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New Wonders were made available for building, such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Forbidden City, and the Red Fort. Two Asian nations: the Indians, and the Persians were introduced.

Three North American nations were added, the Americans, referring to the ex-colonial civilization, and two Native American nations are added, which are the Lakota and the Iroquois. The 'New World' situation playable in the game is enhanced by the introduction of the European nation-of the Dutch. Thrones and Patriots adds six new nations to the original Rise of Nations base game. Players are able to lead their nations at the macro and micro levels, and build their nation up and expand it throughout the game. The gameplay takes place from ancient history to modern times. Players progress in different ways in Thrones and Patriots by using various means including espionage, political strategy, technology races and population growth. Units used during gameplay include slingers, musketeers, tanks, large Persian war elephants, aircraft carriers, and nuclear missiles. Within Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots players control various units during battles, including land, sea, and aerial units. Various features were added to the game in an attempt to balance gameplay, including the addition of armed caravans and merchants. Up to eight players can play in multiplayer matches, with artificial intelligence being able to fill slots at the server host's choice. However, Thrones and Patriots has campaigns which offer more turn-based strategy features than the original and the ability to make decisions outside of combat. Gameplay still remains similar to Rise of Nations, with its wide span of ages and players still manage and expand their nations at the macro and micro levels.

It adds six nations, 4 new conquer-the-world modes, and the ' Patriot' special general unit and the senate building. Thrones and Patriots expanded on a variety of features in the original game, such as new monuments (called ' Wonders'), nations, governments, and campaigns.

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It was ported to and released for Mac OS X in November 2004. Thrones and Patriots had its premiere release for Microsoft Windows on Apin North America.

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The game is the second in a series of Rise of Nations games by Big Huge Games. Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots is the official expansion pack to the real-time strategy computer game Rise of Nations.