We chose all restarts and started playing with whatever was dealt. The spawn was mediocre - half the spawn was blocked by minotaurs, the remaining two roads turned out to be long, winding, and empty. However, off-road on day 113 we found a nice spot with 3 Dragon Fly Hives, 4 stacks of birds, and one of bears. I immediately split Crag and rushed there. He leveled up excellently, advancing Tactics and Earth (though neither Slow nor Shield were available in any guild). Dragging the ducks off-road turned out to be too costly; I returned to the Castle only on day 122 and immediately cleared a Pandora's Box with 35 orcs from the Horde of Eyes. On day 124 I finally reached the home Dragon Utopia-1, after which two tier 7 creatures remained, but it gave Shield +4 all and gold to upgrade the tier 7s. On day 125 I pulled a ghost bear from a refuge and upgraded my two. On day 126 I hit the ГО (19 ghost bears), stopped at a Dragon Utopia (Sword +5 all). And nearby was a Pandora's Box behind a Horde of Wyverns. I grabbed it the next day, but Crag lacked Wisdom to learn all the magic. At least they gave Oil, and thanks for that. Things became truly great when a Level 5 Hat was found behind 30 Red Dragons. From then on everything went smoothly - with control I quickly assembled the Elixir, and meat kept rolling in from Pandora's Boxes (20 Crusaders, 30 Champions, 5 Angels, 3 Archangels) instead of useless experience. In the market I bought an Earth power-up - Implosion ended up dealing 2k damage. Against so much meat, Shakti, severely battered by fairies, had nothing to counter.
Thanks for the game!