Age Empires Strategy Guide

Designed for d Microsoft® ® Micresoft Press Windows NT* Windows95 - /Microsoft® - Steven L. Kent JHE PERSONAL COMPUTING PRESS Micresoft Press Microsoft® AGE KM PI IRES Steven Kent PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 1997 by The PC Press All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kent, Steve L. Microsoft Age of Empires : Inside Moves / Steven Kent. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-57231-529-6 1. Microsoft Age of Empires. I. Title. GV1469.25.M54K46 1997 793.93'25369--dce21 97-29192 CIP Printed and bound in the United States of America. 123456789 MLML 210987 Distributed to the book trade in Canada by Macmillan of Canada, a division of Canada Publishing Corporation. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide. For further information about international editions, contact your local Microsoft Corporation office. Or contact Microsoft Press International directly at fax (425) 936-7329. Visit our Web site at mspress.microsoft.com. DirectPlay, DirectX, Microsoft, Microsoft Press, and Windows are registered trademarks and Age of Empires, Close Combat, Deadly Tide, and Hellbender are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. The Personal Computing Press is an imprint and trademark of The PC Press, Inc. Acquisitions Editor: Kim Fryer Project Editor: Stuart J. Stuple Dedication I’d like to dedicate this book to my son, Nicholas, who’s been fatherless for the last four weeks. Steven Kent Acknowledgments I would like to thank Steven Kent for writing such an enjoyable book about a truly fascinating game. I also wish to thank the many others who contributed, behind the scenes, to the creation of Age of Empires: Inside Moves: At The PC Press, Inc.: Lance Elko, Project Editor; Kim Davis, Art Director; Kathleen Ingram, Book Coordinator, and David Jackson, Editorial Assistant. At Microsoft Press: Our valued colleagues, Kim Fryer, Acquisitions Editor and Stuart Stuple, Project Editor. And lastly, Steven and I would like to thank the entire Microsoft Games group, as well as the people at Ensemble, for letting us …