The Snake/Strategies (SHC)

The Snake constructs his castles in a swirly shape, resembling a serpent or a clover leaf. His keep is bordered by a combination of narrow walls and a moat, which encloses his buildings. Perimeter turrets are placed at regular intervals, which are filled with archers. Gatehouses also have a small guard of archers and slingers. The keep is also heavily defended with units, since attack forces are assembled there.
The Snake runs a modest economy focused on military. He builds 2 quarries along with woodcutters and supplies his peasants with numerous apple orchards. He builds many fletchers and poleturners, and he also buys in spears and bows in large batches. He also provides a small variety of food by constantly buying in cheese. The Snake takes taxes from his peasants.
The Snake uses fast and relatively cheap units in droves, unleashing quick armies after one another. His mixture of the cheapest Arabian and European units gives him a devastating variety of troops, backed by groups of archers that make any units into pincushions.
Duc Beauregard's attacks feature laddermen and a single catapult reinforced by Arabian bowmen that can take some unprepared enemies with surprise. He uses archers as his main force, and he sends slaves and slingers to terrorize production lines.
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