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Kash (red, Conflux, random, Luna, Ciele) def Hermit (blue, necro, Galthran, Galthran), 2sm4d(3), 232

Slow roads, no logs for anyone, that's why it took so long.
On first week, birds into the fort, managed to lose one stack 117.
On second week +2000 and a castle, 127 secondary Inferno far in the basement. Lit up a Dragon Utopia on the opponent's swamp secondary far from him, how to crawl there – unclear. No conservatory in sight.
On third week, secondary Dungeon in another basement, Slow nowhere to be found, but at home in the Mage Guild — Resurrection, Clone, and Fly. Ran through the treasure zone, found only a cap +4 knowledge and +1 to all. Leveled Water, Air, Earth and back home for spells.
They're in no hurry to attack me, and on fourth week Ciele flies with birds and troglodytes into the swamp, mini-Dragon Utopia, Air spellbook. Nearby I break a prison for necro knights, spend all mana, nothing left to fly with. But luck again – in the prison Brissa 20th level, expertise in literacy and intelligence, no Earth. Leave her the spellbook and birds. Ciele breaks into the Dungeon and the treasure zone, there's various junk, a dozen Wyverns, Earth Sphere, a couple of libraries, Angel's Arrows, and himself. Brissa flies around the swamp, having lost half the birds on two experience chests, found another Dragon Utopia – can't take it now, 6 birds, last mana Dimension Door to the opponent's empty secondary, takes it, spends the night, flies Dimension Dooring to the main. On the fifth week, on the second try, Volodya takes the secondary.
Still wanted to take another Dragon Utopia, even though it's very far. Leave Brissa at the main with the army, Ciele flies with butterflies into the swamp, only reaches it on the sixth. Two-legger, Titan's Sword, bow, and spellbook with Water, plus an Arena, home, refill mana, and take the opponent's now empty main again. Another two days crawling to the swamp secondary, where essentially the final battle happens.
Stats roughly equal, ~20, both 20th level, Ciele expert in all magic, tactics, and diplomacy, Gosha also decent. I have slightly more meat, the opponent has more mana and Implosion for 1750. We cast Slow on each other, he implodes, I shoot, resurrect, pray, hit with Chain Lightning. Remembered Teleport late, but luckily dropped 30 Psychic Elementals, they immediately hit 4 stacks, for which they were imploded. In the end I have 30 Magma Elementals left, the opponent has 60 summoned Earth Elementals and a battered Hasted horse, both without magic. Cornered the horse, killed it, and retreated. 232 Brissa with a week's growth flew in and finished off Gosha. The opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game

I confirm. That's exactly how it was, only, imho, the opponent had a lot more meat in the final battle, not just a little... :(

The start was very tough, no restarts, and there were many Magogs in front of the castle. :( I built Ghosts and broke through. The respawn was nasty, generated in the shape of a squiggle... Not that it was completely poor, but to get to the place where the Dwarf Cottage, conservatory, and Cyclops stockpile were, I had to walk for a week along this squiggle... On the first week, the swamp secondary was also on a squiggly respawn. I never found GO for the whole game; it turned out to be not on the road, but at the very end of my native squiggly respawn... Sulfur nowhere, so at home 1-4 in the Stronghold, the opponent said in ICQ that he felt sorry for the birds – I started playing somewhat apathetically, but no reds yet... On the second week, Gosha cut down a few skeletons and trudged towards the Dwarf Cottage, Cyclops stockpile, and conservatory. The Dwarf Cottage turned out to be minimal, and out of frustration that I couldn't even get to the conservatory and Gosha was only level six, I immediately rushed into the Cyclops stockpile and lost two horses there :( :( :( Then the conservatory was minimal... Result of second week: 1-6 in the castle, Wyverns in the swamp fort. +3000. Gosha broke into the swamp secondary and spent the third week crawling around the swamp. How he walked and walked through the swamp with skeletons cannot be described in any words... at least not polite ones... :mad: Week result – Capitol and Dragons, a Citadel in the swamp... Emerging from the swamp, I grabbed a Pandora's Box for 15000 gold guarded by 20-49 Efreeti and an Imp dwelling, used two markets to trade some resources for Mercury, and it was enough to upgrade the Dragons. In the middle of the fourth week I got out of the swamp and rushed to the treasury. There were three Dragon Utopias there, after taking the first one it got a bit easier (though I lost two horses there!), bought everyone and passed them along the chain, then two more Dragon Utopias... Gave a hat, helm, and Titan's Armor, but the nearest well was in the swamp and mana was running out. Suddenly I saw a red orb, behind a pack of Titans... The thought that it could somehow fall into the opponent's hands made me attack and lose all the skeletons there, that's why there were almost none in the final battle... Why did I do that! :confused: It could have just lain there, and I would have had about fifty skeletons in the final battle. :mad: The treasury was also made as a squiggle. I tried to go around it to reach the swamp secondary by taking the Cyclops stockpile and Imp dwelling, but ran into a dead end with a gold mine. I started transferring troops to the capital to break through, but when I had almost finished transferring, I saw Ciele standing next to the castle and immediately stopped transferring. Managed to break into the secondary and replenish mana. In the final battle I had much fewer troops, but I cast Implosion and generally everything would have been fine if I hadn't made a monstrous mistake trying to kill an Energy Elemental – everyone stood around the cell, and Vitya teleported his 30 untouched-by-Implosion Psychic Elementals there, and they hit all the warriors standing around that cell. Imho, this mistake cost me the victory :( :( :( For some reason I thought that even if Galthran remained only with Elementals, he would get the skeletons after the battle and stay in the castle, but for some reason he wasn't in the castle and the next day I hired him in the tavern with one skeleton... There were no troops left, and the opponent still had growth from his own castle and from mine... I could have gone back to the treasury and tried to gather more Wyverns and Unicorns, but the Hives were guarded by hordes of Efreeti, Liches, Fairy Dragons, and I only had four Wyverns and eight Basiliks. Two days later Brissa attacked the city with her army and killed everyone with Chain Lightning in the first round.

Thanks for the game!

P. S. Also, I had 25% resistance (boots and an artifact +10%), but it only triggered once when Expert Slow was cast — one out of seven wasn't slowed, and that was it, not a single Chain Lightning was reflected!

SpiriTT(red,Inferno,Nimus,Nimus)def Smoke_mk(blue,Stronghold,Gurni,Gurni) 235 2sm4d(3)
a decent game. math again) 4 rests- and above. 2 imp external dwellings, one demon.
The opponent has rook, wolf, and 2 ogre external dwellings.
on the first map efreits are in the Castle. a few days were enough—bought them out and went for butterflies, fought some off and went for wyverns, gathered some young ones, took a couple of artifacts spotted in the first days of the game- +2 atk/def and +6 defense.
in the secondary area I built up swamp wyverns and flies. so as not to slow down, and to upgrade my mega stack.
then in second place I see that the parameters are better, skills are good, red ГО, broke through, but the respawn is crooked—took 3 days to reach the capital. took it—and there was a krag with an artifact for +5 spell power. took it and went to the blue losers, there should be a passage to the Dragon Utopia, which can be seen behind the mountains.
Adjusted a couple of growths, Gurni is ready, so am I.
And my 63 monarch wyverns told everything they had seen in their lives.
in the finale no chance.
Thanks for the game!!!

Wlk777 (Red, Barbarian, Gurney, Gurney)l Def Loi (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 233
It was a tough game, and I don't have the energy to describe it. He developed well, and on turn 3, he attacked me with 6 Angels, 4 Gray Bears, 13 Roars, and 50+ Marks, capturing all my castles. Then it turned out that Kyrre had the Air Book, and that's when things started to go wrong. I should have gone for the level 5 hat earlier, but I was too lazy. Eventually, I did get it, and finally caught Kyrre, and my 12 Gray Bears tore everyone apart. Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (Red, Barbarian, Gurni, Gurni)l Def Loi(blue ,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 233
It happened. And I fell for the 6 arriving elves and didn't care about the block when leaving the 20-49 group of dragonflies :). But in vain... Even though they didn same touch the long-ears, they wiped out all the cover and then it was empty further on! Except that the dragon external dwelling proudly sticks out in the middle, plus a crypt for 2000. On the first one I still put horses in the citadel, exchanging resources. In the second castle—another crypt and a dwarf-factory in the deepest part. Anyway, I collected money for evacuation in advance, sending Ciel to clear the swamp respawn. Arrived, ate Pandora for 10 000 gold, bought everything out, went into a treasure zone about five levels deep, but with masslow and mana regenerator +3—all that.... The opponent captured the castles and somehow didn't follow me, which gave the opportunity to calmly eat up the ZL, then a couple of hives and rush the mini-Dragon Utopia for КВ. A couple of times I was left without castles and on the last day—started the countdown anew. Managed to get some army little by little, but in the second treasure zone again only a couple of hives and no Dragon Utopia. Nothing to do—went into an adjacent treasure zone; the opponent got hit with Dragon Utopias, finally found control and caught me immediately, in two moves. In FB—the stats decided it.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm that everything is correct, I lost and thank you for the game.

Alex_R (red Necromancer Galtran Galtran) def ODEON (blue Rampart Kirrya Kirrya) 1-4-2 2sm4d(3)

SpiriTT (red, Inferno, Nimus, Nimus) def Smoke_mk (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 235 2sm4d(3)
Confirmed.

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smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def drunkenstein (blue, Dungeon, Damacon, Alamar) 2sm4d(3) 147.
In the first game, there were bears in the Stronghold, and the secondary town was his own. While breaking through, he lost all his birds.
In the second game, there was a hidden group of cyclops. 1-7 without cyclops in the castle in the capital, and birds in the Fortress in the secondary town.
In the third game, the blue player appeared from the third town. I take the maximum nagabank, buy all the troops from two towns. I take two conscripts of level 2 and go to the third town.
But the blue player appears from the teleport on the green Rampart respawn. I break through to the main town and rush to the teleport, reaching the blue player's capital in two days, and attack. A slightly incorrect battle tactic cost me the loss of all 25 birds, 4 angels, and 6 behemoths:smile34:, I'm a noob:smile12:.
Thank you for the game.

smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def drunkenstein (blue, Dungeon, Damakon, Alamar) 2sm4d(3) 147. confirming drunkenstein (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def smoke_mk (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 126. First week - castle without mages, in the second week I upgrade three Necropolises, break through to my main base, take it on day 125, and the opponent surrenders on day 126. It's a pity, because there was room to maneuver. Thank you.

Loi(red,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre)def Hermit(blue,fortress,Tazar,Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 217
In the first round, I placed units in the castle, set up an ambush with elves, and built a secondary tower. I spotted two enemy ambushes. In the second round, I positioned my units, but I got distracted by a Naga and couldn't reach the ambushes. In the third round, I cleared the area and bought them out. Seeing movement on the teleport, I changed my plans and went to meet the enemy instead of heading to the treasury. Tazar retreated, which was what I wanted. I took the secondary units and controlled the armored unit. A week of plague slightly delayed the outcome. There were many problems - in the end, they scheduled a final battle on neutral ground, in an open field - the parameters and troops were in my favor, and I managed to win.
Thank you for the game.

Loi(red,Rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre)def Hermit(blue,Fortress,Tazar,Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 217
In the first round, he had a unit in the castle, a hidden elven unit, and a secondary Tower unit; two dragon units were revealed! In the second round, he placed dragon units, but he got distracted by the Naga and couldn't reach the hidden units. In the third round, he scouted and bought them. Seeing movement on the teleport, he changed his mind about going to the Treasury and went to meet him. Tazar went home, which is what he needed. He took the secondary units and controlled the armor-piercing unit. A week of plague slightly delayed the outcome. There were many problems - in the end, a final battle was set on neutral ground, in an open field - the parameters and troops were in his favor, but I had more, and I managed to win.
Thank you for the game.

Confirmed. In the first round, 1-6 in the Citadel, a hidden lizard unit was taken. In the second round, hydras in the castle, a hidden basilisk unit was taken, a secondary Rampart unit, and in the third round, a Capitol and Rampart with elven units in the castle (a gift to the opponent), a Necropolis secondary unit was taken. I didn't find any slowing effects, and as soon as I built the Capitol, my opponent arrived. I didn't have enough money to hire an army for a quick response, so I had to stay in the city. And in the end, I couldn't cope with 11 dragons.

Thank you for the game.

drunkenstein (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def smoke_mk (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 126.
Confirmed.

bRitvo4kA (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def numOne (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3), 133
- In the final turn, he caught the opponent's scout with an army near the exit. Nearby, Valeska was carelessly rushing in with angels. There was no money for a bribe, and there was no chance... :smile34:
- We checked that even in the scenario where I wouldn't reach the end, and Valeska attacked first, Galtran would still win.

Thanks to George for the game! :smile20:

bRitvo4kA (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def numOne (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3), 133
Confirmed.
Again, Andrey comes out of nowhere and ruins all my plans at the most inopportune moment.:smile39:
And the situation was, so to speak, perfect. On 112 I pick up the Necro secondary and return to clear my huge respawn. By 113 I have 8 heroes, with external dwellings revealed: 1 Griffin Conservatory, 3 archers, 1 monks. Several crypts, 3 dwarf dwellings, 3 medusa dwellings, and a ton of resources.
End result of the first — griffins in the citadel.
On the second, angels are already built in the Castle. I capture the Cuirass of the Damned +4 artifact, and on 127, after clearing everything possible, I sit Val into the castle on an angel.
On 132 — Griffin Conservatory at level 4, and I position at the acceleration point before descending into the underground, hoping to quickly find and crush Gosha while there aren't too many skeletons.
I went down. Immediately spotted a secondary dungeon (I send a horse to take it) and a small treasure zone — Dragon Utopia, Sword of Frost +5, a couple of Pandora's Boxes. I don't plan to touch the Dragon Utopia, intending to take the Pandora's Boxes and the sword (behind a couple of magic dragons), and I stand Val with angels at the acceleration point (I wouldn't have recklessly accelerated it, but I scouted a good stretch of the road below where the opponent could come from, and saw no one there).
But that was not to be. Britva, the bastard, is dangerous and sharp as a troglodyte with Haste.:smile13:
9 angels and 400 skeletons, that's good, of course, but if he had come a day later, it wouldn't have been so easy. At home, I was preparing to evacuate 19 monks, 60 pikemen, and several griffins. Val has expert Attack, Archery, Leadership, Luck, and Air magic with Mass Haste.
Honestly, I was very upset after the game. Because to mess up such a perfect setup takes some skill.
Thanks for the game and the bitter experience.:smile33:

done.........................................................

Wlk777 (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Djede (Red, Barbarian, Gurni, Gurni) 2SM4d(3) 144.
I understand everything, but not letting him take a mine with Rukh near his castle on day 1... :confused: I would personally rather lose than let that happen. + 2 mines with wolves, 1 with goblins, and I have none. Despite all this, in the final battle, he had no chance, even though his castle was better. Thanks for the game.

ForceIMM (red, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) def Heavy Case (blue, Barbarian, Gurney, Gurney) sSM4d(3) 136. On day 1, upgraded Troglodytes and attacked Archmages (guarding the passage and teleport), around 14 of them, looked at Town Portal — nothing interesting, green terrain — I thought there must be some free loot, sent a scout there. Next, Shakhti hits the exit from the underground (Frost Elementals upgraded, 21) also a passage to the green terrain — captured a castle on day 112 — relocation — Conflux with Stronghold — Angel dwelling with 3 Angels fell on day 122, then two more Angel dwellings were found (Blue was running around with Pegasi but didn't take them down) managed to capture — total 7 Angels + junk came to Blue on day 135. Shakhti was also a mage with Lightning, 300 mana, Haste Slow, spell power 10, mana 300+. Found nothing serious in Blue's army.