Three Native American civilisations, war chiefs and fire pits; the first Age III expansion.
Ensemble swap history for Greek, Egyptian and Norse myth: favour, god powers and a hydra that grows heads.
The expansion adds the Atlanteans and the titan you spend the whole game trying to release.
Rome added to the 1997 original, with four campaigns and the units that fixed its worst balance.
China, Japan and India, each winning by building a wonder rather than collecting one.
Japan as the festival map, with Tokyo as the city you drive out of; Playground Games, May 2026.
Southern France and northern Italy joined up, with the fields between the roads opened for driving through.
Kudos points for driving with style through Yokohama, Sydney and Edinburgh, on a soundtrack you rip yourself.
The Top Gear test track, a Nurburgring lap and the car list Xbox built its simulator on.
Australia as a festival map, Gold Coast beaches to outback dirt, with four events running at once.
Britain through four seasons that change for everyone at once.
The 1997 original: twelve ancient civilisations, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
Gunpowder, home cities and the colonial era; the awkward middle child of the series.
Attila, Montezuma and El Cid; the expansion the competitive scene still plays.
Mexico as a driving festival; the best open-world racer.
Raz inside more heads; Double Fine's sequel sixteen years later, and better.
The whole Earth from satellite data; fly over your own house.
Honey I Shrunk the Kids as a survival game in a backyard; Obsidian.
The 2021 return of the medieval RTS with documentary campaigns.
Crew a pirate ship with friends and sing shanties; Rare's shared world.
Bigger, harder and with an owl; Moon Studios' sequel.
A guardian spirit through a dying forest; hand-painted, with an escape up the flooding Ginso Tree.
A road-trip festival across Colorado; racing as a holiday.
Left click, right click, guess on the last square; the Windows game of every office.
Thirteen civilisations from the Dark Age to the Imperial Age; still played competitively.
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