Excellent road spawn, Mullich, cartographer nearby, breaking through on 121, decided to play even despite Kira on the opponent's side. Through simple calculations, I determined we were playing template #1, and planned to crush the opponent on 121-122, for which I captured 5 castles on the first week. But it was not to be! No direct road to the opponent was found, Viktor lied as usual) So I had to do some grinding, what can you do)) It was more fun with the cartographer, got diplomacy as the 8th skill! Found a hill fort in the very corner of the map, took a couple of Dragon Utopias on 131, and headed for the GO, took another Dragon Utopia in the center via Dimension Door, and one turn later caught up with the opponent's Kira. After crushing her on the spot, along with a couple more Necromancers, it became clear which way the wind was blowing... then I pressed the castles, but without Town Portal (no Wisdom)) it became problematic to defend them against a couple of the opponent's strong mages, grinded some more, and finally caught up with Sandro right at a Dragon Utopia)
Thanks for the game!
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