Posts from Игры HoMM3 for fun

12.07.2015. Silence- (Blue, Random, Dungeon, Random, Alamar, Müllich) def zoog (Red, Random, Castle, Random, Loynis, Vidomina), Panic, 121.

Played outlaw rules. I spent my restarts rather ambiguously: the draw gave me Rampart Kyrre + a necromancer and a very good respawn; I played until 113, but never found the tree. I decided to take 113.

In the draw, luck gave me Dungeon with Alamar 3 stacks, and another native hero also with 3 stacks. A spread of 6 heroes revealed 2 Griffin Conservatories, a +4 shield, and guard for the next location: 20+ eyes + that's a teleport, so there will be another guard there. Also, the opponent revealed Vidomina.
On 112, I cleared the shield (Terek leveled Tactics to 2), checked the Conservatory (2-4), and found another Conservatory. I bought Monere, but decided to break the eyes with Terek using advanced Tactics.
On 113, I broke the eyes with fairly heavy losses due to my own mistake: Terek had fought spirits before, and didn't have full mana — not even enough for Haste in the fight with the eyes. On the other side of the monolith, 20+ hell hounds; cleared almost without losses. Along the road, I spotted a lookout that showed 3 passages into 3 subsequent locations, but there was also a road going somewhere. At first, I thought it was a secret passage from location 3 to location 4 with 70k guard; later I assumed it was a mine that had punched a passage. In the location, besides the Necro village, there turned out to be nothing much to take.
114 — gathered resources, took the village, built a chain to return the army home to clear various treasure chests and other minor guards with weak troops. Also built Minotaurs at home.
115 — transferred the army home, cleared the treasure chests, checked 2 more Conservatories (2-4, 3-4), sent scouts down the unknown road.
116 — cleared the respawn, set up a chain to the hero who discovered that the road led to a bugged passage into the treasure zone, which usually requires clearing 20k guard to access. Built a Citadel.
117 — entered the treasure zone, took the town there — Stronghold. Saw 2 Dragon Fly Hives behind manageable guards + a Pandora's Box. Built a Castle.
On 121, I was going to bring the army from home via chain + take the Dragon Fly Hive and go for the second one, but the opponent said gg.

Thanks for the game.

13.07.2015 Decim (red, Inferno, Ignat, Ignat) lose PROger (blue, Swamp, Stig, Tazar), Balance m-u 200% , 1 3 5.

What can I say. Used up all resurrections. Not enough resources for Inferno. Broke through into the adjacent zone to Conflux. Broke through the dendroids with difficulty - and didn't make it to the treasure zone, there were manticores on the other side of the portal. Rushed back through my own respawn. Grabbed a level 2 Griffin Conservatory on the way. And that was it. Opponent has 52 wyverns. I have 60 gogs, 2 angels, 9 pits, and imps. Easy loss. Thanks for the game.)

12.07.2015* PROger** (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) def * VinniPUH** (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), mini-Nostalgia, 1 2 4.

The game was very poor in terms of resources, with ranged units everywhere. I wanted to play a rest strategy, but I saw a stash of red dragons and decided to try a different approach. I had very little money and barely managed to save up for minotaurs at the Fortress on the first week. There was also a guard of 70+ griffins protecting the stash, making it impossible to take on the first week. On days 1, 2, and 3, I broke through the guard (losing 2 minotaurs and half a stack of troglodytes) and on day 1, 2, and 4, I was about to attack the stash, but my opponent surrendered to medusas and typed "gg."
Thank you for the game!

13.07.2015 YourRevolution(Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Flash652 (Red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr), Mini-Nostalgia L+U 160% , 1 2 2.

It played out okay, but there was a lot of gold. After scouting, I went to the pink player and killed him on turn 114. I ignited 2 Griffin Conservatories, and then ignited the external dwelling of Minotaurs. Having fought through to them, I cleared them by week 2 and headed to the Griffin Conservatory with 16 Minotaurs and the growth. It turned out to be a triple stack, and I lost my army. Then, taking all the remaining resources, I finished off the Griffin Conservatory and got 3 Angels. After that, the opponent surrendered. A good game, clear strong mistakes were made, but we are learning. GG WP

16.07.2015 Decim (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) loses to PROger (red, Rampart, Jenova, Kyrre), Balance m-u 200% , 1 3 2.

Didn't take resurrection, went with a wolf rider, planned to make a good strike stack. Took a double on 111. The third castle was blocked by archmagi. Broke into the adjacent zone through harpies, cleared 2 crypts and a crystal mine. By the end of the second week, I built behemoths and started pushing through to Conflux on the dirt. Broke through, took it. And immediately threw the game by trying to take a Pandora's box behind vampires. Moreover, the auto combat actually won, sacrificing all the meat, but I still wanted more...

07/17/2015 Pridu (blue, Conflux, Fure) def PutinKING (red, Stronghold, Kreghek) 113

Two familiar heroes, a hidden fire mage, and a stable... You can play with 2300 mana, and Fure cleverly catches the log. On the first day, I break through to the secondary resource and clear the guard at the teleport to the computer's castle. On the second day, I see that I don't need to fight the guard at the teleport on the other side, and I can take the computer's castle tower for free (I decide to postpone this until the seventh day)... I decide to take the villages first and build a chain. On day 113, orange kills my opponent.