That's interesting..you had no healer? Or was there a Paladin?
How exactly did the king bug, if that can be described somehow?
Inspired by you, two friends and I just tried playing on hard as well today! You can see the story of our way through the game in our blog:
http://beam.to/fumaps ! It would be cool if you could report your strategies etc., if possible even with screenshots, there! We might also soon reopen a thread here at this forum where such things may be discussed :) Thanks for your interest in our map and greetings to your friends!