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Age of Empires III Cheats
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Age of Empires III Online Strategy Guide
Throughout time, there has been one fact that tends to repeat itself: a conflict of interest leads to a conflict of weapons. In this case, there's an international race for who can settle the New World first. Welcome to Age of Empires III. Eight civilizations, one great continent, zero chance of sharing. When the dust settles and the corpses fertilize the ground, will it be your flag being raised? Or will it be draped over your grave? Age of Empires III follows the tradition of its predecessors, combining fast action with strategic thinking at every step. In addition to the new card system, even the same civilization can be customized and tweaked to fit your play style. IGN has covered the grounds from Delaware to California, and we bring the strategies and tips to you with our patented accuracy! In this guide, you'll find:

• Civilizations: Basic weaknesses and strengths of each civilization, and which of the Basic Three strategies work best with them. Be sure to read this if you planning on playing against other players online.
• Cards: Sure, this isn't Yu-gi-oh, but the dozens of cards in the game are too important to shrug off in a single paragraph. You'll get a breakdown of every single card available, including its effects and which civilizations can use it.
• Basic Strategies: Details of the Basic Three strategies are here, including what to do and what to expect at each phase of the match.
• Campaign Mode Walkthrough: For those interested in the single-player campaign, this section gives you a step-by-step, battle-by-battle guide. Plus, you'll get cut scene narration, including a possible rude comment or two along the way.

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Age of Empires III Cheats
Press ENTER and input the following codes for the decribed effects: (Unverified)

X marks the spot ... Reveals map
Medium Rare Please ... Stocks 10000 food
Give me liberty or give me coin ... Stocks 10000 coin
Nova & Orion ... Stocks 10000 XP
<censored> ... Stocks 10000 wood
A recent study indicated that 100% of herdables are obese ... All animals on map are fattened
Speed always wins ... Building rate doubled
Sooo Good ... Random saying when killed by infantry
This is too hard ... Clears current map in single player
tuck tuck tuck ... Stocks monster truck in retail version

Age of Empires III Hack: Card Hack (Skirmish Mode)
Note: This involves altering a critical game file. Back up your files before you alter your FAT.

Locate the sp_NameOfCity_homcity.xml file in your \...\Age of Empires 3\savegame\ directory. Edit or open the file using Notepad or a similar text editor. In the file, search for the text similar to the string <activetech_name> and you should find a list of all the cards available for the game.

Place the technology card you want in between the <cards> and </cards> section and you should be able to play any of the cards you want. Save the XML file and boot the game. Note that normal game restrictions of having only eleven cards is still in effect.