Started underground, but with the Observatory, I could see an external dwelling of Efreeti + a Dragon Utopia + 3 forks into a portal, an underground secondary hero, and ГО, so I decided to try it. ГГ made Jebus Cross, broke through the portal to the surface on the other side of the town. Griffins, the army was weak, decided not to go there. Successfully lost the entire army on another approach to the underground secondary hero, where I got blocked by a group of horses on the road. Had to sit idle for 3 days with 4 Gogs, but I still placed the Efreeti + Pits in the Citadel. On the 2nd day, things started to improve a bit; I broke through to the surface, collected the Shield + 4 pieces of the Cloak + 2 + 2, took the external dwelling of Efreeti and upgraded them. At the end of the week, I broke through to the underground Treasure Chamber, took a Pandora's Box for 10k gold, a prison with Korba at level 10 with Expert Logistics, Boots of Speed, bought Defense with Jebus from the University, built 3 GM + a Castle. I had enough resources for the 4th and 5th, but only Basic Wisdom, so I decided not to build yet. On the 3rd day, I upgraded the Pits, brought in the growth, took a Pandora's Box for 10k experience, broke through a block of 60 Gorgons for experience + an Armor piece + 1 Offense, raised some Demons from the Skeleton Transformer, scouted the opp's movement with Air Magic all this time. He was leveling up a Mage and broke through to my underground secondary hero via a no-road route, broke through a block of horses and took a Dragon Fly Hive nearby. He took the external dwelling of Devils (native Treasure Chamber), broke another Pandora's Box that gave full 4th/5th level spells, but only Basic Wisdom. Broke into a secondary hero, took a Hive for 6 Dragon Flies and started roaming in the main to replenish mana. Grindan set up camp on the road with a Hive, roaming with 10-29 Dragon Flies and up to 10 Horses. Jebus with Advanced Logistics harassed him with co-op allies. He ran over, and there was another big force nearby in the form of 50+ Grand Elves. I attacked him. Next turn, Grinya locked himself in the castle, blocked his exit, after which he attacked himself with 18 Dragon Flies, 8 Horses, and some fodder. I had more power and stats, plus had a Dispel from the guild just in case. GG.
Thanks for the game!