The Concept:

Defend with skirmishers and spearmen to secure your base. This build excels against archer civilizations.

Execution:

• Dark Age:

  • 6 villagers on food
  • 4 villagers on wood
  • Build a mill on berries once you have 100 wood
  • All remaining villagers to food until you have 21 villagers
  • Research Loom and advance to Feudal Age

• Feudal Transition:

  • 10 villagers on wood (with 2 lumber camps)
  • 5 villagers on berries
  • Rest on food under the TC and straggler trees
  • Build a barracks when you can

• Feudal Age:

  • Build an archery range and start producing skirmishers and spearmen
  • Upgrade wood and farm technologies
  • Transition to straggler trees and farms
  • Once you have 400 food, send villagers to gold
  • Make a blacksmith and prepare for Castle Age transition