

We found that bombards are perfect for destroying these at range, before retreating back inside the walls. Once in the Imperial Age, it's also a good idea to recruit some kind of deterrent against ranged enemy siege engines such as trebuchets.

You'll want to build walls, recruit soldiers to defend them, and construct wall towers, and upgrade defences with weapon emplacements. You'll already have the resource infrastructure to advance to the Imperial Age in place, so it's just a case of waiting until you can, and preparing defences in the meantime. When building walls, consider resource-deposit locations, so your villagers won't have to leave the boundaries in the near-future to get what you need.

Recruit some villagers to harvest stone, and use your excess wood and food to get some troops to defend your villagers while they build walls at key points. Now you're in the Castle Age, your focus should be turtling up if you plan to win by a wonder victory. If you are building a defensive landmark, make sure it covers your outlying villagers harvesting wood and gold, so they can't be picked off by enemy soldiers.

Recruit two more villagers and have them build a lumber camp.Set the three new villagers to mine gold.When the first new villager appears, have them build a house, then a mining camp by your nearest gold reserve.Send your scout to gather more sheep while waiting, and whenever you have a free moment.Command your six villagers to harvest food from sheep.
