i am so happy you guys decide to do this, i have been play the aoe123 since 2000 and tried different mod for aoe123 , love it! this is my first computer game i have been played, my mother teach me to play this , and i still remember when the first time play this, i do not know the ally thing and i saw the enemy attack each other and i feel confusing(i born in 1993). most of my time is on Aoe2 and i have been played it till this morning, i found out my new Vietnamese friend is playing the Vietnamese campaign, and he seems like the game. i played 2 first then go back to play the 1, The Rise of Rome and other mod. hope i can join the beta.