Age of Empires

[Del Murder]

Anyone play the Age of Empires games? Miriel just got me hooked on it. We play AOE II: Age of Kings, which she says is the best one. We also have Age of Mythology which is pretty cool too. AOE II is cheap as hell, 10 bucks at Target gets you AOE I & II with all the expansions.

To play online we use a program called GameRanger. It's free to download. My username is Tmoney and hers is Miriel.

Come play with us! Or just discuss the awesomeness of Age of Empires.

[Raistlin]

I played it a fair amount in middle and high school. My roommates got me back into it last year and we had some fairly epic apartment-wide games. I was fairly competent with the British and the Turks.

I think my (totally not legal) copy is AoE III, though. I'll see if I can find my old AoE II disk after exams.

[Miriel]

Yeah, I was addicted to the game in Middle School. Haven't played for like a decade and only just started playing it again when I found out that Del Murder has never played it. He's never played Chip's Challenge either! Man oh man.

Anyway, if anyone needs AoE II, PM me and I'll set you up.

I want to try AoE III (it has trains!) but it's been a bit hard to track down.

Let's have epic battles, yes?

[eestlinc]

i used to play the out of age of empires and rise of rome. msn gaming zone! good times. AoE 2 was also solid. Age of Mythology wasn't as much fun, though, or maybe I was just moving on the Diablo II by then.

[Rocket Edge]

AOE, Warzone 2100, Dungeon Keeper I & II, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, & Caeser 3 were all I used to play as a young lad. I still have AOE II: The Conquerors expansion but I need the actual game to download it onto (lost it some time ago). But when I do get it I'd be up for some online gaming.

[demondude]

If anybody uses GameRanger with no patch (1.0) on AOE2 + expansion then play me please.

[Kossage]

My friends and I used to play Age of Empires and Rise of Rome a lot. I recently played through AoE and RoR again, and I enjoyed the experience and nostalgia. The setting, the gameplay, the music, the scenarios, the wonderful manual with lots of historical info... what was there not to like?

I never played through AoE2 and Conquerors and only skimmed through some missions, though, but I'll devote my attention to their campaigns when I have more time to spare.

I've yet to play Age of Mythology and AoE3. Perhaps one day...

[Old Manus]

Oh my God AoE2 makes me climax. I still have it installed. Play!

[demondude]

If anyone wants to play on gameranger I'm demondude55, search for me now!

[Shattered Dreamer]

I'm a huge AOE fan I'll have to look you guys up on gameranger

[McLovin']

Age of Kings is awesome. I loved creating/playing scenario's that other people made.

[Loony BoB]

I adored the original because I dislike it once they start bringing guns into the mix, personally. But having said that, AoEII was still neat enough. I just wish they'd release an improved version of the original game, though. Fun times. Same with Warcraft II - they need to release a new RTS version of Warcraft. It was the best RTS out there and they abandoned it after III! I don't even understand why.

[Dignified Pauper]

Rise of Nations is SOOOO much better.

It is the exact same engine as Rise of Empires II, battle wise, but so much cooler.

Although Age of Mythology is pretty damn amazing too...

Lazer Beam Polar Bears anyone?

[demondude]

I didn't like RoN, it just turns into a game of who can fire the most nukes without causing Armageddon.

[Bolivar]

Only played a little of AoE, loved AoEII to death, one of my favorite RTS games of all time, definitely in the triumvirate of the golden age of RTS to me along with C&C: Red Alert 2 and Starcraft.