It's an easy way to win something like 3.5k gold :) Not a bad option to use as a last resort if you lack the money.

hi,
Thought I'd add a quick reply.

All I could find were pirate-robber items, and all I could find were robber-pirates. Not only that, but every useless item seemed to be duped. Yea, i said to myself, 'I'm done for".
"Poor Me"
Well, why not go for it? So I got every pirate/robber item on( somewhere about +12 attack +3 movement), and cranked the leadership. Filled it in with Emerald Dragon and Cyclops
I toughed it out on Verona where eveything is strong until my "no losses" were getting to 48 out of 50. Then I used that global scroll that gives exp.
Got my leadership & runes & weak opps.

So the moral is: Don't give up! Hard is most the fun!!

Next time, I'll get bears & butterflies!"