Aztecs

[Palandiell]

got one question:

I read about people talking that they are at war agaisnt the Aztecs. Yet they are playing Byzantin Empire. How can that be? The Aztecs dont come into game in the normal campaign or do they?

[iron_maiden_360]

got one question:

I read about people talking that they are at war agaisnt the Aztecs. Yet they are playing Byzantin Empire. How can that be? The Aztecs dont come into game in the normal campaign or do they?

Yes, after the World Is Round event in the 1400s (I think) you can travel to the Americas.

[Palandiell]

Yes, after the World Is Round event in the 1400s (I think) you can travel to the Americas.

oh.. sorry i never get that far... i always win before hand
plus i dont like the gunpowder age, since the old weaponary and the new guns just dont mix for me

how man years (turns) are there in the game?

[Artetius]

I use to agree about the gunpowder age until I changed my unit size to Huge. There is something about playing the game on Normal unit size that rubs me wrong when the gunpowder age comes around. Something about the game play changes when you have 140 units in each card... gunpowder units cutting through your lines don't matter anymore. A semi-relevant example would be the Mongol Invasion. When the unit group sizes are on Normal I don't have a problem with the Mongols with my normal game play.. but when it is on Huge-- I get owned.
Anyone else agree?

[Tricky557]

The americas are a great source of income. The mining and merchant trade are great, and tlaxcala gets decent sea trade. What I did to conquer them was I took the carribean and florida(can't remember what it's game name is), turned them into castles, and pumped out horse archers, and proceeded to slaughter.