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"Новичок-2014. Winter"

Greetings to all fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, future participants, and supporters of the traditional "Новичок" tournament. I hope the new season will once again delight us with great games and new discovery players.

This is our traditional, and also anniversary - tenth tournament for Новичок.
We do not have a precise and strict definition of who a "Новичок" is. This tournament is for those
- who only recently realized that you can play the favorite old game Heroes over the internet,
- who only recently found out that they are not the only one who can easily beat computers and that it's not so simple with a real person,
- who recently started playing with more than one or two heroes and building chains...

We do not invite fathers and grandfathers, we don't want to see clones, and would a medal obtained in such a dubious way even have value for a strong player?

The main goal of the tournament is to get to know each other and gain experience in communication and gameplay.


Winners of past tournaments:
"Новичок-2013. Summer" - The_
"Новичок-2013. Winter" - высокий
"Новичок-2012. Summer" - twaryna
"Новичок-2012. Winter" - 7z
"Новичок-2011. Summer" - Sky Pioneer
"Новичок-2011. Winter" - Sevensan
"Новичок-2010. Summer" - тенью бездомной
"Новичок-2010. Winter" - Сатир
"Новичок-2009. Summer" - Erdem

Participant Requirements.

1. A player registered on our forum or another gaming resource for no more than a year is considered a Новичок.
2. Players who have longer playing experience but wish to play in the tournament will be considered on an individual basis.
3. Already sufficiently strong players who have shown good results in any tournament are not allowed to participate.
4. A tournament participant must have at least one game in the seasonal rating according to HeroesWorld rules (you can play after registering). This is necessary to ensure that you are technically able to play online and have an understanding of World's rules. In separate cases, this criterion may be waived (if the player is known on other gaming resources and plays successfully there).
5. Players wishing to participate in the tournament agree to provide any additional information requested by the tournament judges.
6. Organizers reserve the right to refuse registration to anyone if they believe there are valid reasons, without a public explanation of those reasons.

Applications should be left in this thread. In the application, specify:

1. ICQ number for contact;
2. convenient time for playing;
3. when the first online game was played;
4. if the participant came from another gaming resource, they must write where from and their nickname on that resource.


Organizational Issues.

1. Leads - The_ (IСQ 241568808), Lim4 (ICQ 451224720, creating and updating tables, tracking tournament results), Grizvald (ICQ 592025309, compiling the participant list and selecting players for participation in the tournament), Judges - Pit for LM (ICQ 471401475).
2. The tournament is held according to the Rules of organization, conduct and participation in HOMM3 online tournaments.
3. For each game played, participants must provide a detailed report and detailed confirmation in this thread. Only in this case will the game be counted.
4. Technical results are assigned for games not played within the established timeframe.
5. All tournament games go into the seasonal rating. The list of reports will be passed to the Rating lead. Do NOT duplicate reports in the seasonal rating.
All tournament reports must be written using the automatic report writing system.
6. Saves of all games must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon first request by the tournament leads, judges, or any member of the AC.
7. Disputable moments, if any arise, should be discussed off-forum. For a resolution, you must contact the tournament lead or judge via ICQ and provide daily saves, ICQ logs, and other necessary information.
The same judicial decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If the situation that arose is not regulated by the rules, the judges are guided by basic logic and gaming ethics.
8. Based on the results of the tournament, the winner will be awarded a "Winner of the Новичок Tournament" medal under their avatar

Regulations.

Stage 1. Group Stage.
All games in the group are played on template 2sm4d(3).
Each player in the group plays one game against all others. 1 point is awarded for a win, 0.5 to both for a draw, and 0 for a loss.

One week is given per game. Games can be played in any order.
If a player has not played the required number of games by the end of the current round, they must explain the reasons on the forum or by contacting the tournament leads personally. "Disappeared" participants will be disqualified and replaced by players from the reserve list.

Two players who scored the most points advance from the group to the playoffs. In case of equal points, places are distributed according to additional indicators (in order of priority):
1. Berger Coefficient (calculated only based on results shown in the group).
2. Head-to-head match.
3. Points earned in a game "weigh" more than technical wins.
4. Points earned in a game against the LM team.
5. If it is impossible to determine who advances to the playoffs based on the previous indicators, players will be offered a tie-break game scheme. At this moment, it is impossible to foresee all possible combinations of results. Therefore, the final scheme will be thought out according to the situation that develops in the groups by the end of the stage.
In this case, the seasonal (permanent) rating will play a major role.

Stage 2. Team Tournament "New Players" vs "Legends and Myths". The Новичок team, consisting of players who scored at least 2 points in the group stage, plays against the team of the best HW players.

Stage 3. Playoffs - 16 participants.
Matches are best-of-3 (first to 2 wins). Time limit per round is 2 weeks.
The Grand Final is first to 3 wins, starting with a score of 1-0 in favor of the upper bracket winner; i.e., the upper bracket winner needs to win 2 times, and the lower bracket winner - 3 times.

Dates.

Registration: December 28, 2013 - January 18, 2014.
Approval of participant list: January 18-22, 2014.
Group stage draw and start of the tournament: January 24, 2014.

Rules.

1. Game version. The tournament is held on game version SoD 3.2(4.0) + HD mod + by mutual agreement HW_rulez (For correct operation, the patch must be installed for both players), and by mutual agreement WT.
2. The tournament is conducted according to the rules of online games in Heroes 3.
3. Restarts total 3 days (111+111+111 or 111+112 or 113).
4. In the final part of the tournament, the template is chosen by a draw from a list of 5 templates: 2sm4d3, jebus Cross, Panic, 8mm6a, mini nostalgia.

All players on the tournament participant list must do the following:
1. Check if your ICQ number is entered in your profile; add it there if it is not.
If it is in your profile, a small green daisy - the ICQ symbol - is visible under the avatar. If not, you must follow the algorithm.
2. Leave an application in this thread. To do this, click the Register for tournament button located at the beginning of this thread.
3. To create a report, you will need to click the New report button located at the top of each page of the thread and fill in all necessary fields according to the template. After that, write your detailed comments on the game.
4. To confirm the report, the second player must find the game report, click the Confirm report button, and also write a detailed report.
5. It is considered good tone to thank the opponent for the game.
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numOne
So, you decided not to finish the game with me... :smile42:

I was just choosing where the situation was better.
Здесь, в этой великой стране, твой член не становится длиннее, если у тебя есть автомат.

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RASIM promised to finish playing with everyone; we even have a save from yesterday, turn 134.
Master of papal postponements, level 80!
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We used up all our rests. I have an amazing setup for the Tower. On the second day, I would have had 8 heroes. Because there are just tons of gold everywhere. But, unfortunately, my opponent lost somewhere during their turn, and that's game over. Thanks for the game!
мой новый icq - 745851004
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Иногда для того, чтобы продвинуться вперед нужно сделать несколько шагов назад
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Башня / Tower Faction Башня / Tower
Торосар / Torosar Start Hero Торосар / Torosar
Торосар / Torosar Main Hero Торосар / Torosar
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Замок / Castle Faction Замок / Castle
Валеска / Valeska Start Hero Валеска / Valeska
Валеска / Valeska Main Hero Валеска / Valeska
Map Template
2sm4d(3)
Game Length
112 days
Game Date
2/21/2014
Reported
2/21/2014 6:31 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Night Troll 1185 1208 +23 ↑
Beevil 1410 1387 -23 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 2/21/2014 8:53 PM

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I'm slowly developing my strategy and managed to find a stash of horses. I've already lost two horses, and I didn't get anything from the Pandora box :(. But that's not the main point: my opponent placed bears and birds and was two turns away from defeating me, BUT he lost to snipers, and GG.
Thanks for the game and for playing fairly.
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Замок / Castle Faction Замок / Castle
Тирис / Tyris Start Hero Тирис / Tyris
Тирис / Tyris Main Hero Тирис / Tyris
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Подземелье / Dungeon Faction Подземелье / Dungeon
Шакти / Shakti Start Hero Шакти / Shakti
Шакти / Shakti Main Hero Шакти / Shakti
Map Template
2sm4d(3)
Game Length
123 days
Game Date
2/21/2014
Reported
2/21/2014 8:34 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Yvain 1595 1608 +13 ↑
49-er 1546 1533 -13 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 2/21/2014 8:44 PM

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I’m developing slowly, got an external dwelling of horses. Though I already lost two ponies, and the Pandora’s box gave me a fig :(. But that’s not the point: the opponent placed bears and birds and was 2 hexes away from me, BUT he surrendered on snipers and GG.
Thanks for the game and honesty.

Ah, yeah, there are days when you throw your hands up ))) Makarevich was right....
It all started with my head splitting all day... but I thought, whatever, I’ll play... started great, an external dwelling of Mino was taken on 111, tons of money, I see 3 Dwarf Cottages and a Griffin Conservatory... the opponent on 112 takes Rest(((( And the next start was so-so... tons of money, but that was pretty much it... it took me very long to get to the 2nd town... the Portal of Summoning worked terribly since I found nothing better than Gogs... but on the first week I still placed bears and birds, but to get back home I had to break through 50-99 snipers, I charged at them with 2 bears + 50 gr Troglodytes + 6 gr birds.... in short, that’s where they buried me by the road, I understood I could probably still fight back, the Gogs were there... but I didn’t have the mindset or a suitable hero for the role of a father, and besides, there was nothing much to do, a lot was cleared, and I wasn’t about to just poke and say “ope” coming to visit..... I surrendered, thanks for the game (oh yeah, and for your information, Shakhty stuck Artillery on a Monk :) ) :smile53:
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We used up all our rests. I have a fantastic setup for the Tower. On the second day, I would have had 8 heroes. Because there are just tons of gold everywhere. But, unfortunately, my opponent rage-quits during their turn, and that's game over. Thanks for the game!
I tried to break through the secondary guard – a hundred zombies. But I managed to maintain the pace) And it wasn't 112, it was 111).
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Had Luna as start hero , also found 2 crypts 111 . 112 49 upg wolf raiders were purged by fire . They guarded zone with Castle town . There are nothing special except stables + lot of mountains so i go back quickly . 114 burned 20+ ogres guarded t-zone , where i saw tome of fire magic special for fire girl . Managed to build birds .121 killed 20 medusas way to swamp , took a town . 122 Luna went to t-zone where she found air orb (40 vamp lords) and 6 wyvs hive + boots of speed (50 usual pits) , also sword +3 . Got exp air , basic int , exp fire , exp wisdom , basic water .

Finally came 127 through the swamp on opp's necro . Opponent had castle , but i attacked anyway .

Clavius : 3 6 4 3 (30) , 56 walk dead , 166 skells , 4 knights , 1 bone dragon , 9 liches . Luna : 8 0 9 5 (50) , 4 firebirds , 24 airs, 4 psy , 6 wyvs , 410 dmg lightning . I killed the gates by serp fly and killed his army by 410 lightning bolt , buying back with 4 wyvs , 2 psy an 7 airs . After battle Lth ffed .

Thanks for playing .
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Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Random Start Hero Random
Луна / Luna Main Hero Луна / Luna
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Lth
Синий / Blue
Некрополь / Necropolis Faction Некрополь / Necropolis
Клавиус / Clavius Start Hero Клавиус / Clavius
Клавиус / Clavius Main Hero Клавиус / Clavius
Map Template
2sm4d(3)
Game Length
127 days
Game Date
2/21/2014
Reported
2/21/2014 11:45 PM
Rating Impact Archived
shameonyou 1451 1467 +16 ↑
Lth 1480 1464 -16 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 2/22/2014 12:53 AM

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shameonyou
Had Luna as start hero , also found 2 crypts 111 . 112 49 upg wolf raiders were purged by fire . They guarded zone with Castle town . There are nothing special except stables + lot of mountains so i go back quickly . 114 burned 20+ ogres guarded t-zone , where i saw tome of fire magic special for fire girl . Managed to build birds .121 killed 20 medusas way to swamp , took a town . 122 Luna went to t-zone where she found air orb (40 vamp lords) and 6 wyvs hive + boots of speed (50 usual pits) , also sword +3 . Got exp air , basic int , exp fire , exp wisdom , basic water .

Finally came 127 through the swamp on opp's necro . Opponent had castle , but i attacked anyway .

Clavius : 3 6 4 3 (30) , 56 walk dead , 166 skells , 4 knights , 1 bone dragon , 9 liches . Luna : 8 0 9 5 (50) , 4 firebirds , 24 airs, 4 psy , 6 wyvs , 410 dmg lightning . I killed the gates by serp fly and killed his army by 410 lightning bolt , buying back with 4 wyvs , 2 psy an 7 airs . After battle Lth ffed .

Thanks for playing .
Indeed, fire girl payed me a visit just when I was about to get some loot and do some spanking, bolting her way through all my forces in no time. In the end I managed to hold her off, being left with a dozen of zombies, that would not have proved well during her next feisty approach.
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played on L, took 2 restarts, then the moon came in. Good respawn and there's chain mail behind the wood +3 to KS, first imps in the Citadel, on 121 I break 11 gr uniques for orb + 50 fire spell power and then 30+ magma spirits for a pandora's box... then I break the Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Wyverns, then I replenished mana and go into a treasure room with native terrain, there they kill my scout hero while I chase down GG and the scout hero with an army and victory.
Thanks for the game!
Удача любит подготовленных!!!





Стримы и обучение тут:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWlnXU5R5RLCMuWzIpBc65Q
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Инферно / Inferno Faction Инферно / Inferno
Октавия / Octavia Start Hero Октавия / Octavia
Луна / Luna Main Hero Луна / Luna
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Цитадель / Stronghold Faction Цитадель / Stronghold
Тираксор / Tyraxor Start Hero Тираксор / Tyraxor
Гурниссон / Gurnisson Main Hero Гурниссон / Gurnisson
Map Template
8xm8a
Game Length
125 days
Game Date
2/22/2014
Reported
2/22/2014 12:25 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Gomunguls 1858 1862 +4 ↑
Lexmaster 1567 1563 -4 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 2/22/2014 12:35 PM

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NP vs LM
we played on L, I took 2 rests, then the moon came in. The respawn was good and there was a chain mail +3 KS behind the wood, on the first Ifrits at the Citadel, on 121 I break 11 gr units for a sphere + 50 to fire power and then 30+ magma spirits for a Pandora's box... then I break a Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Wyverns, then I replenished my mana and go out to a treasure with native land, there my scout hero is killed and I chase the GG and the scout hero with an army and win.
Thank you for the game!
I confirm! I didn't take a rest, was tempted by three Dragon Fly Hives and an external dwelling of bears but had nothing to take them with, and not much money either. I tried to break through further and reached the opponent, I had wolves and eagles, while he already had 14 Wyverns and 5 Efreets and SP9 on the moon, the difference is obvious.
Thank you for the game!!!

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22.02.2014 Aiwe (blue, Rampart, Kyrr) def Twaryna (red, Dungeon, Shakti) 8mm6a 216

Everything starts off quite well; on day 1 I take a couple of crypts, make my money back, and build horses in the Castle (I decide not to upgrade the kents). I take the computer's Tower and try to figure out where the exit to the center is.

On the 2nd week, I immediately take the level 3 Griffin Conservatory, run into my central zone—there Kyrr spends 4 days running across fields without a road. Same thing at home; I built TP+DD in the library, but here's the catch: I decided not to take wisdom on day 6, and instead they shoved scouting in there (which I didn't regret in the end), so I'm stuck for now, though I can use a meteor scroll for 125 damage :D. On the approach, I see

Since there is no road, I decide to just fly Kyrr wherever my eyes lead; the main thing is to level up wisdom and earth, take the Castle, and I don't care about logistics, I think—logistics simply won't reach me with a chain of 7 heroes, the home center generated too crazy. Strangely enough, this saved me.

On day 125, I saw the shaktër on an archangel (scouting helped); I cursed that lucky guy and firmly decided to punish him :smile51: .

On day 131, I break into the neighboring center, stop without momentum, and suddenly a miner flies out with an archangel and 6 angels; after his mass haste, I have almost nothing left, no money for same-day buyout ->> I retreat :(
The presence of +3 HP on troops is especially scary, meaning an elixir build is very likely.

That's it, things are bad, I think, but there's growth, there's an unclaimed level 3 Griffin Conservatory on the respawn, GM5 DD TP for future prospects; there's simply no road to it, which means—I have time.
I buy out at home, hit the conservatory, and there is a Temple for +2 stats. I run to my own treasure zone, eating a Pandora's box on the way +45 gr. lizards (for me that was a powerful army :D ).
At the end of the 3rd week, I take the Castle village; at least archangels are in perspective...

On the 4th, it turns out there are 2 external dwellings of angels in the treasure zone, a Dragon Utopia, and a Griffin Conservatory. I buy up almost all the meat (only 7 angels as a strike stack + 5 horses, 8 dragonlets)—I take the utopia, a level 2 with a sword +5 stats. I start feeling more confident. Finally, wisdom and earth are maxed out. I see another 4 Dragon Utopias—must take them.

In the next Dragon Utopia (maxi), they give +6, +4, +3 stats, +captain's hat of course :D :smile13: . I put this gear on immediately; Twaryna is demoralized by the stat increase over a couple of days from 10-10 to 40-40 :D

The other Dragon Utopias give junk, and another hat for the whole 5th (just when flight was missing), but the main thing—there's 150k for archangels; on day 147, angels are in the Castle :smile13:

Next, 20 archangels—stable (4.5k moves=), monk upgrade (with a box + external dwelling they're nearly 40). In the army there are also 40+ grands, 10 horses and 20+ pegasi for meat. And 50 gr. dwarves, of course )

Funny thing is, on day 211+ I find and take a 3rd external dwelling of angels, meaning archangel growth +8 per week :D :D

From day 211 to 214 I scout, look for the shaktër, take his villages; on day 214 I kill 100+ lizards and 30+ vasyks on a sucker. On day 215 I take the main army; by my day 216 the opponent surrenders (no army to kill 20 archangels, only TP for control, stats at 25, though he has an elixir)

We played this for 4 days. I fought many battles on the verge of losing; it was very hard, but I really wanted to beat the prushnik;)
In the end, through the thorns I saw a god who opened the gates to the angel treasure zone for me. So don't give up, gentlemen!



Thanks for a great game!

P.S. The report is like this because someone didn't register properly for the tournament ;)
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There are 2 days left until the end of the group stage.
Let's take a look at what we have.

Group C is completely finished. 1st place - Sloth_D, 2nd place - Lexmaster.
Group D hasn't played any games with LM. Cincinnat - 1st place, artbocha - 2nd place.
Group E - 2 outstanding games with LM. 1st place - Simon5760, 2nd place - nodtin.

Group H. RaiseTheDead and identity, you need to play with LM and try to get points. In case of a tie, we will resolve the situation individually.
There is one game left: Memphis vs juffIN, which will not affect the group standings.

Group F. shadowgodd has withdrawn and been disqualified. We invite all remaining players to join the NP team and try to play with LM.
There are 2 very important games left in the group, and the situation is still unclear:
Player_ vs Man-darin
Defiant vs MertviyProrok


In Group A, there are 3 games left sartrik, and I don't know what he's thinking.
Graf_Bananov hasn't played with LM yet.

In Group B, there is one very important game left Slayzer vs Lth, and a technical win for Slayzer won't help; a clear victory is needed.
shameonyou and Akella, how are things going in the team tournament?

For some reason, in the tournaments that I run, Group G is always the most problematic. Is it the magic of the letter G? We had to make a substitution here; Sigeon hasn't been active on the forum for 2 weeks.
We really need a result from Aiwe vs 49-er.
Congratulations to Aiwe and the entire NP team on their first victory (in two tournaments) over the Legends!

All players with outstanding games must submit reports today or tomorrow, or contact Grizvald and The_ so that we have a complete picture of the situation.
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The opponent had bad luck with generation and took all the remaining resources. As a result, he got Galthran, and I couldn't restart him because I was also taking 112 resources. I took 2 castles on the first day, with markets everywhere, and nagas in the citadel. I was barely managing to gather enough money to buy units, defending against an artifact +4 spell, taking a consul 2 and moving forward for the sake of the homeland. There were only a few gremlins left until the Fortress, which worried me a bit. The opponent had 1 angel, 8 darks, and 170 skeletons. I had 80 gremlins, 2 angels, 3 nagas, 9 mages, and some other units. But a spell that deals 100 damage for 2 mana and a chain spell that deals 400 damage secured the victory.
Thank you for the game!

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Group F. shadowgodd withdrew and was disqualified. We invite all the remaining players to join the NP team and try playing with LM.
How will the points be calculated? Based on technical skills or something else?
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Башня / Tower Faction Башня / Tower
Сольмир / Solmyr Start Hero Сольмир / Solmyr
Сольмир / Solmyr Main Hero Сольмир / Solmyr
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Некрополь / Necropolis Faction Некрополь / Necropolis
Клавиус / Clavius Start Hero Клавиус / Clavius
Галтран / Galthran Main Hero Галтран / Galthran
Map Template
2sm4d(3)
Game Length
124 days
Game Date
2/23/2014
Reported
2/23/2014 6:09 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Player_ 1445 1462 +17 ↑
Man-darin 1507 1490 -17 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 2/23/2014 6:14 PM

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My opponent was unlucky with generation, took all the respawns. In the end, he got Galthran and I couldn't restart him, since I took 112 myself. I took 2 Castles on the first week, markets everywhere, Nagas in the Citadel. I barely scraped together gold for the buyout, bought the +4 SP artifact, took the 2nd-level Griffin Conservatory, and forward for the homeland. By the time of the Final Battle, few Gremlins remained, which worried me a bit. My opponent had 1 Angel, 8 Dark Knights, and 170 Skeletons. I had 80 Gremlins, 2 Angels, 3 Nagas, 9 Mages, and some chaff. But a 100 shooter for 2 mana and a 400 chain lightning won the victory.
Thank you for the game!

Thank you for the game!
Many Skeletons from the start, Galthran and other joys gave me hope, but the Underground gave absolutely no gold, I saw my opponent on the secondary town right away and didn't go, ran back and forth across the respawn. Eventually I barely broke the Dark Knights' external dwelling with 90 Skeletons and scraped together enough on them in the Fort, took the Dwarf Cottage, the 1st-level Griffin Conservatory. Galthran got Water Magic, as usual, I thought the tactics would help, but my native Mage Guild was just terrible. I thought about moving to the secondary town to raise Necropolis, but my opponent showed up and shot me down with archers. The finale would have been fairly close, though, if not for the 8 SP.

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