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[Merlin69]

Bought this yesterday and looks like I was conned into buying DLC too. I played for about 4 hours and found it impossible to survive even following the guides here and Youtube. Where am I going wrong?

[resieg]

Really, you were conned into it? How did that happen. You did not decide it for yourself?

It would be helpful when you could name the map where you tried without success for 4 hours. Then, maybe someone could help.

What I recommend: After 3 or 4 maps of the campaign ("tutorial"), play an endless map on easy. ...

[Merlin69]

I've tried on a lot of maps usually the so called easy ones in the DLC.

[resieg]

Strange. And the "Mini Guide for Beginners (Endless Maps)" did not help anything? On easy?

OK, may be your timing is suboptimal somehow.
If you build too many buildings at once e.g.
then it takes too long to finish them all, and you run short of money ...
Spend your crowns wisely, coz you will need them later (for buildings which need tools e.g.).

Be patient. Do not build more than one or two buildings at once.
Care for your ressources, and for the happiness of your ppl (food, religion, entertainment... )
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A fine map to start is "Plateau", with setting "Military" (coz you have the DLC).

[resieg]

I played Plateau for some hours yesterday night again.

The critical thing - even on easy maps like this - is the start.
Bottleneck at start is money!
The path to money is the market.

Do not waste money (stones, crowns) for other things than market.
After having the market (and the trader), money flows in.

Care for water (low food you see instantly, low water, you have to look into needs).
Then, nothing can stop you. ...

[shinjay5882]

Endless Mode: At the absolute beginning (Dont build extra houses until you get Marketplace, reassign workers to save money)
1-Set your tax to about 5% to increase happiness and lower chance of strike
2-Build all of these if you dont have them: Forest Hut, Lumber Yard, Mine
3-Build your Marketplace
4-Focus on food now (Hunter Cabin, Fishing Yard)
5-Make money by selling animal skins, iron ore or bar, stone and planks
6-If you have bandits enabled, focus on military next
7-Have fun