We played the first layout without restarts.
External dwellings 1-2-4, not bad for both in principle, starting with Talanar and Gilraen, Irbet in prison, a stable at the respawn, it would be a sin to restart this))
I decided to make Talanar the main hero, since the guards were inconvenient all around, druids were on one adjacent tile, but he leveled up so well that I never switched to Gil)) On day 8, I entered the max-level crypt with liches, got out luckily, though losing only 4 druids, and then the machines helped quite a bit, the pace was good.
On 3rd, I cleared a mini-treasure zone, was level 23, nicely packed with artifacts, got the Angelic Alliance and had excellent stats. I beat the Ring of the Machines and already killed everything without worry, no regeneration or resurrection in the castle as always, but it wasn't needed anymore. Meanwhile, Irbet was leveling up great on dragons in the resource zone, and Dad dug up all the buffs for her.
On 1-4-1, I cleared another mini-treasure zone, turn-based mode started, on 1-4-2 the opponent surrendered, made mistakes and refused a load. A pity for such a game, but it was probably hard for the gnome to pull it off here.
Thanks for the game!