day 8. You can also help yourself here. And, I'll explain that Wood needs to be saved for the Markets so that the exchange rate at the Freelancer's Guild is palatable.

Day 9.

Let's start, perhaps, with Piguedram…

Piguedram pond, two mills 70-43, 74-43, gives everything to Luna, taking the Genie from her, dismissed.
Kira joins Hobgoblins 104-43, smokes.
Luna gives Kira the Wizards, taking Hobgoblins, Nagas, Elementals, Spawn, Serpents from her.
Kira with an army of 30 Wizards-89F-1F-4GD-1F-1F-1F takes FT (107-35), losing 4 GD, into garrison. Battle is conducted similarly to Ananin's fight with a similar garrison city (Day 8).
Ciele with 3 Angels kills Ghost Dragons 122-19-1, casts Water Walk, takes LC (137-4-1), killing a guard of 1 Rogue.
In LC hire Ermadon (Pacis).
Ciele gives Ermadon Angels and arties, dismisses.
Ermadon kills Jabarkas in 138-9-1, into garrison.
In BT (37-35) hire Pacis (Voiv), at 40-50.
Lorelei gives Pacis all 70 Wizards, Phoenixes, staying with 1 Fairy, mill 52-51, gold 51-54, Water Mill 50-54, camps at 51-55.
Pacis kills Giants 36-57, Banner of Unity 33-63, kills Minotaurs (Barbaric Shield of the Ogre), DM, kills Minotaurs (Cards of Prophecy), Banner of Unity 33-77, hires in tavern 32-74 Voiv (Octavia).
Voiv takes everything from Pacis, hires Octavia (Jabarkas).
Voiv clears Medusa Storehouse.
Octavia Banner of Unity, at 30-82, smokes.
Voiv gives everything to Octavia, dismisses.
Octavia takes LT (38-105), losing 1 Phoenix.
Hire in LT Jabarkas (Lacus).
Jabarkas takes everything from Octavia (dismissed), mill 32-107, clears 2 hives: 33-103, 27-103, loses 5 Wizards, but +16 Wyverns, stops on the way to town.
Hire Lacus (Clancy) takes everything from Jabarkas and into town.
Build Markets in all cities that don't have them yet. At the Market, exchange all resources except Wood for gold. Build Freelancer's Guild in LT. Sell all Wyverns and as many Wizards as necessary. 50000 needed for Wizards at 142-2-1 and gold for hiring heroes. It's better to exchange as needed to avoid squandering extra.
Ermadon from LC runs into White Tent, Seer's Hut +100 Wizards, stops upon returning to town.
Hire Clancy (Raper), takes everything from Ermadon (dismissed), into town.
Build Freelancer's Guild and squander 3 Angels and 8 Wizards.
Hire Raper (Verdish).
Clancy passes everything to Raper and dismisses.
Raper bombs Labeta at 135-140-1 (PINK DESTROYED), returns to town.
Hire Verdish (Labeta).
Raper gives everything to Verdish and dismisses.
Verdish Banner of Unity 124-3-1, kills King Griffins 120-3-1, Banner of Unity, kills Harpies 119-5-1, kills Minotaurs 119-14-1, Stable, joins 6 Archangels at 118-19-1, stops at 114-27-1.
In ST (107-35-1) hire Labeta (Mirlanda), takes everything from Verdish, kills Gold Dragons, stops at 113-34.
Hire Mirlanda (Ignissa), takes everything from Labeta and towards town.
Hire Ignissa (Roland).
Mirlanda gives Ignissa 3 Archs, 42 Wizards, smokes.
Ignissa kills Nagas (Medal of Valor) and clears Naga Bank 103-53-1, smokes.
Hire Roland (Coronius).
Mirlanda gives 3 Archs, 50 Wizards to Roland, taking a Centaur from him, dismisses.
Roland gives 3 Archs, 49 Wizards to Das (81-36-1) and dismisses.
Das, crushing everything in his path without losses, takes FT (37-35-1).
Build Market in FT and hire Coronius (Zubin).
Das gives everything to Coronius and dismisses.
Coronius clears Imp cache 31-39-1, picks up three piles of gold, smokes.
Hire Zubin (Tunar), to point 33-38-1.
Coronius gives everything to Zubin and dismisses.
Zubin kills Angels 28-32-1, losing 1 Wizard, stands at 34-38-1.
Hire Tunar (Daremyph), to point 35-39-1.
Zubin gives Tunar 3 Archs, 24 Wizards, smokes.
Hire Daremyph (Ayden).
Zubin gives Daremyph 1 Angel, 24 Wizards, Water Walk scroll, and taking a Gremlin (green underwear) from her, dismisses.
Daremyph, killing Wyverns 30-28-1, Hydras 21-19-1, camps at 20-17-1.
Tunar kills Giants 36-57-1, Banner of Unity 33-63-1, kills Minotaurs (Sulfurous Stone Breastplate), DM, kills Minotaurs (Hell Sword), Banner of Unity 33-77-1, hires in tavern 32-74-1 Ayden (Xiron).
Ayden takes everything from Tunar (dismissed), hires in tavern Xiron (Melody).
Ayden clears Medusa Storehouse.
Xiron Banner of Unity, to point 30-82-1.
Ayden gives everything to Xiron and dismisses.
Xiron mill 31-100-1, hive 33-103-1 (+6 Wyverns), mill 32-107-1, with army of 3 Archangels, 24 Wizards, 6 Wyverns takes BT (37-105-1), losing 2 Archs and 6 Wyverns.
Hire Melody (Brissa).
Xiron gives everything to Melody and with 1 Centaur dismisses.
Melody kills Efreets 35-115-1, kills Arch Devils 26-124-1 (loses 2 Wizards), Stable, camps at 20-129-1.
Hire in ST (107-35-1) Brissa (Ananin), to point 106-55-1.
Ignissa gives everything to Brissa.
Brissa at 33-66-1 smokes.
Fyur mill 108-68-1, hires Ananin (Solmyr) in tavern, dismisses.
Ananin, breaking everything in his path, through Banner of Unity takes CT (107-105-1), smokes.
Hire Solmyr (Kalt). Solmyr takes everything from Ananin, kills Hydras 118-124-1, Stable, camps at 122-129-1.
Hire Kalt (Crellion) in FT (107-35).
Kalt with army 15W-1F-1F-1F-1F-1F-15W kills Phoenixes 104-57, losing 6 Wizards and all Fairies, Banner of Unity 107-63.
Kalt in tavern 11-67 hires Crellion (Moner).
Crellion one step down, takes everything from Kalt (dismissed) and hires in tavern Moner (Tant), gives him everything, smokes.
Moner with 24 Wizards kills Minotaurs 105-67 (Sphere of Fire), DM, kills Minotaurs 105-78 (Angel Feather Arrows, exp. Earth), Banner of Unity, kills Nagas 100-80 (Sandals of the Saint), clears Naga Bank 100-79, smokes.
Crellion through Banner of Unity to point 103-81.
Moner gives everything to Crellion.
Crellion with 24 Wizards camps at 106-83.
Hire in LT (37-105) Tant (Damacon).
Tant with 1 Phoenix and 19 Wizards kills Efreets 35-115, kills Fire Birds 26-124, losing 2 Wizards, Stable, camps at 21-129.
Hire in FT (107-35) Damacon (Sandro).
Damacon takes all rabble from Kira and Luna (Kira and Luna dismiss) and towards town.
Hire Sandro (Theodore).
Damacon gives part of the troops to Sandro.
Sandro with army 9G-14 Spawn of Evil – 1El-1El-12N-1El-1El kills Bone Dragons 115-33, losing 4 Elementals, joins 3 Gold Dragons 118-19.
Hire Theodore (Gem).
Damacon gives everything to Theodore and dismisses.
Theodore takes 9 Genies, 12 Nagas, 14 Spawn of Evil from Sandro, leaving him with 3 Gold Dragons, camps at 119-21.
Sandro camps at 120-15.

Day 10.

I'll quickly go over the computer's setup at the start of the day.
Blue: Malequit 109-11, Darkstorn 113-13.
Brown: Jhadid 2-6-1, Alamar 18-3-1.
Green: Crag Hack 121-137-1, Gunnisson 138-114-1.
Orange: Alagar 140-134, Aeris in city garrison.
Purple: Shiva 12-138-1, Khalid 4-134-1.
Turquoise: Gird 12-128, Saurug 15-134.

As we can see, the enemy's setup isn't particularly stressful, so the day turns out to be uncomplicated, fortunately, I prepared for it thoroughly. Perhaps the only small trick is that from OT castle (107-105) to the Orange castle, Ciele can reach it in 1 day.

So, in brief...

Daremyph takes the Brown castle. We kill Jhadid, Alamar (BROWN DESTROYED), pass the scroll to Melody via heroes.
Melody takes the Purple castle, we kill Shiva, Khalid (PURPLE DESTROYED), build a Freelancer's Guild in the town and exchange Wizards for gold as needed. Pass the scroll and arties to Sandro via heroes.
Sandro takes the Blue castle.
Theodore returns to FT (107-35), build a Freelancer's Guild in the castle and exchange all available creatures for gold. Now there's money for Wizards.
From the Blue castle, visit the Blue tent, Seer's Hut +100 Wizards, kill Darkstorn and Malequit with the logistician (BLUE DESTROYED), deliver the army to Crellion.
Crellion takes OT (107-105), from where Ciele runs out and takes the Orange castle. We leave Alagar for last. After visiting the Black Tent, deliver the army and arties (leave 2 Gold Dragons in the castle) to FT (107-35).
Pass the scroll to Tant via heroes.
Tant takes the Turquoise castle. We kill Saurug and Gird (TURQUOISE DESTROYED). Deliver the scroll and arties to Solmyr via heroes.
Solmyr takes the Green castle, we kill Crag Hack, Gunnisson (GREEN DESTROYED).
Hire Moner in ST (107-35-1), build Valhalla Shrine, escape from Centaurs, buy back in FT (107-35). Exchange the Gold Dragon at the FGM for Mercury, pass necessary arties to Moner.
Moner with Wizards kills Titans 99-37, Stable, kills Zombies, Cyclopes, Swordsmen, Minotaurs, Fire Elementals, activating the event, visits the Library. Moner at the finish has 2 Phoenixes, 49 Wizards, arties: Hell Sword, Crown, Dragon Scale Armor, Immovable Dragon Eye (Gird), Barbaric Shield of the Ogre, level 19, stats: 24-20-10-12.
Next, exchange remaining creatures at the FGM, gold and resources for Mercury.
At the output, we get 179 Mercury.
Set fast combat mode, press end turn, Alagar unsuccessfully tries to recapture the castle and dies (ORANGE DESTROYED), VICTORY!
So, we crossed the finish line with the following result: 10/66/179.
Thank you for your attention!
Best regards, Dmitry_A_S

I resent the save file and archive. Kyle, please let me know if there are any issues with them.

I'm in shock!
I played through the map at a leisurely pace, but I thought I'd at least be among the last.
But here - 10 days... And I didn't think anyone would be so fast!

Well, a game is a game, of course... It's also interesting, even just to complete it for the sake of it. But the goal is to do it as quickly as possible... Couldn't he have finished his playthrough even a couple of days earlier? ;)

Dmitry, you are a truly ruthless person, or rather, a vampire! What can I say?
To be honest, I expected results from Dmitry and Perpolken, I thought they would be in the top three. But not after 10 days. Perpolken acted more humanely :D
Okay, all this is just a joke. Respect to the great martyr Dmitry. I wouldn't have given up so much effort, even for VV.
I only played through it once, and of course, I didn't have the brains to replay it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone near the computer for a month :). Everyone did a great job, but there were too few participants...for some reason :confused:

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P.S. By the way, it's interesting, what was everyone's main hero? Maybe the results table should reflect this? It would be interesting for everyone! (But of course, this is up to the organizer...)

Hehe... I had Luna, Moner, Kira, and so on, about eight people! :)

He he... I have Luna, Moner, Kira, and so on, about eight heroes! :)

I also had those heroes...
I meant which hero's stats were used as a template at the end!

P.S.: Dmitry, and still, how much real time was spent to achieve such results?

Yeah... if it had been in the middle, as expected... Sorry, I just dragged it out until the last moment... :( And I didn't have the strength to replay. The result would have been 24-25 days. And it was incredibly slow... Oh well... I guess that's my fate...

Dmitry, my congratulations and sincere admiration!!! ;) I also expected a result of around 14 days... I was shocked when it was 10!!!

there's a lot of scientifically informative heroic fantasy there.

We're looking forward to it... specifically, the turn-based management. There weren't any complex battles to be seen there... ;)

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Played only once in total. Had to restart. Only looked at the map in the editor to find out the location of the castles. Could have completed it in a couple of months without any stress. But I didn't really try hard.
Now I'll know the level of the players here. This was my first offline tournament - I enjoyed it. I hope to show significantly better results in the next one. I will express my gratitude to the opponents and organizers after all the results are summarized.