Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings/Lord of Arabia


 * Objective: Defeat Reynald's army.

You start with two allies, Medina (orange) in the east and Aqaba (yellow) in the west corner. Both cities have to survive. In-between there is the basement of Reynald's Raiders (turquoise). As they send a continuous stream of troops down to your village, it is important to pay attention to them. They also like fight trade carts from your allies, which will stop them from paying gold tributes to you. Placing some palisades and towers in front of Reynald's gates may concentrate their effort. Building a fully secured way between Medina and Aqaba is one way to deal with them. In this case, you will not have to actively fight them any longer, as they resign once Reynald's Pirates are down. If they face towers near their gates, they will also stop grouping the archers and scout cavalry and just send them as soon as produced. You can also just go in and destroy their city; it's not very big and it is not very well protected. In case your allies do not have any more resources for trade carts (and cogs, if you have a dock), sending them food and wood is a good idea. You will have plenty of resources except stone, so receiving gold tribute may be a good deal.

Reynald's Bandits (red) are no problem to deal with. They do not expand and they do not have to be extinguished completely. They also do not start attacking on their own, but stay at their camps, sometimes protecting resources like gold and stone. You can find most of them at the left upper corner of the map.

Reynald's Pirates (blue) are a growing danger. As the are located at the small island in the west, it takes them a while to build troops and ships. Once they are able to, they will regularly attack your town with 3–6 cavaliers and one or two onagers. They will also attack your docks, so do not build them too early. To get rid of them, send your troops to the west and use transport ships to reach their island. Taking the long way over the ocean is also possible, but slows down your supply chain. Include rams to eliminate their guard towers and the castle in the corner. Also it would be wise to upgrade all mounted units and use knights.