Features :
- Found new cities & improve existing ones with a choice of hundreds of different buildings.
- Explore the vast campaign map, discover continents, meet new tribes and locate rare resources.
- Use the random map generator for endless replay value.
- Research new technologies, build new structures and recruit new troops.
- Send diplomats to negotiate, spy, broker peace deals & provoke wars.
- Trade 9 different essential resources.
- Allocate workers & keep them happy to prevent riots and revolts.
- Withstand droughts, floods and religious unrest along with a wide range of external influences.
- Win by total domination or by completing missions.
- Play as any side in any scenario.
- Recruit great leaders to command your troops.
- Build fortresses and besiege enemy strongholds.
- Undertake epic construction projects to impress your people and other civilizations, which bestow great benefits.
- Historically accurate units, uniforms, cities, nations & leaders.
- Auto resolve battles or take control of your men directly (uses the Legion Arena battle engine).