Favorites, to battle! - 11 - The Battle of Favorites! - 11

Paid 1200 for the color, wasted my 3 restarts, my opponent had one more restart, saw 2 of my natural towns, rejoiced. Too soon. When the opponent didn't take a restart - I saw pure horror around. A block on the way with 50-99 lizards (turned out to be 70), a wood mine far away that was eventually blocked. Decided not to build Mages-Nagas because I barely had any gold, decided to rush with GM. Misclicked in a max-dwelling and lost 20 Gremlins, things got sad. On day 121, Gosh arrived at the tavern, the Necromancer's Cloak was lying around, it got a bit more cheerful, but I understood there was nothing good yet. On day 121, I broke through to the Conflux, and surprise - 20-49 Gorgons for the box and an obelisk (turned out to be 39 Gorgons and 10k experience). On day 122, the opponent made a mistake himself, standing Kyrr near the portal. At least some chance. Attacked with Solmyr, thinned out the Elves and shaved a Pegasus, then bought and attacked with Galtran. The opponent surrendered with 5 Horses and 38 Centaurs, no Elves. Well, at least a breather. Then I doubled Solmyr's mana and thinned out the Gorgons a day later. But since there were 39 of them, there was a risk of level 4-5 or all elements. So I decided to take the box with Solmyr, not Galtran. Turned out to be 10k experience, but I wasn't upset. Solmyr looked very decent with Intelligence and Expert Air. After killing the Conflux, I poured everything into gold, built the University, leveled Earth for Solmyr and Galtran. Then with Galtran I claimed Necromancer camps, and with Solmyr I broke through 6k Monk guards. Reached the village and realized there was absolutely nothing there. Luckily, at that moment I built Resurrection at home and realized I could take the Utopia under double mana 1-2. At level 5, I got Fly and Implosion. Took the only Griffin Conservatory I saw under Fly, because there was also double mana nearby. Then I split on double mana, and with 280 mana climbed toward the Utopia. By some miracle and calculation, I managed to take the 3rd one, which I thought I'd lose to. Mana was exactly enough (Implosions and Resurrection decided it). It gave royally, +6 All, +4 All, a Sword of +6 Attack, and the Black Orb. Then I thought about taking another Utopia and then on day 137 taking the Faerie Dragon dwelling, but my opponent interrupted the idyll. He captured my Barbarian castle and fortified there. I figured I'd attack; he hadn't taken any Utopias judging by the tavern, and if anything, I'd buy him off if there was a Recanter. There was no Recanter. The final battle went through one gate, though due to carelessness I missed 3 Angels that got trampled by horses. But it's fine. There were 6 birds and 120 Skeletons left, and with them I still took the Faerie dwelling on day 137. But my opponent surrendered after losing the final battle.

Thanks for the game!