I sure hope so, I was just kind of messing round in this game, had a great start and poor Magnar kind of got blocked in so maybe he was bored and trying a bit of area decoration with Outposts.
Magnar: "Minions you know what this area needs it needs some outposts, one there and what the hell put 2 over there, now let's see how it looks........ Yes, Yes I like it."