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Welcome back to the Barbarossa Campaign, where we play as the Teutons and relive the 12th century of central europe out of the perspective of the Holy Roman Empire. Last mission, we’ve pacified the German part of Europe. In this second mission, it’s going to be all about establishing our claim on being this mighty emperor. For that, we make our way to the east to conquer Poland and also test the loyalty of Henry the Lion, our cousin who has his own secret agenda.
Chris
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Music: Teuton Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

It´s time for a new campaign run and after a little bit of consideration this campaign will be an old school campaign from the Original Age of Kings Game, released in 1999. I will play the Barbarossa Campaign and take a close look at what it means to be the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century. In this mission, I will introduce Barbarossa and tell you how he became the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Music: Teuton Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

Welcome back to another civilizations Podcast – today abouit the Shu.
The Shu are relatively new in the Game being on of the Three Kingdom Civilizations and they come with a rich history of ancient china as well as novel ideas in Age of Empires II. For starters, they have a hero unit that's even playable in multiplayer and two other unique unit as well as regional units. They are predominantly an archer civilization with strong siege options and they can become a dps powerhouse if the unique techs come into play. At the same time, they are somewhat predictable as they don't have too much else to offer. I hope you'll enjoy this episode!
Chris

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
08:30 Eco bonus
15:46 Military bonuses
25:20 War Chariot, White Feather Guard, Liu Bei, Lou Chuan
41:35 Unique Technologies
50:21 Strategies & army compositions
01:03:10 Campaign

Music: Shu Intro Music and "Operation Monkey" of the official AoE II Soundtrack

Welcome back to another Age of Empires Magazine! The past month had been very uneventful apart from Heras tournament, so that’s going to be my main topic in this magazine. There’s a bit of franchise news, with AoE mobile coming to PC, and I’m gonna be talking about that a little and finally, I’ve got a couple of emails to discuss as well the tournament outlook for July 2026. I hope you’ll enjoy this episode!

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Timecodes:
00:00 Program
01:13 News
17:35 Franchise News
23:14 Emails
25:59 Tournament Outlook June 2026

Links:
⁠Kings Gauntlet⁠
⁠⁠Specialist Cup 2⁠
Brazilian Dynasty LAN
Workshop Wars
Triple Threat

Es gibt Neuigkeiten in Sachen Steamdeck und Switch 2 bei Christian und es könnte sein, dass die Angelegenheit etwas ausgeartet ist. Daher sprechen Felix und Christian in dieser Folge viel über Empfehlungen fürs Steam Deck. AoE II wird auch kurz angesprochen, denn Christian erzählt ein bisschen von Heras Streamers Invitational, von dem Felix gar nichts mitbekommen hat. Dabei kommt heraus, dass Christian durchaus neidisch ist auf die talentierten Teilnehmer.
Viel Spaß beim Hören!
Felix & Christian
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Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.