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Hint: When you pick your civilization, pay attention to your team bonus and
make sure you play to your strength. It's easy to remember to use your cavalry
when you're playing the Mongols or your archers when you're playing the
Britons, but don't forget the more subtle advantages in hunting, farming, and
so on.
Hint: Arrange a nasty surprise for your opponents by keeping your troops in
garrison. Just set the gather point for your barracks units in the barracks
building itself (or archers in the archery range, or cavalry in the stable).
When the invaders make it into your seemingly undefended village, your units
can be released from the garrison en masse. This is also useful when your
village is under attack and you're trying to generate a counterstrike; rather
than let your units get picked off one at a time as they appear, release them
when they are grouped.
Hint: Don't sit back idly behind your walls and towers; your stationary
defenses must be actively protected from enemy siege equipment. Make sure you
build plenty of gates so that you can respond quickly with armed forays in any
direction, and be prepared to send out infantry or hard-hitting cavalry units
to wipe out the battering rams and trebuchets that will be coming your way.
More Bases Advantage
To have a better chance of winning, you might want to build more than one base.
Enlarge the base you start out with, making it completely fortified with at
least
two castles. Then, send a scout cavalry, or some other fast moving unit, to the
opposite side of the map from your base. After you have checked the area and
confirmed that it is safe, send a villager to build a castle at that location
and
fortify that base. This is very helpful if your enemy knows where one of your
bases are located, especially during online play.
Fast Resources
Use the following trick to rapidly enter the cheat codes and get resources
quickly. For wood, press [Enter], type lumberjack, highlight the word, then
press
[Ctrl] + C to copy it. Press [Enter] to activate the cheat. Press [Enter] again,
then press [Ctrl] + V to paste the word on the screen for activation. Repeat to
get resources quickly. This may be used with the rock on, robin hood, cheese
stack jimmy's, and to smithereens codes
More Bases Advantage
To have a better chance of winning, you might want to build more than one base.
Enlarge the base you start out with, making it completely fortified with at
least
two castles. Then, send a scout cavalry, or some other fast moving unit, to the
opposite side of the map from your base. After you have checked the area and
confirmed that it is safe, send a villager to build a castle at that location
and
fortify that base. This is very helpful if your enemy knows where one of your
bases are located, especially during online play.
Fast Resources
Use the following trick to rapidly enter the cheat codes and get resources
quickly. For wood, press [Enter], type lumberjack, highlight the word, then
press
[Ctrl] + C to copy it. Press [Enter] to activate the cheat. Press [Enter] again,
then press [Ctrl] + V to paste the word on the screen for activation. Repeat to
get resources quickly. This may be used with the rock on, robin hood, cheese
stack jimmy's, and to smithereens codes.
Free Ally
When you build a market, there is a chance that a rival tribe will ask you to
send them a certain amount of wood, stone, gold, and food. When they do, click
on "Diplomacy" or press [Alt] + D and click "Ally" on the name of that tribe.
They will become an ally free of charge. However, when you do this you will no
longer be able to align yourself with any other tribes. This is helpful if there
are four tribes in the game.
make sure you play to your strength. It's easy to remember to use your cavalry
when you're playing the Mongols or your archers when you're playing the
Britons, but don't forget the more subtle advantages in hunting, farming, and
so on.
Hint: Arrange a nasty surprise for your opponents by keeping your troops in
garrison. Just set the gather point for your barracks units in the barracks
building itself (or archers in the archery range, or cavalry in the stable).
When the invaders make it into your seemingly undefended village, your units
can be released from the garrison en masse. This is also useful when your
village is under attack and you're trying to generate a counterstrike; rather
than let your units get picked off one at a time as they appear, release them
when they are grouped.
Hint: Don't sit back idly behind your walls and towers; your stationary
defenses must be actively protected from enemy siege equipment. Make sure you
build plenty of gates so that you can respond quickly with armed forays in any
direction, and be prepared to send out infantry or hard-hitting cavalry units
to wipe out the battering rams and trebuchets that will be coming your way.
More Bases Advantage
To have a better chance of winning, you might want to build more than one base.
Enlarge the base you start out with, making it completely fortified with at
least
two castles. Then, send a scout cavalry, or some other fast moving unit, to the
opposite side of the map from your base. After you have checked the area and
confirmed that it is safe, send a villager to build a castle at that location
and
fortify that base. This is very helpful if your enemy knows where one of your
bases are located, especially during online play.
Fast Resources
Use the following trick to rapidly enter the cheat codes and get resources
quickly. For wood, press [Enter], type lumberjack, highlight the word, then
press
[Ctrl] + C to copy it. Press [Enter] to activate the cheat. Press [Enter] again,
then press [Ctrl] + V to paste the word on the screen for activation. Repeat to
get resources quickly. This may be used with the rock on, robin hood, cheese
stack jimmy's, and to smithereens codes
More Bases Advantage
To have a better chance of winning, you might want to build more than one base.
Enlarge the base you start out with, making it completely fortified with at
least
two castles. Then, send a scout cavalry, or some other fast moving unit, to the
opposite side of the map from your base. After you have checked the area and
confirmed that it is safe, send a villager to build a castle at that location
and
fortify that base. This is very helpful if your enemy knows where one of your
bases are located, especially during online play.
Fast Resources
Use the following trick to rapidly enter the cheat codes and get resources
quickly. For wood, press [Enter], type lumberjack, highlight the word, then
press
[Ctrl] + C to copy it. Press [Enter] to activate the cheat. Press [Enter] again,
then press [Ctrl] + V to paste the word on the screen for activation. Repeat to
get resources quickly. This may be used with the rock on, robin hood, cheese
stack jimmy's, and to smithereens codes.
Free Ally
When you build a market, there is a chance that a rival tribe will ask you to
send them a certain amount of wood, stone, gold, and food. When they do, click
on "Diplomacy" or press [Alt] + D and click "Ally" on the name of that tribe.
They will become an ally free of charge. However, when you do this you will no
longer be able to align yourself with any other tribes. This is helpful if there
are four tribes in the game.