bolotnik, and "Longest Journey" is a good map, without any "hiding places" or other evils. ;) I completed it (although on my second try) in 7 months, 3 weeks, and 6 days: it could have been a little longer, but the main villain, Abrakus, came and attacked me – and paid the price for it! :) It's important that our main hero gets water magic (to create a boat – this is a very important moment!) and doesn't delay, so that Blue and Brown don't have time to get mega-dragons from the seers – otherwise, it will be problematic to defeat them. You can run around from Pink (Sea Lord) for some time, capturing his castles, taking away troops, and weakening him in this way. After that, there are no particular problems, as far as I remember.
The map is good, very well made.
It's just that my level of play leaves much to be desired, and I dragged it out, which then made it very difficult.