After getting my butt handed to me a couple of times I beat the map.
I did not build to the southeast. That seemed to be what kept the Bearmen off my back and made early survival easier until I was strong enough to take out their lair. I did not try to do much early exploration.
My first buildings were the clerics guild, marketplace, blacksmith, and wizards guild. I built 2 towers just west of the cleric guild to deal with the ogres.
I upgraded the cleric guild to get the holy attack and the mage guild to get the freeze spell for the wizards and eventually upgraded to get the wind spell. The wizards were great for freezing the ogres when they came to attack. The ogres really posed no threat.
I eventually added the warrior guild, rogue guild, another cleric guild, a ranger guild, and hall of lords. The lords I hired were a ranger (he explored to find the beloved's crypt), a warrior, and a cleric. I upgraded the warrors guild before building the others and then the rogues guild before continuing to build the other guilds.
Marketplace, blacksmith, and the keep got upgrades along the way.
When the skeleton king came this time he was able to destroy some buildings but he was defeated.
I did not build to the southeast. That seemed to be what kept the Bearmen off my back and made early survival easier until I was strong enough to take out their lair. I did not try to do much early exploration.
My first buildings were the clerics guild, marketplace, blacksmith, and wizards guild. I built 2 towers just west of the cleric guild to deal with the ogres.
I upgraded the cleric guild to get the holy attack and the mage guild to get the freeze spell for the wizards and eventually upgraded to get the wind spell. The wizards were great for freezing the ogres when they came to attack. The ogres really posed no threat.
I eventually added the warrior guild, rogue guild, another cleric guild, a ranger guild, and hall of lords. The lords I hired were a ranger (he explored to find the beloved's crypt), a warrior, and a cleric. I upgraded the warrors guild before building the others and then the rogues guild before continuing to build the other guilds.
Marketplace, blacksmith, and the keep got upgrades along the way.
When the skeleton king came this time he was able to destroy some buildings but he was defeated.