"only XL-4"

Rolled back 6900 for elves and (suddenly) 500 for red. I thought the opponent would bargain for the color.
But the opponent decided to risk it and run through the now-familiar exit from the one-way path for blue. Meanwhile, with such a rollback, I naturally ended up in a complete financial hole. I couldn't respawn properly since the 2nd and 3rd restarts had to be taken by blocks. The opponent rolled two gorgeous spawns. And I had to play the respawn without money or caches; half of the respawn was blocked off by mountains. Plus, there was a block of gr. cyclops neatly positioned at the exit to the adjacent area and toward the nearest computer.
On the 1st week, my only achievement was taking three crypts. I couldn't even place horses (jam 9/10). The elves and three trees carried me.
Essentially, the game was saved by Tank, who moved slowly just like a Tank, building up a stack. Kirry ran around, linking the chain. At the start of the 2nd, the skeletons immediately handled the nearest hive; I finally bypassed the cyclops and only toward the end of the second did I take the nearest cities one-two-three in a row. And only on the 3rd did things really take off. All clues, cons, and boxes were within sight, and Kirry had leveled up and also started to look like a main hero. Then, right before the opponent arrived, a couple of Dragon Utopia, with the second one being max. By the way, the dragons in the max utopia out-mikred me easily. First, they immediately crashed into 7 angels. Second, on the last turn—1 green and 3 reds remained. I thought I'd cast animate from wait and finish them with angels, but the reds killed the green one with burn and died in response. Minus 120 bones out of 450, and minus 3 angels out of 7 right before the finale. :D
And still, Kirry with full mana meets the opponent, significantly surpassing them in both army and stats, plus three books (except water) and handcuffs. And with implode, she immediately removes the opponent's angel stack, and from there comes an immediate гг.

Thanks for the game.