Favorites, to battle! - 8 - The Battle of Favorites! - 8

I almost lost the game to both tan and green due to silly mistakes. Then week 3 the opponent rushed me and took half my Towns, but I kept out of the way and with air book I could clear a couple of under t-areas and grow strong and fast. In the end I was in winning position, but was able to catch the opponent with only 2 angels on. TFP.

A game from that series where it seems like you're winning...
Played the first week brilliantly, Boots on 111, Luna on 116 takes the external dwelling of Hydras, on 117 sits in the Castle to refill mana, but then Verdish catches her on the last move. It happens, Luna dies, but with 2 Bears and 2 Hydras Kyrre starts unfolding the Dragon Fly Hives. 121 - 6 ducks, 122 - 8 ducks and the passage to the info comp is open. Wings are revealed in the treasure zone. 124 I pick up 2 Dragon Fly Hives for 16 ducks, 126 I take the wings and max Dragon Fly Hive, 127 I already pick up the max Dragon Fly Hive and +4 Chain from Maretti on the respawn. Army: 51 ducks and 1 Dragon, have some money to buy back 2/3 of the ducks. 131 I take the main opponent (Conflux, not Dungeon, Maretti was building him) with only birds bought out. I buy my own mage Halon from the prison there, kill 2 of the opponent's birds near the portal with him. I check the view earth, the treasure zone is terrible in terms of topology — a complete corridor. I think, well, everything is fine. I capture the opponent's remaining towns, a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, constantly checking the gold amount, Maretti is in last place, so I think there's no Dragon Utopia there yet and no control either. Meanwhile, with the Dragon and swamp meat, I break into a huge (but as it turned out, crappy) treasure zone, Melody advances Air on 135 in passing. I check with view air, yeah, the heroes seem to be huddled in a corner, good. 136 I notice a Dragon Utopia in the corner of the treasure zone, across the entire map through 5 respawns with wings, I set up a chain to supply meat, to break Kyrre free and take the Dragon Utopia. Maretti pulls ahead in gold, meaning the Dragon Utopia is taken, I left Melody no mana for view. 137 I take the Dragon Utopia — junk. View — Maretti jumps to another respawn. Saying "well that's f*cked", I set up a reverse chain through 6 respawns to take the Dragon Utopia from Maretti's Necropolis. 141, Maretti takes back Conflux and buys the growth, doesn't reach his own Dungeon. I misclick and buy Kyrre in the Dungeon, costing me about 900 moves of tempo that I lacked to reach the Dragon Utopia (which wouldn't have changed anything anyway). 142, Dragon Utopia 2k, Spirit of Oppression, Gladius, haste for the next Dragon Utopia. 143 - 2 Dragon Utopias 3 + 2 4 all, +12 -3 Shield, Sphere of Air + 3 all, Bolt for control. I build upgraded ducks, fly to the last Dragon Utopia, haste there, not expecting to be intercepted. But it turned out Gunnar had Gauntlets and Boots. On 144 I'm intercepted, GG, thanks for the game.
P.S. And the Air Book in the corridor-shaped treasure zone wasn't even in a Dragon Utopia — there was no Dragon Utopia there — but on the ground. That's how you can lose a seemingly winning game. Yesterday I was burning for half the evening! Thanks for the tournament, btw!
GG, Thx for game!