Well, this episode is all about the Celts. But who were the Celts, really? If you're asking the Devs, it seems the answer is: whatever was shown in the movie Braveheart! For a game drawing inspiration from history, the Celts do seem like the odds one out. Sloppy research, a lousy tutorial campaign and underwhelming tech tree make it hard for the Celts to really shine amongst the many civilizations in the game, despite looking back to more than 25 years of AoE II history. Of course, being an infantery civilization doesn't make things any easier. If it weren't for Hoang, maybe the Celts would've been completely forgotten. Well, don't shed your tears just yet, I'm here to save the day and tell you everything I could uncover about the Celts, including some fun facts from what the Celts were first invisioned by the Devs, before they became the Civ we know today. I hope you enjoy this episode!

Chris

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Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

05:43 Wood bonus

14:47 Faster moving infantery

18:54 Stealing herdables

22:40 Faster firing siege & Team bonus

30:15 Furor Celtica

35:58 Strongholds

40:28 Woad Raider

50:35 Strategies & army compositions

01:11:25 Campaign

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

Links:

Computer Gaming World Museum

Celtic Life International

Braveheart Critique bei Sharon Krossa

Original Handbook of Age of Kings

Cattle Raids

Once again I am joined by Daniela in this Podcast!

This month was much more quiet than the last month, but there’s still some interesting topics to discuss. We’ll start off with Thalassocracy Cup 2, which has just concluded last night at the time of this recording. The Bronze League of TTL 5 has also finished up determining who will get into the gold and silver league. We’ll also give a quick outlook on what we’re expecting from King of the Desert VI, which has started as of now. There’s no real Franchise News for a change, so we’ll be skipping that segment today. But I’ve got important news for all patreons and supporters of the podcast in the podcast news and we’ll be answering a couple of your messages, that have been sent in. At last, we’ll finish up the episode with the tournament outlook for december 2025.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

06:46 News

01:42:30 Podcast News & Emails

01:59:01 Tournament Outlook December 2025

Links:

King of the Desert VI

Thalassocracy Cup 2⁠⁠

Master of HyperRandom 3⁠⁠

TTL5 Bronze League⁠

⁠Naval Rework⁠

Willkommen zur 28. Tafelrunde! Felix Fälle vor Gericht werden immer abwechslungsreicher. Neuerdings häufen sich die Fälle, in denen sich Menschen um ihre Katzen streiten. Wie kann man da eine Entscheidung darüber fällen, wer die Katze bekommt? Christian ist indes aus Schottland zurückgekehrt und hat dadurch die William Wallace Kampagne erneut gespielt... wenn man da überhaupt von einer Kampagne sprechen kann. Außerdem verbringt er seine Abendstunden mit Ball x Pit, was mal wieder Anlass dafür ist, die Nostalgiebrille auszugraben und von vorinstallierten Windows 95 Breakout-Spielen zu erzählen. Felix ist da viel mehr am Puls der Zeit und spielt das gerade erschienene Europa Universalis V.

Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Felix & Christian

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Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.