Posts from The seventh offline tournament for Heroes of Might and Magic I, "Rivers End-not".

I've sent the save file, as participant number 9. The result probably doesn't qualify for anything significant, but it's my first attempt. If I'm not last, that's already a good thing.

Where does the number 28 come from? On such a map, you won't find the optimum even in 2 months of real time.

You understand correctly – here, you either need to play for a set of 50,000, or spend about 15 days gaining experience. 28 is too much. I personally haven't been able to figure out the optimal sequence of moves.
By the way, there's a wide range of opportunities for testing here – lots of caves, skeletons, and graveyards. It's unclear why this wasn't simply removed in the editor?

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I sincerely hope that more people with experience in the game will join. I'm very interested in what Nzol and Fireball would achieve here, as recognized experts.