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Release_date: 2018
Rating: 6
Genre: Strategy
Total_playtime: ~60 hours
First_played: 2022 - today
Replays: "6"
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#videogames 

## Info
Previously known as "Age of Civilizations II", sequel to "[[Age of Civilizations]]" series of games
Made by Łukasz Jakowski using Java

### History
The first game - Age of Civilizations - was released for mobile devices in 2014, soon followed by a spin-off in the same year of Age of Civilizations: Europe
In 2015 more spin-offs: Age of Civilizations: Asia, Age of Civilizations: Americas, and Age of Civilizations: Africa

Age of Civilizations II was released on November 21, 2018

Possibly due to copyright reasons (from Firaxis, makers of Civ) in 2020 the name was changed to Age of History

In October, 2024 Age of History III was released

Now a new game - Age of History II: Definitive Edition - is set to release somewhere in 2026
## Gameplay
![[Pasted image 20251120080731.png]]
### Government
>[!Types of government]-
>![[Pasted image 20251120065340.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065351.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065531.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065416.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065546.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065555.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120065604.png]]

Press "TAB" on your provinces
![[Pasted image 20251120065738.png]]

>[!Technology]-
>![[Pasted image 20251120065838.png]]
>Population growth +0.75%
>Economy growth +0.75%
>Income Taxation +0.2%
>Income Production +0.25%
>Administration -0.3%
>Military Upkeep -0.35%
>Colonization Cost -1.0%
>Research +0.75%

![[Pasted image 20251120070103.png]]
Interest and repayment are deducted from your turn spendings

![[Pasted image 20251120070236.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120070320.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120070330.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120070402.png]]
### Building
Press "E" on a province:
![[Pasted image 20251120072325.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120072511.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120072531.png]]

>[!Farms]
>![[Pasted image 20251120072544.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074412.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074445.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074652.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074607.png]]

>[!Workshops]
>![[Pasted image 20251120072558.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074357.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074459.png]]

>[!Research stuff]
>![[Pasted image 20251120072645.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074428.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120074514.png]]


![[Pasted image 20251120072655.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120072702.png]]

![[Pasted image 20251120072711.png]]
Festival - increase happiness
Assimilate - increase stability by assimilating cores
Invest in Economy
Invest in Development

![[Pasted image 20251120073148.png]]

![[Pasted image 20251120073427.png]]

### Politics
Press "F3":
![[Pasted image 20251120070706.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120070741.png]]
Piss yellow - non-aggression pact
Red - war
Cyan - vassal
White - truce


Vassal management:
![[Pasted image 20251120070909.png]]

Foreign policies:
![[Pasted image 20251120070926.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120070941.png]]

Icons:
![[act_plunder.png]]

![[alliance.png]]

![[festival.png]]

![[gift.png]]

![[loan.png]]

![[loan2.png]]

![[military.png]]

![[military2.png]]

![[nonagg.png]]

![[relations_dec.png]]

![[relations_inc.png]]

![[revolution.png]]

![[rivals.png]]

![[skull.png]]

![[technology.png]]

![[trade.png]]

![[transfer_control.png]]

![[union.png]]

![[war.png]]

![[war_preparations.png]]

![[Pasted image 20251120073444.png]]

![[Pasted image 20251120080910.png]]
There's a HRE mechanic
### Warfare
Troop management:
(press "Q" to move troops)
![[Pasted image 20251120071400.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120071418.png]]

Press "W" on a province to recruit
![[Pasted image 20251120071443.png]]

>[!Fighting]
>![[Pasted image 20251120071646.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120071704.png]]
>![[Pasted image 20251120071815.png]]

Truces:
![[Pasted image 20251120071942.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120071953.png]]

![[Pasted image 20251120073029.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120074311.png]]

### Map modes
![[Pasted image 20251120074724.png]]
Income
![[Pasted image 20251120074733.png]]
Population
![[Pasted image 20251120074742.png]]
Economy
![[Pasted image 20251120074758.png]]
Development
![[Pasted image 20251120074818.png]]
Province stability
![[Pasted image 20251120074837.png]]
Type of Terrain
![[Pasted image 20251120074850.png]]
Growth rate

### Easter eggs
You can flip the flag in F1 menu:
![[Pasted image 20251120074943.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120074950.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120074957.png]]

Some ocean tiles have their hidden continents:
![[Pasted image 20251120075742.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075759.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075811.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075822.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075844.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075858.png]]
(^ sort of Atlantis)

WW2 and Modern World scenarios have a province with a city named after the dev
![[Pasted image 20251120080033.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120080047.png]]

Łukasz as leader:
![[Pasted image 20251120080219.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120080321.png]]

There are some secret nations, like the Federation of Free Planets, Petoria (Family Guy as leader), Kekistan, etc

If you switch the language to Polish, you can add "Papers, Please" as a civilizations
### Editors
![[Pasted image 20251120080629.png]]

You can create events in Create a Scenario

### Cheat codes
In F1 menu:
![[Pasted image 20251120075013.png]]
(Scheming Weasel plays)
"spin" spins your map very fast
"fuck" covers your map in lots of flag for a short amount of time

![[Pasted image 20251120075414.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120075447.png]]

"Drew Durnil" or "Noob" or "observer" for observer mod

### Fluff
![[Pasted image 20251120075625.png]]

The soundtrack is entirely by [[Kevin MacLeod]]

![[Pasted image 20251120083537.png]]
![[Pasted image 20251120083545.png]]

(Sandbox mode gives you permanent 99999999... money at the beginning of each round)

You can edit game info in %path%/game/Ages.json, Governments.json, and Diseases.json.

### SFX
![[assimilate.ogg]]
![[build.ogg]]

![[click.ogg]]

![[farm.ogg]]

![[gold.ogg]]

![[invade.ogg]]

![[library.ogg]]

![[plunder.ogg]]

![[port.ogg]]

![[supply.ogg]]

![[technology.ogg]]

![[war.ogg]]

![[war2.ogg]]

![[workshop.ogg]]

## Community
Has a dedicated forum at 
http://www.ageofcivilizationsgame.com
(no HTTPS)

### Mods
#### [[USGW]]
1500+ events
Ultimate Second Great War
Lots of events and extra stuff

#### The War of Revolutions
new stuff

#### Age of Elder Scrolls

#### [[1159 A Cold War Mod|11:59: A Cold War Mod]]

#### Fate of Kingdoms

#### Age of Imperialism

#### World+

#### Conquerors

#### Project: Vita