2 Age of Empires Expansion
Chapter 1
Gameplay
New features
Age of Empires Expansion includes these new features:
• Four new civilizations: Carthaginian, Macedonian, Palmyran, and Roman.
For more information, see Chapter 4.
• Five new units: Armored Elephant, Camel Rider, Fire Galley, Scythe
Chariot, and Slinger. For more information, see Chapter 2.
• Four new technologies: Logistics, Martyrdom, Medicine, and Tower
Shield. For more information, see Chapter 3.
• Four new campaigns.
• New ability to queue the production of units. For more information, see Chapter 2.
• New Gigantic map size.
• New map types: Continental, Mediterranean, Hill Country, and Narrows.
• Double-clicking a unit selects all units of that type on the game screen.
• New Random civilization option so you don’t know which civilization you’re
playing until the game starts.
• You can display the game settings (map type, map size, etc.) during a game by
clicking the
Menu
button on the menu bar, and then clicking
Scenario Instructions.
• When you hear a sound cue (such as an attack warning), you can press the
HOME
key or click the middle mouse button to go to the trouble spot. Pressing
the key multiple times cycles through the location of the last five sound cues.
