Loot gave generously - 3 stacks of cows, a stack of Wyverns, and 2 stacks of flies + a 4th-level follower at the spawn exit. Collected all the cow stacks and built 1-6 in the Citadel. Then I started cutting in different directions, grabbed a minimal Griffin Conservatory, picked up some towns, found a Fly scroll.
On day 132, with a scout hero with Mass Earth, I was about to take the Griffin Conservatory with 36 griffin cows and a few flies. From the lift across the wasteland, Shakti came running with 9 Manticores, 100 Troglodytes, and 20 Eyes and attacked. I lost 7 cows, the opponent got served his comeuppance and bought back 2 cats plus some chaff. The next turn I raised GM5. By the end of the week I gathered power and built Town Portal, but no Dragon Utopia is visible at all, though I have more towns than heroes. With a Papal Terek on 6 ducks, I stripped the opponent of a strategic Castle.
Finally found a Dragon Utopia with junk and headed to the opponent through the Castle. There I circled and found a Dragon Utopia with Dimension Door, then took 2 more Dragon Utopias, powered up, archi-schmarchi, and Helaight surrendered.
Thanks for the game.
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