a lot of gold poured in, quickly seized gold mines 1 2 3 4 6 in the Citadel, on turn 2 expertised Oil and Griffin Conservatory level 3 :)

It was. I suppose the Dungeon is cool, but Shakti arrived as the 3rd hero without stacks, a respawn with no money and no dwellings. There was no army the entire game. Leveled up a couple of mages and captured the opponent's Castle from one of the neutrals, also grabbed the Wood there, but it's minor. Then I see no money and no prospects. Went for the second Wood with the prison holding a horde of Genies. And there were 98 of them, and they trashed 200 Troglodytes and 70 Skeletons (a Miner with simple Oil, no Earth magic, duration of 2 rounds, and 20 mana).

Thanks for the game!