Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion: Inside Moves (Bpg Other) [Paperback]

Mark H. Walker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bpg Other | Publication Date: September 9, 2000

"Microsoft "RM" Age Of Empires "RM II: The Conquerors Expansion: Inside Moves" gives gamers the thorough insights and strategies they need to win at the latest version of this popular game. This guide offers an overview of civilization-specific strategies and backgrounds for the game, plus game analysis, tactical tips, walkthroughs, and game strategies. You will learn how to survive and thrive, defeat enemy states, accumulate wealth by trading and diplomacy, create and defend wonders of the world, and build your tribe into a great civilization. Plus, with two walkthroughs each mission included in the book, you can choose the one you want to help you win. This guide also includes exclusive "Battle Bits" -- advanced player training scenarios, downloadable from a Web site (mspress.microsoft.com), to help players sharpen their Age of Empire skills. Author Mark Walker has contributed to more than 28 computer gaming books as well as regularly contributing to well-known gaming sites.

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About the Author

Mark H. Walker is a veteran computer book author, Microsoft Office aficionado, Virginia Tech football fanatic, and all around technosapien. He has authored over 40 computer related books including How to Use the Internet, The Visio Bible, and Visio 2003 Inside Out. His articles have appeared in Family Software, Alaskan Airlines, Smart Solutions, and Playboy, and he is a regular columnist for PCGamer and The Armchair General. He lives in the beautiful hills of south-central Virginia with his lovely wife, threedaughters, four dogs, two cats, and a horse.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (September 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735611777
• ISBN-13: 978-0735611771
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best Conquerors stragity book there is, September 7, 2001

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Alycia Guy (Mars) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion: Inside Moves (Bpg Other) (Paperback)

With this book and strategies from the source you'll be conquering any civilization or empire mineuits afer reading. There is a strategy for every civilization as well as breakdown telling what each empire is good and bad at. A masterpice by Mark H. Walker.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is mostly a campaign book, September 27, 2002

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J. Hanson (Averill Park, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion: Inside Moves (Bpg Other) (Paperback)

If you play campaigns and need help, this is the book for you. Over 2/3's of the book is devoted to walking you through the campaigns. If however, if campaigns are a thing of the past for you and you are trying to refine your skills to play against other people... this book is of little help. There are a couple of pages detailing the newest civs to TC, not much more info is offered than what comes with the aoe documentation. There are a few strategies that are described that are pretty basic and are useful if you've never or hardly played before. There is a section that supposedly has tips from the actual ES testers (3 I think)...pretty weak because everyone's preferences are always debatable. Anyway, they pretty much just give their opinions on what civ, what unit and combinations they like best. (To kill your curiosity, most chose Mayans for the archer/eagle scout combo.) Adding links in the book to aoe websites is a waste of space. You're better off going to Google and typing in 'AOK TC' and getting hundreds of links to sites that people actually use. So... since I don't really play campaigns anymore and I am a person trying to find resources to get better playing against other people, I found this book a waste of money. I only gave it an extra star because it details the campaigns pretty good.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my main and only ally in this game, April 2, 2004

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nick acker (middleton wi usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion: Inside Moves (Bpg Other) (Paperback)

this book was sooo helpful that it would have taken me twice as long just to complete the scenarios, much less find all the secrets. the illustrations helped, not hinderd, the very deep walkthroughs that used multiple strategies instead of just one straightforward killing spree. i like working alone so when i'm playing true to history by playing as the byzantines and defending against the huns, turks, saracens, teutons, goths, persians and the franks all at once this is my greek fire against them. with it's help i bash aside their light cavalry and charge through their heavy infantry to take the heart out of each and every civilization and leave nothing standing except for mountains upon mountains of skulls... thats why i call myself nick the butcher.