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Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) def OUTLAW (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.5.

Successfully dealt 17 Elves.

On the first week - Unified in the Castle, Necro secondary.

On the second week - Confla secondary, Medusa-nest on 6, about 6 Dwarf-nests on 3 Resps allowed for placing Dragons. Took the external dwelling of Dragons and Unified. About 30,000 warms the soul. Two Mini-Cons.

On the third week - found a Dragon Utopia in Treasury, I take it (damn thing turned out to be a Mini, and moreover the only one in two Treasuries (got Titan's Shield)). Took about 4 Cyclops Warehouses. Upgraded Dragons, broke through ГО with nearly 100 Vives, took Igor's empty Main.

On the fourth week - took Igor's Necro secondary, decided not to look for Igor but to go into another of my Treasuries. Took all Water, Fire.

Next - found nothing in Treasury, took another Necro secondary, about 30 Vives, necklace +3 to Everything, found GB at the Necro-secondary. For a long time I couldn't catch Igor because he was unreachable through the Mountains where Igor would fly. Igor successfully reclaimed his Main towards the end/start of the week. Found Flight scroll, built up the Guild in the Main (Meteor and Water Summon). Took Speed Boots. Finally got around to the 3-Con on the Necro-secondary.

On the sixth week - preparing once again to take Igor's Castle empty, however Igor decided to accept battle. Brought with me 17 Gold ones, nearly 40 Unified etc. Igor's Explosion was knocking out 8-9 Gold ones, but Igor had slightly more than 100 mana, so towards the end, having killed 50+ Vives, I decided not to stall with Meteor at nearly 600, but relied on 100 dwarves and hit twice with Armageddon at 1,500. Igor had resistance, but the second Armageddon killed Igor's army.

Thanks to Igor for an interesting game!

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) def OUTLAW (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.5.

A match of the kind called "Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object." Only one secondary resource, but external dwellings for archers, swordsmen, and pokemon, Earth skill in the 3rd slot, and spotted wings behind the mountain in a treasure zone — it was basically saying: "play" :D
Anyway, I squeezed the maximum out of everything, but only one hive and cons(2) on both resps.... By turn 126-127, I headed into the treasure zone for the wings behind an army of wizards. Earth is at expert, but there's no Mass Slow in either Mage Guild.... Spotted a dragon external dwelling near Pasha — a bit sad... Turn 131 — I break 20-49 gr. of psychos for Pandora with experience, nagobank and some other junk, then behind an army of liches is a hive(6), the liches started shooting down champs(-5 :mad: ). Then I take the wings from the wizards. A couple of days later, I spot 2 Dragon Utopias nearby. Then KZ for a crowd of silver pegasi. I break the silvers, lose archers again.... Meanwhile Pasha breaks GO, almost reaches my capital. I bring out the remaining meat. I break 2 Dragon Utopias (both had 1 black dragon) — they gave +5 all, cuirass+10, shield+6, cloak of renunciation, +2 health, Air boost. Throughout the whole game, I never found a decent hat, Knowledge skill is only 4 — terribly disappointing, not even enough for 2 explosions.... Picked up handcuffs. I continue to guerrilla fight like crazy, fly to the 2nd treasure zone, on the way stopped by a corner of Pasha's treasure zone and took his hive(6). Dragon Utopia(3) — sword+12, armor+4/+4, shield+3, cuirass+6 and some other trash... Cons(3), another 3 hives. At the market I bought +1 speed, already have +1, ate 4-5 boxes of experience — total expert in all skills (Earth, Air, Water). A couple of times I reclaimed my capital with a cavalry raid from behind the mountains ))). Viv is only 50+, the hive generator didn't throw many. Along the way, I built up Necropolis to horses — money allows... There were several other notable objects, but Air View showed a red shield on the approaches to my capital; decided to fight in hopes of exp. Resistance and explosion almost at 2000k. The battle was tense, my resistance triggered several times, but 110 mana proved insufficient to wipe out an unbelievable amount of forest brotherhood. Had there been nearly 200 points of mana, everything could have ended in my favor :smile51:
Thanks to Pavel for a great battle!
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AYMAN (Red, Castle, Turis, Turis) def Prince (Blue, Swamp, Tazzar, Tazzar) 2sm4d(3), 2.2.2

All rests were taken, after which I had to play with whatever God sent :smile01:. In the end, it gave very little to both of us, + strong ranged blocks made it difficult to break through to the secondaries. As a result, the first secondary appeared at the end of the second week :smile39:. Then I slowly started building up, shaking the trees a bit, and later noticed three Dragon Utopia standing in a row :smile03:. The second month had just begun; I took two Dragon Utopia, they didn't give much, and for the third one I already lacked the spirit, plus I was in a hurry. I broke back home, bought everything I could, fought my way to the opponent, and took an empty castle. After which Andrey throws the flag :smile15:

Thanks for the game, it was interesting !!!!!!!!

AYMAN (Red, Castle, Turis, Turis) def Prince (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 2.2.2
It was a good game.
We were taking too long together. I'm used to playing faster. But overall, you have to play according to your mood.
Thanks for the game.

numOne (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def SEM 56 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 217

Slow roads were dealt, 2 of which lead to the ГО, and another one is blocked by a horde of monks guarding the Dragon Fly Hive. Seems like a tedious start, but there is stuff to grab on my own respawn: 3 crypts, several stat boosters, decent money, and a level-2 Griffin Conservatory (which I took on 121), and from there a passage to the underground is visible. Put horses in the Citadel.
On the second — went down, took a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, sword +3, shield +5, then Inferno secondary skill, bought a spell book. Air magic already expert, haste is available. Overall fine. Returning to the treasure zone to finish cleaning. There is another Dragon Fly Hive, a couple of chests, a Naga Bank, a gold mine. I see a Dragon Utopia.
On the third — pull up the meat, take the Dragon Utopia. It gave: fire book, water book, sphere for air magic, chain +4. Not great.:smile39: Recruited angels. Scatter back home.
At the start of the fourth — I see Shakti on the horizon — stood at the fork on a group of harpies. A couple of hexes short of reaching him. I decide to return to the castle, see what happens... Roma also hesitates to engage and, sensing trouble, retreats. I break through the monks, take the Dragon Fly Hive, the level-2 Griffin Conservatory. I go to the swamp respawn — there's another level-2 Griffin Conservatory. I see bones +2 and shield +3!!! In short, once again I got to try on the armor of the damned!:smile24: Already 9 angels, on 211 there will be 11 archers and forward!
On 211 I buy all the archers and part of the troops and stand near the ГО, hoping that Roma won't notice me and I'll burst in unexpectedly, but it was not to be and the Miner, flying over the ГО, attacks me himself! 11 archers with friends against 17 angels and the brigade, from magic I have mass haste and lightning bolt, the opponent has arrow and mass slow. We fought long and hard. The armor helped a lot of course, otherwise I would have been in trouble. As it was, I bought myself off with 4 horses, leaving the opponent about 40 Evil Eyes, 20 medusas, 40 Troglodytes, and about 40 harpies. On the next turn I bought the leftovers and chased the Miner back to his domain.
Until the end of week 5 we ran around a bit more, I captured the red external dwelling and, buying the remaining troops (including 21 monks, 40 marksmen) + 20 greater medusas from a pandora's box, I received the Miner as a guest at my place for the last time with 2 angels and chaff, and after getting a beating, Roma decided not to continue.

Thanks for an interesting game!

numOne (red, Castle, Valerka, Valerka) def SEM 56 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 217
There was a game, he started well, on turn 116 Shakti already had advanced earth and a spellbook with slow, he lost a lot replenishing mana and taking control.
He took 2 angel stacks, plus a portal. Archmages went first, plus armor, but there were many mistakes from the opponent, and luck in the form of a charm on 2 of the opponent's units, which allowed him to almost kill Valerka, but she bought herself out and brought a lot of units, thanks for the battle!!!

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Van (red, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 127

Kyrre and Ivor got off to a great start with 15 elves.
First week secondary skill Castle and some cash. Built horses at the Citadel.
Second week I take an adjacent secondary skill Castle with a nest of archers. A plan formed to go visit with a hundred crossbowmen on the third week. The opponent, seeing the chain of scouts, went for meat and a skill — couldn't manage it.

Thanks for the game. A rematch is a must!

Javdet (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Gunnar) def OUTLAW (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 136

It was a good battle.
4th hero necro with gold, 6th Stracker, the neighboring respawn on mud, 50% chance of a graveyard town, I decide to level them both, so I manged in the center near the pillars, and as a reward got necro exp. Then Gunnar in the tavern too — couldn't refuse a guy like that. By the start of week 2, Stracker is clearing the elf secondary with a champion and elves, and his partner is farming skeletons on the home town; the tougher job is left for Gunnar.
I was planning to take the Griffin Conservatory with Gunnar, but no Slow; it's only found in a far secondary, but splitting up and spending money on the Portal of Glory seems wasteful — and then a scout hero finds it in a scroll. As it turns out, he opens a path to a swamp treasure zone and there's a blue cap there — very good. By the start of week 3, Gunnar already has 9 angels, takes the cap, and camps on a Dragon Utopia. I prepare to bring skeletons and wood from Stracker, but don't deliver them — Stracker naively attacked the Pinocchios and couldn't handle them. I have to make do with what I have. Next turn, I fly to the swamp, but 40 mana — just enough to fly and teleport, but movement points weren't enough as expected; however, near the 2nd Utopia, there's another one; after it, only 9 angels remain from the army, but the stats are good.
And then out of nowhere... I didn't even understand how Shakti took the capital... and my plan was to upgrade the angels the next turn...
I build a chain to return to the secondary and pray that Shakti doesn't reach me... one hex short.
Well, after that, Gunnar meets his troops with two splits through the Well, and in the first round, he justified himself with an explosion on the angels...
My opponent played brilliantly, but I got a bit luckier...
Thanks for the game.

Javdet (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Gunnar) def OUTLAW (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 136

Wow!! Just some kind of losing streak.... Somehow I angered the generator, although this was probably the best game for Dungeon I can remember, not in terms of the final outcome, but in terms of development....
Start with 2 stacks of Troglodytes, roads are fast, from the lookout I spot a small native respawn. Roads to the GO, to the Inferno secondary, to the metro to the second secondary.
On 112 - upgrade Harpies, I break through 2 Dwarf Cottages (mini and maxi). On 113 - I break through 20-49 Earth Elementals and 50-99 Marksmen to the Stronghold respawn, Shakti is already level 7 with Expert Earth Magic. On 114 I broke the block to the Inferno secondary. A Griffin Conservatory is spotted.
115 - I cap Inferno and Stronghold simultaneously, in Stronghold I build Griffins - I go for the Bears. 116 - Shakti level 8, built Bears. 117 - Dwarf Cottages of 20, Shakti level 9 stands next to the Dungeon where I plan to buy a spell book, next to it a pillar with Slow. In Stronghold - Bears with Fort, home - Manticores with Fort, the external dwelling of Troglodytes is captured, unfortunately no other worthwhile external dwellings were found for the Portal of Summoning...
121, 122 - maneuvers, Shakti camps at the Griffin Conservatory. 123 - Griffin Conservatory level 2, Naga Bank (3), a 2nd Griffin Conservatory is spotted. 124 - max Griffin Conservatory. I start thinking about a rush, the 5th slot gave Wisdom, enough resources - I go for Mage Guild level 5. The GO is spotted from the opponent's side - 20-49 Giants...
125, 126 - maneuvers, Dwarf Cottage (20 stack). 127 - I have Shakti (level 13) spend the night in the capitol with doubled mana, in Stronghold I built Orcs and placed a Castle. 131 - maneuvers with building the Mage Guild, I decide if Mage Guild level 4 gives Resurrection - then I'll fight both GOs. 132 - Mage Guild level 4 gives complete garbage. 133 - built Mage Guild level 5 - it gives Dimension Door, I level up Shakti's Wisdom skill to Expert, I teleport home to learn Dimension Door. 134 - dispersion in the corner of the Stronghold respawn (behind the mountain there's a metro to the GO and a road), scouting the land showed the opponent's capitol very close
I saw Gunnar's stats - got very sad, but I'm counting on the lack of serious magic and on my shooters dealing 235 damage. 135 - Dimension Door to the opponent's respawn, I take Castle. Scouting the land shows a Necropolis secondary not far away, I count on getting to it with dispersion + stables speed boost.... But, I stupidly lacked one tile to capture Necropolis :smile35:
Next turn Gunnar gets there with replenished mana, great stats, and Implosion, and proves the futility of all of Shakti's previous deeds....
I really enjoyed the game!! Thank you Roman!! If only the distribution were a bit more even....
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SpiriTT (blue, Tower, Neela, Neela) def smoke_mk (red, Barbarian, Gunnar, Gunnar) 2sm4d(3) 123
Interesting generation) Neela on day 112 through diamond golems sits in her native secondary town with an external Greem dwelling and is happy. But on day 114 Dessa appears in the snow — the game won't drag on, followed by Gunnar, I move into contact — on day 121 he attacked — I buy peace, the next turn the opponent buys peace, then he attacks again, but Neela held. Surrender follows)

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SpiriTT (red, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) def smoke_mk (blue, Necropolis, Thant, Thant) 2sm4d(3), 127
so we scratched a bit, took 1 restart and went. It spawned with three stacks, plenty of money, on the 3rd day I lit a passage to the secondary town behind horned demons — my native one, sehr gut — we play.
I broke through the demons, went there, but it was far away, only reached it on the 5th day — immediately built Wyverns, scout heroes revealed lots of crypts. Brought in 4 Wyverns — took a mini Dwarf Cottage, scouts take 3 crypts — max, and 2 near-max — Hydras in the Citadel. Another scout hero managed to take an external Gnoll dwelling. On day 121 I bought Hydras and Lizardmen, took their dwelling, a Wyvern from the secondary town went to break through the passage to the underground — I got ready to shake down the ducks, since a Dragon Utopia was spotted not far away. Day 122 I brought some stuff from the castle, broke 66 Orcs with the loss of a Wyvern and flies(((, scout hero. Day 123 a scout hero scouts the overview — the blue home is 2 turns away and Thant with 1-4 Angels nearby, a bit further Septienna with 100+ Skeletons and Liches. Kinda scary, but 60+ Lizardmen inspire hope. On day 125 I took blue's main hero, leveled Earth Magic on him — inside I bought a spellbook along with Slow. The same day I go to the Griffin Conservatory — took level 3 without problems. In the castle I left Andra with archer, fly and Vampire. On day 126 I sat down to refill mana and to another Griffin Conservatory. On day 127 I take it — max — lost 3 Wyverns and a Basilisk. Total on day 127: 7 Angels, 2 Hydras, 5 Wyverns, 55 Lizardmen. Very close nearby a Dragon Utopia — probably would have taken it on day 132, but surrender follows.
Thanks for the game, and the experience — it came just in time.
P.S. for fun I took the Dragon Utopia on 132 — level 1 red orb, Ring of the Stones, and an artifact for spell duration, but there would have been enough money for a full buyout=)

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Van (red, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 127
Confirmed, thank you for the game.

AYMAN (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def ~no1_knows_me~ (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 1.2.2

We took all the respawns, and off we went.

It was raz do lo very good, never had such a start before. 123467 in the Castle :smile01: , I scouted three Griffin Conservatories on the respawn, captured two Gnoll external dwellings and one external dwelling of Wyverns/Priests already on 121, plus an external dwelling of Beasts behind a crowd of Liches that also guarded a Shield +6. So it could have been a very interesting game, but unfortunately my opponent's start wasn't so good. As a result, Dima lost on 122 and decided to concede the game, didn't want to take an auto.

Thanks to Dima for a short game, agreed on a rematch !!!!!!!!!!!

AYMAN (Blue, Bog, Tazar, Tazar) def ~no1_knows_me~ (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 1.2.2

Yeah, that's how it was.

123467 in Castle

Wow, you got lucky as hell ))))
Somewhere around the castle there were 3 Griffin Conservatories + Boots of Speed, I thought I was in heaven, but 113 brought me back to add ) the opponent picked all the rests, mine were left - something didn't sit right with me, then something else was off again, well when the rests ran out it turned out even worse:
on 111 a shield +4 defense was nice, but then it turned out it was a meter-by-meter respawn, no money, barely scraped together cash for 4 heroes + birds. Made it to the guard of the snow respawn - a HORDE of golems, after all sorts of maneuvers I crawled out with 2 birds from the battle, then blocks of shooters (by a horde of gray gremlins) and a lot of gray harpies - a turnaround... barely managed to place the bears. Buy one Grizzly, after swapping resources, and hit the guard of the Griffin Conservatory with Trong, then the guard of the grass respawn with Vasya. Then on 121 I finally went into the Griffin Conservatory because of 0 gold and no prospects. Turned out to be a double, Crag 7-6-1-1 (2 Grizzlies, 5 birds, and singles), 3 times morale on the Griffins and straight Alt+F4 :))

thanks for the game, we'll have a rematch in a few days ;)

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Gomunguls (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.3.

Spawned at the top. One road was blocked by 10-19 Nagas for Pandora's box (which gave 25 Eyes), so I didn't attack them in week 1.

In the first week - for some reason, sacrificed a Necromancer Hero to 50-99 Gremlins for a Chest, but 150 Trolls are a plus. Conflux secondary, Manticore dwelling in Castle without Minotaurs.

In the second week - got a Harpy Specialist, took 4 Medusa dwellings (at 10, 4, 6, 8), had a choice between placing Dragons or a Minotaur Summoning Portal, whose external dwelling I took in the second week. Chose Minotaurs. Took 25 Eyes for 19 Nagas; the Guard stack was Careful, and together with a wounded non-upgraded one, they morale-checked me and wiped out 30+ Trolls.

In the third week - Stronghold secondary, minimum Conflux. Via teleport from the Conflux secondary, I entered the Underground Paradise with 2 Dragon Utopias, but didn't attack the First-Three because I only had native units and not all were bought back; took 15,000 Wood for almost 100, then the Library. The opponent takes the Stronghold secondary. I stand by the Utopia to take it on day 1 and break into the Main one to drive away the foe.:)

In the fourth week - Utopia-Three (Red Ball, Oracle's Hat, Sword of All), I break in, catch up with Valeska in another sandy Treasure near the Utopia without a Barrier, attack; Valya, bravely resisting, perished on the field of battle.

Thanks for the game!

SpiriTT (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) def КостяN (red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) sm4d 122
Nothing much to write. On the first: 4 external dwellings of Gnolls, 2 Lizardmen, an external dwelling of Hydras revealed, but under the Shadow of Death. Hydras in the Citadel. Griffin Conservatory scouted, secondary skills taken — Conflux. 6 heroes.
On 122, the opponent loses his entire army in the Conservatory except for 2 birds. Lacking any prospects, he chose to surrender; auto doesn't take it.
Thanks for the game. Too bad there wasn't really any training...