I’m completely new to this game and still trying to understand the basic mechanics and strategies. Are there any tips, beginner guides, or common mistakes that I should know about before progressing further? I’d really appreciate advice from more experienced players to help me get started and enjoy the game more.

Working on the splash/preview image for a video:  

Yeah the switch made that feature go awat

@Average Concept Enjoyer https://github.com/Yekaterina999/Judeans-Hasmonian https://github.com/0ADMods/judeans   

For this, it would be nice for DE indeed to get Merc Camps and Farmsteads into its (customized) versions of the random maps.    This might be a good base game Pull Request opportunity for sure.