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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Released by Ensemble Studios in 1999. My first RTS! Played starting at age 12. This game taught me a lot. 1. William Wallace was a Scottish freedom fighter. 2. I love a good map editor. 3. I am TERRIBLE at RTS games. I mean, really freaking terrible. I wish I was good at them, I really think they're fun, but I've never finished an RTS campaign, ever. Played a bit of Starcraft and Warcraft III as well but always hit a wall.

Jeff Hinschberger got into the remaster that came out in 2020/2021 but I never tried it.