Finally got the stupid word off the screen for Level 18 by lifting it off the screen with balloon... Great. Doesn't count for some reason. Get this garbage out of here, doesn't deserve to be BotD.
The spies don't contribute anything to the game, they're just annoying. Also, offline play should contribute more - I've been playing map 2 for a week now and can't get anywhere.
It's interesting that you can't assign more than three characters to the same job in free mode, but fixed mode has no problem with doing so, as my current party has 5 Pencilsmiths. At least they're not all Coffee Brewers.
I glad you enjoy it :)