Rockmachine
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I decided to play because of the three Cons on the starting Castle and three artifacts from the "Cursed Armor" set (without the sword), despite the severe lack of gold. On day 121, there were no Citadels or even Psionicists.
On day 132, I finally maxed out Dimera as an Earth Mage and got a Consul-level unit, and two more level 2 units. Then, the growth rate broke, and the main Castle was captured with a 1-5 level unit that hadn't been upgraded and was built up to level 7. But this didn't bring me happiness because I still didn't have enough money. Taking a Utopia was not an option due to Dimera's zero attack. I was left to fight for the planned Treasure. But the opponent's hero appeared there on the next turn, jumped into the Castle, from there he destroyed my chain of supply and brazenly built up his forces with Imps, leaving an army in the Castle. Dimera, whom Broghild miraculously didn't notice, didn't have enough movement points to punish him for this. But thankfully, we moved away, and both headed for the Treasure, where the opponent took a Utopia, and I also took a Utopia (what a coincidence!!), a Resurrection Scroll, and a +50% Earth Sphere. I now had a complete set of magic items! The opponent got good stat-boosting artifacts, and with 60 Imps and Air Control, he looked better than me, but I stocked up on Swamp troops, and the sheer numbers tipped the scales in my favor.
Describing the subsequent maneuvers would take too long; I'll just say that it was a good mini-thriller! Towards the end, the red player was running away more, and I was pursuing him uncertainly, hiding in captured Castles. On the last turn, Broghild decided to break through to the fork between the main Castles - he probably guessed that there were enough troops there (I was desperately short of gold, the map was very poor in terms of resources) - but I could fly too, and I caught up. In the final battle, I bombarded him with explosions.
Thanks for the game!
I confirm. It was a good game. I was betting on 62 Imps with +2 attack. The goal was to capture my main Castle and upgrade the troops there. But unfortunately, the opponent had good magic, which was unexpected for me. Therefore, the Imps could no longer do anything. They were killed in two explosions. But overall, I didn't lose badly in the final battle. If I had more magic points, I could have probably forced a draw.