Start the game already!

It took me a while but finally, here's my episode on the Japanese! I played a lot of games with the Japanese to make sure to get this right as they are a very versatile civ with a great early game and a hard late game. They are pretty good on every map except for closed maps and excell at hybrid maps, but somehow they're never the best civ on any map. I hope you'll enjoy this deep dive on the Japanese tech tree, civ bonuses, unique techs and of course the Samurai, along with the rich history of the Japanese both in reality and ingame. Also, I might be a little sarcastic when it comes to the names of the unique techs, please forgive me.
Chris

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
07:30 Fishing ships and wood discount
22:10 Military bonuses
37:20 Samurai, Yasama & Kataparuto
55:18 Strategies & army compositions
01:21:05 Campaign

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

Herzlich willkommen an unserer Tafelrunde! Felix hat ein neues Spielzeug angeschafft: ein Steamdeck. Und Christian ist ganz begeistert, denn er würde auch so gerne eines haben, also fragt er ihn danach aus. Ohne Steamdeck hat sich Christian dafür auf der Rangliste mit Land Madness ausgetobt und seit kurzem viel Zeit in Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era gesteckt. Viel Spaß bei dieser Folge wünschen
Felix & Christian
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Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.

Welcome back to another Age of Empires Magazine!
We’re here to bring you all the news from Age of Empires II from the past and upcoming month: We’ll talk about the qualifiers of the Brazilian Dynasty LAN and Warlords 5, the full announcement of The League and the Public Update preview. There’s news from the Franchise as well: The new AoM DLC has already been released and a new DLC for AoE IV is coming out soon. We’ll finish up the episode with the tournament outlook for May 2026.
Please check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:
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Timecodes:
00:00 Program
06:30 News
01:54:48 Franchise News
01:59:53 Tournament Outlook May 2026

Links:
⁠⁠⁠Warlords 5⁠
⁠⁠The League⁠
Brazilian Dynasty Qualifier
Minor Update
PUP
AoE Leagues
Specialist Cup 2

Hi guys, I took a little break because work is killing me right now, but here's a little episode to keep you entertained! In this newest episode of Masterpieces you'll hear the tale of the longest game 2k+ players have played, even though the word play might be a little bit of a stretch. It's a funny story though and it caught the attention of the whole community and beyond, so it qualifies as eSport history, despite being a ranked game between Rubenstock and Andre. Enjoy!
The Game
The Chronicle
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DiscordMusic: "Carne y Helado" of the official AoE II Soundtrack.

RedBull Wololo has concluded yesterday and Daniela and I have come together to recap the event. We're talking about all our highlights, the best games from the tournament and try to pinpoint what made this tournament as grand as it was. Beware that this podcast is full of spoilers and enjoy this episode!
Please check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:
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Music: Shanty from the event