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Star of the Poles town-alliance network
Star of the Poles is a Castle Age scenario built around neighboring towns. Complete Lviv’s requests for technology access and establish Castles in three settlements to gain allies and extra population room.

Overview
Star of the Poles is a Castle Age scenario built around neighboring towns. Complete Lviv’s requests for technology access and establish Castles in three settlements to gain allies and extra population room.
Plan and execution
Repair Lviv’s walls with the starting stone if you want its defensive technologies, then rebuild the University to unlock siege options. Place Castles in Pohonicz, Rohatyn, and Terebovl when each location can be defended; their allegiance adds population space and army support. Use the new siege access to reclaim threatened towns and advance toward Halych only after the northern network is stable.
Risks and adaptation
Building a second Town Center can consume stone needed for Lviv’s wall request. Castle Age technology access is restricted, so plan around the request triggers instead of assuming the full University tree is available.
- Focus
- Complete Lviv requests and expand the population cap
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
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- Battle strategy
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