Am I playing the game wrong?

I love strategy games and AoE2 is my absolute favorite, but I don't often play it the way it's exactly supposed to be played. I usually play it like it was a resource management tycoon game. I play offline with 7 easy bots and treat the game as a city-builder with bots being just random enemies that I have to defend my city from. I don't try to win the match, I just expand my city and explore the map.

Does anyone else do this? I find it very enjoyable and relaxing.