I didn't perform well on the restarts; I wasted two of them due to blocked roads, and the last one had a bad setup. I got a blue tower on the red citadel, where my opponent dug up Craig on the first day.
My respawn can be described with one screenshot.
The GO is very inconvenient for the tower; the only road leading into it is blocked by 14 Monarchs. On turn 115, using an external dwelling of Nagas, I attack the Monarchs; the road leads to a corner of the map towards a dungeon village, and the second village is located further left with a separate road to the GO. On turn 117, I spent the night near 10+ Efreet, hoping for 10k experience, but they gave me the entire land (Nelka without Wisdom:( ). Later, on turn 121, I set up an outpost – saw a Gladius slightly further away and decided to get there; on turn 124, in a rush, I attack the GO across rough terrain without mass magic, defeating 4 Titans, a Hive, and a Consul.
On turn 125, I acquire a tier-3 Consul and a small Hive stealthily; with my main hero, I head towards the central city and grab a tier-4 Shield and a tier-8 Hive.
On turn 126, my opponent occupied the central Inferno, thankfully not with Craig. I take back the city, and luckily, he placed a tavern there during his turn, so I took a big risk going after this city. I defeated Nelka in the dungeon village, and Alkyn grabbed a small Hive and started gathering under 15 Gold Dragons – GO towards my second village.
On turn 127, I had to attack because even though I drove off my opponent's scout, he managed to reach the central Inferno with Craig.
On turn 13+, I had to fight my way to the Inferno respawn point through rough terrain; my opponent was clearing out the center and got Wings, plus his stats were more than 10 higher. In 5 turns at the Inferno respawn, there were a couple of Hives; there was a box behind Cruisers, which I decided to take with Alkyn – but it contained magic (after the game, I checked – the entire land):mad:. I didn't find anything decisive at the Inferno respawn, and since my opponent finally gained control, I no longer had much time left.
Thank you for the game.