Welcome back to another episode of the Age of Empires Magazine featuring Daniela and Chris!

January was all about the qualifiers of RB Wololo Londinium, so we’re gonna talk about that in todays show. Other topics include Team Vitality joining the scene, news of mismanagement in GL and what’s new in T90 Titans gold and silver leagues. We’ve also got official news previewing the new DLC and the Naval rework that we can discuss. There’s no franchise news apart from the DLC for AoE 2 releasing on the 17th of February, so after the News, we’ll head straight to some Emails and then the tournament outlook.

Please check out ⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠:

⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timecodes:

00:00 Programme

01:13 News

01:46:00 Podcast News & Emails

02:11:40 Tournament Outlook February 2026

Links:

Team Vitality

Viper Drama

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTL 5⁠

⁠RB Wololo Ladder Qualifier

Naval rework

Six Nations Cup

Daniela and I are discussing the RB Wololo Qualifiers, covering topics like the runs of the first 5 placements, the Hearttt vs Vinch Finale and other important topics. Enjoy!

Please check out ⁠⁠⁠Daniela over at Twitch⁠⁠⁠:

⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠

Today, we‘re visiting eastern europe and talk about the Poles. The Poles have been introduced to the game in the second DLC for the Definitive Edition in August 2021 together with the Bohemians introducing unique game mechanics and farm economy which I was very sceptical of when it got released but now believe to be one of the best designs decisions in the game. You'll be hearing me praising the civ design a lot in this podcast, when I go through all civilization bonuses, their unique techs, units and even buildings. They probably have the best campaign of the game, which if you haven't already, should defenitely give a go. The Poles are hard to master and had little impact on the eSports scene, yet I wouldn't want to change a thing about them. Well actually, one thing, but you'll find out when listening to the Podcast!

Chris

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Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

05:08 Folwarks

16:00 HP Regeneration

21:45 Stone-to-gold conversion

28:00 Cheaper Scout Upgrades & Teambonus

34:10 Winged Hussar & Unique Techs

51:50 Obuch

59:00 Strategies & army compositions

01:22:15 Campaign

Music: Poles Intro Music and "Operation Monkey" of the official AoE II Soundtrack