For Might and Magic, I've finished mapping Algary, except of course squares you need the warp spell to reach (but there aren't many of those; this town fills most of the grid).

There wasn't too much of interest, but I found what I expect will later on be a step in the trading game. There also are a lot of warps here.

I hoped that exploring this town would give me some experience, and it has, but not too much. I still need ~3000 experience for any character to level up. I guess I'll have to do a little bit of dedicated level building. I'm thinking of either going back to Sorpigal or N-Barrier for that. After I gain another level, I'll give clearing out the N-Barrier another go.

I don't know if I could directly compare the two, but so far this game at least doesn't seem to have much more dedicated level building than Final Fantasy 1.

"Any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats."
-Orwell