Games of Harvest of Thorns are often decided early. Here is a repeatable opening that keeps your options open on any map.
Harvest of Thorns rewards tempo, and the opening ten turns set the ceiling for everything that follows. The goal is not to grab territory but to keep your options open while denying your opponent theirs.
Secure a central resource node first, keep one unit in reserve rather than committing everything forward, and read the map before you build. A flexible opening beats an aggressive one nine times out of ten at intermediate difficulty and above.
