Usethis to your advantage and get wood from other sources (700w shipment, Quartermaster age-up polititian or stagecoach if you have it), while gathering the efficient resources with villagers. 90% of the time after hitting II, if your units dont cost wood, you shouldn't gather wood, start only after ~10min for houses.
Welcometo the Age of Empires II: Default Starting Resources; 20: Low Starting Resources; 21: Medium Starting Resources; 22: High Starting Resources; 23: Ultra-High Starting Resources; 24: Infinite Starting Resources; 25: Random Starting Resources; Scenario Editor. Added Gazelle - a new prey animal unit.
Heres a quick way of doing this with the English as they have a really strong Dark Age melee unit. Create a custom Skirmish game, set the AI to Easy. Under the Game Setup change the starting
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