111 - Scouting with a light spell to check the respawn. Financially seems decent + 2 prisons near the castle. 4 heroes, including Bron with basilisks and Kreg.
112 - 7 heroes, including the freed Clancy (lvl 10, skills: logistics, pathfinding, resistance, and advanced ballistics) and the purchased Solmyr. Need to choose a main hero.
113 - I decide to make Solmyr the main hero anyway. I break through a pack of archmages with him, as they likely guard the path to the native secondary town. (alternative was to break through a lot of beholders towards the grass respawn).
114-115 - I head towards the secondary town with my main hero, visiting a mana spring and a stable. A Dragon Utopia on the respawn and a beehive with a shield +5 guarded by tent guards.
Somewhat short on crystals and wood.
116-117 - In the main town: behemoths without a citadel; in the secondary town: rocs. I see two convoys. Scouting artifact +2 speed.
Week 2 - In the main town: a castle without cyclopes (lack of crystals); in the secondary town: orcs. To maintain pace, I break through a gnome dwelling and 2 medusa dwellings. Loss of 2 behemoths.
Week 3 - I break through convoy #2 (sacrifice a hero for scouting). I send a scout to the grass respawn. Without doubling mana (mistake), I break into the treasure zone towards the second convoy, losing some orcs and thunderbirds. Convoy 3-4. Nothing to take them with, so I run further to break beehives and pandora's boxes. Nothing to do in the treasure zone without mana, so I return to boost at the stable and double my mana.
Week 4 started well (cyclops week). I begin building mage guilds in both castles. In the pandora's boxes: experience and a second level of magic. I see a library, but I don't dare break through 11 archdevils yet; I head towards weaker guards. With expert earth magic but no slow spell, I run a hero from the tavern to learn it. On day 146 - 30 wyverns, I find a fly scroll. I re-read the rules just in case, build mage guilds up to level 3 (good thing I didn't capture Castle).
147 - An opponent appears from the underground on the scouted territory and sets up for a boost. I don't reach him on foot, but I fly to him. Neela buys off with tactics. I kill a secondary hero with an army using chain lightning dealing 575 damage. My "feints" somewhat surprised the opponent, but since the situation has become clear, I submit this report.