«SM-masters II»

I took two restarts, decided not to take a third because overall the spawn was decent. My opponent didn't take any restarts at all. Apparently he was tempted by Gunnar and the roads to 3 adjacent zones. There were plenty of experience crystals, I cleared them with Vistan, and then it turned out he had taken Tactics and Earth Magic. I stopped at a temporary (nothing more permanent) leveling of him, and eventually he also caught a Log. The entrances to the treasure zones were quite close, so I wasn't worried about my own treasure zones. But I spotted an entrance to the opponent's zone near a path through wasteland. I headed there. I was afraid the opponent would start digging for the Grail, but on day 127 I saw from the gold that he didn't have it, so I calmed down. I slowly cleared a treasure zone, scouting with Adela, for whom I specifically bought Air Magic using the opponent's heroes. There I found +6 All Stats, an Air Magic book on the ground, and a +5 All Stats sword and a +4/+4 breastplate in a level 3 Utopia. Then I took one of the opponent's castles with a Lich and went to clear another treasure zone, eventually to also take a Utopia in the treasure zone that the opponent had apparently entered. I beat the opponent by blocking the Utopia on the last move, but I couldn't fight because the guard wasn't broken. On the next turn I broke through, and it was worth blocking, because there was a +3 necklace and an Earth Magic book. Then with control I easily went to kill the opponent; he gave a final battle, which went through one gate because the stats weren't countered.
Thank you for the game!