From the start: 20 pirates, Solmyr, quite a bit of gold, but crooked roads. At the respawn I found the Golden Bow for 80 fire elementals. Solmyr grabbed Earth and was promoted to daddy status, while Anabel with Logistics ran around for half the game as a pack mule. Built a Mage Guild with Resurrection in the dungeon and used Solmyr to take the Dragon Utopia in the first treasure zone on day 132 — got junk, of course. Then headed to the center, where I found full control. After that came heavy boosting of Titans, Monks, Cyclopes, and seizing castles. Assembled the Elixir, the Sniper's Bow — just right for Anabel. Funny thing, by week 3 the Cloak of the Undead King was almost assembled. In short, out-boosted the opponent.
Thanks for the game and for HotA in general ;) .