Hi everyone!
I’m a huge fan of Age of Empires II and have been playing it since I was a child. I’ve played every official campaign and have longed for a campaign on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, one of India’s most legendary warrior king.
I’ve designed a detailed 7-mission campaign concept that I believe would be a big hit, showcasing how Shivaji started with almost nothing and went on to establish a powerful empire. This campaign offers stealth, guerrilla tactics, naval sieges, and a rich narrative arc — fitting perfectly with AoE2’s best historical campaigns.
Shivaji’s life (1630–1680 CE) is technically post-medieval but the game’s expansions (think African Kingdoms, The Forgotten) already stretch the timeline well into the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Would love the community’s thoughts and if it would be possible to share my request with the AOE 2 team
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How did those expansions stretch the timeline?this idea is better suited for aoe3.
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Yes, AoE 2 only goes up to 1598… at no point does it touch on the 17th century, as AoE 3 does (Japanese campaign and European historical maps)… furthermore, the Maratha Empire is an early modern empire, it wouldn’t fit well in AoE 2, and AoE 3 has several Maratha units… it could serve better as a Maratha campaign for AoE 3 (I was thinking at some point of porting Babur’s campaign to AoE 3 too)…
Yes agreed, some are late 16th century but not 17th. Thanks for the info, I’ve just played the US campaign on AOE3 long long back, will check out the India campaign. For some reason I’ve always enjoyed playing AOE2 more than AOE3 
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Except that game is dead and has worse Indian Representation than AoE2.