a. Setting Up a Game [AOK3A]

Learn how to set up different game modes in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, including Campaign, Random Map, Regicide, and Deathmatch. Master the art of strategy and conquest.

Age of Empires II features a lot of different game modes. From the Main Menu, choose Single Player to play single player games. You can also play multiplayer games by joining MSN Gaming Zone. There are lots of modes for you to try. They include campaign mode, random map mode and many more.

Campaign Game:
In a Campaign game, you choose a campaign from a total of 4 with an extra training campaign. You will start at mission 1 from each of the 4 campaigns chosen. You must beat the mission you are given before you are allowed to advance to the next one. There are a total of 6 missions for each of the 4 campaigns. The campaigns follow the lives of great people in the Middle Ages. Firstly, you get to alongside Joan of Arc, a female warrior who liberates France from the clutches of the Britons in the 100 years war. You also get to fight with Saladin, a Saracen king who wants to drive out the Crusaders from the Holy Land. There is also Genghis Khan, the great Mongol Chief who extends his empire from the Mongol steppes to Central Europe. Finally, we have Frederick Barbarossa, a fiery redhead who wants to reunite all German kingdoms to reform the Holy Roman Empire.

Random Map Game:
This game mode is available in both Single Player and Multiplayer. You get to fight against computer or human controlled opponents (online or LAN) on any map you choose. The starting points should vary a lot each time. You get to set the starting age, the civilization, population limit and other factors. Or you can just simply choose everything to be random and fight with anything you are given. This has got to be the most commonly played game mode when multiplayer is concerned.

Regicide:
In a Regicide game, each side in the battle is given a King. The King has little health, and cannot defend himself. It is up to his subjects to defend his Highness. If your King is killed, you will be automatically defeated. Each side is given a Castle, so getting the King inside that castle is the first thing you should ever do. Several Villagers are provided for your use in the start so you can build up defences and your own army to fight against any intruders and kill their King.

Deathmatch:
This is the ultimate multiplayer experience of all. Each side starts with a lot of resources, and they are all upgrades to the max at the final Imperial Age (There are 4 ages that determine the technology and troop quality, but I will come to that later). This is just a match of brute force, since it seems to be a real no-brain. If every technology is already researched for you, you are to build up the strongest of forces in a flash and fight. This really is not my kind of game. But for lazy people, go ahead and use ultimate brute force approach.