I just want to say I love this game, and share my experience

I must’ve played it for the first time when I was about 10. I’m not sure if it came out of a cereal box or if my order brother left it when he moved out. I remember playing Britons vs the AI, spending an hour taking down castles with only longbows. And that William Wallace campaign...

Then, about 5-6 years ago, I remember my sister showing me steam and all the games that were on it. I was blown away as I had never really heard of it, as I was a casual console gamer with a MacBook for school. I looked through the sale section and saw AOE2 HD. I grabbed my credit card and bought it on her account right away. I would ask her to use her computer just to play some Black Forest games. Oh the joy of being 1500.

Now it’s 2019 and I’m still playing (had to buy the game again on my account of course.) I learned to FC knights and became king of the 1500s. I’ve since learned some more build orders (thanks St4rk.) I’ve convinced my friends to play, and continue to play Black Forest AI games with them. I’ve been tower rushed on nomad. Deleted my TC by accident. Stole a few boar. Had my elephants wololo’d and wololo’d them right back. Many good times. If you asked me when I was 10 if I’d still be playing this game 15 years later, watching tournaments and continuing to improve, I think I’d say no. Unreal game we have here guys <3