Whew, defeated the most difficult one!!! Barely managed to snatch victory from this monster.
On the first turn, although troops were few, I played on since there are two exits to the snow. The exits aren't the weakest: 36 earth elementals on one side (broke through only on the second week), and the other passage was air elementals; had a little chat with them and they let me pass. On the first turn, nagas with Stronghold, in the secondary town I started building up the economy. Roads aren't fast; logistics were given on the third week and it became more fun: went into the treasury, killed what I could, cleared out the horses' external dwelling and took a paid Town Portal home. Saved up for 2 angels and exited the snow, where I caught red on the fly. On the next turn Tazar surrendered because I broke his chain, didn't let him take the earth book, Dragon Utopia, or buy up the numerous growth + about 5 external dwellings.
We never even fought; probably around 400 gremlins brought despair to Tazar
Thanks for the game