Parley with the wily leaders of the other civilizations.

Your vessels can sail along the rivers! Here, an Aztec barque cruising the Amazon discovers a lesser tribe near a grand cenote.

Each of the player civs has a special new unit, the Royal House.

Fail to protect them, and the unimaginable happens!

Desperate to win? You can always try to enlist the supernatural. Magicians can give you great power, but they can also doom your empire!

Other dangers abound. This settler is about to get toasted by Mother Nature.