Age of Empires III/Deathmatch/Rush

French

Deck

Your deck should include at least the following:

1. Riding School
2. Fort(x3)
3. Factory(x2)
4. Cards that upgrade cavalry
5. Crates of food and coin
6. Fencing School

Strategy

1. Send two couriers to build a stable, two to build houses(use hotkeys) and one to build a church.
2. Send your explorer to build on a Cheyenne/Lakota village.
3. By now, your church is complete. Get mercantilism- you get 5 shipments instantly.
   • Card 1: Riding School
   • Cards 2-4: Any cards that upgrade cavalry
   • Card 5: Fort
   • Card 6-: Fencing school, crates of resources, etc.
4. When your explorer is finished building on the native village, get the upgrade that makes you train cavalry faster.
5. At this point, you can train cavalry instantly. Spam dragoons and a few hussars and cuirassiers and attack. Send the hussars and cuirassiers to attack villagers.
6. If they are repelling your troops, build a fort by their base. If you get low on resources, send the crates of resources. If they spam spies, send other spies to find them.
7. If they start getting skirmishers, halberdiers, pikemen, musketeers, etc. you may want to construct a few barracks and make some infantry.
8. Eventually, you may end up having sent all your crates and need more resources- if this happens, you can either

A. Trade wood for coin/food

B. Build trade posts and set them to resources

C. Train some couriers and start gathering.

Russian

Deck

You will want to have at least the following in your deck:

1. Riding school
2. Fencing school
3. Dueling school
4. Fort(x2)
5. Factory(x2)
6. Ransack
7. Crates of food/coin
8. Cards that upgrade infantry and cavalry

Strategy

1. Send two settlers to build a blockhouse, one to build a stable, one to build a church, and one to build houses(use hotkeys).
2. You may want to send minutemen to attack and kill enemy settlers.
3. Send your explorer to build a trading post on a Lakota or Cheyenne village.
4. Your church should be about done. When it is, get mercantilism, because you get 5 shipments instantly.
   • Card 1: Riding school
   • Card 2: Fencing school
   • Card 3: Dueling school
   • Card 4: Fort
   • Card 5: Ransack
5. When your trading post is built, get the card that makes you train cavalry faster.
6. You can now train cavalry instantly- make about 30 oprichniks to raid enemy settlers and buildings.
7. When fencing school and dueling school come, you can train most infantry instantly. Spam halberdiers and musketeers and attack.
8. If you are getting repelled, build your fort by their town. If you are running our of resources, send the crates of food/coin and get the factories. If they hide with spies, send spies of your own to find them.
9. If you run out of coin, you may end up training strelets.
10. If you run out of coin and food, trade wood for food/coin and make some settlers to gather.

German

Deck

You will want to have at least the following in your deck:

1. Riding school
2. Crates of food/coin
3. Cards that upgrade cavalry
4. Forts
5. Factories

Strategy

1. Send one settler wagon to build a church, one to build a stable, and one to build houses(use hotkeys).
2. Send your explorer to build a trading post on a Lakota or Cheyenne village.
3. When your church is done, get mercantilism- you get 5 shipments instantly.
   • Card 1: Riding school
   • Cards 2-4: Cards that upgrade cavalry
   • Card 5: Fort
4. When your trading post is done, get the upgrade that makes you train cavalry faster.
5. You can now train cavalry instantly- get a lot of war wagons and a few uhlans for raiding settlers.
6. If you are getting repelled, build a fort by their town. If you are getting low on resources, send the crates, get factories, or train some settler wagons. If they spam spies, use spies of your own to find them.
7. If they start getting infantry, you may want to build a few barracks and train some infantry, as they are more population effective.

Indian

Deck

You will at least want the following in your deck:

1. Riding school
2. Crates of food/coin
3. Cards that upgrade elephants
4. Castles

Strategy

1. Send two villagers to build a caravanserai and the rest to build houses.
2. Send your monks to build a trading post on a Lakota or Cheyenne village- when they are done, it is best to find any treasures that give you experience and get them.
3. When you get enough experience, send the riding school card.
4. Get the upgrade from your trading post that makes you train cavalry faster.
5. Now you can train elephants found in the caravanserai instantly. Mass a mixture of the two available and attack. Note that only elephants are trained instantly.
6. If you are getting repelled, build a caravanserai and a castle by their town. If you are running low on resources, send crates or train some villagers. If they spam spies, your outta luck- send your monks around to try and find them.