

If there is any enemy around, they may start attacking the Villagers, and any Mangonel will deal a great blow against the Villagers, so the player should watch out. Send any unit to the flag and the Gaia Villagers become the player's. There will be a flag marked at that spot. The player will be informed by a soldier of theirs that Henry the Lion has some Villagers at the west this is actually the Gaia Villagers mentioned above ready for their possession. The player manually changes diplomatic stance to Neutral or Enemy.The northwestern Polish Castle (on the western side of the river, near Saxony) is being destroyed.The player assigns 3 soldiers into the northern or southern Polish base.Game continues until the 2000th second (33 minutes and 20 seconds).

Henry the Lion will betray the player if one of the following conditions occurs (Hard Difficulty): Henry will fight back in the Definitive Edition and might even destroy a Polish castle. As Poland is attacking Henry the Lion, it would be advisable to at least destroy their Mangonels to prevent them from stationing at the west, where some Gaia Villagers will spawn to prevent accidental destruction.

Poland will invade both the player and Henry the Lion, who will simply get slaughtered without resistance (unless playing the Definitive Edition), and may occasionally attack Saxony and Bavaria. The player will encounter War Galleys en route which they must eliminate, but this tactic can almost instantly remove considerations of a Polish navy from the game. It is also possible to end the threat of a Polish navy very early, on at least on standard difficulty, by sending the player's Fire Ships to burn down their Docks in the very early game. That is, unless the player chooses to destroy the enemy Docks. However, once the player has destroyed the Polish navy and they have stopped building a navy, they may start building Trade Cogs to trade with the Polish Docks. Poland has a navy that will attack the player in the early stage of the game, so they may wish to build Fire Ships to defend against the Polish navy. The player starts from the central-western part of the map. Destroying the Polish Castles and Siege Workshops forces Poland to resign. They field Long Swordsmen, Obuchs ( Huskarls before the Definitive Edition, Boyars in the Definitive Edition and before Dawn of the Dukes), siege weapons, and send in navy early on.

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Review
