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โ€œ Try playing a complete game against a computer opponent, with helpful advice guiding you in the right direction. โ€

Try a Game is the second tutorial scenario in Age of Empires III, recommended for players with experience in other Real Time Strategy games, or new players who have finished Master the Basics. This scenario is essentially like a 1 vs. 1 random map match against an AI, but with some changes like starting units, and the presence of a narrator as well as pop-ups explaining the various gameplay elements and objects in the map.

Scenario instructions[]

Starting conditions[]

Objectives[]

  • Train two additional Settlers while exploring the New World.
    • You can train more Settlers at your Town Center, if you have enough Food. You will need eight Settlers to complete the objective. Hunt animals for Food, or send Food from your Home City.
  • Build a Manor to increase your population limit.
    • A British Manor provides population, which can be used to train additional soldiers and Settlers. You will need Wood to build Manors.
  • Advance to the Commerce Age. (200 XP)
    • To advance to the Commerce Age, select the Town Center, left-click the Age Advancement button, and then choose a politician. To advance, you will need 500 food. Food may be gathered from animals or Mills.
  • Advance to the Fortress Age. (200 XP)
    • To advance to the Fortress Age, you need 500 food, 250 coin. Keep training Settlers at your Town Center. Don't forget to build more Manors to support your population.
  • Advance to the Industrial Age. (200 XP)
    • To advance to the Industrial Age, you need 1,000 food, 500 coin. If the Mines near your town run out, send Settlers to more distant ones, or build a Estate.
  • Destroy the Enemy Colony. (300 XP)
    • Build an Artillery Foundry to train Mortars. Mortars are good at destroying buildings but they need to be protected with other units. When you have a large army, attack!

Players[]

Player[]

  • England (Flag BritishDE British): The player begins in the southwest of the map with a Town Center, Settlers, an Explorer, and also some troops.

Enemy[]

  • Spain (Flag SpanishDE Spanish): The Spanish have a typical starting base in the northeast of the map.

Pop-ups[]

โ€œ The Home City

During a game, return to the Home City now and then to use the Experience earned from fighting and building to send Shipments. Shipments from the Home City will be delivered to your Town Center.
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โ€œ Experience

As you play through Age of Empires III you will be noticing Experience numbers flying off units and buildings as you build and destroy them. this experience will go towards upgrading your home city and earning shipments throughout the story mode missions and in multiplayer games.
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โ€œ Upgrading your Home City

The Home City is not only a source of Shipments during the game. at the end of a game, you may also return to the Home City and choose new shipment types, called Cards. if this had been a real game, you could now choose a new Card to send during all future games. every civilization has a different set of Cards - try them all!
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Trivia[]

  • In the Definitive Edition, upon discovering the Haudenosaunee minor native village, the narrator still refers to them as the Iroquois.
  • This scenario is loosely based on the first definitive attempt at English colonization in the New World with the founding of the colony of Jamestown in 1607.
Campaigns in Age of Empires III
3Icon48px Age of Empires III
TutorialMaster the Basics ยท Try a Game
Act I: BloodBreakout ยท Into the Caves ยท Pirates! ยท The Ottoman Fort ยท Temples of the Aztec ยท A Pirate's Help ยท Spanish Treasure Fleet ยท The Fountain of Youth?
Act II: IceDefend the Colony ยท Strange Alliances ยท The Rescue ยท The Seven Years' War ยท The Great Lakes ยท Respect ยท Warwick's Stronghold ยท Bring Down the Mountain
Act III: SteelRace for the Rails ยท Hold the Fort ยท The Boneguard's Lair ยท The Lost Spanish Gold ยท Bolivar's Revolt ยท Journey Through the Andes ยท Last City of the Inca ยท Last Stand of the Boneguard
3WCIcon48px The WarChiefs
Act I: FireWar Dance (War Ceremonyยท The Rescue ยท Breed's Hill ยท Crossing the Delaware ยท Saratoga ยท Valley Forge ยท The Battle of Morristown ยท The Battle of Yorktown
Act II: ShadowThe Bozeman Trail ยท Red Cloud's War (A Reckoningยท Claims ยท Ambushed! (Urgent Newsยท Turning Point (To Stop a Warยท Trust ยท Battle of the Little Bighorn (Battle of the Greasy Grass)
3ADIcon48px The Asian Dynasties
Act I: JapanThe Siege of Osaka ยท Uprising! ยท Clearing the Road ยท Last Stand at Fushimi ยท The Battle of Sekigahara
Act II: ChinaTo Finish a Fleet ยท Storming the Beaches ยท Lost Ships ยท A Rescue in the Wilderness ยท No Empire Lasts Forever
Act III: IndiaInto the Punjab ยท Fires of Calcutta ยท Resist! ยท Raid in Delhi ยท Company Confrontation
Age3DE Icon Definitive Edition
Historical BattlesAlgiers ยท Christopher da Gama's Expedition ยท Chuvash Cape ยท Raid on the Caribbean ยท Fort Duquesne ยท Battle of New Orleans ยท The Burning of USS Philadelphia ยท Grito de Dolores ยท Battle of Queenston Heights
The Art of WarEarly Economy ยท Treasures ยท Home City Shipments ยท Booming ยท Build Orders ยท Early Defense ยท Early Offense ยท Land Battle ยท Naval Battle ยท Artillery
Event scenariosBombard Brawl
Age3DE Icon The African Royals
Historical BattlesThe Battle of the Three Kings ยท Fall of the Hausa ยท The Era of the Princes
Names in brackets are the scenario's name in the Definitive Edition.
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