On the first day, I found boots from a skeleton + exp log, got a good amount of gold, which allowed me to place bears in the Castle. I plan to take 2 external dwellings of theirs at the start of the second day, both at my place and at the neutral town next to the teleport via rough terrain, plus a Griffin Conservatory on the respawn. But on day 117, I encounter Solmyr, and the roads were set up perfectly... luckily, I had to run 3 turns to my Castle, during which I managed to grab the Griffin Conservatory and level 3 Goblin Bank, which let me buy all the troops and attack Solmyr with 140 Hats and the rest of the weekly growth. Thanks to Haste on the Angels, I locked down the Hats in the first round and managed to drive Solmyr back, trading 2 Bears and 1 Angel for all the Hats, Mages, and a couple of Nagas. After a bit more running around, the opponent decided not to continue due to lack of prospects.
Thanks for the game!