This game has a great potential, I think. It's a bit hard, even playing the easy level. I noticed that heroes' salaries paralyze your economy: let us train one more cart, at least.
Despice that, I think this game has just to be balanced, and will be very good.
The loss of randomizers if you travel from one area to another is not a bug... the owl told me ;)
I agree with the creator about the chanche of being attacked in a cleared zone: you're still in the wild, even if you defeated some animals...
In the end, I found this an interesting game, with some tactics yes quite immediate to understand.