[Black Sun Empire]

After reading the Newbies v Vets Multiplayer game, there was talk about the difference between the two sets of players is in expansion.

What are some of the tricks to expanding quickly and not using huge armies?

I've started 3 little games, just seeing what I learn from the first 20 or so rounds. End of the day, I just follow the good old safety in numbers trick.

Mass produce archers with a few foot soldiers as buffer. Being very new, I have no idea how to maximise Bless (not even sure what it does).

If anyone can help me with some early round tips that would be great. I'm also partially guessing that your pretender can make a huge difference in tactics.