Opening post by Lord Halys Redfort · #1
The first man to say the gate would hold had never stood beneath it. Before you log out, make the keep boring to raid.
Bring every gathering party home and stash what you can carry.
Spend surplus food and timber on walls, repairs, or queued work.
Put your strongest troops inside the keep, not on a road.
Check the next march twice; an idle army is cheaper than a lost one.