An epic game for epic times, Rise of Nations places you in the throne of one of several cultures as it progresses from the deep past into the near future. Drawing on features once restricted to turn based games, RoN has an epic scope. Build cities, upgrade your units, and wage war on your enemies in this faced paced game thats sure to satisfy any tactics fan.
a brilliant game of its time, i would call it a more serious alternative to the Age of Empires- and Empire Earth-series.
i personally like the worldconquest mode which seems to combine R.O.N. with the tabletop-strategy-game Risiko -> AWESOME!