Good start: have native Castle and there an external dwelling of Manticores, took a minimal Griffin Conservatory and there's a big one, Shakti gets Earth and after Expert Earth takes the max Conservatory, but the scout runs along the road on 4 Angels....and there the reds cut down 2 Angels and I immediately buy back in.
On the third week I take a small Dragon Utopia, nothing special given. I clear treasure zones in Pandora's Boxes for either gold or experience...and I really want something for control. Instead, in the treasure zone 2 native Dragon external dwellings are found. Afterwards it was an unremarkable game, didn't know where to go...barely found a Pandora's Box for all Earth, and picked up the Dragon dwellings, but there were money issues, though I found a Book of Fire and a Cloak against spells above level 2. Managed in one of the treasure zones to steal the opponent's max Dragon Utopia: again nothing good, but much-needed gold, then Dragon upgrade and I decided to go on the attack. While I was picking off Castles one by one with Shakti, Ivor was finishing clearing treasure zones, he also had no control, only had a Book of Earth.
And just as Shakti finally reached the opponent's native Castle, not quite making it, Ivor attacked himself: In spell power there's a big advantage, but I have the Cloak against magic, and also 35% Magic Resistance which in the battle worked about 50% of the time. In the end Ivor had little chance in the FB.
Thanks for the game, and also for forgiving the accidental rule violation, when the scout didn't notice the guard of the passage and ran past, good thing there was a block there and he returned. I only realized this myself 3 days later.