Do You Have to Build Extra Town Centers? ft. Hera

It's pretty standard advice for people to make 2 extra town centers when they hit castle age, but I thought I'd look into the math behind the less common strategy of staying on one TC and going 100% for military instead.

Hera is a top 10 expert player who uses this strategy is about a 1/5 of his games, so I've included an interview to get his thoughts on the strategy, as well.

1:00 Collection rates
1:30 Resources during castle age advance with 28 villagers
2:00 Explanation of table
3:26 Initial cost of 2 TCs and equivalent in military units
3:52 Why 3 TCs continues to fall behind for several minutes
4:45 Extending the table to 10 minutes
5:10 What happens after 10 minutes
5:50 What about 35 and 42 villagers in Feudal?
6:05 Special factors
7:15 Interview with Hera

Hera's Voobly page: https://www.voobly.com/profile/view/124954867
Hera's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeqc9aYVAZcRQq9Ey0x26AQ
Hera's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hera_aoc


Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/SpiritoftheLaw

Full intro song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edyj-qxOaqc

Background music from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, and Rise the Rajas expansions