There are traditional Deathmatch games as well as the very intriguing Regicide. In Regicide, each player gets a king unit. A player is eliminated when his king unit is destroyed. Those of you with poor connections will be happy that you have a multi-player save and restart feature. You can also use the campaign editor in the game to form your own scenarios and link them in to larger campaign.
Age of Kings has the potential to be a great game.
My big concern is that the addition of so many new features will bog the player down in administrative type tasks. Fortunately, Bruce Shelley seems to be able to design games with multiple layers of nuance while still keeping things pretty straightforward. Check back here for further updates. Assorted Huts Booming boroughs Castle. Big thing, people pray in it Desert scene Exotic architecture Forested fortress Imperial ambitions Knights and catapults Pagoda.