Interesting, how else did people manage to complete it? My experience was somewhat different. The beginning was very similar, except I built my Castle on the third day (I had to dismiss the pikemen and archers). I had to convert 4 starting chests into gold because I didn't have enough. But on the second week, I bought all the swordsmen, spearmen, and almost all the archers. Then, like Qwerty (I think, like everyone else), I went for the Boots. And then I went through the Nomads (bottom of the map) to the Barbarians. I captured the middle Castle. Then, on the first day of the third week, I captured the right Barbarian Castle. I could have done it earlier, but I had to spend a whole day resting near the swordsmen and spearmen upgrade building (one Barbarian stood right on it at the end of his turn). After capturing the second Barbarian Castle, I equipped my hero with wolves and orcs and went north through the Medusas and Grand Elves to collect chests. Immediately after the Grand Elves, I disbanded all my troops except for the wolves, picked up the Djinns, and headed north. After entering the swamp, I turned left and went to the center, along the way defeating the Dwarves, Orcs, and Gargoyles, and taking a village (which gave me more than 1000 experience). Then I went further left and slightly below. On the last turn, I barely managed to defeat a group of Pikemen (with 2 Djinns), took (I think) 2 chests, visited the gazebo, and on the last step, I reached the Hobbits. That's it. A subsequent analysis showed that I could have increased my experience by approximately 7,000. Some of the initial chests could have been taken for experience, plus an extra day, during which I had to clear out an entire grove, would have added a very productive turn at the end of the game. Here. Share your tactics, what did you do?