23.05.2013 Defiant (red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def MasterDENy (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) JC 137. Starting position was average, found an external dwelling of bears, a Griffin Conservatory next to it, external dwelling of wolves, birds, a cape +2 speed, not great on money, there are stables, but blocked by nagas. Decided to play. In addition to the above, among the useful items I found gloves, a sword +6, a Cloak of Abandonment, several beehives, another Griffin Conservatory, an external market. I only gathered all of this by 126 due to a series of mistakes, came out on 127 with stats 19 7 4 2 (20), with oil, a decent army: 5 dwarves, 5 angels, about a hundred goblins, ~30 wolf riders, 14 thunderbirds, 30 wyverns. Immediately see a Dragon Utopia, go in without looking — it's maxed out. Despite a shield being cast, I lose all the wolves, goblins, some birds, I get a necklace, a gladius, a helm +10 knowledge, and some other junk. I immediately go into another Dragon Utopia, it's a double, I get a sword +5 all, Titan's plate armor. Stats are around 20 and change. I can't see the central Castle, nor the opponent either. Then I take a couple of beehives, a Pandora's Box for XP, Crag Hack's leveling is ideal, then I take the long-awaited КЗ and an Orb of the Air behind arch devils, 0 mana, I see blue flags. Deciding that the opponent will be scared of my stats and army, I head his way, I see a branch towards the central Castle, blocked by gold dragons guarding a beehive and a Pandora's Box. On the opponent's turn, I see Shakti taking a kettle and a necklace from behind wyverns, I can't do anything about it. The stats evened out, but he is still inferior in army. On my turn, I break the gold dragons, sit in the central Rampart and make a stupid mistake: instead of a Mage Guild, I build a Tavern (a stupid habit), as a result, another day without mana (good thing the opponent didn't capitalize), but I took a couple of Pandora's Boxes near the Castle. I see black dragons in the Tavern. On the next turn, very opportunely, I find a 5th level Hat and a Black Orb, also take a Dragon Utopia, I get a shield +4 all. Over the next couple of turns, I visit libraries, eat Pandora's Boxes. On one of the opponent's turns, I noticed he wanted to take the Boots of Speed, which were lying right next to my secondary hero, but on his side, on my turn I snatch them from under his nose, on the next turn I take the Shackles of War from his spawn point and sit in the central Castle, since Shakti had already appeared in that area. I fear Armageddon, so I put on the Cloak of Abandonment, and as an ace up my sleeve — Lightning Bolt for 1350 + the Black Orb. I didn't expect it, but on his turn Shakti attacks me in the Castle. I have the advantage in meat and stats. The opponent tried to do something with black dragons casting Weyt, but you can't really push against a stack of wyverns under Crag Hack. A fatal mistake for the opponent turned out to be the Book of Earth he overlooked and I picked up.
Thanks for the game!
