FAQ for Age of Empires

1.&n= bsp; What happens when a building gets destroyed? When a building is destroyed, it is placed in the discard pile. A building card may be snuffed by the cardowner if they destroy it (see question 12), or during the discard phase.

2.&n= bsp; If villagers are used to initiate attac= k, can they be reallocated during the allocation phase? Yes. All villagers are to be removed from the village and placed in the villager pool before allocation is performed.

3.&n= bsp; What happens to a unit if it dies? If a unit dies, it is placed in the discard pile. Any card may be snuffed by t= he cardowner during the discard phase.

4.&n= bsp; How many tokens must go on a unit card = when it comes into play? There must be at least one token place= d on a unit card when it comes in to play. The resource cost listed on the card = is the cost for each token.

5.&n= bsp; Are villagers considered units? = Villagers are not considered units. They may not retreat, fast respond, move during movement phase or enter another player’s village. They can defend the building that they are on if it is being attacked, and attack an enemy unit that is still on a building that they are on if it is their attack phase.

6.&n= bsp; Can a monk convert a War Elephant? No. Monks cannot target any card that has the text “one token per card= 221; for a conversion attempt.

7.&n= bsp; How do walls work with units passing through them? If a unit is on a wall, the unit may defend t= he wall. The unit may not move through the wall to move to another player̵= 7;s village without going to an eligible fringe building first. If your whole fringe is made up of walls, (with no gates,) then you may not move to anoth= er player’s village.

8.&n= bsp; When do event card effects take place? = Event card effects take place immediately, unless otherwise stated.

9.&n= bsp; How many copies of an event may I play = in a turn? You may play as many events or copies of one event as you want, unless otherwise stated on the card, with the universal limit of five copies of any one card.

10.&= nbsp; Are event card effects cumulative? Yes. Most event card effects are cumulative. See question # 41 for a list of the exceptions.

11.&= nbsp; Are technologies cumulative, and can I research more than one copy of a technol= ogy? No. Technologies are not cumulative. You may only have one copy per player of a technology or upgrade in play.

12.&= nbsp; Can I destroy my own building? Yes. If you destroy your own building = to make room for another one, you have the choice of putting it in the discard pile or the snuffed pile. Destroying your own building may only be done dur= ing your construction phase.

13.&= nbsp; What happens to my unit when I destroy a building? If your unit= has just destroyed a building in an enemy village, your unit remains on the spa= ce that the building was in. This “space” is called a null space and is treated as a lo= cation for movement purposes only if the space is surrounded on all sides by buildings. If the space just makes a gap in the fringe, then the null space disappears when the unit moves off and is not considered for movement purpo= ses.

14.&= nbsp; Can I build a building on a space that has an enemy unit on it? If an enemy unit destroyed one of your buildings and has remained in the “space”, then you may build on that space.

15.&= nbsp; How do the symbols in the text area affect the normal statistics of the card? <= /span>If a symbol in the text area does not contain a plus sign before the number, it replaces the symbol already on the card for the circumstance described in t= he text area. This symbol is applied per token. If the symbol contains a plus = sign before the number, it modifies the existing symbol. (If a Goth Spearman is fighting a cavalry unit, the AP goes from the normal 3 AP to 25 AP vs. Cava= lry. This AP change is per token, so five tokens means 125 points of damage per round. If the Goth Spearman is attacking a building, the normal 3 AP is cha= nged to 5 AP, due to the +2 AP vs. Buildings.)

16.&= nbsp; When can I play events? You may play any event on your turn, before your discard and draw phase, unless otherwise noted. Cards that say “play anytime” may be played anytime during your turn, before t= he discard and draw phase, or anytime during your opponent’s turn, unless otherwise stated.

17.&= nbsp; What does “play anytime” mean? “Play anytime” means that a card may be played anytime during your turn, be= fore the discard and draw phase, or anytime during your opponent’s turn, unless otherwise stated.

18.&= nbsp; Can villagers fast respond? No. Villagers may not fast respond. Th= ey may defend the building they are on, if it is getting attacked.

19.&= nbsp; Can villagers retreat? No. Villagers may not retreat. If they= are not targeted, they do not have to fight.

20.&= nbsp; Do players have to allocate their villagers during their allocation phase? Yes. Players must allocate all of the villagers in their villager pool. Don̵= 7;t be scared. We all have to die sometime.

21.&= nbsp; How does targeting work for villagers and buildings during attack declaration? = If the attacker targets a building instead of villagers on said building, the villagers have the option to defend. The do not have to fight in this case.= If the villagers are targeted, then they must fight.

22.&= nbsp; What happens to my second round of combat if I kill a unit or villagers in the f= irst round? If the attacker’s target dies in the fi= rst round of combat, then the second round of combat damage is dealt to the building that the target died on. If a building is targeted and destroyed in the first round of combat, then that combat ends and there is no second rou= nd.

23.&= nbsp; What does it mean if I see a civilization name in the card designator? If there is a specific civilization listed on the card designator, then that is the only civilization that can use the card. (A = Town Center that says “Persian Building” in the card designator, may only be played by the Persians.)

24.&= nbsp; What order do events resolve? Events are resolved in the order that = they were played.

25.&= nbsp; How does Double-bit Axe, and card like it work? Double-bit Axe, and other such cards add 1, 2 or 3 units of= a resource for each location used. In the case of a Double-bit Axe, if you use three different Lumber Camps to collect wood in one turn, then you will get three extra wood total. It does not mean that a Double-bit Axe will cause each villager to collect one more wood than norma= l, thus making the total, two wood per villager ins= tead of one. If you have three villagers and place one on each of your three Lum= ber Camps, you will collect six wood. If you put two villagers on a Lumber Camp and put one on another, thus using two Lumber Ca= mps total, then you will collect five wood.

26.&= nbsp; If my house or military building is destroyed and my garrison or villager population limit is reduced, do I have to kill off villagers or units to compensate? No. If your House = or a Military building is destroyed, you may keep all villagers or units you currently have. Your new garrison or villager population limit is for enlistment purposes, so you may not enlist new villagers or units if it will exceed your new limits.

27.&= nbsp; Can two attacking units target the same defending unit? No. There can be only one unit attacking another unit at a time. Bombardment un= it may attack a unit that has been attacked, if they are close enough, but the combats are resolved separately.

28.&= nbsp; Can there be more than two units that can attack the same building, under the assisted unit attack rule? Yes. There can be up to five units attacking a building, if all the conditions are met for assisted unit attac= k. Each attack is resolved separately, starting with the primary attacking uni= t.

29.&= nbsp; Can a villager collect resources and attack in the same turn? No. Villagers may only do one action per turn. Actions are collecting, building, attacking, defending or researching.

30.&= nbsp; Do these pants make my butt look big? I refuse to answer = on the grounds that I might incriminate myself.

31.&= nbsp; Can Monks be enlisted on a unit that was enlisted the same turn? Yes. Monks can be placed on a unit that has just been enlisted.

32.&= nbsp; Are there any corrections in the starter list in the back of the rule book? Yes. There are corrections to the starter lists in the back of the rule book. Th= ey are all on the Errata sheet.

33.&= nbsp; How does Fortified Wall work? Fortified Wall is an Upgrade. It goes = in the Technology/ Upgrade area. It affects all Stone Walls. It is the only bu= ilding upgrade in the set so far. In the second expansion, there will be more, suc= h as the Guard Tower, Keep and Bombard Tower.

34.&= nbsp; What happens to my unit if it is on a null space that is not connected to a building? If you are on a null space that is not connec= ted to a building in the village, you must go to No-Man’s-Land. You may attack any fringe building from No-Man’s-Land on your next turn. This= is usually a situation that is possible when you have destroyed two buildings = in a column in the same turn.

35.&= nbsp; What does a Cavalry Archer count as? Cavalry or Archer? A Cavalry Archer is an Archer unit. They are not affected by Cavalry technologies, such as Forging or any Barding Armor. They have movement : 2 and are affected by attack bonuses vs Cavalry as well as vs. Archer. For example, Pikeman and Camels do get their attack bonus vs. Cava= lry Archers. They are also affected by event cards that give attack bonuses vs. Cavalry (Muddy Battlefield).

36.&= nbsp; How do I determine who won a Surprise Skirmish? You should use the = printed AP value on the unit card. It is not the upgraded AP value. For example, if= you draw a Militia, but have a Man-at-Arms upgrade in play, you still only use = the Militia’s printed AP (4, not 6).

37.&= nbsp; How does Drought work? Drought is played before any collectio= n of resources is made. Therefore, it affects the card player the turn it is pla= yed. To calculate the resources produced, take all the food from farms and event= cards, add them up and half the total amount, round do= wn. Food obtained from a Market is unaffected by Drought, because it is traded,= not produced.

38.&= nbsp; When can a Market’s ability be used? Markets can be used anytime during your turn, before the discard and draw phase. Resources from= the Market are traded, not “produced”, thus they are not affected by event cards, unless specified.

39.&= nbsp; How does Abandoned Mine work? Abandoned Mine is played at the beginning of the collection phase, before resource collection= has been finished. If the collection has been completed, the card has no affect. Abandoned Mine does not affect event cards like = Gold Nugget.

40.&= nbsp; Why was Alchemist in my Age IV deck? Alchemist was an Ag= e IV card, but it was changed to an Age I card. It is an Age I card.

41.&= nbsp; Which event card effects are not cumulative? Holy War and Bone S= haft Arrows are not cumulative. Only one can affect a player at a time.

42.&= nbsp; How does Typhoid work? Typhoid can only be passed or snuffed = on the affected player’s turn, after they have removed the two villagers= .

43.&= nbsp; Can I get the digits, baby? I don’t think so! Homey don̵= 7;t play dat!

44.&= nbsp; Does a Wall count toward my Age advancement requirement? Yes, anything that says “Building” counts toward your Age requiremen= t. The initial Town Center does not, though. If you bu= ild an additional TC, it will count toward you Imperial Age requirement.

45.&= nbsp; How do turns and phases work? One turn is made up of the eight phase= s. Each player takes their turn in an alternating manner (one at a time). When= you have a good grasp on the game, you may (if there are no objections) start to collect resources while your opponent allocates.

46.&= nbsp; How do Upgrades work? When an Upgrade says “Must have …,” it means that to bring the Upgrade in to play, you need to = have the “Must have” in play already. If the Upgrade has a prerequis= ite Upgrade, the phrase “Place on …,” will be on the card you= are desiring to research. You will just put the new Up= grade on the existing Upgrade to fulfill the requirement. This means that you must have the card in play, in order to place the new one on top of it. You must have Forging in play to put Iron Casting on top = of it.