Fortress (map)

Fortress is a Random Map in Age of Empires II.

Description
"A walled city with gates and all the buildings you need to build up your forces quickly."

- Map description

The startup is similar to the one in Arena, with a base that is completely surrounded by stone walls, giving the player protection against early enemy raids; the player is also given a bunch of buildings: 5 Farms, 4 Watch Towers (spread along parts of the wall), 4 Houses, and a Barracks. The towers are almost always placed the same way for all players, which means one might have towers protecting their front walls, while anothher player might be stuck with towers protecting nothing but the edge of the map.

Tactics that work well on Arena tend to work well for Fortress too, such as Booming, Springboard and Castle Drops.