Age of Empires on the PC did indeed have random map generation. Age of Kings also included the scripting language that let modders create their own scripts to g

Age of Empires on the PC did indeed have random map generation. Age of Kings also included the scripting language that let modders create their own scripts to generate new types of procedural maps. The cells from the random generation were also repurposed as part of the pathing. Most of the default scripts ensured balance by having a set of identical resources by each player's start. An example of the scripting language, placing a gold resource near the player start: create_object GOLD { number_of_objects 7 group_placement_radius 3 set_tight_grouping set_gaia_object_only set_place_for_every_player min_distance_to_players 8 max_distance_to_players 14 min_distance_group_placement 4 }