with an agreement to ban the recruitment of any monsters (diplomacy was not banned :D)
1) Regarding a quick start - mine wasn't slow either.
In the 1st week, I built zombies + vampires + liches + a Castle,
in the 2nd week, champions + dragons.
2) The mistake was in venturing out to sea too late.
I still captured the Shipyard, although it was guarded by gray griffins,
but I didn't have enough wood to buy a ship.
And so, after venturing out to sea, and immediately after that, by revealing the Eye of the Observer,
I saw that the opponent had already eaten almost everything,
I managed to see the "Sentinel's Shield" and was very upset that I was late.
But the opponent, apparently, had not yet revealed the Eye of the Observer,
and did not see the shield; I was heading straight for him, without turning.
Also, the opponent did not collect the artifacts at sea,
one of which is the Hellblade!
I am making the mistake of venturing out to sea too late for the 2nd time in the tournament,
it's time to think about this, otherwise I might lose soon.
Final battle - day 2-3-4 (although the outcome was clear on days 1-4-7).
Clavius 16-23-17-14 (508 mana) against Aiden 7-7-15-8 (211 mana)
would have won this battle without losses due to the large amount of mana and the Raise Dead spell.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth...