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Target population · 22+2

Fast Castle on Fortress

Mayans
20 steps
Dark Age
1

Queue up vils

2

Send 4 vils to berries and make a mill

Population 4
4
3

Send 3 vils to wood and make a lumber camp

Population 7
3
4

Send 3 vils to farms

Population 10
7
5

Lure the boar with your scout (or a villager if you're not comfortable luring with a scout)

6

The first 1-2 vils trained go to farms while waiting for the boar to come in

7

Next 6 vils to food under TC (9 total + 4 on berries)

Population 16
13
8

Lure 2nd boar when it's necessary. Time it so it comes before the first one runs out

9

Send 4 villagers to wood

Population 20
7
10

When boar runs out, send all vils to farm, seeding 4 new farms

11

Send 2 villagers to gold

Population 22
2
12

Research Feudal Age (perfect landing time: 7:10)

Population 22
71320
Feudal Age
13

Nothing to do so feel free to think about strategy, fix any stuck villager, or grab yourself a coffee

14

Make sure to heal your scout then scout for relics/opponent

15

Send 2 villagers to wood

Population 24
9
16

Take 3 wood villagers and make a market and a blacksmith (2 on market, 1 on blacksmith)

17

Research Castle Age (perfect landing time: 10:40)

Castle Age
18

Research double bit axe

19

Research horse collar

20

When berries run out, send the vils to where you want to place your first TC (the timing should be about perfect)

Treat the order as a stable economic backbone, not a script that overrides scouting. Idle resources, map generation and the opponent's opening should change the transition.