A huge respawn with no goodies. No cons, no hives. Couldn't get through to one town (and to ГО) by road, blocked. Of course, the main hero ran exactly there. On day 5, the secondary hero finally reached a corner of the map and found an external dwelling of dragons near a village. And nearby, four Pandora's Boxes. That's it. Everything is late, slow, but there's nothing to collect except the Pandora's Boxes, can't leave without oil.
I collect three with the main hero, one with the secondary. No meat. Only XP and gold.
Dual ГО - nagas and gr. minotaurs. I pass through the nagas on 124 still without oil, and still can't max out earth magic. I sit in a dungeon right behind ГО, hoping I might catch something in the center. And...
And I find myself trapped between the gr. minotaurs heading home and the arch devils blocking the path to the center. And still no oil.
I break through, sacrificing half the army against the devils, and on 126 I sit in the central town (to replenish mana from zero, finally with oil), picking up a pack of efreeti from a box along the way. Where Crag Hack catches me with roughly three times the army.
And if I had saved one day of tempo somewhere, I would have had a chance. There was a Tome of Air Magic nearby, and at home on 131 there was already a pack of black dragons.
I made a mistake in the report - the end of the game was 126.