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Toganash (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Erutan Rivol (blue, necropolis, Tanth) 2sm4d(3) 114

The layout turned out terrible: a small respawn that barely fits on the monitor, no fairies. There was only one hope left: to build liches as early as possible and break through to the surface as early as possible, then snowball from there. I accomplished the first point—there was no shortage of sulfur—but I messed up on the second: having an exit to the surface past the beholders, and a return path past the orc chieftains, I stumbled on the latter. That's why I suffered such an early defeat.
Thank you to Toganash for playing with me, even though it never came to serious battles)))
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Erutan Rivol (red, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) def Player (on forum xxxx) (blue, Necropolis, Thant, Thant) 2sm4d(3) 136

here is a brief game overview

111 on the first day I bought 3 heroes: Clancy, a Gargoyle specialist and Nagash and sent them in 3 different directions. bought Elves, bought all available army, and ran the main to break through Imps and stood on the speed boost
112 ran the main for the gold pile behind the Centaurs. weaklings! they fled)). Clancy and Mephala formed a chain to break through the Crypt that appeared. The army is still with Nagash. Built a Town Hall in the castle
113 built Pegasi, Clancy broke through Troglodytes, took the chest which gave a Mana Talisman. Took a Crypt with 5 Vampires with him, as a result when offered a choice of secondary skill the hero learned Estate. Formed a chain for further breakthrough of Lizardmen with Picquedram, scouted a small area of territory with Nagash
114 with minimal losses the Gargoyle specialist killed the Lizardmen, took a chest for 2000 gold, Nagash ran into Obsidian Gargoyles while scouting. Prepared to break through Hobgoblins with the main, taking wood piles behind them, then destroying Imps guarding the Witch Hut and gold. Built Dendroid Guards. No confluxes or Dragon Fly Hives visible yet. No Sawmill visible, and to get to the Ore Pit you need to make a big detour or fight fast fliers
115 after 3 battles, in which I lost only 7 Centaurs and 1 Dwarf, collecting all resources and visiting the Witch Hut the result is: 10000 gold in the kingdom and the main with Ballistics (first I checked what was there with the Gargoyle specialist). At the end of the day I formed a chain for Nagash to break through Gremlins (chest behind them) and Trogs (campfire) to the Citadel and Castle there should be enough resources, despite the fact that Unicorns were built that day. A passage to the neighboring zone appeared. Guarded by Sharpshooters. We will not take risks!
116 avoiding losses of Elves in the battle with Gremlins was not possible: they didn't fall for my bait they didn't fall for it. Here arose the eternal contradiction: what is better to lose, few ranged units or many infantry. The thing is, I had the Centaur stack as a speed-stack. Master Gremlins would most likely have fallen for it if I had attacked with them. Scouted the Dwarf dwelling. 50-99. We upgrade Elves on day 8 and we can take it. There is no resource deficit (wood, ore), despite the fact that I still haven't captured the mines. And Castle will be built and upgraded Elves.
117 after Nagash broke through the Gremlins, Skeletons joined the army. I should have dismissed them, of course, in the next battle Clancy against Hobgoblins for the chest had bad morale 7 or 8 times. It didn't affect the battle outcome, but still... I was in doubt the whole turn: whether to buy Labetha with basic Earth or wait for the next day to buy a hero with native army and send him to collect gold from the Water Mill and visit Mystical Gardens. I chose the 2nd option. Clancy uncovered part of the map, where there is a lot of gold. I need to go there, giving the army to Mephala. Most likely on day 121 we will upgrade Archers, buy them and Centaurs and go clear the Dwarf dwelling
121 I did everything as planned. The Dwarf dwelling turned out to be minimum. On day 122 I will send Clancy for gold. 25 Grand Elves will handle it there. Somehow I accumulated 32 Gems, although the miracle is simply called: Mystical Garden. In principle, with this development I can soon go on the attack against the opponent. I just need to get Expert Ballistics for Mephala. I plan to build a City Hall as soon as possible. Bought Torgrim
122 this day is a day of failures. First I discovered that I went to the Dwarf dwelling without 27 Centaurs, then I almost changed Torgrim's route from visiting the Mystical Garden to transferring army to Clancy, Picquedram somehow blocked the path for the Unicorn specialist, because of which, one might say, I lost 1500 MP and somehow didn't think that this situation could be turned to my advantage by placing Clancy on the speed boost. But there is good news too: Mephala broke through to the Ore Pit, and Nagash went to explore a new direction.
123 I spent this day better: learned that there is 1 more exit from my zone, guarded by a bunch of Dwarves, didn't forget to speed boost. Started building a chain for the march to the 2nd castle. The situation is such that if I find a dozen Crystals, I can aim for Dragons too
124 I decided to run the game on 2 fronts. On one, Mephala with Grand Elves and Centaurs, and on the other, Clancy with Unicorns and Pegasi. After buying the army with Torgrim, there was not enough money for the Mage Guild. So I had to exchange surplus Gems for gold. Thankfully, I built the Market before the Mage Guild, otherwise it would have been a wasted turn! In the end there was no gold left, but scouting showed that building the City Hall the next day is not a fantasy, but a reality. If need be, I'll have to exchange resources...
125 captured the 2nd castle (Necropolis), collected several gold piles, but it still wasn't enough for the City Hall. So I exchanged the desired resource for Gems. I really wanted to build a Tavern in the 2nd castle. And the Sawmill was only discovered on this turn. So, 10 Ore went for 1 Wood. After collecting everything possible Clancy will go hit the opponent. It seems this necro-zone will lead me to him. But where is the portal?
126 the answer to the question came almost immediately. Taking the Walking Dead and Skeletons with Mephala, I went to clear that portal 1 cell short to burst into the darkness. Next week, if everything goes according to plan, will be the week of the final attack. The upgrade of Horses which I did will allow me to hit Liches directly. If the Ballistics skill is raised to Expert, the Elves will decide it. But his main is Thant, which means it could all end in a loss...
127 you can pour dirt on me and cover me with bloody diarrhea, but on this day I built a Capitol in the main castle. The portal, it turns out, doesn't lead to the opponent. How do I know this? Green Dragons stand in front of the entrance to the Dungeon. What to do? Urgently send Nagash to scout the other passage. Next week will be dedicated to upgrades...
131 Jenova appeared in the Tavern. It would be a sin not to buy her. Plans are going very badly. I'll have to radically change the route. Remember I wrote about Obsidian Gargoyles? Well, we will go fight there with the entire army...
132 an ordinary day, during which I simply changed the main hero's movement route, upgraded Unicorns and Horses in the castle. It's very far to run. And the longer the game drags on, the harder it will be for me to "bend the opponent over". A generous gesture on his part would be to show up himself, but for now I can only dream about it... and meanwhile he captured the 2nd castle...
133 scouted a bit beyond the Gargoyles with Jenova. Exactly! There is a passage into the Dungeon. We hurry there. I could, of course, do everything without Mephala, but other heroes, I fear, would be defeated. I have an idea! Disperse with 1 Centaur on someone and buy the main in the main town, but who will deliver the Archers and the rest of the Centaurs? Nagash is nearby, but he has exactly the same distance to run as Mephala. So, the exit into the Dungeon is planned for the 4th week.
134 carried out the planned plan
135 that's it. Mephala arrived at the spot, in a day I will break through the Gargoyles and the 5th level units from Inferno standing behind them. And then there is only 1 road: into the Dungeon!!! I hope to find the opponent there...
136 I was absolutely right! Behind the Pits you can see the 2nd castle of my opponent. Capture it or go for the main? If 1st, I don't think he will go on the attack. In the 2nd option, he could pop out into my main castle already. For now I am leaning towards the option that might bring the least amount of complications. And now the most important thing is to build a competent chain for the decisive attack
opponent surrendered, seeing my Mephala)))
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I confirm, unlucky( thanks for the game.
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Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti) draw Nickq (blue, Fortress, Bron, Dragon) 2sm4d(3) 134. I made a fatal mistake by running the folder into the darkness at the beginning of week 3, without passing on the army in a chain, which my opponent, of course, took advantage of. In Facebook, I managed to win on one map, after which I offered a draw...
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Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti) drew Nickq (blue, Fortress, Bron, Dragon) 2sm4d(3) 134.

I made a fatal mistake by running my folder into the darkness at the beginning of week 3, without passing on the army to the chain, which my opponent, of course, took advantage of. In the Facebook game, I managed to win on 1 castle, after which I offered a draw...
I confirm, it was interesting. Good luck to everyone in the battle! :)

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Erutan Rivol (red, Castle, Valeska, Ciel) def Nickq (blue, Conflux, random, Jelar, Kragg Hack) 2sm4d(3) 147

Seeing 5-6 piles of gold during scouting, I thought the map was extremely rich, so I bought 4 heroes on day 1. By day 112, I was already running around with five heroes, and by day 113, with six. I like to play carefully, so I only buy a lot of heroes on the starting map when necessary. As it turned out later, because of this rush, I couldn't get Cavaliers at the Castle... only at the Fortress... but I wouldn't write "gg" on day 117 because of that. Because of this self-dissatisfaction, I started playing carelessly: not thinking through my moves, with quick battles, and so on. But it's not all that bad. Ciel came with 6 heroes, and her Magic Arrow at the end could kill an Angel with room to spare. When I pushed for the Dungeon-secondary objective, things started to go well, but it still didn't motivate me to play seriously... the victory came even when I was playing so casually.
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Erutan Rivol (red, Castle, Valeska, Ciele) def Nickq (blue, Conflux, random, Jeddite, Crag Hack) 2sm4d(3) 147

seeing 5-6 piles of gold during scouting, I thought the respawn was extremely rich and therefore bought 4 heroes on day 1; by day 112 I was already running around with five heroes, and by day 113 with 6. I like to play carefully. so, on a SM map, I only buy many heroes when necessary. as it turned out later, because of this rush I failed to build stables at the castle... only at the fort... well, I'm not going to call gg on day 117 because of that. out of self-dissatisfaction, I started playing carelessly: without thinking through moves, with quick battles and the like. but not everything was so grim. as the 6th hero came Ciele, whose magic arrow at the end killed an angel with some leftover))) upon breaking through to the dungeon secondary, luck started flowing, but still it didn't motivate me to play seriously... victory was achieved even with such slipshod play
confirmed, a series of mistakes led to defeat:smile13:
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05.06.2014 Falcone (red, Rampart, Kyrre) draw Svetogor (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Tazar), Jebus Cross 335

The game went without restarts. On the respawn on day 1, the following were discovered: Griffin Conservatory, 2 Dragon Fly Hives, an external dwelling of dragons, an external dwelling of horses, 2 external dwellings of Centaurs, a GO from Azure Dragons, and a red ball behind ogres)

Problems arose immediately because I poorly cleared the external dwelling of horses and lost many Centaurs. Also, there was no Slow anywhere, so I had to bypass difficult guards and look for easy pickings deeper in the respawn.

But towards the end of the week, I was lucky to find another external dwelling of horses and 35 gr. Centaurs in a Pandora's Box behind unupgraded Centaurs.

In the second week, the plan was to gather as quickly as possible the 4 Dragon Fly Hives (all turned out to be minimal), the Griffin Conservatory (level 3), and the red ball scattered all over the respawn, and then head to the center.

I cleared the GO on day 126 with 3 Angels, 18 horses (which, by the way, sportaled twice in the Dungeon town), 12 ducks, and 100 Centaurs.
No stats were given out on the respawn, and there was still no Oil, so I had to look for a convenient guard. I found a Dragon Utopia guarded by Bone Dragons, on which I lost a lot of meat due to terrible Dismorales. The Dragon Utopia added some more to me but gave me Wings and Boots. At that moment, Tazar appears with Black Dragons and Angels and almost reaches Kyrre. I gather my 20 horses and 10 Wyverns and fly over to my respawn, where I discover a 3rd external dwelling of horses.

Then I have to watch as Tazar clears the center, while I gather all possible troops and decide to break through from the other side of the respawn, past the Titans. It was very painful. But I managed to find a good piece of treasure zone, gain control of some stats, and a decent number of ducks.

Well, after that began a long, long game of cat and mouse across the entire map. With constant swapping of towns, parallel gathering of goodies, and almost no direct contact.

I could describe it at length, but I'll just say that the game was very tense, and at one point Tazar almost reached Kyrre.
Fighting him was pointless, so I could only count on a draw, constantly running away and convincing the opponent that he wouldn't catch me.

At a certain moment, parallel to our race, I started leveling Laberta. She found Boots and Gloves and mastered Air Magic.
At the moment when she could reach the opponent's town without Kyrre's help, the opponent agreed to a draw.

Thanks for the game!
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05.06.2014 Falcone (red, Rampart, Kyrre) draw Svetogor (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Tazar), Jebus Cross 335

The game went without restarts. On respawn on day 1, the following were found: Griffin Conservatory, 2 Dragon Fly Hives, an external dragon dwelling, an external horse dwelling, 2 external Centaur dwellings, a ГО from faerie dragons, and a red orb behind ogres)

Problems arose immediately because I didn't break the external horse dwelling well and lost many Centaurs. Also, there was no Slow spell anywhere, so I had to bypass difficult guards and look for freebies deeper in the respawn.

But towards the end of the week, I was lucky to find another external horse dwelling and 35 gr. Centaurs in a Pandora's box behind unupgraded Centaurs.

On the second week, the plan was to gather as quickly as possible the 4 Dragon Fly Hives scattered across the respawn (all turned out to be minimal), the Griffin Conservatory (level 3), and the red orb, then head to the center.

I breached the ГО on day 126, having with me 3 Angels, 18 horses (which, by the way, sportaled twice in the Dungeon town), 12 ducks, and 100 Centaurs.
The respawn didn't give any stats, and there was still no Slow spell, so I had to look for a favorable guard. I found a Dragon Utopia guarded by Bone Dragons, on which I lost a lot of meat due to terrible dismorales. In the Dragon Utopia they added more to me, but gave me Wings and Boots. At that moment Tazar appears with Black Dragons and Angels and almost reaches Kyrre. I gather my 20 horses and 10 Wyverns and fly over to my respawn, where I discover a 3rd external horse dwelling.

Then I have to watch as Tazar clears the center, while I collect all possible troops and decide to break through from the other side of the respawn, past the Titans. It was very painful. But I managed to find a good piece of treasure zone, get control, some stats, and a decent number of ducks.

Well, then began a long, long game of cat and mouse across the entire map. With constant exchanges of towns, parallel collecting of goodies, and almost no direct contact.

I could describe it at length, but I'll just say that the game was very tense and at some point Tazar almost caught up to Kyrre.
It was pointless to fight him, so I had to rely only on a draw, constantly running away and convincing my opponent that he wouldn't catch me.

At a certain point, parallel to our race, I started leveling Laberta. She found boots and gloves, and Expertized Air magic.
At the moment when she could reach the opponent's town without Kyrre's help, the opponent agreed to a draw.

Thanks for the game!

I confirm. From the start, very few Troglodytes came in, only one stack each. But I found 2 Griffin Conservatories, an external dragon dwelling, and there were already Harpies in the town, meaning I could build dragons on week 1. So I did. I also found an external cat dwelling on the first week and took it. On the second, another cat dwelling. Big respawn. 4 Griffin Conservatories 1+1+3+4., 2 Dragon Utopias, 3 Dragon Fly Hives, but all scattered. On the first week, I took the external dragon dwelling and from the second week, with 3 reds, I took the Griffin Conservatories. Tazar was very poorly skilled at first. I had to take and Expertize Eagle Eye, Wisdom, Artillery, only then was Earth given. On day 125 I could already breach the ГО, I leveled Slow, but still decided to take the max Dragon Utopia on day 131 first. I took it fine, raised my battle stats, Sword of Justice, Sentinel's Shield, but also Captain's Hat, no control. Instead, I made Black Dragons, bought the rest, and forward. Tazik was already crushing everyone in a row without losses. Didn't catch up to Kyrre, he flew away. I had to look for control in the center. I took the Wings, all 4 books. I chased Kyrre for a long time. But Tazik had no gloves or bracers, never found them anywhere. Tazik ran at 3600, Kyrre at 4500. We hopped around towns for a long time. Once Kyrre bought himself out, once he took an auto when he TP'd to the wrong place. But still, I had to agree to a draw. Thanks for the game.
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Nickq (blue, Castle, Edric, Sir Mullich) def Roger DAltavilla (red, Fortress, Tazar), 8MM6a 123
I chose Edric as my starting hero and initially planned to develop him, but then I saw Mullich in the tavern and realized he was the one. The first week was almost ruined by the lack of an ore mine; I was already considering asking for a restart, but we don't seek easy paths. Fortunately, I found some scattered resources that saved me. I didn't take many risks against monsters. In the beginning, during the first week, I found all the necessary resources and strategically important locations for my army and economy. I spotted a computer-controlled player, found a scouting tree, and... my opponent announced that he had resigned, and that was it. I wish everyone to never give up and to use every opportunity to win!
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Nickq (blue, Castle, Edric, Sir Mullich) def Roger DAltavilla (red, Fortress, Tazar), 8MM6a 123
Thanks for the game! I decided to experiment and take Maxuley with 2 Hydras. The autobattle handled it, but I couldn't. :D
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Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Aislin) draw Falcone (blue, Necropolis, Tant, Tamika) 2sm4d(3) 143

The starting area was rich in resources, which allowed me to buy many heroes and place cats near the Castle. I quickly broke through to the Conflux secondary area and captured the Castle. Then, after upgrading creatures of levels 2-4, I started raiding all the banks I saw. There was almost a direct path to the opponent, but he wasn't the only one who knew about it; therefore, I went around, where I met the opponent's starting hero. He didn't notice me right away and started doing chores, so he had to engage me without any artifacts, but I wasn't a pushover either: I didn't put a slowing scroll in the free slot, even though I had expert Earth magic. I won the fight, but suffered huge losses, after which we both agreed to a draw.
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Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Aislin) draw Falcone (blue, Necropolis, Tant, Tamika) 2sm4d(3) 143

Confirmed. First time playing as Necropolis. The spawn was a bit poor, but I found an external marketplace, a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, and a Griffin Conservatory.

I decided to learn the basics of Necromancy with Tant on max Griffin Conservatory with a griffin stack. I calculated that 200 skeletons and 5 resurrects would carry me. But the griffins there taught me a lesson and I had to run. After that, I managed to raise another 180 skeletons fairly quickly using the Death Knights under Tamika, who took over the main army from the unfortunate Tant. I finished the Griffin Conservatory, took 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 10k experience in the Pandora's Box behind the trees, and went to take another Griffin Conservatory 2 in the adjacent zone, which I successfully accomplished.

I sent Tant in parallel to take the castle in the Castle zone. And everything was going so well that during my last turn I decided not to even look closely at the map or the opponent's turn. He had been standing in my sight the whole time, in front of the castle where Tant was heading, and I spotted him about 30 seconds before the end of the turn. Meanwhile, Tamika was left on the Angel with speed boost and with artifacts. In 30 seconds, I only managed to pass the army up the chain to Tant and crash into Aislin.

Fireball brought Aislin's Meteor Shower, Angels and Knights fought with Minotaurs and Manticores, and my 350 skeletons never reached the Medusas, who ended up as the only survivors on the field. I still had some unclaimed growth in the castle and Tamika with artifacts, though I had no money at all, despite the external marketplace. But at that moment, the opponent offered a draw, which I gladly accepted)

Thanks for the game!
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10.06.2014 Falcone (swamp, Fortress, Tazar) def. Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 142

We picked all restarts. A very difficult start with 11 Lizardmen and 40 Gnolls. I had to fight through a bunch of guards to reach the double, where in the decisive and, so far, most difficult battle for me, I managed to break through a block of Greedy Ogres on a very slender stack (auto-combat suggested I retreat).

After that, things went better — I found several beehives, another Fortress town, and a capitol. But as usual, there wasn't enough gold, and all 3 towns were far apart from each other. So I had to run Tazar around the respawn, since I didn't have enough resources for splitting (I'm still not very good at managing chaining).

On the 3rd week, I gathered 3 beehives at the respawn, bought what I could in the towns, and headed toward my opponent. I broke through a group of Ice Demons and, for some reason, ran ahead with Tazar and just Wiverns, split into 3 stacks. But I got lucky — my opponent was having a rough time and couldn't punish me for such a reckless move.

After that, I took a second capitol, captured the enemy's double, and went for the opponent's main army. 42 Wiverns and 3 Angels were more than enough for victory.

Thanks for the game!
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Falcone (blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Erutan Rivol (red, Dungeon, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 142

We chose all restarts. A very difficult start with 11 Lizardmen and 40 Gnolls. I had to fight through a bunch of guards to get to the double, where in the decisive and most difficult battle for me so far, I managed to break through a block of Ogre Magi on a very fragile hero (autofight offered me to retreat).

After that, things went better — I found several Dragon Fly Hives, another Swamp castle, and a Griffin Conservatory. But as usual, there wasn't enough gold, and all 3 castles were far apart from each other. So I had to run around with Tazar on respawn, since I didn't have enough resources to split up (I'm still not very good at managing chains).

On the 3rd week, I gathered 3 Dragon Fly Hives on respawn, bought everything I could in the castles, and headed towards the opponent. I broke through a group of Ice Elementals and for some reason ran ahead with Tazar carrying only Wyverns, split into 3 stacks. But I was lucky that the opponent's game was going poorly and he couldn't punish me for such a reckless move.

After that, I took the level-2 Griffin Conservatory, captured the enemy's double, and went for the opponent's main. 42 Wyverns and 3 Angels were enough for victory.

Thanks for the game!

I confirm. On 117 I needed money to build a castle; so Shakti went into a crypt with 2 cats and a bunch of starting junk... I lost: it turned out to be a maxed one. I wanted to write gg, but after 4 restarts it felt kind of awkward. By the end of the 3rd week, I started to ramp up and take all the banks in a row. Another 2 times of 7 days each and I would have been running around with 6 dragons on the opponent's territory, but then Tazar showed up, and after looking at his army as second player, I realized that in this match I had no chance. As a result, gg
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10.06.2014 Falcone(red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) def Erutan Rivol(blue, Conflux, Pasis) 2sm4d(3) 122

At the start, I gathered 19 wolves, 60 goblins (with the external dwelling), a stable near the Castle, and 2 good exits to the surface. I upgraded the little ones, broke through the boars, and on day 3 captured the ramp, around which a lot of gold had spawned, which I spent all of the first week collecting. I managed to place Bears in the Citadel.

On week 2, I went to break through another exit, but the opponent conceded and typed gg.

Thanks for the game!

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