Welcome to The Trials Official Walk Through

Introduction

Welcome to the official walk through for The Trials, a single player scenario based on the popular Ensemble Studios game Age of Empires 3. The Trials was designed and mapped by Tom Barak (a.k.a. ToMyBoY or tbarak) with contributions from well-known "Age" designers including Sziggi, Kastor, King Jared, Felix Hermansson, Grun, and newcomer Moosefood. The project contains many cutting edge mod, mapping and trigger techniques which will please Age designers. For players the scenario provides exciting and challenging game play. This walk through should be of interest to anyone playing the scenario, but also for anyone wanting to know more about it before actually downloading it. Be warned, however, that this document contains spoilers, but reading the text in the cine sections and browsing the many screenshots will avoid giving away too many secrets. Three main sections comprise this walk through which follows the three main parts of The Trials scenario:

The Trials - Hamburg 1665 (opening cinematic)
The Trials - Quest for Divinity (the map/game proper)
The Trials - On Hallowed Ground (closing cinematic)

In addition there is a map section detailing tactical aspects of The Trials environment, and a credits section with a full contributor list. The bulk of the walk through covers secton two, the map/game proper, with cinematics explained only briefly. Clicking the treasure chest icon below takes you to my vault, where you can find other AOE3 and AOM:TT maps and mods I have published. And finally clicking the ossuary icon takes you to AOE 3 and AOMTT tutorials I've written. There's one in there on installing mods into the AOE3 game. Since The Trials contains a fair amount of modded material, if you're new to playing a modded version of AOE3, the tutorial is a perfect primer to insure the scenario is installed correctly. So rig the ship for sea and prepare yourself for a journey beyond the New World!





Introduction Welcome to the official walk through for The Trials, a single player scenario based on the popular Ensemble Studios game Age of Empires 3. The Trials was designed and mapped by Tom Barak (a.k.a. ToMyBoY or tbarak) with contributions from well-known "Age" designers including Sziggi, Kastor, King Jared, Felix Hermansson, Grun, and newcomer Moosefood. The project contains many cutting edge mod, mapping and trigger techniques which will please Age designers. For players the scenario provides exciting and challenging game play. This walk through should be of interest to anyone playing the scenario, but also for anyone wanting to know more about it before actually downloading it. Be warned, however, that this document contains spoilers, but reading the text in the cine sections and browsing the many screenshots will avoid giving away too many secrets. Three main sections comprise this walk through which follows the three main parts of The Trials scenario: The Trials - Hamburg 1665 (opening cinematic) The Trials - Quest for Divinity (the map/game proper) The Trials - On Hallowed Ground (closing cinematic) In addition there is a map section detailing tactical aspects of The Trials environment, and a credits section with a full contributor list. The bulk of the walk through covers secton two, the map/game proper, with cinematics explained only briefly. Clicking the treasure chest icon below takes you to my vault, where you can find other AOE3 and AOM:TT maps and mods I have published. And finally clicking the ossuary icon takes you to AOE 3 and AOMTT tutorials I've written. There's one in there on installing mods into the AOE3 game. Since The Trials contains a fair amount of modded material, if you're new to playing a modded version of AOE3, the tutorial is a perfect primer to insure the scenario is installed correctly. So rig the ship for sea and prepare yourself for a journey beyond the New World!


This walk through is in no way affiliated with Ensemble Studios or Microsoft Games and is an unofficial fan site. All Age of Empires 3 content remains the sole property of Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Games.