I'm not liking it at all. Just opened my 5th expansion and cost have jumped to 41 axes, 21 mead, 5 horns or 1 wool. Now i'm stuck with deciding if I should collect coins from shrines or build more smiths and breweries. Can't do both with this limited space and research, not seeing how it can be beat in 16 days.
Dont build more production buildings than you can run
You dont want them standing doing nothing, rather have 1 of each and lots of shrines, once you have good stock of copper and can keep productions going then start building more as you need them.
You need to check what is required for the next 2 to 3 new buildings and try work towards that.
You will be constantly deleting and rebuilding as the cost requirements change .
My 1st run on beta took me almost 2 months. ( and i almost quit as i hated it )
on my 2nd run im now got 2 more quests to go with 2 days still left for 1st prize. realistically i doubt if i will make it but i have 6 days to 2nd prize which i think i can make.
Dont stress about the timer, ignore that and just go along completing things.
As long as you complete all the quests ( no matter how long it takes ) you will get the Main prize.