Rise of Nations

by Willard Mallard
(Fond du Lac county)

Rise of Nations is a fun game to play and pass the time because there are many different ways to play and win and different civilizations to choose from. It is another successful game series from Microsoft Games, similar to Age of Empires except with more depth and different ways to play. You can also advance through more ages, 8 to be exact.

Build from the ground up, starting with farms and lumber camps, to castles, markets, siege workshops, universities, libraries, and going to armor factories, airfields, (and my favorite) missile silos.