AOE Conquerors Strategy Guide

EX PAN SION Mark H. Walker MI crosoft [2] Micros Microsoft E X P A N S ION Mark H. Walker PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright O 2000 by Microsoft Corporation 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 Walker, Mark (Mark H.) Microsoft Age of Empires II : The Conquerors Expansion : Inside Moves / Mark H. Walker. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7356-1177-7 1. Microsoft Age of Empires. I. Title: Conquerors Expansion. II. Title: Microsoft Age of Empires 2. III. Title: Microsoft Age of Empires Two. IV. Title. GV1469.25.M572 W25 2000 793.93'25369--dc21 00-057855 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 23456789 MLML 543210 Distributed in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited. 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 informa- tion 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. Send comments to mspinput@ microsoft.com. Age of Empires, Microsoft, Microsoft Press, MSN, Outlook, and The Age of Kings are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, people, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. Acquisitions Editor: Casey Doyle Project Editor: Sandra Haynes Manuscript Editor: Devon Musgrave Technical Editor: Jim Fuchs Dedication This book is dedicated to white cake with white icing... you know, the kind they make in a bakery. Acknowledgments I'm very proud of this book. The two walkthroughs per mission and the BattleBits are strate- gy guide firsts (as far as I know). It took, however, a lot of people to put this unique guide together, and Id like to thank them. Thanks to my wife, Janice, who has probably taken more Age II screen shots than anyone on the planet. Thanks to Casey Doyle for the work and Sandra Haynes for the excellent project management. Thanks to James McDani…