First Snow

25.05.13 =Stinger= (red, tower, Fafner, Monere) def numOne (blue, tower, Iona, Dessa) 6LM10a, 143

Adjusted the hat slightly.

Confirmed.
The roads turned out to be long, along with shooter blocks in the snow that had to be circumvented off-road, then a fork and a long road to the barbarian computer. Whoever saw the first-week stream probably noticed I was slightly disoriented, but my heart was warmed by the external dwelling of giants behind the necro horses at the respawn and the Griffin Conservatory nearby. I cleared the external dwelling with Grindan — had to come back, but didn't take a single castle in the first week, which slowed the pace.
Nothing much else to tell after that. I took several Hives, 3-4 Griffin Conservatories (for 8 angels in total), caught up to Stinger in castles, upgraded giants at the start of week 3, but the lack of ore (I never reached my own mine as it was beyond the mountains) and a shortage of dragon crystals prevented me from building the Mage Guild on time. I hoped for boxes and Dragon Utopias, but the first ones gave no magic at all, and in two found Dragon Utopias I got: black orb, sack, captain's hat, and gladius.
Oh, and there was also the idea of assembling the Armor of the Damned somewhere at the end of week 2 and making contact, but I never found the hat.
In the end, seeing the opponent's elixir, archangels, and stats twice as high, I decided not to drag it out.

Thanks for the game and congratulations on the victory!