Richard the Lionheart (Age of Empires: The Age of Kings)

A composite picture of the complete tapestry for Richard the Lionhearted's campaign

Richard the Lionhearted is the campaign for the Britons in Age of Empires: The Age of Kings. It chronicles Richard the Lionhearted as he battles his own family for the throne of England, and then his involvement in the Third Crusade. This campaign is listed as being very hard, and these scenarios will require excellent strategy and complete understanding of unit abilities to win.

All in the Family, Part 1

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Ally: King Henry (Britons)
• Enemy 1: Frankish rebels (Toulouse) (Franks)
• Enemy 2: Frankish Rebels (Bayonne) (Franks)

Objectives

• Destroy the rebel Town Centers.
• Richard the Lionhearted must survive.
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Henry's town must survive.
  2. Win before the imperial age
  3. Build only 1 town center

All in the Family, Part 2

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Enemy: King Henry (Britons)

Objectives

• Destroy all enemy Town Centers.
• Richard the Lionhearted must survive.
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Build a wonder
  2. Recover a relic
  3. Expand to 4 town centers

Cyprus

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Enemy: King Isaac (Franks)
• Enemy hero: King Isaac of Cyprus - European Champion

Objectives

• Defeat Isaac of Cyprus.
• Destroy all enemy Town Centers.
• Richard the Lionhearted must survive.
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Destroy Cyprus castle
  2. Capture all relics (pick them up with monks not return them to a church)
  3. Capture all Cyprus towns

The Siege of Acre

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Enemy: Saladin (Saracens)
• Enemy hero: Saladin

Objectives

• Destroy Acre Town Center.
• Richard the Lionhearted must survive.
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Rout Saladin
  2. Destroy Acre by the end of day 15
  3. Destroy all Saracen mines

The Battle of Arsuf

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Enemy: Saladin (Saracens)
• Enemy hero: Saladin

Objectives

• Defeat the Saracen raiders.
• Less than 3 trade carts can be destroyed.
• Richard the Lionhearted must survive.
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Rout Saladin
  2. Do not lose any trade carts
  3. Keep all Scorpion units intact (keep all alive)

The Taking of Jerusalem

Players

• Player:: King Richard (Britons)
• Enemy: Saladin (Saracens)
• Enemy hero: Saladin

Objectives

• Destroy Jerusalem Town Center.
• All at least 5 Jerusalem town center buildings to survive.
• Richard the Lionhearted must
• Bonus objectives:
  1. Destroy the Dome of the Rock
  2. Defeat Saladin
  3. Capture the town of Ascalon

Trivia

• Richard and Saladin serve as each other's final boss in their respective campaigns. They also share the same maps of Arsuf and Jerusalem.
• Richard's campaign is very hard. Even in the first scenario, it is very easy to have King Henry get completely overwhelmed by how aggressive the computers are. Scenario 4, The Siege of Acre, is probably the hardest scenario in the entire game.

Gallery

Campaign map

Richard the Lionhearted, the campaign hero

Marshal, the campaign advisor

King Isaac of Cyprus

Saladin