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GameSpot's Guide to Age of Empires (back to home page)This will open a small remote window for navigating this guide
General Tips and StrategiesThe Civilizations you can playThe Units you can commandThe Buildings you can raise (and raze)Campaign walk-throughsExpert tips from two AOE programmers!Table of Contents
Egypt | Glory of Greece | Voices of Babylon
Yamato Empire of the Rising Sun

The CampaignsSoldiers Page 14 of 36
Greece: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Glory of Greece Campaign #2: Citadel

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Wresting control of this gold and holding it is the key

Goal: Capture the ruins and erect two sentry towers next to them.

The Skinny: This one is pretty straightforward, a build/defend-then-attack scenario. At the start, put your villagers on berry gathering detail and build a few more villagers to help them.

You will be attacked from the north within minutes, so build up a small army as well. You'll need to chop some wood, although meat collection should be your top priority.

Now is a good time to build a dock to start fishing. Protect your fishing boats with a few scouts. When you have a good-sized army together, march north and follow the river crossing. You will find gold deposits defended by a tower and some soldiers.

Defeat these forces then build a barracks and an archery range for more soldiers, then a village center near the gold, and start mining the gold. Eradicate all the enemy structures here, and you will not be attacked quite as often. Quickly collect enough gold to upgrade to the Bronze Age.

Keep building new soldiers as you will be under constant attack from small groups of soldiers. When you get to the Bronze Age, start upgrading by building a temple and a priest to heal your soldiers.

Build some stone throwers and march them across the river crossing to the west to take out the enemy village. The ruins are to the very west.

Dangers: You will be under constant attack in this one, so you need to keep your meat and wood production flowing at a good clip. If you can't build a steady stream of archers and axemen, you will have a difficult time winning.

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