If you would instead get away from the historical aspect, the game offers a random terrain generator and a custom scenario builder.

You can progress through the Ages: The Paleolithic (the Stone Age), the Neolithic (new Stone Age, or the Tool Age), the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. You can command your tribe to build houses, docks, farms, and temples and advance your civilization through time by learning new skills. The game's emphasis on resource management is key to victory, and players must gather, preserve, and allocate these resources to build units, buildings, and advanced technologies. The game has four resources: food, wood, stone, and gold, which must be acquired by hunting, foraging, fishing, farming, logging, mining, or trade. Age of Empires quickly gained a reputation as a classic with its combination of solid gameplay mechanics and engaging features. In this famous game, you control an ancient civilization through four different ages, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, with each age providing access to new units and technologies. Later it was also published for Mac OS on August 22, 1998. Age of Empires is a historical real-time strategy game created by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft on October 15, 1997, for Windows.

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