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There's probably a nice Latin phrase that sums up the feeling you get when you make it to the Iron Age, but I'll settle for a big YAHOO! The only new structures you can build in this age are better walls, towers, and a Wonder.

The real crux of the matter at this point is in deciding what to research and build and when to attack. As in the Bronze Age, there are too many upgrades to make, so you have to pick and choose. Priests? War elephants? Centurions? All are equally wonderful, depending on the supporting cast. Combined arms is very important at this stage, since you can be hit by anything and everything. To kill priests you need chariot archers and chariots, or at least fast cavalry. To kill siege weapons you need swift cavalry to run and die as they hack at the ballistas. To combat the archers you need hoplites with the bronze and iron shields researched. But these are all fun decisions.

One thing is certain: Keep your production lines going, especially for gold and stone at this point. You might even want to send some weaker units, like axemen and bowmen, on suicide missions to get under the 50-unit cap so that you can build better units. You can also just select and delete them to kill them.

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