Man-at-Arms Rush

Build the starting houses, then establish the first 6 villagers on sheep

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Send villagers 7 through 9 to wood and build a Lumber Camp

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Villager 10 lures the first boar; finish the current sheep before switching the food villagers

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At 12 population, take one food villager to build 2 houses by the woodline, then send it to wood

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Send the next 4 villagers to berries; use extra herdables first when the map provides them

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Lure the second boar in time to keep food under the Town Center

Send the next 3 villagers to food under the Town Center

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Villager 19 builds the Barracks; force-drop food and click Feudal Age at 20 population

During the transition, move to 8 on wood, 3 on gold, 4 on berries and the rest on food

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Produce 3 Militia during the transition, make the next house and send the group forward

Rally new villagers to straggler trees so they can become farmers without disturbing the fixed economy

On reaching Feudal Age, build an Archery Range, research Man-at-Arms and begin producing Archers

Attack with the Men-at-Arms as one group; preserve them so the first Archers can join the pressure

Seed up to 4 farms, then research Double-Bit Axe before adding more farms

Build a Blacksmith, finish the walls and research Fletching; a brief pause in Archer production is acceptable

Resume the cycle of villagers, Archers and farms while microing the army

At roughly 400 banked food, stop adding farms and rally to gold for the Castle Age click

Once fully walled, preserve the ranged mass at home if the first attack is no longer safe

During the Castle transition, refresh farms and Lumber Camps, research Horse Collar and prepare Crossbowman or a Knight switch according to the opponent