Strongholds: There are two ways to find a stronghold, by quest completion and
through visiting sages. It is possible on both Mac and PC versions, for
two players to be shown the
location of a stronghold, and then whoever gets there first gets the
contents of the stronghold. But there's no way to know if someone
else is going for your stronghold, unless you observe the location
of the stronhold appearing on the computer player's map while you're
observing its turn. It pays to get there first, especially if you
want to be rewarded for completing your quest! - Bob Newell, Jim Flanagan,
and Bob Heeter
Not only that, but (at least in PC Classic) the game can tell you the
location of a stronghold someone else already searched!! Some quest
reward that is! -- Dirk Pellett