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03.02.2011 Erdem (Red, Inferno, Marius, Marius) def Satyr (Blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 214
Contact Cup game. Started without restarts, roads are slow.
Week 1: secondary castle, home Efreeti without Dogs in Citadel + market. Painted external dwellings of Imps, Demons, and Pit Fiends.
Week 2: I pick up Gauntlets, Spirit of Oppression, after the stables, splitting in the capital, there I took Medusa horde of 6, Shield +6, Mini-Dragon Fly Hive, secondary Dungeon, at home added Castle thanks to the Gauntlets, Logistics, and stables, Marius was running like crazy. =)
Week 3: Mini-Griffin Conservatory, Max-Naga dwelling, exit into the underground treasure zone, there I was fighting nasty neutrals practically for experience and to grind Demons, because the treasure zone turned out to be barren, there were no useful artifacts at all, not counting the Amulet of Mana +1, only the Dragon Fly Hive of 8 and 2 external Angel dwellings cheered me up, which I managed to paint before the end of the week, the Dungeon portal summoned an Angel.
Week 4: I split in the Dungeon, double my mana, run into the treasure zone on the rocks, grind Demons, take the max Dragon Fly Hive and a Double Dragon Utopia (Wings, Sandals, Chain +4), found Breastplate +6, the scout hero brought a scroll of Armageddon (which will play a decisive role at the end of the game), built GM4 at home. On day 147, Crag broke through the Monster Gate, but didn't make it to the capital.
Week 5: In the Dungeon I mistakenly doubled the scout's mana, and he only has 7 knowledge. :( Split at home to hold the defense. Crag turned around and flew over the mountains towards the treasure zone. Marius flew through the Dungeon to intercept. The next day, a chain was supposed to deliver 4 Angels from the external dwellings. But Crag attacked first.. The final battle took place on day 214 in a rocky gorge:
Crag lvl 22, 19-14-9 (70) 1 Angel, 20 Royal Griffins, 7 Beholders, 72 Wyverns, 35 Thunderbirds, 90+ Wolf Raiders, 19 Pit Fiends, +1 Speed.
Marius lvl 21, 17-20-13 (66) 25 Wyverns, 38 Pit Lords, 114 Horned Demons, 26 Demons, 1+16 Sultan Efreeti, 5 Angels. It was very scary without attack magic, and no money to buy peace...
The opponent casts Mass Haste, removes the retaliation from the Demons with the Angel and hits them with Wolf Raiders and Birds, in response I cast Mass Slow, killing the Birds and Wolves. Marius casts Mass Curse, Crag again with Mass Haste piles on with all stacks for 2 rounds, I respond with Mass Slow, then clone 68 Horned Demons in an attempt to weaken the seemingly unkillable Wyvern stack. Crag cast Mass Shield and an exchange of blows began... In the last round, when Crag had 3 Bears and 10 Wyverns left, and Marius had 9 Wyverns, 10 Pit Lords, and 22 Horned Demons, with the last 20 mana I drench the entire battlefield with Armageddon for 770 damage.. Only my 2(!) Demons survived! A bunch of different artifacts spill out of Crag.. GG. It's amazing how every little detail played its role in the game: 2 extra Demons, once ground from a dozen Pikemen back in week 3, an Armageddon scroll accidentally found by the scout hero, and without the humble Amulet of Mana there wouldn't have been enough mana for the final Armageddon... Thanks to Igor for a beautiful and tense game! It's been a long time since I've seen such finely balanced battles, I nearly had a nervous breakdown, and my pulse was through the roof.. =)
P.S. As it turned out, the map was not rich, only 2 Dragon Utopias, 1 of which I got, the second remained untouched in the corner of the Barbarian treasure zone...