Bought Castle for 2500, picked all random enemies, the last start gave me a great setup: 2 Griffin Conservatories, an external market, an external angel dwelling. And a dungeon opponent. I took on the opponent on day 114, he battered my army nearly for 2 points of experience. But I held my ground, though I probably had nothing left to capture the angels. But the horses in the castle stood calmly. I scouted a piece of the treasure zone, found a Dragon Utopia, a couple of Dwarf Cottages — there was plenty to do, but my tempo losses were terrible.
Meanwhile on the other front, the Blue player killed off a bunch of shooters, and on day 116 the opponent caught up to them, resulting in a surrender).