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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 wünschenFelix & Christian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.

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 GameThe Chronicle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DiscordMusic: "Carne y Helado" of the official AoE II Soundtrack.

We are back for another episode of the Age of Empires Magazine and we’ve put together a nice program.We’ll start off with a recap of T90 Titans League, then there’s the replacement qualifier for RB Wololo Londinium. In addition we’ve got some exciting announcements to talk about: Warlords 5, The League and The Garrison 2 have been announced, despite the new esport calendar not even being published, so the next year is already shaping up to be another excellent year for our scene. We’ll follow up the News with a little interview that Daniela and I did with Chuptaburger, who is a community member and creator in the AoE II scene at night but also a teacher during the day and we’ve invited him to have a little chat about his work, aoe2 and his nomination for being the teacher of the year in the USA. We’ll end the episode with the tournament outlook for April 2026.Please check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Timecodes:00:00 Programme02:50 News01:17:28 Interview with Chuptaburger01:50:00 Tournament Outlook April 2026Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTL 5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Warlords 5⁠The LeagueThe Garrison 2Chuptaworks

Welcome back to our final mission from the Muisca campaign, where we follow the story of Pacanchique, a honorable warrior who had served under Nemequene, the leader of the southern Muisca federation and led his army into battle against Quemuenchatocha, the leader of the northern Muisca confederation, who thinks of himself as a god and grows madder by the day. To make matters worse, the Spanish have arrived in 1537 and are hunting for El Dorado, the imaginary golden city which they believe to find where Quemuenchatocha resides. Even a second expedition has arrived, led by a German conquistador called Federman, who is also searching for the golden city. In all of this, there is a love story, because Pacanchique’s love, Azay, is serving under Quemuenchatocha and spying on him to give intel to Pacanchique, so he can stop the madman. Can we save Azay and force the expeditions to retreat?Chris⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Muisca Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

We have returned to south america and to be more precise: with the third scenario of the Muisca Campaign. Once again, we are playing as Pacanchique, a Muisca commander who has sided with Nemequene, Zipa of the southern Muisca Confederation and leading our army in the western borderlands with the mission to pacify the unruly Panche tribes of the region. The northern Muisca are lead by the Zaque called Quemuenchatocha, a powerhungry commander collecting gold in his fortress and he is our main enemy in this campaign so far. By controlling the Panche, we will have more influence over the region and get closer to unifying the Mapuche.Chris⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Muisca Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

Welcome back to another Campaign series! There is a good reason for why I’m doing this now though, multiple reasons in fact: First, While you are listening to this, I am somewhere in Japan, probably in Fukuoka and enjoying Sushi or maybe, with a bit of luck, the cherry blossom trees. But I didn’t want you, dear listener, to go for an entire month without a podcast, which is why I preproduced these upcoming five campaign episodes. The second reason is, that I was playing the Last Chieftain campaigns anyway to be able to talk about the DLC in various podcasts, so I wanted to put the spotlight on of those. And I chose the newly released Muisca Campaign called El Dorado, which is also controversial when it comes to its historical background. The Devs chose to merge mythology with historical battles and I thought, that sounded like a lot of fun. Starting today, I will publish one episode per day until the campaign is finished, so you have daily podcasts to look forward to and I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I do playing the campaign right now.Chris⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Muisca Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

Welcome back to the Age of Empires Magazine! We’ve had a lot happening this month and these are the topics we’ll cover in this episode: First of all, we’ll talk about T90 Titans League and the latest happenings. Then there’s the New DLC with three new south american civilizations and the Patch that was released alongside it with some Balance Changes and the major naval rework. In other News: Viper and Daut have found a new Team and joined Onimaru. Let’s get started!Please check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Timecodes:00:00 Programme02:27 News02:31:40 Podcast News & Emails02:44:00 Tournament Outlook March 2026Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTL 5⁠⁠⁠Naval rework⁠CastlerushThe BastionAoE2Germany 1v1 League

Christian hat im vergangenen Monat endlich mal an einem Turnier teilgenommen: Noobs of the Desert 3! Dort hat er es bis unter die letzten vier Spieler geschafft und erzählt deshalb ein paar Anekdoten, unter anderem, wie unterschiedlich das Spiel wahrgenommen werden kann. Natürlich macht sich bei Felix und Christian auch ein bisschen die Angst vorm DLC breit: wird es gut, wird es meh... oder gar einfach zu viel? Wir haben es dieses Mal geschafft, eine ganze Stunde nur über AoE Themen zu sprechen und wünschen euch viel Spaß beim Zuhören!Felix & Christian⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.

Daniela and I are discussing the RB Wololo Qualifiers, covering topics like the runs of the first 5 placements, the Hearttt vs Vinch Finale and other important topics. Enjoy!Please check out ⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome back to another episode of the Age of Empires Magazine! Once again, I am joined by Daniela!We’ve got exciting topics to discuss, starting of course with the sixth edition of King of the Desert and a recent update with balance changes from the 2nd of december. We’ve also got a couple of Franchise News, because the South AmericaDLC has been announced for AoE II and is coming to the game in February 2026. As is the theme with our Franchise, if one game get’s something new, another game probably has something similar in store and that’s true for Age of Mythology and Age of Empires IV. We’ll finish up the episode with some emails and the tournament outlook for January 2026, where we’ll talk about the RB Wololo Ladder Qualifier and TTL Season 5. I’d also like to mention that we recorded this podcast just before the News about GL and their members have dropped, so there is no mentioning of that in this episode.Please check out ⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠: ⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠Timecodes:00:00 Programme02:30 News02:12:54 Franchise News02:26:45 Podcast News & Emails02:39:25 Tournament Outlook January 2026Links:⁠King of the Desert VI⁠Danielas Statement of MMBalance Changes⁠AoE 2025 Review⁠⁠TTL 5RB Wololo Ladder Qualifier

Well, this episode is all about the Celts. But who were the Celts, really? If you're asking the Devs, it seems the answer is: whatever was shown in the movie Braveheart! For a game drawing inspiration from history, the Celts do seem like the odds one out. Sloppy research, a lousy tutorial campaign and underwhelming tech tree make it hard for the Celts to really shine amongst the many civilizations in the game, despite looking back to more than 25 years of AoE II history. Of course, being an infantery civilization doesn't make things any easier. If it weren't for Hoang, maybe the Celts would've been completely forgotten. Well, don't shed your tears just yet, I'm here to save the day and tell you everything I could uncover about the Celts, including some fun facts from what the Celts were first invisioned by the Devs, before they became the Civ we know today. I hope you enjoy this episode!ChrisTalk to the community on:⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠Timecodes:00:00 Introduction05:43 Wood bonus14:47 Faster moving infantery18:54 Stealing herdables22:40 Faster firing siege & Team bonus30:15 Furor Celtica 35:58 Strongholds40:28 Woad Raider50:35 Strategies & army compositions01:11:25 CampaignMusic: Celts Intro Music and "Operation Monkey" of the official AoE II SoundtrackLinks:Computer Gaming World MuseumCeltic Life InternationalBraveheart Critique bei Sharon KrossaOriginal Handbook of Age of KingsCattle Raids

Willkommen zur 28. Tafelrunde! Felix Fälle vor Gericht werden immer abwechslungsreicher. Neuerdings häufen sich die Fälle, in denen sich Menschen um ihre Katzen streiten. Wie kann man da eine Entscheidung darüber fällen, wer die Katze bekommt? Christian ist indes aus Schottland zurückgekehrt und hat dadurch die William Wallace Kampagne erneut gespielt... wenn man da überhaupt von einer Kampagne sprechen kann. Außerdem verbringt er seine Abendstunden mit Ball x Pit, was mal wieder Anlass dafür ist, die Nostalgiebrille auszugraben und von vorinstallierten Windows 95 Breakout-Spielen zu erzählen. Felix ist da viel mehr am Puls der Zeit und spielt das gerade erschienene Europa Universalis V.Viel Spaß beim Hören!Felix & Christian⁠Discord⁠Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.

Welcome to another episode of the monthly magazine, covering all important topics about age of empires. Today is a very special episode, because this podcast will be cohosted by the up and coming talent of our scene: welcome Daniela!We’ve had a lot of tournaments recently, so there are lots of topics to cover. In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the Ling Yuan Cup, Amigo Wars 3, Masters of Hyperrandom 3, the announcement RB Wololo: Londinium, TTL 5 Bronze League, the Naval Rework, the onimaru bootcamp, the Chronicles DLC featuring Alexander the Great and the betting scandal of aoe 2. There’s a little bit of Franchise News after that and then we’ll pick out a few of the emails that have been sent in to discuss them. As always, we’ll close the show with the tournament outlook for november 2025.Please check out Daniela over at Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoeSupport the Podcast on:⁠Patreon⁠⁠Steady (german)⁠Discord⁠Timecodes:00:00 Intro03:11 News02:35:44 Franchise News02:40:20 Podcast News & Emails02:51:05 Tournament Outlook October 2025Links:⁠Master of HyperRandom 3⁠LingYuan CupTTL5 Bronze LeagueSotL InterviewNaval ReworkT90 about Biry