Well it certainly showcased some of the flaws the game has right now, this is actually really useful since so far the only people I've seen play it have been people who I explained it to. You found the Starting Gold Mine fine but since the next best Knight Recruiter is not immediately the closest one just kinda got stuck at "need more units". A proper Tutorial would certainly help that but most likely I should also make some changes to the Map so the early Recruiter is immediately indicated to begin with.