Outlaw 2!

We played a risky game. At the very beginning, I got Adele. I sold a bunch of archers, spearmen, and angels for 94 orcs. I got a lot of money. I didn't upgrade the archers. I built angels and immediately joined 12 monks guarding a fort on a hill. There, I upgraded an archer and then it was easy.
On the second turn, I joined a total of 140 archers, took two convoys of 6 angels each, found a vision in the game, and headed towards the Guardian. Along the way, I joined 60 wooden creatures. On turn 123, I defeated two Guardians and saw Tazar. On the next turn, I attacked him, he offered a ransom, and then surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

I got a good balance. I had a strong starting position, 2 native towns (I took both on turn 112!), and even asked my opponent if we were playing on a low difficulty level :). I had a hidden stash of minotaurs for 20-49 Rukh birds, also guarding the Legion's hands. On turn 114, I found Pandora with 80 troglodytes, on turn 115, I took a two-stack convoy with the Miner, and on turn 116, Tazar found a hidden stash. That's it. There's nowhere to level up heroes, and both promising Pandoras (for 12 manticores and 12 monarchs) are empty. Tazar is level 6, has experience armor, experience leadership, and basic earth magic, which he uses to convert mana, and he doesn't even know how to attack Guardians, because even buying minotaurs is theoretically impossible due to lack of funds. On turn 121, in the farthest corner of the starting area, a weak hero finds an external market, and Tazar defeats the last Pandora with 23 zanders - 10K experience and (!) a "power field" scroll. Tazar has power field level 1, so the "power field" really helped in the battle with 51 dreadnoughts. Thanks to the external market, I bought a lot of units, resulting in 34 kings, 200 troglodytes, 2 angels, and a small army. In the battle with the Guardian, I was extremely unlucky; not a single morale bonus triggered even once. The dreadnoughts consistently dealt double damage and cursed everyone. I was left with 29 kings and 60 troglodytes. Then, along the way, I encountered a stack - 17 red dragons for Pandora. Again, no morale bonuses for me, but they had a lot. I was left with 17 kings, no stats, and no mana, and I thought about surrendering. However, there was a treasure chest with 20K experience, and Tazar gained diplomacy. On the next turn, diplomacy was maxed out (I skipped air magic), the remaining units from the starting area were brought in, and 105 orcs joined, guarding the Hive. Here, a very delicate moment occurred. The opponent came with archers, etc. I decided not to let him join 50+ ogre mages and, in general, take the central castle and see what's going on there. It turned out to be disappointing. At the same time, Brissa with 15 fairies and an archer defeated another central castle, and Tazar bought his way in there, still having an army to fight and join. But there was nothing there again... Reviewing the saves showed that after joining the orcs, I should have quickly turned in an illogical direction and attacked 30 minotaur kings; they joined for free. There was also a treasure chest with 15K gold, and I could join 22 champions for money... The game would have transitioned into the late game. Well, I didn't realize it. Thanks for the game!