Super match. Turns out my opponent had never played on balance and chose it for some reason :) ...
He instantly took all the rests (his 1st layout was a chocolate one) and on the last one he had a tiny respawn (with fast roads), where on one side were monks, on the other — bone dragons, and he broke through the third with a Gog and ran into 20 gold golems. He decided to break through everyone on balance on the 1st.
Thanks for the blitz!