How it works
This page picks a civilisation, or civ, for you to play in Age of Empires II.
Press Draw to get a civ. Each civ in your civ pool comes up once before any civ comes up again. The draws until then are called a round.
Press Reset to start a new round. Undo, in the Civs menu, takes back your last change. Redo puts it back.
The Log tab lists the civs you have drawn, newest first. It also lists the civs that are left in this round.
On the Civ Pool tab, pick the edition of the game you play. Then tick the civs you want. Only ticked civs can be drawn.
Your civ pool, your log and your options are saved in this browser. A share link gives the same civ pool to someone else.
Words
- Civ
- A civilisation, such as the Britons. Each civ plays a bit differently.
- Civ pool
- The civs that can be drawn.
- Draw
- Pick a random civ from the civ pool.
- Round
- The draws from one reset to the next. No civ comes up twice in a round.
- Reset
- End the round and start a new one.
- Undo and redo
- Undo takes back your last change. Redo puts it back.
- Log
- The list of civs you have drawn.
- Edition
- A version of the game. Each edition has its own civs.
- Expansion
- Extra content for the game, with new civs. Its box turns all of its civs on or off.
- Auto-toggle older civs
- Turns on the civs of the first game and its early expansions when you pick an edition.
- Auto-reset upon change
- Starts a new round each time you change the civ pool.
- Continuous freshness
- When a new round starts, the last civs you drew can't come up again right away.
- Share link
- A web address with your civ pool in it. It can also hold this round's draws.
- Preset
- A file with your civ pool and draws. The desktop app can open it too.
- Quicksave and quickload
- Quicksave keeps a copy of the picker in this browser. Quickload brings that copy back.
- Tech tree
- A web page that shows what a civ can build and research.
- Lobby
- A game in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition that is waiting for players. To spectate is to watch it without playing.
- Hotkey
- A key that does something on this page. For example, Space draws a civ.
- Single-key hotkey
- A hotkey that is just one key, such as a letter, without Ctrl.
Short forms
- FRCP
- Fresh Random Civ Picker
- AoE2
- Age of Empires II
- AoE2DE, DE
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- HD
- Age of Empires II: HD Edition
- AoK
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- DLC
- Downloadable content: an expansion for the game
- Ctrl
- The Control key
- Esc
- The Escape key
- F1 to F12
- The function keys, at the top of the keyboard