The random roll was brutal. I thought about restarting (since it was Gunnar, but I got the Boots of Speed from a wagon :D). With 113 and the Boots plus stables, the game was on :D. On the surface, my opponent had a Stronghold — built Harpies and there were 2 external dwellings of them (by week 1, day 21 I had a stack of about 21 Harpies). Skeletons farmed nicely too — gave Logistics to Gosha (no weapon drops all game, but got Scholar instead :D). I first spotted my opponent on day 1, week 1, day 7, but he was too far to catch and ran back into the portal. I chased him with my entire army and upgraded Earth Magic. Then I took his Castle and Conflux towns and cleared a Dragon Fly Hive; I was ahead in army power for most of the game — if not all of it. That boosted my income. At the start of month 3, I had to return to the corner triple and the center to clear Dragon Utopias. The first one had junk, but the second gave me Cape of Velocity and it was off to the races :D :D. I took about 7-8 Dragon Utopias over the course of the game; the max-level ones didn't show up, of course — on +All they were rare. But I found the Sword of Judgment in one of the Dragon Utopias. By week 2, day 11 I had 2000+ Skeletons with +1+1 HP, and Power Lich with 15+ stats and Shield of the Dwarven King (my opponent didn't have very high stats, so I could equip Power Lich with the Shield). I also had 11 Archangels (opponent had no Archangels), 70 Dragon Flies, various Archers, and 50 Thunderbirds. I also killed a good Gunnar with 15+ stats in week 2, reducing my opponent's mobility. My opponent suddenly surrendered on week 2, day 16, because he didn't find Town Portal (as he said). He didn't build Mage Guilds — he said he didn't have the resources. Thanks for the game! :D