I started playing because of Grindan and the cons. After that, everything went very poorly — the exit to the center is via the exit monolith, but the entrance is very far away, and there's no money. On the second turn, I took two cons — both minimums — and rushed with Grina to a corner treasure zone, while Solmir on an angel went to find the center. In the corner treasure zone, I snatched a stack of 35 fire elementals and several stacks for experience. There are two Dragon Utopias, but the same-side player's forces were strong; I lingered there until turn 141. Meanwhile, in the center, Solmir was hit by the computer with a bolt; I had to retreat since there was no money for a buyout. On 4 resps, there were only 4 piles of sulfur, and building the GM was terribly stalled.
Nevertheless, I put up 4 GM, and on turn 141 Solmir armed (scroll) the second Dragon Utopia with 8 dragons. I take Grina — armor +4/+4 and a book of water. Grina has 3 elements but no one-off water. I brought some forces from the computer's Castle and on turn 142 went into the second utopia without armor — it was very tough there, almost everyone died. They gave me a shield to all and a hat +4/+4. But after swapping scrolls for resources at the artifact trader, I put up GM5 and Wonder — they give DD! The same-side player only had 1 angel, caps, and mages, but the opponent's situation was also not great; with 2, and then 3 heroes in less than 2 weeks, I devoured most of the map and arrived fully packed at the opponent's home Castle. They were waiting for me there. My combat stats are higher and my forces are larger, but I fell slightly behind in SP. When I attacked, I found 700 mana with 15 knowledge, while I only had 250. If the opponent had shackles, they might have hit me with some, but they didn't, nor did he spam any; so under anti-magic, I leveled the stacks and poured Armageddon over everything.
Thanks for the game.

Ready to play a 5 turn losers bracket.