pre to nano ( space ) defending your base

on wing you are most vulnerable to attack by two or more players at a time

set clubs in a perimeter around your base and set them to " guard " , while on guard they will attack anything
that comes near and return to where you placed them to guard, this will allow you to see when an aproaching 
army is on their way to your base so you can make a quick reaction to their attack, when encountering a good
player you will most likely not get a flare because they WONT kill your guard, this is where you need to be
paying atention to the mini map 

when you know an army is coming run your cits away from the area you think they will hit and move your clubs
at your base closer to the area you think will be attacked, dont set them all the way to the spot in case they
have decided to try and sneak through another way, you need to be watching your mini map for enemy color coming
from the direction you sent your cits and also to see if you can find that elusive army

now that you can see where an army will be coming from and know to react to it you can start setting up your 
base to expand your moral, tower defences and temple defences, the most important thing needed for this is wood
and stone to a lesser extent, if you have enough population fill a stone mine so you can build more houses and 
temples then towers to better protect your base

now its getting a little later in the game and larger armies will be involved, from time to time you will end 
up with your iron,stone or gold mines way the hell away from your base, this is probably the most important 
area to have as many guards as you can, and once you are attacked in this area, if you know that the cits WILL
die no matter what you do, then populate them into your settlement 