Gamlet Trivia #50 — 2026-08-21
The answer was Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings — Microsoft greenlit the Definitive Edition partly because fan-run servers had kept tens of thousands playing for two decades..
That day's clues
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- A 1999 Windows strategy classic (with a curious PlayStation 2 port) still receiving official expansions a quarter-century later.
- A real-time strategy of village-to-castle growth: advance through four eras, wall early, and never stop producing villagers.
- Built by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft.
- Taunt number 11 and sheep-stealing are competitive rituals; its remaster's pro scene is bigger today than it was at release.
- Anagram of its last word: GINKS