OP took 2 rests on 111, on the third rest something decent came from the start — 150 trogs and Greendan in the tavern. True, the respawn is on a quarter of the map, terribly twisted, and there are only 2 roads — one leads to a Griffon Conservatory, the other into the dungeon. On 112 I scouted a minimal griffin conservatory; I think if I don't take it, I'll rest. I took it, lost all the meat; it was so painful choosing between expert earth and air... I mastered earth, luckily there was a university looming on the respawn.
Just enough trogs remained for a Behemoth. I decide not to take a restart and open 2 fronts.
The generation is terrible — 4!!! days of travel on dirt roads to the nearest town. The only thing that pleased me was the native secondary skill.
On 117, mantises in the castle + eyes in the citadel.
The second week was not pleasing at all. I saw no point in rushing secondary heroes off-road, especially since OP took the native secondary skill, though aside from the stable there was nothing useful there, and I didn't want to venture into the Inferno territory at all, as it was too far.
In the end I headed for the nearest treasure zone, even though I saw it was poor, but I hoped there would be something useful in the depths. In the depths there turned out to be a sword +5 to all, but the loser said before dying that with 20-49 gr. efreets, there were exactly 49 of them, which was not at all pleasing. Fine, I finished eating what I could grab and turned toward the second treasure zone. And then — bam! I missed that it was the seventh day and built some junk in the secondary citadel instead of mantises.
The third week began with exploring the treasure zone. I spotted a cauldron +6 to everything for 40 regular bears, took it with oil almost without losses. The dad became at least somewhat human-like, with attack and defense. I scout 2 dragon utopias, starting with the one guarded by 60 gr. nagas. And on top of that, 2 pandora's boxes. In one of them they give all earth spells!!! In the utopia they give the orb of vulnerability. The second utopia is broken without any losses. There I get the book of water and fire. Meanwhile, OP hits the griffin conservatory with Ragon and takes the main with a 3-week growth. The only thing I pulled from there was mantises.
Well, whatever, it all comes down to whether OP gets the orb or the cloak. Explosion hits for 2000+, armageddon for about 1500. I take 3 blacks, buy everyone and rush to the FB. Two poops decently thin out the birds and bears, but OP also cripples me with tactics, oil, and masthaste. In the end, a few bears and 10-15 birds plus some miscellaneous meat remain for OP, while I have all the eyes and a few mantises. All the mantises are resurrected; OP, seeing this situation and my 700 mana, apparently tries to buy me off and flee to the treasure zone, but here come the shackles and GG.
Thanks for the game.