This game is hard. Unlike other RTS, this seriously challenge you how to manage, attack and defend resources. In order to get resource you HAVE to capture village, if you lose the village you lost the income.
You only able to train 10 troops including your hero. So it is hard for you to manage your army.
When you capture new village you have to put some troops to defend it. The more you capture village the more you have to defend. Even your old base will get attack by enemies.
Little tips, use traps on choke point. Put traps outside the base, and make sure you place it where enemies archers can shoot you. Archers in this game is game changer. If you don't destroy them first, you will lost more troops.
Also, once your troops in combat mode, they CAN'T BE ORDER TO MOVE. THEY WILL JUST STAND AND FIGHT! Unless you retreat them.
In night, be more careful to enemies archers. If one of your troops get attack, use that troops to turn on the torch. Then counter attack with your archer. Make sure don't attack using unit with torch because they will turn it off when in battle. Which make you archer can't see the enemies.(weird mechanics, your enemies can see you in normal distance while you can't in night)
So far i having blast with this game. The hardships reminds me a lot of Crusaders game. It is hard but so damn addicting.