After a series of rushes at the start of week 2 by Lizard, I was cautious and regularly used Air Scouting with Kate. I captured the Greyjoy village and an identical computer town, gathered resources and painted a couple of mines. At the start of week 2 I took the Workshop, a 3rd-level Griffin Conservatory, and on day 123 I got GM4 and immediately in the rebuild, in addition to Chain Lightning and Armageddon, I also got Town Portal :) In a hut I found Earth magic (no one else had it) and sent Kate and Alamar there. On the first try I got Dimension Door (skill :cool: ) and with boots and 2 Dimension Doors I jump with the Power of Might to the stables with Kate and toward the red shields.
On day 125 I snatch a 3rd-level Griffin Conservatory from under their noses, take the Dungeon castle, kill the imps around, dismiss Shakti with Tactics, then buy him again and for good measure (even though it no longer mattered) I also finish off Elshar on 2+1 Angels :smile19:
Thank you for the game!
Winning with me on this map was impossible even in theory and even (hypothetically) with foreknowledge of the map in advance. Thank you for the game!