We chose all restarts. The respawn gave one road into the sand, but there was some gold. Built efreets in the Citadel, 7 heroes, painted the Rampart village, plus a second hero in the tavern was a Rampart one, plus another from the prison, resulting in a decent stack of Centaurs. Ran out into the treasure zone through a teleporter, scouted around a bit there, and on turn 117 positioned Gunnar at level 2 at a passage to another one. The scout hero found a 2/2 sword in a skeleton, and there was also a pendant giving +1 to speed.
On turn 121, upgraded efreets and full buying. Broke through into the treasure zone via Thunderbirds, where there was immediately a level 8 Hive, a stable, and a box of 25 griffins. Next turn, a shield +4, an external dwelling of angels, expert Earth magic on Gunnar.
On turn 133, Gurnisson runs into the same treasure zone with 19 grand elves, 70 gr. centaurs, 25 air elementals, but with much lower stats. The fight is easily won.
Thanks for the game!