Posts from Reports of online games and their confirmations (Winter season 2011-12).

12/26/2011 Sevan_80 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def RiMpel2 (blue, Castle, Turis, Turis) Jebus 121
Opponent chose all rests, and the setup didn't work in his favor.
Thanks for the game.

26.12.2011 Lider1 (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def SolncevKoT (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 132

Dimast (blue swamp Wistand) def Chernyj Dzedai (red necro Isr) 137
No resets, gave a poor small respawn with no gold at all, but there was a hidden Wyvern for skeletons for free, on week 1 day 1-2 I place a Wyvern, buy 2, retake the Wyvern nest, barely scrape together enough for 2 more, resulting in 4 Wyverns, but the neutrals aggroed very strangely — on 1-1-3, 45 Magogues aggro on the Wyvern, ignoring Gnolls and Gremlins, and kill one. I take Conflux. On week 1 I place a Wyvern in the Citadel. On week 2 day 1-1, another fail — with 9 Wyverns, 10 Waspworts, Archers, and a few Gnolls, I attack 10-19 Nagas for a Dragon Fly Hive; there are 19 of them with GS, plus terrain prevents the Waspworts from escaping — I lose 7 Waspworts and 1 Wyvern. In the Dragon Fly Hive I take Fairies with me but they are not targeted; again, aggro goes on the Waspworts, which is also unclear. I get broken, take another Conflux and another Dragon Fly Hive, and through an adjacent zone, on week 3 day 1, I come to the opponent, reach Isr, but she also has tactics and the Wyverns are insufficient to kill the stack of Liches; I get hit by Death Wave and Isr escapes. I bring up growth, take another Dragon Fly Hive from the opponent, resulting in 19 diseased and 16 normal Wyverns. By the end of week 3, I fled into the darkness; Isr left the castle and was immediately overwhelmed — 270 Skeletons and 70 Zombies and 3 Horsemen against 19 diseased Wyverns, 16 normal ones, 50 Archers, and a few Dragon Flies did nothing.
Thanks for the game!

26.12.2011 JustObserver (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def TAG (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 144

111 - Almost immediately after reaching the castle, I scouted for Lizards, but decided not to check right away. It turned out to be a level 1 dwelling. Then, a Tiyraxor appeared, and a stable was located one day's journey away.
112 - While scouting, I discovered another dwelling, which turned out to be a level 2. It was located near the farthest exit from the starting area, with a Utopia and a Pandorica nearby. The nearest passage to the secondary area was blocked by three ranged towers – I decided not to engage.
113 - I spent time in place, searching for resources.
114-117 - I reached the secondary area castle, but lost all my creatures, which made taking anything in this zone extremely difficult. As a result, on day 117, I was one tile short of capturing the castle itself. Overall, the week was quite challenging, mainly involving a struggle for resources, in which I was losing on one hand, and on the other, the unique creatures ended up in the Citadel, which was clearly a mistake.

121-127 - I finally captured the castle and started focusing on the dwellings. "Thanks" to the poor connections between the heroes and the fact that I scouted the level 2 dwelling first, I only revealed the level 1 dwelling on day 126. I also wasted a few turns bringing ranged creatures with me and didn't use them effectively in the dwelling, which significantly reduced their numbers. On day 127, with Tiyraxor's expert tactics and an Angel, I finally broke through the ranged towers to another secondary area.

132 - I took the level 2 dwelling and started focusing on the Rampart secondary area. Ivor's stats were almost entirely focused on defense, and I also acquired a few defense and tactics boosts for him. After some consideration, I decided to make him my main hero.
133 - Ivor captured the Pandorica, gaining 10,000 experience, and mastered all available skills (archery, attack, defense, tactics). I prepared to venture into the tertiary area through the castle zone, but I was severely lacking in resources.
135 - A Pandorica defended by 60 Pikemen and a horse camp was encountered, along with access to the Necropolis and mercenary camp.
137 - I bought horses, and a Green Dragon was available in the mercenary camp. The weaker creatures were being upgraded to Silver Pegasi, and all eyes were set on the tertiary area.
141 - In the mercenary camp, there were 2 Sultan of the Ifrit. I bought more horses, gathered spears (totaling 100), ventured into the tertiary area, and immediately encountered a Maxi-Hive. I took it without losses and continued onward, passing by the Utopia, but decided not to enter it. In the distance, beyond the Hydras, I saw a Pandorica and a Crown, but I couldn't remember what kind. 8D
142 - I found a +1 item and continued onward. I discovered a hidden stash of Angels guarded by 10-19 Phantom Dragons, but it was no longer relevant to my strategy.
143 - I found a +5 armor spell. Nearby, I saw the opponent's movements, and the tavern indicated that my stats were better.
144 - I encountered a Mini-Hive and arrived in the zone where the opponent had just been. I didn't see him, but I sensed his presence and waited.
Eventually, the opponent attacked:
Ivor (6,12,7,4(25)) vs Shakti (7,8,4,7(31))
The opponent's main force consisted of 7 Angels and 5 Ducks, but even with mass slow, he couldn't cope, although he destroyed all the Grand Griffins in the first turn. 15 Ducks + 3 Angels + 11 unique creatures + 6 horses + a Dragon were still a significantly larger force. GG, thanks for the game!

26.12.2011 dom2 (red, barb, Kreg, Kreg) def R55Max(blue, castle, Valeska, Kirry) Jebus Cross 127

There was no Dragon Utopia, same for bear, bird, wolf and gob dwellings; I gathered 28 vamps at my place, grabbed a Dragon Utopia 3 in the treasure zone and immediately the road hit the nag-guards of the blues in ГО, I bounced back, on the next turn the blues hit their own ГО, I attacked. Very interesting finale, there are 35 fanatics and tactics. I got very lucky with morale on the vamp stack, 2 hastes at the right moment and GG. Thx for the game.

26.12.2011 JustObserver (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) lose SeniorPomidor (red, Conflux, random, Ciele) 2sm4d(3) 122

111 - Shakti 3 stacks, a Pandora's box a couple of tiles from the castle guarded by basilisks, and inside the box... 60 gr. Troglodytes! Total 214 Troglodytes on the first day, took a Dwarf Cottage on 15, Shakti with Expert Tactics and Attack, a day's march to the nearest castle.
112 - revealed a conservatory, near one of the exits from the respawn, thinking how to get to the opponent faster. The Town Portal from a secondary hero leads to a guard of Grand Elves, but it's underground so I don't show much interest, moving towards the other exits.
113 - gathering resources, moving to another exit, by 3 I transferred troops to scout the conservatory.
114 - conservatory 3+ I don't dare to enter
115 - captured a swamp secondary town (with nothing worthwhile on it), while breaking through to a stone treasure zone, misjudged the Troglodytes' movement and got hit by Magma Elementals, it hurt...
117 - standing in front of the 3rd exit from the respawn, Wyverns in the Citadel.
121 - exit onto a grassy respawn and immediately grab an empty enemy Rampart,
122 - I see Ciele, exchange all resources at 4 marketplaces, buy 5 Wyverns and 22 Lizardmen, bring them up and attack:
Shakti (no spellbook) (5,5,3,1) vs Ciele (1,1,5,3(30))
211 Troglodytes+4 Evil Eyes+2+2 stacks of Harpies+9 unupgraded+5 Wyverns+22 Lizardmen vs 6 Thunderbirds+20 Storm Elementals+50 Sprites+10 Nix+single fae

Archers at 135 slowly but surely thinned my stacks, and the birds confidently flew across the entire map, in the end 2 birds remained against Harpies and Evil Eyes, which certainly couldn't be a reason for my joy.

12/27/2011 dom2 (Haven, Fortress, Erathia, Alagar) def SolncevKoT (Fortress, Rampart, Ivorn, Ivorn) 2sm4d(3) 126

27.12.2011 theShevanesian(red, Conflux, Gundula) def SolncevKoT(blue, Conflux, Luna) 141 2sm4d(3)