GUIDE · MAP STRATEGY
Choke points
Narrow passages funnel armies into limited approaches, making them valuable places to defend, raid, or contest with siege.
Overview
Narrow passages funnel armies into limited approaches, making them valuable places to defend, raid, or contest with siege.
How this system affects decisions
This rule affects map strategy. Read the entry’s stated mechanics together with its requirements and related unit or technology pages; its practical value depends on which parts of that system are active in the current match.
How to use this reference
Narrow passages funnel armies into limited approaches, making them valuable places to defend, raid, or contest with siege. This rule is easiest to understand by identifying its trigger, the game objects it affects, and the resulting change. Those details determine whether it matters during an opening, a battle, or a custom scenario.
- Focus
- Map strategy
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Map strategy
- Classification
- Game systems