yes i really know agout age of empires, my friend had the age of empires 2 expansion then i went out and bought it then when the third one came out i got it for xmas, unfortuanately my computer died and disc 1 of age of empires 3 was too scratched up to reload it so i started playing the the older versions again recently when i stumbled apon your group here and thought, oh why not. thats all there is to it i guess