Posts from "Battleship" TOURNAMENT - reports and summaries.

moz (red, Orcs, Krag) defeated kolobokk (blue, Elves, Anven) 142 Labyrinth
There was only one hidden stash level 4. Krag, at level 125, accidentally broke through to the center, thinking he was hitting a resource point, and it all went downhill from there. At level 135, he was already level 26 with a bunch of artifacts, both pairs of boots, the Ring of the Magi, the Orcish set. He spotted the treasure, but didn't bother with it and rushed towards the enemy. He reached him and killed him, even though he forgot to put on the ring. Thanks for the game.

dmitrik (dwarves, Helmar) defeated JonnyP (mages, Razazak) on Sunday, week 5

Turn 1, 4. Helmar starts near his castle and next to the regeneration shrine; I'm playing as a Rusher. After that, things didn't go so well, I remember. I messed up at the entrance to the treasure and my opponent gave me two loads, so thank you very much for that. I cleared the treasure, the dwarf has an attack of around 30, and I went to attack my opponent. We fought in the field; the mage had defense over 20 and stood well, but did little damage.
Thank you for the game.

moz(red, Inferno, Marbas) defeated elfelite(blue, Stronghold, Erling) middle of week 5. The Lab.
External dwellings spawned 5,5,6. Decided to play a slow game; on the 2nd levelup after machines I got Light, but never got Wayfarer until the end of the game, though I did get Regeneration. Had mana issues the whole game since I also didn't get Devour. Left grok helped a ton; I leveled up trophies and in the adjacent zone earned money for an upgrade and a full buyout of that entire pile of meat. At the start of week 4, I chased the Stronghold player home from the center for 18k; then he returned and broke into the same treasure zone where Marbas was, and there he fell a heroic death. Though the dwarves tanked under Blind like gods, and Erling spammed Holy Word with Sorcery, Marbas with the hero's armore is no joke. Thanks for the game.

Daniel (Necropolis, Orson) defeated GL (Sylvan, Ilfina) Spider, 1-4-2
After mutual restarts, this pairing emerged. But my joy was short-lived – two dwellings (2-5) and an outpost (4-5-6). I didn't have a single decent hero from the start. I had to use Orson, bought on day 2. As expected, Ilfina gained experience for the opponent. To top it all off, week 2 brought halved experience. As a result, by the beginning of week 3, I was only level 12. I retreated to the castle, learned a spell, and headed for the treasure, but there was only sand, and I don't have a logistics hero. No swamps or temples either. I managed to capture a couple of artifacts, broke the Blood Temple, and retreated home again. At the beginning of week 4, I went to break the Guardian Order. I broke through the portal on one side, interrupting the simultaneous turn. On that same turn, the opponent retreated again. That's how it ended.
Thank you for the game!

Noom (red, Human, Vitya+Dugal) defeated Sir_moz (blue, Human, Rutger+Iris) in the Labyrinth map, 146.

We were laughing until we saw the mirror – neither of us wanted to play as Demons against Humans. At the start, Dugal and Laslo appeared, and on the second day, Vitya joined. I hoarded Griffins, and my opponent dug up Iris on day 112 and didn't restart. I stubbornly prevented him from getting the Log, cleared two adjacent mines, and by day 127, I had trained 20 Monks and summoned Angels. On day 132, Vitya broke through to the resource mine, got the Log, and then became a Pope. He quickly earned enough money to train more units and started searching for the center. On day 135, he broke through to the center, found a lot of Draconian artifacts, the Boots of Swiftness, and took the Silent Boots. On the 4th week, my opponent appeared – he dispersed Rutger with 7 peasants. An attempt to kill him with Dugal, Archers, and initiative-boosting artifacts failed – Rutger bought his way out. Then, Iris attacked – now Dugal bought his way out. The next day, I sold all the artifacts, trained Monks, upgraded Griffins, and attacked, hoping that Iris hadn't had time to level up. My opponent's Griffins killed 100 Archers and didn't really do much else. My opponent didn't have a Mass Clone spell, and that decided the game. Thanks for the game.

GL, the Sorgall league, JonnyP won against Necropolis, Vlad, crown 1-4-4
Random map, 3rd generation. Found a level 4 mine, and another level 4 mine on the 3rd gold mine. Leveled up in Chaos and Order. Week 4 of the game was tough for both of us. The opponent couldn't handle it and lost. Thanks for the game.

Bolivar (dwarves, Erling+Brand) won against Kolobokk (demons, Grok), spider, 2-1-3.

We restarted, and this is how it turned out.
2 grandfathers and 1 copy, of course, this is more suitable for dwarves. Especially since it's Erling.
I played without artifacts, with artifacts it was Brand - just for earning money.
The dwellings were necropolis, demons, and grass. Not great, but what can you do.
I focused on stats, constantly ahead of Grok. Then, in the middle of the fourth week, I saw that we were equal and even a little behind. I decided that the demon speedster was already in the treasure, so I decided to somehow force things - I broke through the gate and entered my treasure (I should have done it earlier, of course, but it was scary without resurrection and regeneration).
On the last day of the 4th week, I saw that Grok had broken through the gate, and Erling had nothing left to do but eat the forest and crypt in the treasure and teleport back.
In terms of runes, it wasn't great, without the resurrection rune, but with the elemental immunity rune (it worked against the caverns). And Inga only arrived on the 4th week, she didn't have time to do much.
On the 1st day of the 5th week, Grok attacked, all troops were upgraded, but Erling defended in the castle with only grandfathers, thanes, and copies upgraded (I had a choice - either build a tower or upgrade the copies, I decided on the copies).
A couple of berserkers didn't work - I just got lucky, with only boots for resistance.
Plus, Grok didn't have the unholy word, it would have been tough against him.
The vampire spell stole the dwarven troops from the black horses twice. The opponent had very few troops left (the dwarf almost resurrected all of his, except for the berserkers and fighters), and Grok fled.
Erling immediately flew after him, the gate was small, but the respectable opponent decided not to continue.
Thank you for the game.