
This Japanese campaign focuses on the unification of Japan, which was also a minor campaign in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. Furthermore, these campaigns return to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, which are different from the past campaigns in the Age of Empires III series. There are three new campaigns, one for each new civilization. New characters from The Asian Dynasties campaigns Himalayas, Mongolia, Siberia, Silk Road, Yellow River They include:ĭeccan, Himalayas, Silk Road, Upper Himalyasĭeccan, Himalyas, Upper Himalyas, Indochina, Borneoĭeccan, Himalayas, Upper Himalayas, Ceylon New mercenary units are added, and can be trained at the Monastery, or sent as Cards from the Home City. Besides European alliances, the player can ally through with Asian Isolation movements. The Asian civilizations all have the ability to build a Consulate to form an alliance with major European powers and exchange Export in return for military units, buildings, and additional technologies. A statue of the Buddha is visible near the top-right. The expansion also introduces Water Treasures that only naval units can gather.Ī Japanese town. In addition, it adds six new minor civilizations: the Sufis, the Shaolin, the Zen, the Udasi, the Bhakti, and the Jesuit.

The Asian Dynasties adds three new major civilizations:
