Economy

OK, some things I've learned that may or may not help someone.

1) I got the Quarry master. Says "1 more Quarry may be constructed." OK, so I was altering some terrain to make a good spot for a 5th quarry he allowed me, not having taken Brookshire (4th province) yet. Found I placed it a little too close to the map edge, so wouldn't be able to excavate down far on one side. Demolished to move over. DO NOT DO THIS! Evidently, it is a bonus that goes away if you ever debuild a quarry. So  now I'm back to 4 quarries. Good news though, just after that, defeated  Brookshire. It kind of hurts since I was going to ramp up stone production to try and get my units up to Rank 2, by upgrading their buildings. bah!

Edit: It appears the additional quarry was on a timer. I thought it was a bit cruel to just take it away, but then again it was the Dark Ages! The Master has a timer when he's reassigned, maybe one for the building would work too. I built the 5th quarry after my new conquest, then a bit later the Quarry button started lighting up again.

2) you can ice fish in winter if fishing spot is within 5 of one of your castles, no harbor necessary.

3)Tracking took me a brief moment to figure out, if you got a number, it was the number of hexes away from the beast. Triangulate and you can figure them out pretty quick.

Boars give 20 Honor, Bears 3 Crafting Material, Wolves Gold..... (mine slipped away as winter ended, so will have to hunt those wolves again. Thought there was a 4th beast type, but don't remember.

4) If you get to the point that you don't really need the materials, experience is higher if you just take a Brutal mission, if you can kill a large number of units, even if you lose. Of course winning one of those  on an x3 experience can be a bonanza, think I got 77 once, but at least  75 exp, all with Rank 1 units. Once I started getting some Skills on the units, things went much better against the 15 or so enemies that show up.

I am by no means an expert, just some observations after a week of play.

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5) You do not always have to fill a dam to raise land, if you have the wood, much quicker to dam off the land you want to raise, then dam off the water adjacent to those hexes, so there is a shell around the land you want to alter, Demolish the dams on the land you want to raise and voila! dry land to raise or fill. Then do what ever you feel like doing with the other dams.