The Concept:

Reach Feudal Age quickly, produce scouts to harass your opponent. Ideal for cavalry civilizations like Magyars, Franks, and Georgians.

Execution:

• Dark Age:

  • 6 villagers on food
  • 3 villagers on wood
  • Make a mill on berries as soon as you have 100 wood
  • All remaining villagers to food until you have 19 villagers
  • Research Loom and advance to the Feudal Age

• Feudal Transition:

  • 9 villagers on wood (with 1 lumber camp)
  • 4 villagers on berries
  • Rest on food under the TC
  • Build a barracks as soon as possible

• Feudal Age:

  • Build a stable and start producing scouts
  • Upgrade wood and farm technology
  • Send new villagers to straggler trees and make farms
  • Once you have 400 food, send villagers to gold
  • Make a blacksmith for upgrades and aim for Castle Age