Place the first 6 villagers on food, bringing in boar or deer as soon as they are found

Send the next 4 villagers to wood and build a Lumber Camp

Send the next villager toward the pond. Use a lumberjack for the next house and force-drop wood as needed to reach 150 for the Dock

Build the Dock, small-wall the dock villager when possible, and produce Fishing Ships continuously

Grow to 7 villagers on wood, then send the remaining Dark Age villagers to hunt or food under the Town Center

After the third Fishing Ship is queued, research Loom and click Feudal at 19 population if execution is clean; 20 population is acceptable

During Loom, send 1 villager across the map toward the opponent’s pond to contest or place a dock

Rebalance during the transition toward 13 on wood, 4 on gold and 1 forward; the Fishing Ships provide most of the food income

On reaching Feudal, research Double-Bit Axe and queue 2 Fire Galleys immediately when the opponent already has a dock in the contested pond

If land aggression is coming, add a Barracks for Spearmen. Otherwise an Archery Range is the natural follow-up because the economy is already on wood and gold

Keep spending wood on houses and Fishing Ships; add a Mill before the Market, then use the strong fish economy to click Castle quickly

A ranged continuation aims for 8–10 Crossbowmen at the Castle timing; avoid an automatic 3-TC boom because the fish already represents extra economy