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Hello everyone! I don't remember the first time, but I think it was Necropolis. I've always respected this city for its Death Knights and Vampires!

I don't remember exactly, but I think it was a Castle. Of course, I lost, as I was just starting to play Heroes. And I didn't choose any starting factions at the beginning because I didn't know how, it was randomly assigned. Later, I learned how to choose factions and heroes. I chose heroes based on their appearance; I even had my favorites. :)

1) I chose Inferno because a friend I was playing with said there were Archdevils there :З. 2) We were allies with my friend, but since I was visiting, I had to leave, and he finished the game without me, telling me that he won. 3) I don't remember, but my first impressions were great. 4) Economic maneuvers, when we exchanged resources using the market.

Maybe around the age of five, I often stayed with relatives, and my aunt's husband constantly played Heroes 2. I was ready to watch the battles for days and begged him to keep the Golems in the army, which were supposed to be replaced by boars. I also played the second game a little back then. And then came the time for the third game! 1. The first faction can be considered the Stronghold; the first hero was Yog (he had the coolest creature from the second game – the Cyclops). 2. Of course, I lost in the very first battle, but I don't remember who it was against. 3. I also don't remember if I won or not, but I probably didn't, even though I played on the "Peasant" difficulty for quite a while and couldn't kill the computer's unit. 4. I remember that I was probably running around with -3 morale because I was recruiting everyone I could find. 5. A huge battlefield, 7 slots, and all creatures could be upgraded.

My first favorite was the Castle (with archangels), now I like the Rampart, Necropolis, and Fortress...

I received it as a birthday gift for the first time in 1999.
My first impressions were from the opening video, the angel in the menu, and the music. That's when I fell in love with this game:o. My very first castle was the Castle :) . The first time I played, it was on the "All for One" map. Back then, I would run around the entire map with just one hero:smile13:, and I even managed to spend all my gold on mercury:D. Later, I played as the Swamp faction; I liked the music there (it gave me goosebumps:p). And then I completely switched to the Dungeon faction because of the organ music and dragons. I remember always trying to get red dragons instead of black ones:smile52:. The first time I lost was because of elves; I only had a bunch of pikemen when they captured my castle:smile33:.

So, I think you can't come up with a better gift:smile47:

Well, I can't remember the exact task, no matter how hard I try. In the late 90s, guys at work brought in Heroes 1, then Heroes 2, and Heroes 3, all in English. They set it up for me to try – I don't even remember if it was Heroes 2 or 3 – and I gave up after two weeks. The only thing I learned was that the purchase and sale prices of resources differ by a factor of 20, so there's no point in going to the market. I never really mastered the game at work; it wasn't until a few years later, when I installed it on my home PC, that I started learning Heroes 3. That's when I found out that dragons aren't just black and skeletal...

Similarly, I can't remember my first Castle right now, it was a long time ago. Although it was most likely either a Castle or a Rampart.
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Regarding whether I won or lost: it seems like it happened in the first game (it was the first game not only in Heroes III, but in the Heroes series in general). I was attacking neutral creatures and suddenly realized how awesome I was: I was defeating them all so easily! And I didn't even have a Castle (or rather, I did, but it was very far away, I don't know why) and there was nowhere to replenish my army. So I became arrogant, attacked with an army of a couple of dozen first and second-level units against phoenixes, and to my surprise, I lost.

I started playing around 2008, and I've been playing ever since, using the WOG settings. I set the essence conversion to 7th level to 8th. I also increase the essence gain by 1 each day, resulting in, say, 50-60 Thunderbirds per week. That's awesome! My Thunderbirds have huge experience (the army has experience) and 1200 HP, and with their double shot, they take down everyone.
My first faction was the Academy.
I still love them.
But I also adore the Barons of the Inferno!

I also started playing WoG simply because the game initially came with WoG already installed. Once you find the WoG settings that suit you, the game becomes much easier to play (although I didn't change the settings). But, in my opinion, WoG "spoils" you in the sense that after playing it, it's initially difficult to switch back to "vanilla" SoD: where are my commanders? Where is the experience and special abilities of the creatures? Where is...?

I first played Heroes of Might and Magic III in 2002, at a friend's house, without really understanding what the game was. My first faction was Inferno (I liked the name). I played a map for about 4 hours, but I didn't finish it. Everything was surprising. I played it a few more times there. Then, I didn't play Heroes at all for about 8 years. And then, in May of last year, something significant happened – I bought a Heroes disc and was very surprised that you couldn't choose a faction and a map at will. The disc turned out to be Chronicles. Later, I got the Complete Collection, and I've been playing the game I liked and will always love for over six months now.

My first castle was the Castle. My first game was on the "All for One" map. And in the first battle against neutral creatures, I won, but I don't remember what units they were; I think they were centaurs or pikemen.

My first Castle was the Swamp. Because in real life, I really like reptiles, especially lizards ;) So, I chose them, and the basilisks, bull, and chaos hydras are great.

1. I still can't remember how I got my first Heroes game. Actually, my acquaintance with this genre began with the third installment. I don't know why, but I loaded a single-player game instead of the campaign. I also didn't figure out the menu and launched the default map, "All for One." Therefore, my first Castle was the Castle. And my first hero was Adelaide. I don't remember the name exactly, but she had Diplomacy as one of her skills, and her specialty was, I think, Blessing.
2. I didn't win my first map. But I didn't completely fail either. I only remember that I managed to reach the Tower to the right of the starting Castle and the Bastion to the south. I wasted a lot of time running around the area. Of course, there was no talk of tactics, so I built a lot of unnecessary things. A blue player came with a strong army, and I realized that it was pointless to continue playing. Although I wanted to reach the Castle south of the Bastion, and the dungeon guarded by angels was a complete mystery to me. As was the Dungeon – I only went there near the Castle where the imps were. I never finished this map. I still don't know what it looks like and where the enemies live.
3. There was an unpleasant moment that made me stop playing Heroes 3 for a long time. The disc was pirated, and the game crashed when silver pegasi were in battle. Then, for my birthday, I was given The Shadow of Death. And if I don't remember much about the regular Heroes, I do remember the first encounter with Fairy Dragons in The Shadow of Death, when they wiped out half a year's worth of Necropolis growth in one turn. I was also pleasantly surprised by the rich variety of monsters, especially dragons.
4. Well, and finally, something from me. I downloaded a bunch of maps, played a lot of hotseat games with a friend, and there were many fantastic battles. But at some point, my friend decided that he had suddenly grown up and didn't want to play anymore. Since then, I haven't played Heroes 3 either. The last map was a modified version of "The Retreat of the Monks."

Castle!
I remember when I didn't know how to recruit troops from a castle.)))
I tried to drag them out, but of course, nothing worked. :)

Now I like all the castles.