2 TCs · Golden Gate — Rus AoE4

The Golden Gate at 2:20 (0:00–3:55)

Age up at 2:20 with 4 villagers on The Golden Gate and 3 more sheep villagers moving to wood: Age II at 3:55 with 17 villagers, 9 of them on wood.

0:00 — 4 villagers on sheep, rally on sheep; 1 villager builds a Hunting Cabin then a House, 1 other a Hunting Cabin in a different forest.
0:45 — The first Hunting Cabin produces 1 Scout to bring in extra sheep.
1:45 — With 11 villagers on sheep, rally on wood.
2:20 — Age up with The Golden Gate: 4 sheep villagers build it; 3 others from the sheep go to wood.
2:55 — 1 wood villager builds a Lumber Camp, then a House.

Build the second Town Center at 4:45 with 8 wood villagers, buying the stone at The Golden Gate; then gold for a fast Age III, or wood to defend.

3:55 — Age II: the 4 Golden Gate builders go to gold; 2 of them build a Mining Camp.
4:25 — Rally on food, until 7 on food.
4:40 — 8 wood villagers walk to the second Town Center spot, on deer or gold. Spend 2 Golden Gate tickets to buy stone (force a gold drop if needed), then the 8 build the Town Center.
5:25 — Rally on wood; the Scout pushes the deer toward the new Town Center.
5:30 — Survival Techniques, at the Hunting Cabin.
5:55 — Second Town Center done: it rallies on the deer. 4 sheep villagers go to gold for a fast Age III, or to wood to defend.
6:00 — Wheelbarrow, at the Hunting Cabin.
— Spend The Golden Gate tickets to restart the economy: wood for a Wooden Fortress, Fortified Palisade Walls, a Barracks, an Archery Range or a Stable; food for more units. Spare gold goes into upgrades.

Send the first Scout far into enemy territory to steal sheep; the second does a quick lap to find nearby resources.
Push the deer toward the second Town Center with a Scout: their food gets dropped right next to it.
Aging up with The Golden Gate rather than the Kremlin suits a passive civilization, as long as the second Town Center is made safe.
Variant: another author starts the Abbey of the Trinity at 7:50 with 10 villagers (Age III at 9:00), constantly selling wood to The Golden Gate.