DWARF STRATEGIES

 

PLEASE NOTE:  These builds are assuming you are starting at the beginning of the age.  If you are not you may want to concentrate more on building armies, thieves, and wizards to protect yourself from much bigger provinces.
   
INITIAL BUILD 35 Houses, 15 Mines, 20 Farms
SECONDARY BUILD 50 Mines, 20 Guilds, 20 Towers, 40 Armories
OUT OF PROTECTION Military Draft 50%, Homes 22%, Farms 11%, Mines 31%, Armories 20%, Guilds 8%, Towers 8%.

Build Berzerkers and Thieves (if you can't afford Berzerkers then build Archers and/or Axemen and convert these to Berzerkers when you can afford to).

Cast: Miners Mystique, & Love and Peace as often as possible.

Invest in Food Science.
Up to 500 Acres 35% Military Draft, 27% Homes, 25% Mines, 20% Armories, 5% Towers, 10% Guilds, 13% Farms.

Build Berzerkers and Thieves (if you can't afford Berzerkers then build Archers and/or Axemen and convert these to Berzerkers when you can afford to). 

Your Defence Per Acre (DPA) should be 7 Berzerkers.

Cast: Miners Mystique, & Love and Peace as often as possible.

Invest in Food Science.
500-1000 Acres 45% Military Draft, 33% Homes, 19% Mines, 20% Armories, 5% Towers, 10% Guilds, 13% Farms.

Build Berzerkers and Thieves (convert all Archers & Axemen to Berzerkers). 

Your Defence Per Acre (DPA) should be 10 Berzerkers.

Cast: Miners Mystique, & Love and Peace as often as possible.

Invest in Food Science.
   
   
FINAL NOTE:  I disagree with having Armories at all.  The above builds are actually those I have used from people who have done amazing as Dwarf in AGE 10.  I however still prefer taking the 20% used in Armories and instead using 3% for Stables, 5% for Watchtowers, 7% for Guard Stations, 1% for Strongholds, and the remaining 4% on more Mines and Guilds.  I have found that with a TPA (thieves per acre) ratio of minimum 1.5 to 1 (1.5 thieves for every 1 acre of land) I can always steal what I need in money (at the beginning of the game, this TPA needs to increase as the game goes on).  Most I know will disagree with me for not using Armories but these are just suggestions.