Aetas

Real-time strategy the way you remember itEvery match starts the same way: a town center, a few workers and a forest full of wood. What happens next is up to you. Sow fields, mine stone and gold, raise walls and gates, and train an army to defend it all. Seven ages lie ahead, from the Stone Age to the Industrial Age, and your soldiers grow with them: your spearmen become halberdiers and your archers become riflemen. Race ahead and you field the stronger troops.

Take your time and you build the economy nobody can keep up with. Six peoples, six ways to winPick your people before the match, and you pick a way of playing:Franks: walls, gates, towers and forts go up 50% faster, and their towers shoot further. Their own unit is the Paladin. Norse: every enemy building they tear down pays back part of what it cost. Their own unit is the Berserker. Greeks: infantry standing shoulder to shoulder takes less damage.

Their own unit is the Hoplite. Mongols: lumber and mining camps are free and stand at once, and cavalry trains faster. Their own unit is the Horse archer. Arabs: short of wood or stone? Gold covers it, and they get the best prices at the market. Their own unit is the Camel rider. Chinese: soldiers leave the barracks five at a time, and research costs less. Their own unit is the Chu-ko-nu.…