Start the game already!

By Startthegamealready

Weekly Podcast about all things Age of Empires II: eSport, History, Campaigns, Strategy Talk, Civilizations and much more! This feed contains mainly English epidoses with the occasional german episode... more

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September 09, 2025 [ENG] Campaign: Montezuma #6 Broken Spears
The decisive battle in Tenochtitlan marks the culmination of the Aztec campaign. Surrounded by the Spanish and Tlaxcalans, we must attack from our city and repel the enemy: on land and at sea. But woe betide the Spanish if they manage to destroy our wonder!This episode is the final episode of the entire Aztec season, so at the end there's a brief final assessment and, of course, a rectification of the events we experience in this mission. I really hope you enjoyed the campaign!Chris
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Music: Aztecs Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack

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52min
September 09, 2025 [ENG] Campaign: Montezuma #5 The Boiling Lake
In the 5th mission of the Aztec Campaign, we are pursuing the Spanish and their allies after we've defeated them in La Noche Triste. The Spanish are trying to escape along the lake Texcoco to the safety of the Tlaxcaltecs, but we caught up to them and try to defeat them once for all, in what is known today as the battle of Otumba on July 7th, 1520. More than 20.000 Aztecs faced off against a couple of thousand Spanish and Tlaxcaltec soldiers, but they have set a deadly trap for their Aztec pursuers.I hope you'll enjoy listening to this podcast!
Chris
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Music: Aztecs Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack
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27min
September 02, 2025 [ENG] Magazine Ep. #04 September 2025
Welcome to the September edition of the Age of Empires Magazine, where once again we’ll be covering the most important topics surrounding Age of Empires. Let’s take a look at today’s magazine program: as promised, we’ll be talking in more detail about the big update. In terms of eSports, we’ll briefly cover the LingYuan Cup and Sudden Dessaster 2, as well as the first month of Midweek Madness. Jens from Age Lan will invite you all to the Age Lan in October. In the Franchise News, I’ll tell you about the new DLCs in AoE IV and AoM. In Game News, I’ve got a whole bunch of interesting titles to introduce. In Podcast News, there’s a short update on what’s coming up in the podcast. And finally, of course, the tournament outlook for September 2025! I hope you enjoy the show!
Chris
Homepage: www.startthegamealready.deDiscord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsKSupport the Podcast on:Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealreadySteady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
02:07 News
26:21 Franchise News
31:54 Game News
37:43 Podcast News
42:55 Tournament outlook September 2025

Links:
Trailer AoM DLC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYeR54lRm00
Master of HyperRandom 3: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Master_of_HyperRandom/3
Quintessiential Cookout: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Quintessential_Cookout
Sudden Dessaster 2: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Sudden_Dessaster/2
Midweek Madness: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Midweek_Madness
Dynamic Battle: https://www.universe.com/events/dynamic-battle-lan-tickets-KGM9LC?ref=share-widget-buffer?ref=share-widget-buffer
Empire Village 2025: https://www.aoe2insights.com/announcements/empires-village-2025-3rd-edition-loano-italy
BOOM: https://aoe2germany.com/brandneueoriginalundoffiziellemaps
AoE Leagues: https://www.aoe2insights.com/announcements/aoe-leagues-season-14
Arabia Lovers 2: https://discord.gg/uUfVU7QJfu
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57min
August 30, 2025 [GER] Tafelrunde #26: Bloss nur zwei Spiele spielen
Willkommen zur 26. Tafelrunde! Felix und Christian kommen erneut zusammen und sprechen über den vergangenen Monat. Für Felix ist die Zeit schnell vergangen, für Christian ging es langsam, denn der Urlaub kommt erst in zwei Wochen. Felix hat seine Zeit in Stronghold gesteckt und kommt von dem Spiel nicht los. Christian hat ein neues Elo High erreicht, nur um danach in Grund und Boden gestampft zu werden. Es gibt viel zu erzählen und wir freuen uns, dass ihr uns zuhört :)
Viel Spaß beim Hören!
Felix & Christian
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Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.
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1h 21min
August 28, 2025 [ENG] Interview: Chris
This is the complete Interview with Chris (IamChris), a legend of AoE II eSport history. Chris war once considered the best player in the world and has witnessed pretty much every phase of the development of competitive Age of Empires II. The main focus of our conversation revolves around the Hun Wars and Chris shares both his knowledge and memories about this topic. But before we got to that subject, we also talked about what Age of Empires II was like back in the day and specifically, how Chris percieved the pro scene and how his career as a pro player has developed. I had a great time talking to Chris and hope you'll enjoy our conversation!
Chris
Links to I am Chris:
twitch.tv/iamchris_age2
youtube.com/@IamChrisAge2
Podcast:
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Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK
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Music: www.purple-planet.com
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1h 13min
August 20, 2025 [ENG] Hun Wars
The Hun Wars were played between 2000 and approximately 2016 and are by far the most frequently played matchup in Age of Empires II history – to this day. In this documentary, I attempt to recount how the Hun Wars came about, how they changed over the decades, and what led to the end of the Hun Wars just under 10 years ago. To do this, I brought two veterans of the game, Andre (Slap) and Chris (IamChris), in front of the microphone, who told me in detail about the good old days of the Hun Wars. It quickly became clear that my image of these mirror matches was far too one-dimensional. I hope you enjoy this nostalgic trip into the past of Age of Empires II eSports.
Support the Podcast on:
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Podcast:
Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de
Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK
Koven-Interview: https://members.tripod.com/legionx_black/cerpioclan/id42.html
External audio sources used in this episode:
SMB about Hera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKSN41zJ40
T90 about Hoang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhZ5hwHhgc
Nili (Outro): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKCyF7eIgQ&t=12s
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49min
August 13, 2025 [ENG] Campaign: Montezuma #3 Quetzalcoatl
Episode 3 of the Montezuma Campaign leeds us to confront the Spanish invadors and their allies, who a threatening the Tabasco. This mission is considered the hardest of the campaign if you want to save Tabasco, especially because there's quite the distance to overcome before you can help your ally. Challange accepted, also I want the achievement you get for saving Tabasco, so I'll be telling you how I succeeded on the hardest difficulty. Apart from that, this mission is loosely based on the Battles of Centla (March 14, 1519) and Nautla (October 1519), during the Spanish conquest of Mexico and there are two ways of finishing off the Spanish: Either by conquest or by taming their horses. Unfortunately, because of my ungrateful allies, I was forced to take the difficult path,
Chris
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Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de
Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK
Music: Aztecs Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack
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23min
August 13, 2025 [ENG] Campaign: Montezuma #4 La Noche Triste
In Episode 4 of the Montezuma Campaign, it is our duty to retake Tenochtitlan from the Spanish forces under Hernan Cortez, who hast taken emperor Montezuma II as a hostage and uses him as a puppet to control the city of Tenochtitlan. This beautiful city was built on an artificial island on the west side of lake Texcoco and showcases this early campaign in all it's beauty. We'll first have to gather our forces, we get to kill an enemy priest with jaguars and there's also an easter egg involiving Ornlu the Wolf to discover, but first and foremost we need to drive out the Spanish from our beloved home. I hope you're enjoying this series!
Chris
Support the Podcast on:
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Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de
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Music: Aztecs Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack
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34min
August 04, 2025 [ENG] Magazine Ep. #03 August 2025
Welcome back to a new edition of the magazine! There’s once again a lot of news to cover from the past month, and here’s the program:
In the News section, we’ll talk about Regicide Rumble VI, Jordan joining Onimaru, the Public Update Preview, the Town Center Tango 2 drama, layoffs at Capture Age, a tournament announcement from GL, and the current status of the LingYuan Cup qualifiers. Then there’ll be a brief look at Franchise News regarding esports tournaments from Age of Mythology and Age of Empires IV.
In the Game News, I’ll tell you about my time playing Stronghold Crusader DE and Wandering Village, and I’ll briefly introduce two new city-building simulations that are set to be released at the end of August.In the Podcast News, I’ll mainly be responding to a few emails I received. And finally, as always, there’s the Tournament Outlook for August 2025.
If you’re enjoying the program and like my other podcasts too, you can support me and the podcast on Patreon or Steady. Both platforms offer different tiers depending on what kind of spare change you have each month. But you can also support me for free by telling others about the podcast, sharing the episodes, and giving them a positive rating on Spotify or wherever you listen. Please enjoy this episode of the Magazine!
Chris
Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de
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Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:55 News
18:02 Franchise News
20:15 Game News
24:47 Podcast News
39:45 Tournament Outlook August 2025
Links:
Regicide Rumble VI Final: https://youtu.be/qv40NSUMz7E?si=yJhSIk7CrnUc2MML
Quintessiential Cookout: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Quintessential_Cookout
TCT2: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1lxn2dx/town_center_tango_2_cancelled_after_finals/?tl=de
Capture Age Layoffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1m80oak/age_of_empires_support_studio_captureage_lays_off
Sudden Dessaster 2: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Sudden_Dessaster/2
LingYuan Cup: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/LingYuan_Cup
Midweek Madness: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Midweek_Madness
Daniela's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe
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47min
August 02, 2025 [ENG] Campaign: Montezuma #2 Triple Alliance
Welcome back to the Montezuma Campaign! In this episode, we'll finally meet our nemesis: Hernan Cortez. But before that, we need to rally our allies in order to defeat our sworn enemies and capture as many human sacrifices as possible to appease our gruesome goods.
Chris
Support the Podcast on:
Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready
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Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de
Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK
Music: Aztecs Intro Music of the official AoE II Soundtrack
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25min

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