Posts from “Two Seasons: Winter-Spring 2016” Tournament. Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

Thanks for the game.

The start was relatively brisk, Tazar and Crag + max Crypt and the building for +2 to Attack and Defense. I decide to check the second day, opponent already without restarts. On day two I reveal a Mini-Workshop and manage to get 9 wood in the army of 15 Grands; I decide to play. On day three, a block of Lizards is discovered along the road and a Mini Dwarf Cottage — already worse. Day four, I take the Mini-Workshop and come across a block of 100+ Hemp Tent for a bunch of wood and an artifact +500 gold per day, and there's another block of Pirates there too. 9 Crystals, but without Pegasi I can't fight the Pirates (I spend a day clearing the Crystals on the snow). The Portal behind the Pirates leads to a village (seems like the central one), but there's a block of 20-49 Scorpicores on the road behind a level 4 Shrine and an Orb of Air. And then further behind the Pirates on the path to the opponent there's another block of 9 Sharpshooters. Nothing to be done — I fight the Sharpshooters and lose 10 of my 15 Elves. I feel like surrendering and giving up on this nonsense, but on move 117 exactly I manage to capture the opponent's Castle with an income of 2000 and a built Wyvern structure; I build a Citadel there and play from the Swamp Castle. Only by turn 135 did I manage to return to breaking through the Scorpicores. In the army I have 93 Lizards (there was a quest for 45), 5 Angels, 15 Wyverns, and 6 Giants. I get stuck at the Underground Portal, and the opponent, not seeing me, attacks with only Angels; he has no gold to buy back, and no Mass Magic either. In the end I trade his 9 Angels for 1 of mine, but I mess up at the end of the fight — I could have killed the enemy hero — but still the opponent's morale is low and he surrenders.

Next game. Opponent with 123 rating loses, even though he has giants built in his castle. I didn't understand where the mistake was in the replay. Oh well. I had a balanced setup, Kreg with the Log and Earth magic.

This is the third game today. My opponent catches me with 124 units during a rush, with 1+7 champions, 4 ifrits, 36 magogs, and some minor units. He won't be able to win in a standoff (2-4) with that army, and in a battle against me, the morale buff arrives at the right time for my main stack, and the battle is won without a chance. Thanks for the games, maybe next time I'll be luckier :-)

We retreated and Ufretin arrived (while Nitro immediately got Müllich), the army turned out weak, money wasn't great either, but there happened to be 3 cons on the respawn, although one was very far away; I decided to try some control with Moandor, especially since Kirey took a scholar with Eagle Eye.
The roads were average, Moandor never got log, and moreover my road hit one-way entrances and a corner treasure zone, which is where I sought my luck. But the Dragon Utopia wasn't visible for a long time; control was built in the second guild and immediately the Dragon Utopia with a cap for Moandor without wisdom appeared, but in terms of army and stats I was far inferior and there was hope that Müllich wouldn't find control, but he found it and in the end there were no options.
Thanks for the game.

Galtran arrived right away, a double Griffin Conservatory on the respawn, stat artifacts somewhere around +3 all, Dragon Utopias were found quickly, by the end of week two I was taking them with Tazar without losses, but no good artifacts dropped. Dimension Door was built at home, but a day later I lose Galtran with two Dimension Doors, I was counting on Gunnar not having enough movement points and didn't run away from the scout hero. Though Galtran returned after 5 days. I found Town Portal somewhere around the eighth Dragon Utopia, but the stats were still weak, the Dragon Utopias gave poor stat rewards. Gunnar was far ahead in combat stats. In the end, he found me himself and killed me.
Thanks for the game.

There were 4 bear units on the respawn point, but in the first week I took two more, plus I got another one in the dungeon! As a result, I came out late on day 131, but with 17 gray bear units! I caught up with Grinya, and that's it! Thanks for the game!

Bear dens + consumables for 3 angels allowed me to reach the center at level 122. Upon reaching it, I immediately used the Guardian Angel ability on my opponent and had a boosted Solmyr in front of him. I used the Guardian Angel ability on him and, using tactics, reduced his stats, gaining artifacts for mana and special abilities. It was a mistake to run further; I ran into a hit-and-run attack and had to bribe my way out of the Fortress with 5 bears, cutting down all the nagas, mages, and spellcasters. Back at my base, I ran into a mana fountain (160) and ran back. The next Fortress was already near Gurney; thanks for the game.