Instructions
Game Setup
Install your "Age of Mythology" game on your computer. You will need to purchase the game from a computer or gaming store.
Open the Age of Mythology application. With a working Internet connection, you can connect with Ensemble Studios Online by going to the game's multiplayer mode. From there, create your own account with a log-in name and password; the game allows you one free account.
Go to the "Game" tab in the multiplayer screen. You can quickly set up your game by selecting your civilization's god and game map with the center icons, then click the "Start" button to find an online game to play.
Playing the Game
Select one of the game's three civilizations to play the game as: The Greeks, Norse or Egyptians. Each civilization has its own gods that it worships; choose the gods your civilization worships to help you build certain resources. You start the game in the Arcane Age, where you'll first build a Town Center on the map.
Build resources like food, wood and gold. You'll mostly search for these resources around the game map. As you find and build up these resources, add more villagers and create buildings like houses, temples and farms. Building farms will give you another source of food. Building a Market and Caravans will advance your resource building further.
Advance in ages by building up certain resources. You'll advance from the Arcane Age to the Classical Age by building up 400 food. From there, you can make it to the Heroic Age with 800 food and 500 gold along with building an Armory. Building up 1000 in both food and gold and building a Market advances you to the Mythical Age.
Build armies to defend your civilization and attack others once you have an Armory. There are three types of army units--infantry, archers and cavalry--and each unit has strengths and weaknesses against the others. Heroes greatly help your armies; each civilization has its own heroes. The Greeks have several while the Egyptians have Priests and Pharaohs and the Norse have the Hersir.
Build Favor to help you develop technologies and build myth units, both of which can help you advance in the game faster. Each civilization has its own method of building favor--the Greeks build it from the number of villagers who worship the temple, the Egyptians from building monuments and the Norse from combat.