Confirming. I too had a small respawn, without any nooks at all. I got some pretty good heroes, chose Das, tactics was leveled up, and I was breaking through blocks with minimal losses. On 115 I took a secondary — Citadel. On 116 I got defeated and was transferring the army to the second block to the adjacent zone on the mud. The main hero's good specialty was minotaurs; there was a 50% chance for a dungeon. On 117 the opponent surrendered.
Thanks for the game.