Talk:Holy Man/@comment-113.161.60.195-20191005183314

Have similar experience with Orangecat15, yet got a different solution.

Unlike the guide, I decided to tackle the harder Elam (Red) first. And the result works wonders.

First I converted one of 3 axemen sitting near each other around then center-left of the map. The convert sacrifice himself to wear down one axeman and for the priest to escape. After the priest rejuvenate, I let him convert the healthy axeman and he easily overpowered his wounded ex-ally.

Use the priest to heal the axe man if needed, then continue west. You should be able to convert another axe men. With 2 axe men on your team, things are much easier: - Start converting red villagers. You may want to harass the resource collectors (esp. hunters or foragers) to halt their progress, by start converting one then quickly switch for another. That’s optional though I think. - Use 2 axe men to kill any club man created. Heal them if necessary. Don’t try to convert the club men, as they seems resistant and NOT worth the effort. - After a while, red team villagers will stop working. Converting them one by one and quickly build up your force. You will have more time than if you attack the east (yellow) village first, but they will attack finally. - You should be able to convert a large number of villagers much quicker, so split them between food gathering and wood cutting. Proceed to tool age, start a barracks/archery and build some clubmen/bowmen. - The only path to go from east to north is through the marsh at the center of the map, so putting a large enough force there would kill off any trouble from the start. - As soon as you have some surpluses in wood, send 2 villagers to build a dock, if possible near the center of the map. Not only there are a lot of fish resources for your fishing boats, but also 2-3 scout ship at the center would effectively shutdown any effort from Eastern tribe.From then on you can focus on resource gathering and send one-two harassment team to their side of the map to harass their villagers.

Then proceed through ages, amass an army and get rid of the Easten Yellow forever. They should have a few watch towers by the time you reach, but a stone thrower will make quick work of it.

Congratulations! You beat the game by... ignoring the instructions. Happy gaming!