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After several restarts, it rolled well enough to keep the start for blue underground. I quickly got 8 heroes, took my main at the Citadel, and by the end of the week placed 1-6 in the fort + GM2.
At the start of the second week, I take a mini Griffin Conservatory on the respawn. Since both my treasure zones are on rocks, I decide to check what's in the center; I sent scouts to one of the treasure zones through a portal via roadless path, and went into the second one with my main force. I quickly hit 20-49 gr. monks near the Hive and saw an already cleared exit from the portal. Since I hadn't seen the opponent's army, I decided to pass the chain to the corner treasure zone and take 2 Hives there — both turned out to be 6 each.
On 125, the opponent ended his turn in front of the Hive behind the monks; on the next turn, he takes the Hive and goes towards my adjacent zone, where I had an unconquered Griffin Conservatory 2-4 — I check it with a scout hero — a triple. He was defeated by Paira from the corner treasure zone, but she couldn't reach the Griffin Conservatory. I transferred troops to Dace, who was camping near the Pandora's Box behind a stack of Air Elementals, repelled it — 10k experience — but he also couldn't reach the Griffin Conservatory, so I decided to use him to take the Shackles behind 10-19 Death Knights. Also on 126, I managed to chase Inteus away with my scout hero. But the opponent on his turn kills my scout hero and still decides to check the unguarded Griffin Conservatory with Müllich and his full force — as I said, it's an unconquered triple, and he stays there overnight.
Consequently, on 131, from reinforcement supply he'll be able to take it and rush me, and without those 3 angels from it, I have no reason to attack him; I can't break his chain — there's a Diemer on 7 Fairies there, and my Paira on a single unit can only just reach it, so I had to surrender. I can't hole up in the castle because the main force can't be moved out from the adjacent zone, and the town doesn't even have the Citadel built yet.
At the time of surrender, he had 2 angels, 4 birds, 8 ducks, 4 psychos, 20 air elementals, and fairies; my army — 1 angel, 4 efreeti, 10 ducks, 22 demons, and I have no spell book; his stats are slightly higher. I calculated that 3 angels from the Griffin Conservatory and +birds on 131 would be decisive. If he hadn't checked the Griffin Conservatory, I would have caught him with the Shackles on 127, but...
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The advantage going into the final was significant. Special thanks for the generous prize, which didn't really affect the outcome, but it was still nice :)

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It was a decent amount, I implemented it without any obvious mistakes, 9 angels, stats, but my opponent didn't play well, and that was a mistake. His late-game treasure
could have been very decisive.

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It was a good match, I implemented everything correctly, 9 angels, stats, but my opponent didn't perform well, and that was a mistake. His underwater treasure
in the late game could have been decisive.

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It happened, I lost in the max conserve. Thanks for the game.

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I messed up a bit with the map, but it worked out in the end.

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The chocolate gave out, but as it quickly turned out, it was quite problematic.
Level 2 built, 2 roads, a stable at the respawn, 2 Griffin Conservatories, a Dragon Fly Hive. Gunya arrived - no issues with the main. And then it turns out that the ore mine has absolutely no piles, and there are none at the respawn either, not even guarded ones. Not a single one. Well, I think, no problem, I'll break through to the corner and the center, I'll find ore. I broke through to the swamp corner with scouts, found a Dragon Fly Hive and resources of all types there, except ore. Meanwhile, the ore ran out, and I need to build, so I spent a turn on the marketplace. I broke through to the underground center with the main, scouted with scouts, there's wood, no ore. The main ran along the road, ran into a block of 20+ orcs guarding a Griffin Conservatory + non-ore. Few troops, ran around. Gathered all resources with scouts and traded them at the marketplace to keep building. 3 turns left until the end of the week - there's still a chance. Ran the main out onto the road again, and found a View Obelisk. Well, now I'll surely see ore! Opened it, and indeed I did. Behind some skeletons lay a whole two piles of ore. Was so happy I almost killed myself on the 50+ Dragon Flies guarding a Dragon Fly Hive blocking the path to them. And there are no more ore piles, but there are as many as 4 Griffin Conservatories in the zone. Thought about what to do next. The end of the week is almost here, resources are nearly gone, I might be able to trade for Berserkers, but definitely not for Angels... And I decided to use an old reliable method: run the main into the darkness along the off-road. Almost the entire zone was already revealed by the View Obelisk, but a dark corner remained. And so, Gunya runs there, and lo and behold, sees one ore pile behind a reasonable guard. I clear it, it's a max roll, and on day 117 I build Angels. I check one of the Griffin Conservatories with a scout, it's a level 2, I park the main on it.

On the second week, the task was to gather everything quickly. I had enough money to buy Angels and Berserkers. On day 121, I took the level 2 Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, and ran to the next one, checked it with a scout, but it was a max. Ran to the third one, again up to 250, went in without checking, it was a level 3. Lost Air Elementals and 1 Wyvern. After that, everything went easily, took another level 2, sent the army home, and took two Griffin Conservatories (2+3) at the respawn with scouts, took the Dragon Fly Hive at the respawn (+8) and the Dragon Fly Hive in the corner zone (+4), sent the army back, and took the max Griffin Conservatory. That gave 16 Angels and 19 Wyverns by day 125. Ran Gunya to take a Dragon Utopia. Level 2, lost 1 Wyvern, got Shield +12, КО and Cloak +2+2. Suspecting I have a clear advantage at this point, I ran further into the center to find contact. Broke through a portal, saw an exit from the underground, dove in there and found a blue scout, killed him. I caught sight of the opponent's main on day 131, saw he was in his corner treasure zone and gave chase. Ran in there and saw a Dragon Utopia with its guards already cleared. My scouts were killed, so I have no one to check with except the main. Thought for a long time about whether to check or not. But seeing from the tavern that I have more gold, and I had 10,000, I decided to check. It turned out not to have been taken. Level 2, got Sword +12, Sword +5 All, and Sword +6. Then I took another Dragon Utopia, got Speed Ring and, to complete the set, Sword +3, and took the village. Hired scouts, scouted the surroundings, found several blue scouts. The next turn, I saw Shakti in Gunnar's reach and attacked with the Speed Ring. 16 Angels had absolutely nothing to counter there, so a forfeit follows.

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The advantage going into the final was significant. Special thanks for the generous gesture, which didn't really affect the outcome, but it was still appreciated :)

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It was, thanks for the game.

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That was the case. Air elementals were built up, Griffin Conservatory 2-4 at the Castle, Mullich arrived, but major issues with mercury and gold. All week 5 heroes, Mullich doesn't want to roll Logistics or decent magic, and the army is only 10 air elementals and fairies. On the first day I took the Computer-Tower and cleared minor guards. Crypts/Dwarf Cottages didn't spawn, barely managed with trading to get birds on 117, but couldn't even afford a proper buy. On 122, trading everything down to zero, I bought the birds and ran to the Center, there were 2 portals nearby. Cleared the first one, there was a block of 10+ Hydras one way, cleared the guard the other way, sent a scout through, returned with the main hero, cleared the other portal and ran into a block of 20+ Fanatics behind Dragon Fly Hives and a Cloak +2+2. Lit up the opponent's movements there. Checked the home Griffin Conservatory, level 2. Returned the army, took it with the scout and a Chain +4 on the respawn. The scout scouting the first portal didn't find anything good and hit a block, so I decide to boldly push towards the opponent. No gold, no good objects in sight, but right now I might have an advantage — it's still Mullich and 4 birds. Clear the Fanatics, take the Cloak and Dragon Fly Hive (8 Wyverns) with the scout, run along the path. See a Griffin Conservatory, debate whether to check it with the main hero. It's already 127, nearly out of movement, decide to check — if I don't check and it's not taken, that'll be kind of stupid, especially since the alternative is moving 5 tiles along the road. Turns out it's not taken, which decides the game. Arrived just in time.
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on turn 121 with an increase (40 golems) I was thinking of ramping up to 20-49 grade wood, but the morale on the first turn didn't allow for a good ramp, and there were 46 of them, so I couldn't handle it.

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137 skeletons against 48 basilisks with Great Strength. Dungeon, advanced offense, combat 3-3, 2 archers with 50 damage. The first attack on the main stack was a stone spell, and as a result, 3 basilisks weren't finished off. As the analysis showed, without petrification in the first round, the battle could have been won with 70+ skeletons remaining. Plus, it wasn't worth giving up, as Svarog was in a bad position. Too bad. Thank you for the game!

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My opponent found control, I didn't. Although the situation was quite good, and with 132, my stats were already 26, 23, 16, 15. But without control, it was impossible to win, even when at 147, I reduced my opponent's units to 22 ducks and 6 angels, it still wasn't very good. When at 211, the red faction takes my main hero, and in the last promising Pandora, instead of finding the desired magic, I find experience, I type "gg".
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I lost the initiative after the restarts – after two restarts, I had to spend everything I had. I started as Blue underground; the situation was very difficult – in the tavern, Ignat had only one stack, and level 2 wasn't built. My opponent brazenly attacked Gosh on the first day. On day 112, I lost my main stack of 12 Goghs and had to play defensively by building a stronghold and dogs. There were enough resources on the map to build Pit Lords, but the opponent appeared on day 116 through a portal in the zone near my starting area, which was a pity because the roads were fast. Gosh moved in another direction but sent a scout to my starting area. I pushed it back, and on day 117, I went up the portal and saw the opponent's main city with a built Citadel and a Harpy defending. But Fiona didn't have a spellbook (I didn't expect that at all; our starting areas should have been separated by three zones). I had to trade resources for building Efreet and buying a hero and one Efreet to attack and take the city.
I didn't know how many skeletons he had; the plan was that if he didn't reach me, I would take out his horses, or if he did reach me, he might rush. But there was no other option. The plans didn't work out. The opponent played well, and I had to surrender on day 121:smile15:
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