Microsoft Age of Empires Inside Moves

By Steve L. Kent

"Age of Empires: Inside Moves, Revised and Expanded Edition" enables players to deploy winning strategy gambits and tricks when playing "Age of Empires", one of the leading historical strategy games... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735605696
• ISBN13: 9780735605695
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Microsoft Pr
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A solid readable work

I found the book very helpful. I am something of a newbie to the game. I have played AOE both 1 and 2 for only a couple of months but I found this book a real help in picking up some of the more subtle aspects of the game's dynamics.Compared to the Inside Moves Edition strategy guide for AOE 2, this one is far superior. Kent has obviously done quite a bit of work on figuring out the strengths and weaknesses of the various units. There are comparisons and contrasts and useful strategy suggestions. I particularly liked the discussions of the times required for particular units of one type to vanquish units of another type. The book would have been better for including yet MORE of this kind of information (e.g. How many stone age club men does it take to kill an Iron Age chariot archer? How does one recover from certain tactical mistakes and unit mismatches? What do you do when facing a catapult and you only have archers? etc.) The author goes into detail when explaining how he experimented using the scenario editor and explains this process to the user so that even the newbies can continue their educations beyond the book.The walkthroughs were readable, the instructions were clear and complete and the advice is good, given that the suggestions worked and behaved as indicated. The section on multi-player gaming may have been a bit light, but then, experience is definitely the best teacher in that realm and everyone has their own style. There may indeed be more extensive information on the various fan web sites, but as a tutorial, reference, and walkthough guide, I find the book useful and recommend it.

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!

This book was awsome! Just the historical section was worth the 13 bucks. If you like Age of Empires fan, this is a must buy

Great book about a great game

This book tells you in detail everything in a scenario you need to know to win. The book offers deeper insight on the historical aspects of the game, making it a different experience altogether.

Great book for beginners.

This book is just what the novice player needs. It provides the tips and strategies necessary to make the game enjoyable rather than frustrating. Well written and nicely illustrated, the book carefully details the individual scenarios within each campaign, allowing the player to develop the basic knowledge and skills for more advanced play.

Great for starting out...

This strategy guide is mostly filled with detailed, well-written explanations helping you to beat each scenario in the campaigns. It does very well on that, but there are few general playing/multiplaying tips, and scant descriptions of units and buildings.