This afternoon, I finished up the second campaign from The Conquerors. The campaign centered around the 11th century Spanish hero El Cid. Unlike Attila the Hun, the featured leader from the first campaign, El Cid seemed like a true hero. I thought that made it more fun to play. El Cid commanded forces for King Sancho and later King Alfonso. He also commanded Moorish armies as well as Spanish so that made it the scenarios quite varied. In the final scenario, El Cid was dead but his armies fought on. They faced off against the Berbers of Northwest Africa and their leader Yusuf. The campaign finished with some nice naval battles as well as land action. Another great campaign in the Age of Empires II series.

Since completing James Bond 007: Nightfire, I have only dabbled in various games. I wasn't sure which game I really wanted to take on next. One older title that I really loved was Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. In fact, I placed it on my All-Time Favorites list. I have the Gold Edition of AOE2 which includes not only The Age of Kings but The Conquerors expansion as well. I finished all of the campaigns from The Age of Kings but never got around to playing the expansion. Last week I began playing The Conquerors, starting with the Attila the Hun campaign. I just finished that campaign on Sunday and it was quite enjoyable. I started up the second expansion campaign, El Cid, last night. So far, I think The Conquerors is every bit as good as The Age of Kings, if not better.