Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs Expansion Pack

© 2007 Microsoft Corporation
$20, Windows
Teaches: history, logic, strategic thinking
CTR Rating: 88%
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Here's some great news for US history buffs, as well as history teachers in general. This expansion pack to the famous real-time strategy game Age of Empires III provides boatloads of new content; as long as you have the original $30 game installed on your hard drive, that is. There are three new empires on the disk: The Iroquois, The Aztec, and the Sioux. Each has their own buildings and artifacts, bringing the total number of civilizations up in the series to 11. Other new content on the disk includes new mercenary abilities for the game, including the spy, horse artillery, and petard—plus new maps and the ability to start your own revolution. All and all, it makes for a very solid expansion to this already great strategy game. Just make sure you can find your original game disks, and remember this is an expansion pack.