2 TCs · King's College — House of Lancaster AoE4
Castle on the deer, stone (0:00–4:00)
Age up at 2:00 with the Lancaster Castle on deer, put 4 villagers on stone, and reach Age II at 4:00 with 18 villagers, ready to build the first Manor.
- 0:00 — 6 villagers on sheep; rally on gold for 3 miners, the first building a House and a Mining Camp.
- 1:00 — The 3 miners are in place: rally on sheep until the age-up.
- 2:00 — Age up with the Lancaster Castle, on deer if possible (otherwise on another free resource), built by 4 sheep villagers. 3 villagers stay on sheep; the miners and 1 more villager go to stone, the rest to the isolated trees.
- 3:00 — Rally on wood.
Manor, second Town Center, age-up (4:00–10:00)
Put a Manor down at 4:00, the second Town Center on the gold at 6:00, then switch to food: 20 villagers build the Age III landmark at 9:00, to enter Age III at 10:00.
- 4:00 — Age II at 4:00: a Manor on the wood, built by all the woodcutters; 8 villagers on stone.
- 5:00 — At 10 villagers on wood, rally on food.
- 6:00 — The second Town Center on the gold, built by 2 woodcutters and all the stone villagers; afterwards 8 go to gold, 2 to food.
- 7:00 — Rally on food. With the Town Center done, stop wood and chain food for the age-up.
- 8:00 — All woodcutters move to food; 2 more villagers on gold if it is safe.
- 9:00 — Age up: 20 villagers build the Age III landmark. Under pressure, The White Tower in the base; otherwise King’s College without rushing, with food villagers.
- 9:30 — If you are rushed and the landmark is done: 6 villagers on wood, the rest on food.
Relics and mass infantry (10:00)
Produce villagers non-stop, hold the map with units and take the relics, while building up infantry.
- 10:00 — Age III at 10:00: villagers non-stop, more on gold or wood depending on the opponent. Units, map control and relics; a few villagers on stone for more Manors. Army: mass infantry, with a few Hobelars to harass.
Tips
- Put the Lancaster Castle on deer if possible, otherwise on another free resource.
- Under pressure, The White Tower in the base; otherwise King’s College, without rushing.
- Typical army: mass infantry, with a few Hobelars to harass while you build up.
- LaSh’s variant: fast castle with The White Tower, Age III at 8:45 — see “2 TC, fast castle, The White Tower”.
- Swaggy Professor’s variant (JampiX): Lancaster Castle on gold and wood, Manor on gold and sheep, second Town Center on the stone, then fast castle or a longer Age II.
Source: AoE4 Guides