ssoooo....traders, battleboats, chariots ( so far thats all i found ) dont ''recruit'' new units after the first ones die...and even if you rebuild the buildings the buildings just say ''not operational'' and it says the same thing when you build it in another city/village therefore making it impossible to continue traiding after an trader ambush...and theres no way to destroy towers...or order them to attack it making it impossible to destroy your enemy and continuing to endlessly kill eachothers traders ( well after he destroys my trader then it goes one way but before that ) and units...
If the buildings are "not operational", you're probably missing input items. Are any of your item stockpiles 0 or negative? From the sounds of it, you might not have enough wood.
Unlike a typical RTS, in Bronze Age units don't just have an upfront cost. They are a constant drain on resources.
You should be able to attack towers if you declare war on the enemy tribe. By default Masklings are just "hostile", which allows you to kill units, but not structures.
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHhhhh...ok let me have a look....yeah somehow im low in wood :D... and how exactly do lumbermills work? do you place them directly on a tree tile or next to? i know it says to place it on a tree tile but does another one have to be next to it for it to work? do they run out eventually?