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KostyaN (blue, all random, Swamp, Mirlanda, Calh) def Kash (red, all random, Necropolis, Charna, Charna), 2sm4d(3), 216.

I was saying goodbye to 4 minutes :) since we started even before I had finally decided to switch to 6. I didn't think this farewell would turn out so successful — I won virtually thanks to free artifacts:D — so I won't go into much detail.

First week: muddy roads, respawn was okay; no fighters in the tavern, but on 111 it helped to run from the zone:D to whatever Calh of level 1 — he's the daddy; 20 upgraded lizards, only one external dwelling — of gnolls; week summary: secondary skill Dungeon, home 1-6 without misses in the Citadel plus +1000; somehow managed to lose a whole Wyvern on some 75 fast undead:mad:; got Loga:cool:; 7 heroes running around.

Second week: crawled through the mud off-road, on 125 beat boots off a crowd of magogs (and there was also a stable there:rolleyes:), but overall my papa was somehow out of shape — this week was passive for me (didn't go into the maximum imp territory, even though I desperately needed mercury; the lads were slacking; didn't break through the guard on this mud along the road to my swamp — a horde of marksmen, I was saving lizards:o, and without mercury I couldn't upgrade the flies...).

Third week: by midweek I already had the Golden Bow and had captured Inferno in the underground, scouted a treasure zone garden:D — 3 trees visible nearby; by the end of the week I shook 2 of them, but they — damn, minimum rewards, and I was losing my contact units on the guards — good grief, without grease (never got Earth:( ); in terms of building — purely developed the economy: Capitol, Municipality, and Town Hall plus a gold mine; the 3rd tree guarded by 100+ blue monks — I'd lose more than I'd find:D, so I left it alone.

Fourth week: by 147 I still had not a single stat artifact:(, only 16 ducks, 9 bulls, and 60+ shooters left in the army, still no Earth — boring to play:smile48:; finally built hydras, in the dungeon — minotaurs in the castle, in Inferno — dogs in the citadel; money to spare — the only joy:) .

Denouement: in short, I took a tier-3 Dragon Utopia, where due to my lousy stats (even with Expert Defense) I lost all the fodder in the first 2 rounds (90+ imps and 100 gnoll marauders), and then another 13 wasps and nearly 30 golden flies, only the cows were decisive there (21 black ones), they gave me what the doctor ordered and what God himself commanded:D with Expert Loga and boots — WINGIES:smile02:, plus a couple of other things; then, as proper heroes teach, I "flew over" a shifted GO, grabbed another minimal beehive on the living dead respawn, and a day or two later approached Vitya's capital, where the final battle took place, in which something as small as me not swapping the boots for sandals could have decided it, but I did swap them:smile51:, well anyway the final:
Calh, 13-14-5-(45), Expert Archery (with Golden Bow) and Defense, Basic Magic Resistance with army: 80 lizard warriors, 21 mighty gorgons, 21 great basilisks, 12+12 wyverns, 11+11 flying serpents
vs
Charna, 11-11-8-(90), Expert Tactics, Attack, Fire, and Earth with army: 9 mighty liches, 2 bone dragons, 4 black knights, 30 vampires, 40+ ghosts, and about a hundred skeletal warriors.
I was saved by the fact that his wonderful towers shot at flies for the first 2-3 rounds:D :D :D, otherwise it would have been hard to counter his mass slow and death wave with 70; I learned my lesson from the last game with Andrey-Britvichka and didn't haste the wyverns until their turn came;).

...And when the necromancer (or necromantress:rolleyes:) was defeated — they finally rewarded me with Earth:cool: .

Thanks, Vitya, for the game!

KostyaN (blue, all random, Swamp, Myrlund, Kalх) def Kash (red, all random, Necropolis, Charna, Charna), 2sm4d(3), 216.

Confirmed.
First time playing Necropolis, so go easy on me. I know that reaching Utopia in the second month with two hundred skeletons is ridiculous. But it was interesting in the end.
Army: approx. 200 skeletons, 2 dragons, 5 unicorns, 2 angels, 6 sprites, 8 liches. I attack the Utopia guard, a group of bears (4+15), no slow, they destroy half of the skeletons, 4 sprites, dragons, liches, and a unicorn. The terrain helped me. I weaken the Utopia hero (1-2). Not far from there is a Pandora hero with 10-19 green dragons. I wanted to take both in 2 days (a chain of vampires + along the way there are sprites and imps), but the opponent flies to the Guardian Order and puts me in a difficult position. Any sane person would probably run home, but if I'm going to lose my army, I might as well lose it in Utopia... I go to the Pandora hero with the remnants of my army + 40 skeletons + haste and healing from a spellbook. Maybe I can trade for something useful. Great battle. 3+13 dragons kill everyone, including each other. 2+2+1 dragons remain against 1 angel, all battered. I got nervous for the first time. I heal the angel, thinking that I'll be in trouble on the next turn – it's my own fault. I got nervous again when I was left with 3 HP against two dragons, but I ended up with 6 HP. Holding my breath, I take the Pandora hero, and there... all earth magic of level 1-2, what a mess. I go to the main city, carry back the vampires, sell resources - buy what I can and get beaten up by the opponent from the gold mine.
Thanks for the game

invisible (blue, castle, Valeska, Valeska) def vbn (red, tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d(3) 122
On the first day, cavalry in the citadel at home and birds in the citadel on the barb secondary, spotted 5 conservatories and 2 beehives (1 beehive and 1 conservatory on an adjacent secondary, and I wouldn't have been able to intercept because Nila was hanging around there). On day 121, I took 1 angel as a noob and was about to take the rest when Vitya surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

invisible (blue, Castle, Valenska, Valenska) def vbn (red, Tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d(3) 122

I confirm! I'm a noob and I don't know how to play... ! © invisible
And thanks to you for the game.

Vigo (red, Inferno, Pir, Pir) def AZ (blue, Fortress, Bron, Bron) 2sm4d(3), 224

I'm learning how to play Inferno. It generated a connected secondary town, but I managed to drive Bron away from there. And we calmly started playing on our own resource locations. In 6 weeks, I took two towns at home (2, 3), cleared one treasure, found a +6 all stats helmet, learned all the fourth-level spells, and summoned about 95 demons. There was nowhere else to go, so I went to the enemy's territory.
The only interesting thing was that I got the Book of Water in the Necropolis :).

Thanks for the game.

Alex_R (Inferno Octavia/Erdamon :) ) def Wlk777 (Swamp Tazar) 1-4-2 2SM4D(3)
Octavia, Calid, Erdamon, Fiona from the start — two passageways into the swamp on opposite sides, one GO many upgraded nagas, and the other behind a horde of harpies — went along the 3rd road for a lot of harpies and lots of golems and upgraded gargoyles, took a secondary Rampart on 1-1-3. Took 3 crypts, 2 external dwellings of dwarves, an external dwelling of dendroids, and 1-3;5 in the citadel in Rampart, and at home 1-6 with a castle.
On the second week, another crypt, 2 medusa dens (one maxed), and a Griffin Conservatory 2nd-level with upgraded on grass, attacked with 14 upgraded dendroids, 31 dwarves and singles... lost 5 dendroids and 15-20 dwarves.
Added Wystan 2nd level and Orrin 5th from prison — but no one looked more promising than Erdamon, who already had Earth, Pathfinding, Logistics, and Offense, except Octavia had Advanced Logistics, Expert Offense.
On 1-2-7 descended into the basement and took an external dwelling of angels and revealed the university, though broke through later with army transport, but freed Locus 10th level with Expert Tactics, Archery, Logistics, and Pathfinding, with him took the gold mine and then a bag of 500 gold — returned the army +1 angel from the external dwelling and transported more troops via chain and killed 80 Crusaders, stats increased...
On the 3rd, heading home, turned Octavia to take the dwarf dwelling and revealed near the passage into Inferno's treasure zone a blue cap behind a horde of pits, which turned out to be 4x22, broke through losing 1 angel and 2 efreets + a bit of chaff.
Demons were melting — so I didn't even bother with demonology — broke camp and finally went into the swamp — right at the entrance there was a mini Griffin Conservatory and within a couple of turns took a secondary + 3 medusa dens.
Meanwhile, Fiona finally took the external dwelling of pits.
Got into the Inferno treasure zone again, but from the other side, since there was also a dragon necklace and cyclop's tunic + a naga bank — ate that and pandora's box for experience and broke camp on 1-4-1, but not home, since blue had already been hanging around with few angels and lots of upgraded wyverns and Tazik's stats had sharply increased.
On 1-4-2 I break camp in the capital, buy up, though no money — built devils on 1-3-7 for some reason and with an army of 12 upgraded efreets, 5 angels, 27 upgraded pits, 37 magogs, and 42 familiars beat GO 5x9 King Nagas.
Break into an almost empty capital and sit in it with stats:
13(15)-10-14-13 (125 mana) (+2 attack from built War Cliffs)
Expert Offense, Armor, Earth, Wisdom, Logistics, Pathfinding.
Advanced Tactics and Basic Estates.
The opponent attacks with 6 angels, 40 upgraded wyverns, and single dragonflies.
I positioned by hiding the attack stacks and both of us wait... I try to cast Explosion on the wyverns — hurray!!! it worked (-22 units) :smile20:
In the second round, finish off the remaining ducks more confidently, not paying attention that the opponent zapped two groups of 3 efreets each with lightning and his angels fight better than my weakened ones — Taz was about
7-11-11-7 (70 mana), besides lightning under 300 didn't see anything...
Thanks for the game!

Vigo (red, Inferno, Pir, Pir) def AZ (blue, Fortress, Bron, Bron) 2sm4d(3), 224

I'm learning how to play Inferno. It generated a connected secondary town, but I managed to drive Bron away from there. And we calmly started playing on our own resource locations. In 6 weeks, I took two control points at home (2, 3), cleared one treasure location, found a +6 all stats helmet, learned all the fourth-level spells, and summoned about 95 demons. There was nowhere else to go, so I went to the enemy.
The only interesting thing was that I got the Book of Water in the Necropolis :).

Thanks for the game.

I confirm... Thanks for the game :)

invisible (red, Tower, Aen, Ciele) def vbn (blue, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) 2sm4d(3) 147
I decided to practice my unloved Tower, and I must say, I kind of enjoyed it :). It's just that my draw was perfect for playing as a mage. Lately, I've lost trust in Nela with her literacy and dumb leveling (especially after her last wipe in a Dragon Utopia :)). I decided to take starting Aen (you can never have too much gold), and dig the papa out of the tavern. On 111, I reveal the view near the castle: lots of resources and gold, Naga Bank, Conservatory, external dwelling of genies, and a Cloak of +2/2 Att/Knowledge, plus magic stat boosters. On the first day, 6 heroes, 5 of whom are mages, the 6th being the weakling Ignat. I have a Well, but only 2 are expensive: one in the GO and one in the underground. I decided for once to play as a mage :smile24:. On day 2, I buy a 7th hero, Jeddite, and send him into the snow via rough terrain, grab a Magic Cloak, and my loyal mages run to grab resources along an arrow chain, and luckily there were 2 Scholars who taught everyone the arrow from Tan. On day 3, the Cloak keeps being passed around, grabbing resources (I decided to quickly build the 5th mage guild and rush if needed). Theodorus takes the external genie dwelling with griffins and fairies; Ciele prepares to break through the Orc Chieftains for access to the underground, since there's nothing left to grab (everything left is far away). On 114, Ciele gets her rightful Cloak, kills 40+ orc griffins, then air elementals, visits a spell booster, and stands near the rough terrain passage to the swamp, guarded by dwarves, to level up a bit. By the way, the 2nd level-up gave Expert Intelligence! 115: Ciele reveals the dungeon, but in front of it is a block of 20+ Basilisks; mana is low, but it should be enough. While Ciele is resting, Aen grabs more resources, and the gatherers shovel in resources. On 116, nothing interesting. On Sunday, the dungeon is taken and Mage Guild 1 is built; Ciele, with stats 0-1-8-7 and Expert Intelligence, sits down to replenish mana to break through the horde of Magma Elementals (guarding the Library) at the start of week 2 and move on, since they are blocking, and she's still far from level 10. At home, Naga and Genies are in the fort.
On 121, I buy Kira for Gremlins and as a link in the chain; the troops travel far via rough terrain to grab resources and gold, while Jeddite breaks through a passage to the grass, where Gurni is presumably already rampaging; Ciele doubles her mana in the dungeon and stands near the Magma Elementals (even though it's scary to attack them as a mage, but there's no choice))). At home, Mage Guild 2. 122 was a very long turn for me (4 minutes wouldn't have been enough no matter what, as I barely fit into 6): 7 heroes take turns grabbing gold, resources, mills, etc.: a Dwarf Cottage is taken for 100, a Medusa Cottage for 40; I messed up the chains a bit, so Ciele is still waiting near the block, but with the new growth. Forgot to mention that week 2 was Naga Week :). At first I didn't buy them, but with Vitaly's permission (I only bought them on week 4) I eventually did, because I removed the monster week rule long ago, since I remember someone grilling me that it's not that important. I agree: just +5 Nagas for 2 weeks - nothing special :D. On 123, Ciele, with 280 mana, finally starts fighting at full strength - 136 Gremlins, 4 Nagas, 13 Genies, 12 Golems, and 6+1+1 Harpies kill 67 Earth Elemental griffins, losing some Harpies and 1 Genie - good. On 124, I build Mage Guild 3 in the main town and enter a treasure zone; on 125, Mage Guild 4 (Clone and Town Portal), I kill 88 basic Vampires for 15k experience. Remaining troops: 1 Naga, 6 Golems, 133 Gremlins, and 11 Genies; but Ciele is level 13 with Expert Logistics, got Earth Magic upgraded, and has Slow. 127 - I take a Gold Mine guarded by a pack of Genies and attack 100+ Swordsmen guarding a Pandora's Box and Black Market; there were 119 of them with an upgraded stack. Killed them with difficulty, mana was running low :)). After the battle, I was left with 1 Naga, 124 Gremlins, and that's it :(, the Pandora's Box gave 30 souls :smile39:. Nearby is a Wyvern tree guarded by 5-9 Bone Dragons. I think, since I'm such a brave guy who's already killed so much, what are a few more dragons, dust for a Gascon :). I kill 6 Dragons, check the Hive - it's up to 49. On 127, I take it (6 Wyverns), but made a mistake and took the last Naga from the Hive, which remained there, and lost half my troops; anyway, I didn't really need them :), my morale isn't that great. In the second week, Tan looted part of the swamp and saw blue flags that revealed the view. I built a Castle in my main town, and put an Eye in the secondary town just because. On 131, I build the 5th Mage Guild (Summon Air Elemental, but I only have Expert Water and Earth :(). I planned to learn spells, then Town Portal to the dungeon, double mana, visit the Library, and go to another treasure zone, since the GO is far away; scouting the ground shows that running to the enemy castle without Dimension Door or Fly is a long way. I teleported to the main town, then remembered there's no mana, and I can't be bothered to stay overnight with full movement. I decide to take the Naga Bank and Conservatory, which I planned to take before marching on Gurni; luckily there's a Well nearby. On 132, I take the maximum Naga Bank in the snow with just 180 Gremlins :eek: and run to the Conservatory, thinking, since I'm such a hotshot, I can take that Titan Conservatory with them too :cool:. With the gold earned, I buy 4 Nagas, 8 Mages, and 7 Genie griffins, equip Jeddite with them, who goes to take 3 Crypts I missed earlier due to distance. On level-up, he gets Literacy; hooray, now I just need to level it up and teach the mother Resurrection :smile09:. 133 - Ciele, with 180 Gremlins, takes 3 Angels (the morale of the full stack killed 50 Gremlins, damn :mad:), but I'm not too upset; I keep leveling Jeddite, while Ciele runs to another treasure zone hoping to find high-level combat magic. Though by now I'm thinking, if I find a Dragon Utopia, I can't take it without Resurrection since my stats are low, and Jeddite with Expert Literacy is far away. Oh well, I won't worry too much about it. Ciele is level 16 with Advanced Offense :), stats 5-5-14-12 (400 mana). On 135-136, I take a Cyclops Stockpile, external Wizard dwelling, mini-Conservatory, build the Library (Fly, Resurrection :) and other junk). 137 - I visit another Library, free Ufretin, who reveals a Crown +4/4 Attack/Mana, a Sword +6, and a Dragon Utopia (which I won't take, because there's no chain, and it's scary to attack with my growth, too few troops). On 141, I break through a passage to the grass, take a Pandora's Box with magic I already have, and plan to find and take the blue castle to use Town Portal to learn Resurrection and take the Dragon Utopia. But then I realized the trick wouldn't work, because running around the mountains via rough terrain is too far. However, to my great joy, I see a passage I had broken through long ago nearby, and Jeddite is roaming not far away :) I buy those 5 Nagas from the main town, Gargoyles, transfer them to Jeddite, who rushes to help the mother, who at this time reveals a Chain +4 and Shield +6 behind some Nagas. Aen, with Wyverns and a Wizard, grabs gold and makes a green road for Jeddite. On 144, the mother already has Resurrection; she kills 31 upgraded Giants and stands near the Dragon Utopia. In the dungeon, Mage Guild 4 (Armageddon and Clone) is already built. On 145, I take the Dragon Utopia without losses: it gives a Book of Fire and Water Boots; I double my mana in the dungeon (now 760 mana), Town Portal to the main town, and position myself near the GO for the final push. On 146, I upgrade the Nagas; Ciele, with stats 13-15-22-19 and an army of 13 upgraded Nagas, 170 Gremlins, 24 upgraded Mages, 7 Gargoyles, 15 upgraded Genies, and 4 Angels, kills Bone Dragons and rushes to the enemy castle, which scouting indicates should be nearby, and with Fly, it should be attacked over the mountains on 147. Troops are few, but I'm hoping Gurni doesn't have a Ballista or Cloak, and that I can survive at least 1 round in case of mass Haste, though Gurni's combat stats are about the same, maybe a bit higher, while his magic stats are very weak. On 147, I use Fly to attack the Barbarian castle with 48 upgraded Ogres inside. In the last round, I resurrected the killed Gremlins, finished off the Ogres, and found some unrecruited Wolves and Orcs in the castle, and it'll soon be the start of the new week. Vitaly decided to surrender.
Thanks for the game. Playing as a mage is interesting, especially when you have mana from the first days :)

invisible (red, Tower, Ain, Ciel) def vbn (blue, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) 2sm4d(3) 147
Thanks for the game. Playing as a mage is interesting, especially when you have mana from the first days :)

This is all untrue! :D
Just kidding... I confirm :)
There was only 1 Dragon Utopia on the whole map, which invisible took, and it was garbage.
And in general...

Thanks for the game!

Alex_R (Inferno Octavia/Erdamon :) ) def Wlk777 (Tazar Swamp) 1-4-2 2SM4D(3)
Thanks for the game!

Honestly, it's hard to comment on this game without swearing... For once I played normally, despite the tough starting conditions: a tiny respawn; on one side, a block of sniper crowds guarding a mercury flask and simultaneously blocking the passage—good thing I didn't risk attacking, as it turned out there were 45 of them, and on the 2nd week we only killed 10-something flies in melee; on the other side, hordes of gray wolves, lots of markhors... I cleverly broke through all this, suffering losses only in the form of one fat dungeon eater and a dozen gnolls.. The second skill was given to log.... Over 3 weeks I scoured a huge territory, collected by day 141 forty upgraded ducks and 6 angels, and planned to go into the treasure zone on 142-143... Didn't have time to buy 21 upgraded cows... The fact that the opponent was red played a role; I lacked 1-2 days to take the Dragon Utopia, as it later turned out, with the book of earth, air, kettle +6 all..
The opponent arrived with an army that I could have easily crushed with just vivs, but as always, the one who had Armageddon without counter-artifacts on the opponent's side won... It pisses me off that rules forbid any bullshit like grading pixels, while serious things that give a definite advantage to whoever has them aren't properly restricted... And as always, it was as if my exp. resistance didn't even exist; you won't believe it, over the last 2 months they cast on me 20-30 times with 20% or more resistance and NOT ONCE did it resist :confused: :mad: Opponents, however, had it trigger several times in a row sometimes with the same stats :confused: Probably because I don't know how to play :smile33: Anyway, I thought if I were to lose, at least I'd put up a fight.. Fuck that :mad: 2 Armageddons under 2K (be honest, how many of you could have survived those on day 142?). In general, I think I need to do something about these explosions, because it's not fair; whoever they are closer to usually gets the victory despite all the opponent's efforts... :(
Thanks for the game..:(

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AZ (Rampart\Киррь\Киррь - red) def Wik777 (Dungeon\Шакти\Шакти - blue) 2sm4d(3) 217

The territory turned out to be "nothing special".. 2 roads - 1 to the underground to the enemy, the other to another castle - I never reached it... Took care of my own land - took a Dragon Utopia for 2 blacks - where there turned out to be a hat (+6) and a shield (+4). At the end of the week, the enemy attacks my castle and does not retreat.. Hero dies - enemy surrenders - thanks for the game..

AZ (Rampart\Kyrre\Kyrre) def Wik777 (Dungeon\Shakti\Shakti) 217

The territory I got was "nothing special".. 2 roads - 1 into the underground towards the opponent, the other to another castle - I never reached that one... Focused on my own land - took a Dragon Utopia for 2 blacks - which contained a +6 hat and a +4 shield. At the end of the week, the opponent attacks my castle and doesn't retreat.. My hero dies - the opponent surrenders - thanks for the game..

Despite my overwhelming superiority in troops (8 angels + 9 scorpicores, 70 evil eyes, 32 harpies against 20 dendroids, 65 grand elves, 1 green dragon, 18 pegasi and 25 dwarves), my opponent was saved because I attacked him in his castle, was too hasty, and with a small number of troops due to the plague, this proved fatal. + despite having explored roughly 3 times more territory than him, I never found not only a Dragon Utopia but even any decent artifacts....

Злой_романтик (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Tazar) def КостяN (Red, Dungeon, Overlord, Overlord) 2sm4d(3) 144
At first glance, I got a decent respawn — crypts, medusa dens, a couple of naga banks, a Griffin Conservatory, 2 Dragon Utopias not far from each other, but as it turned out later — everything was minimum :( Lucky that I managed to free Tazik, who became the main hero. I scouted a path with a scout hero to the adjacent respawn... and there were reds ;) I had to force it — I sent the main hero into a Dragon Utopia, from which he came out with 18 lumber and that's it) The useful drops were a red orb and a medal +3 luck/morale (which helped a lot in the end), and for some reason I also got a Titan's Cuirass along with the orb)) I quickly crushed and headed to the castle, where the next day I met the Overlord. The elves and Dendroid Guards left in the castle held out during the siege :smile10: lucky that the opponent came boosted in magic, apparently he relied heavily on it, but... the orb rules :smile03:
Thanks to Kostya for the game.

evil_romantic (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Tazar) def KostyaN (Red, Dungeon, Miner, Miner) 2sm4d(3) 144

yes.

It's frustrating to lose because of a single unit:mad:. I had 130 mana and an expert Earth skill with useful spells(((. I won't play as Miner anymore. And I'm probably going to quit gaming altogether:(. To lose with two native heroes in the tavern + a hidden hero + 3 stacks - that takes some skill. I don't even want to go into details.

thank you.