<s>
Rise	B-Application
and	I-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
Civilizations	I-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
both	O
Stainless	O
Steel	O
Studios	O
and	O
Midway	O
Games	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
campaigns	O
:	O
one	O
follows	O
the	O
conquests	O
of	O
Alexander	O
the	O
Great	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
the	O
fictional	O
liberation	O
of	O
Egypt	O
by	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Military	O
units	O
in	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
are	O
grouped	O
as	O
infantry	B-Protocol
,	O
cavalry	O
,	O
special	O
,	O
siege	O
,	O
or	O
naval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infantry	B-Protocol
,	O
cavalry	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
special	O
units	O
automatically	O
group	O
themselves	O
into	O
formationsgroups	O
of	O
soldiers	O
that	O
receive	O
attack	O
and	O
defense	O
bonuseswhen	O
at	O
least	O
eight	O
of	O
that	O
kind	O
of	O
unit	O
is	O
present	O
;	O
the	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
units	O
a	O
formation	O
may	O
consist	O
of	O
is	O
sixty-four	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outposts	O
,	O
guarded	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
soldiers	O
,	O
soldiers	O
who	O
defend	O
automaticallyalso	O
play	O
an	O
important	O
part	O
in	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
single-player	O
games	O
,	O
only	O
one	O
human	O
player	O
may	O
play	O
,	O
against	O
one	O
through	O
seven	O
computer	B-Application
players	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
host	O
or	O
join	O
matches	O
through	O
either	O
the	O
internet	O
or	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
campaign	O
features	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
,	O
and	O
her	O
attempts	O
to	O
repel	O
a	O
Roman	O
invasion	O
by	O
Octavian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
campaign	O
focuses	O
on	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
VII	O
and	O
her	O
efforts	O
to	O
drive	O
out	O
an	O
invasion	O
by	O
Octavian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Roman	O
legions	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
much	O
of	O
Egypt	O
,	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
,	O
her	O
lover	O
Mark	O
Antony	O
,	O
and	O
her	O
brother	O
Ptolemy	O
free	O
areas	O
under	O
Roman	O
rule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
defeats	O
several	O
of	O
Octavian	O
's	O
legions	O
,	O
causing	O
him	O
to	O
send	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
best	O
generals	O
to	O
eliminate	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
an	O
expedition	O
to	O
Nubia	O
,	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Egyptians	O
gain	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
train	O
war	O
elephants	O
,	O
a	O
gift	O
from	O
the	O
Nubian	O
queen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bent	O
on	O
revenge	O
,	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
tracks	O
him	O
down	O
and	O
defeats	O
him	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
Romans	O
and	O
Egyptian	O
traitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Emperor	O
himself	O
then	O
leads	O
the	O
attack	O
on	O
Alexandria	O
,	O
and	O
plunders	O
the	O
city	O
until	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
arrives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
he	O
and	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
fight	O
;	O
the	O
Egyptian	O
queen	O
slays	O
Octavian	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
mortally	O
wounded	O
,	O
and	O
dies	O
moments	O
after	O
having	O
freed	O
Egypt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ptolemy	O
buries	O
his	O
sister	O
in	O
a	O
pyramid	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
many	O
Egyptians	O
attend	O
her	O
funeral	O
procession	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stainless	O
Steel	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
by	O
Rick	O
Goodman	O
and	O
other	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
working	O
on	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
released	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
two	O
commercially	O
successful	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
many	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
scenario	O
editor	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scenario	O
editor	O
for	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
used	O
in	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
though	O
Stainless	O
Steel	O
claims	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
from	O
the	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
editor	O
were	O
re-introduced	O
into	O
that	O
of	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
ones	O
were	O
added	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
Rise	O
and	O
Fall	O
created	O
the	O
campaigns	O
using	O
the	O
built	O
in	O
editor	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
experienced	O
enthusiasts	O
and	O
modders	B-Device
of	O
the	O
game	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
creating	O
new	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
