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Well i've been booming whit brit and my imp time on texas are 17-18 min on great plains are 19-20 min. usually i make 1 house , market, 2-3 houses (i wait for cards for fattering quicker), pen (i leave about 9-10 vills on wood rest on food), houses till i there are 8-9 sheeps on a pen, then pen, pen, i get full houses when i'm in transition in age 2. when in transition to age 3 i make gold and wood upgrades(2nd), then age 4, when i've reach age 4 i usually stay for 2-3 min then age 5.

thats its 20 min average. so any tips to make it to age 5 in 15-16 min?

im not sure about make sheeps in vanilla.

U dont have space for 3 pen cards in that 20 card´s deck. If at least it had cows, yes.. but sheeps arent so good.

In nilla, I would boom with mills.

knight_br:

im not sure about make sheeps in vanilla.

U dont have space for 3 pen cards in that 20 card´s deck. If at least it had cows, yes.. but sheeps arent so good.

In nilla, I would boom with mills.

+1

imo is the card to make settlers from houses in nilla way better than sheeps...
and for nr40++ is the 8 settler card op. You can get 16 overpop settlers with just one card.

Max houses age 1 asap and then just do everything normal. You should age to imperial before 17. No sheep

i've tried  booming whit both strategies, and my conclusion and experience is the following, but first let me describe those strategies to ppl who don't know.

Estates booming

For this boom 2 cards are required: estates(train vils from houses in age IV at a slower rate) and 8 villager

So basically 5 vils on food and go max your manors (make all market upgrades),when you are near max houses transfer villagers to food/coin, leave 8-9 vils on wood(you'll need that wood for TC and 2nd market upgrades). the point is to reach age 4 as fast as you can(when in age 3 u need to send coinment & frigerination i hoped that i spelled correctly). When you are in transition to age 4 put some vils from coin to food, you'll need more food. When u age send estates and 2 factories, when estates arrives make vils from manors and TC, in 2 min, you'll have 99 vils (that is about 4k food) and age to imperial. when in transition to imperila delete 8 vils, when at half make 8 vils from manors. so 3-4 seconds from reaching imperial send 8 vils card and when u reach imperial immediately send 8 vils cards (remeber when u reach age 5 your cards resets) and you'll have 115 vils. tip:its important where do u place your manors the best is to place it near a mine or hunt

Advantages: 

-u get 115 villagers, u need 7 shipments to do it, because it requires 2 cards u can send all your military cards afterwards, this way of booming is noob frendly, you go to mills faster, and you get your max vil faster in 2 min you are at 99 vils

Disadvantages: 

-if your vils get killed you can't make new vils, 16 vils more means less military units,after some time you'll need to put one factory on food

Livestock booming

this boom requires 3 cards so there will be less space for military cards: team wool stable ports, stockyards, fulling mills

 So put-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6j3ErOZNpc&list=PLB139BCF7460B50AB&index=14&feature=plpp_video instead of using cow use sheep

Advantage:

-you get a good amount of food, sheeps are good for late game and they provide a much faster food resource, more military units (bsc you'll have 99 vils), you can have both of your factories on wood(i love this fact bcs i use natives a lot)

Disadvantages: 

- there isn't place for all your military cards, this way of boom is easy to kun FU, when you are in a  battle in some point you switch from battlefield to pen, <ou wont have 99 vils when u reach imperial

my conclusion: is that estates booming should be use for treaty games like NR 20-25-30 min, while sheep booming should be used for NR 30 and above, also if u are a beginer 1st try whit estates booming then sheep booming which is more harder to do. also i prefer sheep booming bcs i use natives a lot, if someone wants to send all his military cards then estaste are his choice if u don't mind that then choose sheep boom

from my perspective sheep boom gives a good eco and a good amout of food, while estaste gives you a option to age to imperial whit 99 vils and sometimes is crucial when you need to build your base fast, for me it all depends whit ppl you are playing and who are your teammates