Posts from The Final Battle 8

Good start, I got Tyraxor, level 2 built, found a Griffin Conservatory-1 on 111. Took it on 112, on 113 I cleared a sword+6 and saw a favorable Griffin Conservatory - nagas. On 114-115 I cleared an artifact +2+2 mage stats, a cap+3, a summoning artifact of birds and beasts. Then Crag doubled his mana at a mana source and ran to a stables that was near the Griffin Conservatory off-road. Nearby there was also a Dragon Fly Hive and a Dwarf Cottage, so I ran a scout to take everything on 121. But during 117 I didn't pay enough attention to planning my turn and really messed up the chains. In the end, on 121 I took the Griffin Conservatory-2 with my scout, transported the army to the castle, upgraded the birds, bought troops, but the army couldn't reach the Dragon Fly Hive, so I had to forget about it and the Dwarf Cottage. However, the army could reach the Griffin Conservatory, and Crag went straight for it after the stables. Stats ~14-5-4-8, army: 6 non-upgraded bears, 13 upgraded birds, 40+ upgraded wolves, and 3 angels. Air expertise, but no Haste. No Slow either, but I had Blessing, which helped quite a bit, and the nagas fell fairly easily. But due to the chain blunder, I was also running out of turn time spent trying to figure something out for the Dragon Fly Hive and Dwarf Cottage. I started attacking everyone in sight, found 2 Dragon Fly Hives, cleared 40+ horses for an immunity-removing artifact, but lost a bear due to two morale procs. And I still couldn't get there.
On 122 I took both Dragon Fly Hives, including the one with 12 Wyverns. Ran a scout along the road and saw the opponent's scout. Killed him, found an unclaimed Dragon Utopia-3. With Crag, I took a village-Castle, built a Mage Guild - got Haste, that makes it easier, and aimed for another Dragon Fly Hive, then decided to take the Dragon Utopia. On 123 I took a mini-Dragon Fly Hive and the Dragon Utopia, got excellent loot: a Chalice and a level 5 hat. Ran to another revealed Dragon Fly Hive + Pandora's Box. On 124 I took the Pandora's Box and Dragon Fly Hive, the box had experience, another Dragon Utopia appeared. Take the Dragon Utopia or try to finish off the opponent? Air scouting showed blue heroes in range, reachable with Dimension Door. Decided to try to finish them off, arrived, and there was Shakti on the attack and Luna with 20+ Wyverns and a few other troops. Lucky. Killed Shakti with artifacts, attacked Luna and killed the Wyverns, followed by a surrender.

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Tough start, but I managed to secure one town area and eliminate two AI players. It turned out to be a decent position, allowing me to reach the center by week 2. I acquired the full tope at 127, which provided an air book and a red orb. I never found TP, boots, or gloves, but Kyrre performed well enough to dominate the map, as my opponent lacked DD/fly units. I was producing skeletons with all three necromancer arts and was prepared to upgrade wyverns when he decided to quit. Thanks for the game.

Full rest, both of us got terrible luck! But I got a good draw with Gosh and Sandro, and found enough money for Minotaurs in the Citadel. My opponent couldn't gain a foothold on the map.

Thanks for the game.

Thank you for the game!