Post-Imperial Age

Post-Imperial Age is a possible setting for the starting age in scenarios and multiplayer games in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III. It is not a true "age", as it is not possible to advance to it through research. Rather, the term refers to a player starting in the Imperial Age with all technologies already researched. By default, players will start with technologies from all of the prior ages already researched (for example, a player starting in the Castle Age will have all Dark Age and Feudal Age technologies).

This setting is commonly used in Deathmatches.