Hi everyone !
Nice to see its not just me who plays Genesia !
Ultimate domain and Genesia are the same game, dont worry about it. Theres no extra rooms in buildings. just different graphics. I have Genesia for the Amiga and Ultimate for the PC and to be honest i think the Amiga AI is better ! Me and my mate still play Genesia on hotseat and we have some evil strategies if anyone wants... but from the questions asked..
1, Trees will grow back yes but only if the water table is high enough. Once fertilizer is invented your farms will really suck the water out of your land so be careful. Conserve your trees by having no more than two woodcutters feeding two carpenters.. i know Eddie and Karnac have 15 going at once but they CHEAT !
Only farm in autumm... thats when the food is available. In summer pick the two highest moral people and tuck them up in farming for the autumn. Bribe the church in summer to get your farmers to moral 7. When the monk says "god will reward you" you have had an impact !
2, Population expansion. This needs to be handled carefully. You start with four people. dont build anymore houses until you have a temple, a drill, and at least 30+ food and water. once you have that, keep giving the church 50 gold to make everyone morale 7 then detail one guy only as a housebuilder.. keep him very happy and he will build bungalows, houses, small farms and eventually Inns.
I know.. Koriad Blues are probably buzzing you with a soldier or at most a slingshot archer.. just surround your flag with wells until you have more people.. then build barracks and own him !
A tip for winter.. when you have a workshop, EVERYONE must go into research. Sit out the whole turn and when a workshop announces an invention, set them up with another one and you might just have it before the winter ends.. then quickly arrange your spring work.. remember.. no farmers until autumn !
Enjoy the game
