A drop with picks of levels 2-4, but nothing particularly special besides them. I slapped birds together somehow, with market construction in secondary towns.
On day 121, I break into an adjacent zone on snow, where there's a Griffin Conservatory - I go in with Aislin without scouting - a three-stack! 10 mana, oil is available and a shield, spell power 5, combat stats around 2 each - managed to win with 4 bird-hippogriffs, 4 psychos, 20 water elementals, 10 air elementals, and 50 skeletons. I exit, grab a Necromancy artifact and a health ring, and head to another Griffin Conservatory. Here the opponent appears, having broken through the GO. I take the minimal Griffin Conservatory. The opponent immediately heads into the treasure zone via no-road. I catch up to him on the last tile, where his troops are — the Castle's week 2 growth and 15 Storm Elementals, but only 7 mana, while I have nearly 50 mana, Aislin, and more serious troops. The battle is won fairly easily.
Thanks for the game!
It didn't give much in terms of meat, just a couple of goblin picks, no conservatories or the like. I broke into the center through 40 horses hoping for Hives, but there was only a box with 15 Storm Elementals and not a single Hive. A couple of turns later, I was mercilessly crushed by Aislin; there was hope that she had no experience in that area, but that hope died in the first round, and after that there was no chance — the ballista didn't carry me :)
Thanks for the game!