All restarts were selected; we played 2sm4d(3). I got a rollback of 5500 for Necropolis and 200 for the color. Neither of us had played this template before. I liked the template; my opponent didn't. My development went well. By week 1, day 1, I captured two forts: Tower and a second Stronghold, external dwellings of wolves and orcs (Orc Dwellings at home were built). In my main and secondary towns, I built birds; in Tower, I wanted to build the Mage Guild (I had plenty of resources farmed, thanks to a start with 7-8 heroes). I scouted a Griffin Conservatory, two Dragon Utopias, and a box with 50+ ogres. By the end of the week, I was planning to farm some gold — Dwarf Cottages and Harpy Hovels.
After Gundula learned Earth magic, I wanted to level her, and she was also running around with the found gloves. In general, I was making plans for the second week; there would have been plenty of meat from two Strongholds, but then GG came flying in, and my opponent didn't get through.
Thanks for the game.