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Welcome to the September edition of the Age of Empires Magazine, where once again we’ll be covering the most important topics surrounding Age of Empires. Let’s take a look at today’s magazine program: as promised, we’ll be talking in more detail about the big update. In terms of eSports, we’ll briefly cover the LingYuan Cup and Sudden Dessaster 2, as well as the first month of Midweek Madness. Jen...

Willkommen zur 26. Tafelrunde! Felix und Christian kommen erneut zusammen und sprechen über den vergangenen Monat. Für Felix ist die Zeit schnell vergangen, für Christian ging es langsam, denn der Urlaub kommt erst in zwei Wochen. Felix hat seine Zeit in Stronghold gesteckt und kommt von dem Spiel nicht los. Christian hat ein neues Elo High erreicht, nur um danach in Grund und Boden gestampft zu w...

This is the complete Interview with Chris (IamChris), a legend of AoE II eSport history. Chris war once considered the best player in the world and has witnessed pretty much every phase of the development of competitive Age of Empires II. The main focus of our conversation revolves around the Hun Wars and Chris shares both his knowledge and memories about this topic. But before we got to that subj...

The Hun Wars were played between 2000 and approximately 2016 and are by far the most frequently played matchup in Age of Empires II history – to this day. In this documentary, I attempt to recount how the Hun Wars came about, how they changed over the decades, and what led to the end of the Hun Wars just under 10 years ago. To do this, I brought two veterans of the game, Andre (Slap) and Chris (Ia...

In Episode 4 of the Montezuma Campaign, it is our duty to retake Tenochtitlan from the Spanish forces under Hernan Cortez, who hast taken emperor Montezuma II as a hostage and uses him as a puppet to control the city of Tenochtitlan. This beautiful city was built on an artificial island on the west side of lake Texcoco and showcases this early campaign in all it's beauty. We'll first have to gathe...

Episode 3 of the Montezuma Campaign leeds us to confront the Spanish invadors and their allies, who a threatening the Tabasco. This mission is considered the hardest of the campaign if you want to save Tabasco, especially because there's quite the distance to overcome before you can help your ally. Challange accepted, also I want the achievement you get for saving Tabasco, so I'll be telling you h...

Welcome back to a new edition of the magazine! There’s once again a lot of news to cover from the past month, and here’s the program: In the News section, we’ll talk about Regicide Rumble VI, Jordan joining Onimaru, the Public Update Preview, the Town Center Tango 2 drama, layoffs at Capture Age, a tournament announcement from GL, and the current status of the LingYuan Cup qualifiers. Then there’l...

Welcome back to the Montezuma Campaign! In this episode, we'll finally meet our nemesis: Hernan Cortez. But before that, we need to rally our allies in order to defeat our sworn enemies and capture as many human sacrifices as possible to appease our gruesome goods. Chris Support the Podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/ Homepage: ww...

This is the kickoff episode of the Montezuma Campaign in Age of Empires II. I played all six missions of the campaign and delved deep into historical research, and I would like to share the results with you in this short campaign series. The Aztec campaign was released with the release of The Conqueror add-on in 2000 and tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan and the fall of the A...

Willkommen zurück zur Tafelrunde! Wir kredenzen euch drei Spielethemen in dieser Ausgabe: Age of Empires II, Stronghold Crusader: DE und Wandering Village. In Age of Empires sprechen wir darüber, dass die Hoffnung auf das nächste Update sehr groß ist, wir aber auch erst sehen müssen, was kommt, bevor wir es glauben werden. Stronghold Crusader ist in der Definitive Edition ein echter Hingucker und...

From all of the many civilizations in Age of Empires II, Huns are probably the ones having the greates impact on the game. They have been played for many years in the Hun Wars and coined the term "Huns are Huns". In this podcast, we'll do a deep dive into what actually makes huns the huns we know and, spoiler, have always known. There is a lot of nostalgia involved for some players and others may...

In this episode of Masterpieces, I'll be telling you the story of how the infamous Flemish Revolution has not only decided the Winner of NAC 4, but then shortly after has been nerfed out of existence. The Flemish Revolution allows the Burgundian player to transform all of his Villagers into powerful military units and change the pace of the game in an instant. I hope you enjoy this Masterpiece by...

T-West joined me for a very interesting talk about his approach to being a content creator, caster and more recently, tournament host. Cartographers 2 was a great success, which is why we'll discuss how slinging impacted the games and some suprising tournament runs, like T90 and Dark in the Silver Bracket. T-West also answers some questions, that have been sent in and offers unique views on Monks,...

Welcome to the next Age of Empires Magazine. This month, I have plenty of topics to discuss with you! We'll start with Age of Empires news with Cartographers II, talk about the eSports calendar and the extensive tournament program for the coming year, then I'll summarize the current balance changes to the Three Kingdoms civilizations, and we'll talk about a custom scenario that the devs created in...

Felix hat kurz seinen Richterhammer (nennt man das so?) weggelegt und das Mikrofon angeschmissen und ein bisschen von seinen ersten Arbeitswochen erzählt. Es stellt sich heraus: Richter haben kein Onboarding. Da wir aber stets am Puls der Zeit leben, sprechen wir auch kurz über den Khitan Nerf. Felix ist allerdings seit er arbeitstätig ist zum Singleplayer Spieler mutiert und hat sich sogar, wenig...

Dear listener, in this episode I present to you: The Noboru Rush! This strategy, named after the japanese player Noboru and popularized by T90, has long died out, but is defenitely worthy to remember. That's why I decided to create a podcast highlighting the startegy and trying to identify just why this strategy appealed to so many players. Special thanks to Reto for sharing his experiences! Pleas...

Welcome to the first episode in the Masterpieces series! In this series, I‘ll be telling you the stories of those games, that became part of the AoE II history. There‘s hundreds of famous and less famous storys to be told, but I'd like to start with a game that was recently played in Warlords 4, on the first day of the group stage in the match between Barles and Hera. Barles showcased a brand new...

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in Central Mexico from 1300 to 1521. They comprised of various ethnic groups, particularly those who spoke the Nahuatl language. In Age of Empires II, they have a strong focus on infantery and monks. They have a notable economic bonus, but no particular unit worth booming into. Instead, with faster producing eagle warriors, great monks an...

Welcome to the new issue of your monthly Age of Empires podcast magazine! I've put together an exciting program for you, with both old and new segments. As always, we'll start with the news, which is of course dominated by Warlords 4. There will be spoilers, so if you don't want to hear them, check the timecodes and skip that section. We'll also talk about Town Center Tango 2, the pitfalls of the...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...

Liebe Hörer:innen, wie angekündigt startet in Kürze unser neues Programm. Gleichzeitig haben wir unsere ganzen exklusiven Supporter-Folgen auf unserer Steady Seite öffentlich hörbar geschaltet. Die Staffel zur Frostpunkt-Kampagne läuft gerade noch, daher werden wir sie hier im öffentlichen Feed im Laufe der Zeit zu Ende führen. Deshalb laden wir nun in einem Zug alle bisher veröffentlichten Folgen...