Thanks for the game!
The respawn point was so-so; most of it was located along a blocked road. I was training Jeddite, but he got hit by fire first; the earth spell came too late. I spent the whole game with no money, barely managing to gather enough for horses at the first stash. On turn 121, I took the hat and sat down to replenish mana. I was leveling up earth magic, and poured all my mana into resurrects. On turn 124, I moved into the central city and cast Guard Mound. All that was left was to pour in 180 mana, but the opponent had flying units and cast a spell. There was a big advantage in troops, but without mana to buff the birds, I couldn't catch up; the Moon just shot them down with lightning.
Thanks for the game!