As you hit castle age, wood is arguably the most valuable resource. You need it ASAP for pretty much anything: all buildings, farms, military etc.You gather wood. Not sure what you're asking. You can open 3 tc right away, add 4th and 5th ASAP. Has the average of not needing either market for buying stone or mining camp/tc on stone. Can save res there if you go scout opening e.g.
50 stone is not a big deal at this point, its more efficient to add only 1 or 2 tcs, get them up and running, get eco upgrades and only then put multiple vils on stone with stone mining, then add 4/5th tc.
Each tc costs 275 + 360 (6x60) = 635 > (635 x 3) + (635 x 2) = 1905 + 1270 = 3175 wood.
Then assuming 6 villagers will build their tc and farm around it, you will need at least 30 villagers on hitting castle age AND 3175 wood in the bank, but you save on 100 stone, yay?
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