Random map

Random Map is the primary game mode throughout the games of the Age of Empires series. In the mode, the player starts out with a map randomly generated for each game. The overall topography of the map remains the same on each map type, with different landscapes and landforms on every corner of the map. The size of the map and the number of players affect the generated terrain of the map.

Age of Empires
The original Age of Empires offers four random map types:
 * Coastal
 * Inland
 * Islands
 * Highlands

The Rise of Rome
The Rise of Rome introduces four new random maps:
 * Continental
 * Hill Country
 * Mediterranean
 * Narrows

Age of Empires II
The second Age of Empires game features 14 random map types:
 * Arabia
 * Archipelago
 * Baltic
 * Black Forest
 * Coastal
 * Continental
 * Fortress
 * Gold Rush
 * Highland
 * Islands
 * Mediterranean
 * Migration
 * Rivers
 * Team Islands

The Conquerors
The Conquerors introduces 8 new random maps to the game.
 * Arena
 * Ghost Lake
 * Mongolia
 * Nomad
 * Oasis
 * Salt Marsh
 * Scandinavia
 * Yucatán

Real-World Maps
Additionally, The Conquerors introduces Real-World maps based on real locations around the world. While their geography is of fixed size and will always resemble their real-world counterpart, resources are randomly distributed around the map every time it's played.

Custom Maps
Ensemble Studios created additional Custom Maps for The Conquerors that were originally available for download on the official website. They were later included with Patch 1.0c, Gold Edition and HD Edition. The filenames for all of maps begin with "ES@" to help players find them during multiplayer.

The Forgotten
The Forgotton includes twelve standard maps, with many featuring a unique variation on standard gameplay. Three additional maps are also available only for Capture the Relic mode, as well as an option to randomly select between these maps.

Age of Mythology
There are twenty-seven different map types in in the Random Map option:


 * Acropolis
 * Alfheim
 * Anatolia
 * Archipelago
 * Erebus
 * Ghost Lake
 * Jotunheim
 * King of the Hill
 * Mediterranean
 * Midgard
 * Nomad
 * Oasis
 * River Nile
 * Savannah
 * Sea of Worms
 * Sudden Death
 * Team Migration
 * The Unknown
 * Valley of Kings
 * Vinlandsaga
 * Watering Hole

Two additional maps were given away as pre-order bonuses for the game:
 * Black Sea
 * River Styx

The Titans

 * Highland
 * Islands
 * Land Unknown
 * Marsh
 * Megalopolis
 * Tundra

Age of Empires III
There are seventeen different map types in in the Random Map option for the original game:


 * Amazonia
 * Bayou
 * Caribbean
 * Carolina
 * Great Lakes
 * Great Plains
 * Hispaniola
 * New England
 * Pampas
 * Patagonia
 * Rockies
 * Saguenay
 * Sonora
 * Texas
 * Yucatán
 * Yukon

The War Chiefs

 * Andes
 * Araucania (Northern, Middle and Southern)
 * California
 * Northwest Territory
 * Orinoco
 * Painted Desert

The Asian Dynasties

 * Borneo
 * Ceylon
 * Deccan
 * Himalayas (Lower and Upper)
 * Honshū
 * Indochina
 * Mongolia
 * Silk Road
 * Siberia
 * Yellow River