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10.11.2014 MikeM (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Gunnar) lose Makiavelli (Blue, Castle, Caitlin, Luna) Diamond 131

On day one, entered with Crag and Gunnar. Upgraded centaurs, broke through to a sand adjacent zone with two Citadel villages. There's a Griffin Conservatory (turned out to be level 1), a Dragon Fly Hive. Went into the underground - one road is blocked, the second led to goodies: Dragon Fly Hive behind wasps, a Speed Artifact behind djinns, Boots +2 behind manticores, two fat Pandora's Boxes. Gunnar got Earth, Crag got Air. Placed Cavalry at the Citadel with 1000k. Didn't upgrade elves and didn't break through to the computers. Took two more villages. Little gold.
On 121, bought 5 Cavalry, centaurs, a few elves and entered a big Dwarf Cottage with a weak Gunnar - turned out to be max. Got out with only one Cavalry. Then, taking meat from villages and upgrading the remaining 10 elves, took back the castle from the Citadel computer. Along the way found 2 external dwellings of wolves. Total with my two Citadel villages on 131 would have been 92+ gr. wolves + Gunnar with oil. Started rebuilding the Citadel village. Upgraded 35 wolves and captured the level 1 Griffin Conservatory. Here on 126 a powered-up Loins jumped in with 5 Cavalry and 28 Archers and killed Crag on an Angel. On 127 Gunnar kills the opponent's 5 Cavalry and half the Archers, but I lose 30 out of 45 wolves, opponent buys off. Then the Citadel computer takes back its castle - without wolves the desire to continue playing disappears.
Thanks for the game.

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12.11.2014 MikeM (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Marrakesh (Blue, Stronghold, Gundula, Xarfax) 2sm4d(3) 144

Shakti came with two stacks. Underground. On day one scouted a level 2 Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, Boots behind Snipers. Found a Sanctuary with Blessing. Nothing to do at respawn - went, broke through to an adjacent zone with a Castle. There's another big Dragon Fly Hive behind Vampires. Found decent gold, placed Minotaurs at Citadel (later regretted building them - not enough for buyout/split).
On 122 captured the Griffin Conservatory, Dragon Fly Hive (mini), took Boots. On 123 captured max Dragon Fly Hive on the adjacent zone. Entered a small Naga Bank. Captured level 3 Griffin Conservatory. Then went with Loins to take two Dragon Fly Hives in the Inferno treasure zone, while Shakti headed to a fat Citadel treasure zone.
On 133 took with Loins the Portal of Angels, another Dragon Fly Hive. Total 34 ducks and 7 Angels. See via Air Scout the opponent in Citadel treasure zone. On 134 approach and kill on the rush: the main's elementalist, Gunnar with part of the meat. Attack Xarfax with 7 gray bears. Opponent buys off. On 137 captured a max Dragon Utopia - gave complete junk: Book of Fire, Water, Boots of Levitation and Red Boots. Gave a long-ago opened Pandora's Box (105 Monks) to Gellar - turned out not in vain - all Air.
On the fourth week went to a swamp treasure zone. There met the opponent (he didn't see me again). On 144 attacked with Gellar on Xarfax on the rush. Opponent for some reason didn't buy off, although first speed was there. Killed with Lightning. Follows surrender.
Thanks for the game.

I don't see a sawmill.

02.12.2014 sShreKs (blue, random, Rampart, random, Elleshar, Gunnar) lose myduck (red, random, Conflux, random, Pasis, Monere) 8mm6a 1 3 4
There was plenty of money on respawn, my native comp was also Rampart, lots of upgrades near the castle, I see 3 crypts, I decide to play. I run into two problems: 1. No hero suitable for the role of main (Gunnar came on week 1, day 6) 2. The respawn is divided by mountains and I don't see a sawmill. Took all the crypts, sad, 2 pre-mini and 1 mini. No artifacts at all. No Conservatory, Dragon Fly Hives are far away. Killed the comp only on week 2, day 1 (it took very long to run to him), the scumbag managed to buy everything up. Found one Conservatory (a tier 2 one) and a Hive with 6 ducks. Slowly building the Mage Guild, go to take the box, but then the opponent bursts in with strong stats, 8 birds, 15 Minotaur Kings, 60 air elementals and КЗ, my entire army is hanging on a peg, no buyout. ГГ. Thanks for the game.

04.12.2014 Telder54 (blue, Castle, Valeska) def shadowgodd (red, Tower, Aine) 2sm4d(3) 117

The start was fairly average: level 1 order in the castle, a couple piles of gold, two medium crypts, an imp dwelling, a Dragon Utopia, and a conservatory. Along the roads there are shooter blockers, little wood. Decided to break through to a secondary area underground. There I found plenty of wood and a Dungeon with external dwellings of levels 2 and 3. Near the home castle lie the Legion's Boots and Legion's Belt, which I break through on day 1, turn 16. I summarize the week of the game and plan further development, but then the Opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!

06.12.14 EGIPET (red, stronghold, gundula,gundula) def POERTORIKANEC (blue, fortress, fortress, vistan) 8mm6a 142
at the start, in the carts - speeders, +1 all armor, sword +3, +1 haste. opp didn't take the rest - excellent
on the first, I broke through the underground, caught the comp, took necro, I see 4 Griffin Conservatories in the underground and 3 on my side. cool
on the second, I take a Griffin Conservatory, level up to expert air, run back to my side because the Griffin Conservatories are big, I decide to take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and on my respawn 3 Griffin Conservatories, 18 geese +2 +4 +3 Michaels
on the third, I take a Dragon Utopia - КЗ and wings + second Citadel. lucky)
on the fourth, I portal double mana to the respawn, more Griffin Conservatories +1 +1 upgrade of the behemoths + their external dwelling in the underground + sphere of earth.
the noob opp comes out, checks the shared Dragon Utopia. I TP there, run, check with the view, almost reach his main but kassiped a bit. Then came the surrender. Thanks for the game!

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06.12.14 EGIPET (red, fortress, bronhild,bronhild) def SAIIIQA (blue, dungeon, shahti,shahti) JC 137
on the first, I take the hydra external dwelling - risky but morale didn't trigger, phew. I see a second one but don't take it, the guards are elves, a couple of pre-mini crypts. a couple of gnoll external dwellings and one of the creep ones. I check the Dragon Fly Hive, a hundred.
on the second, I take this Dragon Fly Hive of 12 ducks and a Pandora's box of 5k gold, simple caps, the guards are on an axis chain, I take the second hydra external dwelling, I fight myself. The bro level up not bad: exp, tactics, pathfinding, attack and defense are the main butter. after the fight, I take a three Griffin Conservatory, lose a few lizards, creep and dragonflies. I break through the block from the Dragon Utopia, see an external dwelling of geese and a couple more Dragon Fly Hives which I take with a scout hero. I myself go to fight the GO. I upgrade the geese along the chain and break through the GO titans. I lose an angel, a hydra, gnolls. in the center, I level up earth, take the library, book of fire, and 4 Dragon Fly Hives of 4 Wyverns each (nonsense) shield +4 all (guards are pits, I kosed the defense, took it, lost another angel)
on the third, I beat the archers for speed +1 and КВ and two times the black ones for Pandora's boxes. (expert air gave) luckily tactics, lost a couple of Wyverns. in the Pandora's boxes are 50 dogs and 15 cyclops. I decide to upgrade the dogs in the center in the Citadel. I check through the view, the opp didn't break through the GO on his respawn, he's looking at Dragon Utopias. hmm. I regen mana in the Citadel and jump to the Dragon Utopia (armor, КШ, mace, shirt) and a second library nearby, dragon eye, bow, bowstring)
on 146, I see a miner with black ones. I jump, put on the КШ, afraid it's a bait for armageddon! he buys himself off and waits in the castle. on 147, I attack, put on the КШ, didn't have time to check the sorcery, and it's good I put it on, it would have been harder to jump with ducks. in the final, I lose almost all 35 ducks, the opp's artillery shoots through + 36 wards it seems. many ducks 60+ he farmed. 15 cyclops under advanced archery with the bowstring and bow hit hard. good job. the opp closed wards. jumped with dragonflies and ducks - the drakes and Wyverns went even with mine. luckily I have higher defense by 15 points. the ring of the wanderer +1 speed worked well. the Wyverns were dealt with and the gates opened, 20 axes remained, they crushed my dogs immediately and paid the price. remaining: 2 ducks, 9 hydras, 6 cows, 2 cyclops, and 1 dog. the opp had 60 ducks, 20 axes, a hundred trogs, 35 wards, 3 black ones (he probably lost them at the external dwelling or somewhere else in the Dragon Utopia). defense +10-15 decided, and the ducks hit well under the КШ +1 +1 speed, and after all, this is Bronhild. the cyclops tore through the ducks, 6 at a time, then started hitting wards and turret shots less. Overall, it was a good game, especially with a couple of songs played on guitar - one about love for Katyusha (pruIIImandovku) Polovinka - Dantsy Minus, another about a tree, night, and how I climbed to spy on her. I won't say what I saw!
Thanks for the game and the support on the stream!