Posts from The Great Confrontation – reports and summaries.

Sonic (won) Sinithar. Approximately 19-9-34-15 - Kill and Action. Approximately 22-15-14-15 (lost) Nibros 2-2-4. Everything was going well (I was playing very carefully, trying not to lose troops from the castle). On day 4, I already had a higher-level castle, and I received a log on level 7. Everything was working out, although I wasn't very lucky with the castles – I got a rain castle, but no ice castle at all! I would have reached the Treasury two weeks earlier if I hadn't found a second Dungeon castle, which I had to capture; there was no other way. But I bought a ring with 10 initiative and a Dragon's Hat in the castle. With my main troops, I rushed to the Treasury, where, after seeing the opponent, I attacked him in one turn. There was no chance for the opponent, who, as far as I can tell, already understood the outcome of the game (the only way I could have lost was if something went wrong, but it was very difficult to lose at this stage). Thank you for the game! P.S. It seemed as if the map was made specifically for the Dungeon faction. And it also seemed that my opponent wasn't very lucky with the castles. :smile23:

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I confirm Sonic81's report.

Everything was going great until I got to the dungeon at the end of the 4th week... The dungeon turned out to be sandy: I only found artifacts against ice and fire. But the worst thing is that after exploring it for more than two weeks (it turned out to be surprisingly huge), I couldn't learn any suitable dark magic spells except for blinding. Pyramids, mage treasuries, and libraries didn't help... :mad: In the process of exploring this strange dungeon, I lost stacks of demons and succubuses... As a result, I lost due to a game that dragged on too long... On the 5th week, I think my opponent wouldn't have been ready for the battle:smile25: (I was level 24)...

Thanks for the game!

P.S. Guys! Stop distorting my nickname in different ways!!:smile32:

kontr (orson) defeated KillAndAction (kragh) spiral 1.4.1

Well, Necropolis is always strong; by the second week, their strength was already around 20, and their defense was over 10. The Resurrection spell was raising units for under 500, which made me choose Chaos. On the 3rd week, I gathered my forces and didn't even bother staying in my town; I just collected what I could find along the way. As a result, on the 1st day, I saw a red shadow on the map... and attacked - 50 Vampire Lords and a spell dealing 1000 damage against 70 Centaurs, War Machines, and Goblin Archers... My opponent fled and surrendered! Once again, I'm convinced that Necropolis is unbeatable.

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Confirming the report from kontr.

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Y11 (Humans, Vittorio) defeated Хитрый кот (Dungeon, Irbet) 2-1-? spiral

He learned from his mistakes and got his act together, as they say :)

The starting map was small, and there were several outposts, but they were quite far apart. So, he only took the outpost on the second turn, where there were outposts 4 and 5. Dungeon got lucky, but Хитрый кот didn't play with Hydras.
On the second turn, he cleared the next zone. On the third turn, he gathered resources and collected two knowledge artifacts and jumped into the castle in the middle. He was already level 21, and Haven didn't give him resurrection or speed, but he had regeneration. From the third week, the training worked at full capacity; he got 5 Incas, 72 archers, and 4 Archangels, and went through the treasure, killing everyone along the way. He found a portal, bought an Inn artifact in the store, and broke through. It turned out to be a resource-focused Dungeon. On the next turn, he caught up with Irbet. There wasn't enough money to buy his way out, so he killed the Assassins and Furies in two turns.
Thanks for the game.
P.S. There is one more game left in the group stage with Gastello. I don't see him online, so please contact me, and we'll arrange it.

fil0sof (Red, Orcs, Tilshek) lost to Sonic81 (Blue, Dwarves, Karli) - Map 3, 2-2-1

He started slowly again, thinking he would lose just like in the previous games, but then he picked up speed. Using machines, wyverns, and warmongers, he started winning almost everything on autopilot, reducing the level difference with his opponent to 1-2.
Trouble came at the beginning of week 10 when he entered the Ent lair. Maximum difficulty. Okay, I think, I'll break through, albeit with difficulty and losses. I start the battle. The internet connection is suddenly cut off. We load the save, I enter the Ent lair, I start the battle... and the mouse twitches in my hand, and the wyverns fly one (!) square closer to the enemy's position than I intended. The result: the ents reach, bind, there's no one to attack the archers, and it's a complete defeat. Then, just for fun, we restarted (after I had already given up), fought again, and won (the replay is attached), but...
And right next to the Ent lair, the enemy's cockroach was running around, which is part of the chain. In the previous battle, he had gained the Path of War, and in the Ent lair, he was gaining ranged attack (i.e., the next level would have been wasps)... In short, one wrong click can cost you the game.

Still, thanks to my opponent.

fil0sof (Red, Orcs, Tilsek) lost - Sonic81 (Blue, Dwarves, Karli) won - M3, 2-2-1
With all due respect to my opponent, he had little chance from the beginning of the game because everything was going great for me (or rather, it certainly was, but let's assume that with equal opponents, Karli + 2 missile buildings + bears + dwarves speaks for itself, especially since I found a log hut near the castle).
I thought I would rush, play quickly, but seeing that my opponent wasn't rushing towards me, I explored the starting area and the two adjacent areas, and the cockroaches collected 200 resources each. Only level 21, but a LOT OF UNITS in the castle, but he was only using certain units and elementals.
There was a week of tanks and missile units. Plus 4 more tanks + 44 missile units. Of course, I slowed down a bit because I was without education and had a light disadvantage, but I wasn't worried at all. In the end, I built a chain to take the remaining mines and the portal to the castle, and if I had known where and what to go for, I would have had everything in the treasure. But then an opponent appeared near the cockroach, and in the course of the game, he slightly disrupted my plans to visit the stables on day 1 and merge.
But maybe out of desperation or confidence, he attacked everything. And as a result: "Sometimes it seems to me that the soldiers from the Blood Fields didn't come...". By the way, I would have attacked him there, and he would have had a hard time with his troops, but I suspect he would have struck with lightning and bought himself out, but that's not a big deal. Maybe I would have damaged him a little and delayed my plans by one day.
With a different scenario, I would probably have played differently.
Thanks for the game!

ekzekutor (blue, gnomes, dwarves) defeated detmers (red, humans, Vittorio) in the 3rd month. It was a very tough game. I got lucky and found a dwelling with drakes and priests. But by the first battle, Vittorio had resurrection with retribution and a defense of 40 (plus a light blessing), and I didn't have a resurrection rune, which decided the outcome of the battle. By raising priests with the last mana, I retreated with 8 drakes and 40 mages and a few of the rest. I left him with about 40 monks and 4 archs. Then he started chasing money, and I was looking for retribution and a rune (although Inga only learned 3 runes by level 18). After searching through a bunch of libraries for retribution, I finally found the book of light in a shop. By the beginning of the third month, Vittorio came to the castle walls, and I was afraid to attack, even though I had 19 drakes. In the end, he still attacked, but he had no chance in the castle. We tried in the field, and it turned out to be hopeless there too. Thanks for the interesting game.

ekzekutor (blue, gnomes, dwarves) defeated detmers (red, humans, Vittorio) in the 3rd month. Such a handicap in the starting positions, 1 and 5 levels, turned out to be too big of an advantage for me.

Vip.rus (red, Orcs, Gosha) defeated kontr (blue, Demons, Grok) - it seems like Maze, start of week 7. They played for a very long time and with terrible lag; there were losses, but the Demon was losing even worse. I didn't find anything from the Darkness, which is a shame. The Demon came to my castle, and I had forgotten that I didn't have a Wand of Wonder; oh well, I managed to grab some growth. He came back later and killed him in his own castle without a chance. He didn't have much meat, but I think even twice as much wouldn't have helped. Thanks for the game.

Will, playing as the red elves of Gilraen, defeated Lutii, playing as the blue mages of Ora, in the Labyrinth map, week 5.
He went through the Gate of the Overlord, captured the enemy's castle, bought a staff, and then finished the game in the field; the mages' soldiers didn't even get a turn.

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Will, playing as the blue Inferno faction with Marbas, defeated Moz, playing as the red elves of Wingael, on map 3.
He leveled up Marbas's light skill, then found regeneration, and didn't have any problems. He entered the Treasury and, after 4 turns, Moz arrived. He didn't want to look for another Treasury and surrendered.

Vip.rus (red, Orc, Gosha) defeated KillAndAction (blue, Orcs, Shak) - Maze, week 7. I wandered around without a tent for a long time, slowly losing units, didn't attack anywhere in particular, and didn't develop quickly as a result. I only got a tent around level 20, and I didn't get a ballista in the end. We merged into a Grand Order, and my Orc won. Thanks for the game.

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Confirming Vip.rus's report...

Thanks for the game!

Vip.rus (red, Orcs, Gosha) defeated kontr (blue, Demons, Grok) - it seems like Maze, week 7 start.
We played for a very long time and with terrible lag; there were losses, but the Demon player was losing even worse. I didn't find anything from the Darkness faction, which is a shame. The Demon came to my castle, and I had forgotten that I didn't have a portable altar. Oh well, I managed to grab some growth. He came back later and killed him in his own castle without any options. He didn't have much meat, but I don't think twice as much would have helped either). Thanks for the game.

I didn't find any replays. In week 2, I lost in the Necropolis to a maxed-out player. After that, there were no resurrections, no vampirism, and no regeneration for a long time... without artifacts... in short, I messed up.

ekzekutor (red, dwarves, inga) defeated raykonnen (blue, orcs, krag) at the start of the second month (sun)
Inga, even without a log, did very well; lucky that one adjacent zone was snowy. By the end of week 3, she reached level 22. Jumping into the castle, I decided to briefly explore my treasure zone, but it didn't last long, as I spotted Krag 1.5 turns away from the castle. I decided to ambush him near the portal, but as usual, I couldn't get through the portal blocked by Krag. We agreed that Krag would attack on his next turn himself. Well, against level 24 Inga with artifacts, level 18 Krag didn't stand a chance. Thanks for the game