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Holy balls you got an epic map there. All the open space and your mushroom forests are perfectly in place relative to the potion factory. And stacking up all the cities of tech and magic with great city of cities, that's crazy. I don't think I've ever had more than 3 cities of tech and magic on a map at once before beating the game. If you got to 1K magic before winning the game, hats off to you :O

And yeah, a map editor would be a lot of fun. I wish the game opened up a more elaborate and outlandish part 2 / new area after you beat the darkness. We need a sequel.

Focus on wood first. Get lots of it, especially a tree top village, then start upgrading stone and magic areas. Always upgrade areas in clusters so they compound. 

Once you get past the first upgrade of the stone circle, start putting towns down and upgrade them to the first city level. Also upgrade all mining towns to mining cities. That will help you get enough tech for the light city upgrade.

If you get past that you have multiple options on how to win the game. That should help you pick up some other tricks, I won't give away all the secrets ;)

I got really into the potion factory ending because it makes the game longer and more interesting. That made me focus on getting as much magic as possible. This is my best playthrough ever. The secret of the game comes down to choosing the map you start on, then be precise where you want special cities to be.