I spent my restarts, had to play with what I was given, and nothing interesting was offered. I found a level 1 Griffin Conservatory and took it on day 121, on day 122 I broke into a treasure zone, from which I brought back a few griffins and a pendant for morale/luck. There was also a Dragon Utopia there, but I had nothing to take it with. I ran to the other side, there was a treasure zone in the snow, where I found two more Dragon Utopias, but again I had nothing to take them with. I captured a swamp with a Capitol.

I turned around and on day 141 I escaped through the Inferno player's zone to an adjacent zone, from which I planned to enter an underground treasure zone. This adjacent zone was controlled by my opponent until the moment I managed to take a village from him with a scout hero (although this did not prevent his scout heroes from passing through it later, since the village was far from the fork). So, Nila escaped two turns away from the Inferno castle; on day 142, Shakti flies in and takes the Inferno. Then Nila escapes into an underground treasure zone, where I found two Dragon Fly Hives and, by the end of the week, three Dragon Utopias. I am given Control; the towns have been built up with Dimension Door and Fly. Nila, without Log and Earth magic, gets First Aid. After barely grinding Advanced Earth magic for Theodorus, I head home and buy Earth magic for Nila in the Conflux town.

After that, I capture four more Dragon Utopias. I surpass Shakti in stats, but he still has a larger army. The Dwarf goes on the attack; eventually I hole up in the swamp: 3 Angels (I found a second Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels already in the second month), 40 Greater Griffins, Gremlins, Mages, and other assorted units. Stats 25 25, a Red Orb, an Elixir, maximum Luck and Morale, and a Speed Cloak that I forgot to equip. Shakti attacks, he has 13 Angels, 15 White Bears, 150 Evil Eyes, 450 Troglodytes, stats 17 12. My opponent types GG.

Thanks for the game.