Not sure the walkthroughs are on all fours with the cheats though... because once you've solved it once you do know all the puzzles - that doesn't stop you setting up new villages to try different strategies and dealing with different events, etc.

Like I said, just me -- it bothers me if I can't solve a puzzle the first time on my own, so it feels like I'm cheating.

But that doesn't change the strategy bit you described for later games...that's a different "puzzle", almost