Age of Empires map system

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IKG(Posted 2006) [#1]
I was wondering how the Army Men map system works, when I remembered that the old Age of Empires series had the same exact look (a game that's probably more familiar to most of you). Anyway...

Do they just use a bigger "tile" system? I remember AOE had a map editor; maybe it created an array where you could place tiles down? Please enlighten me ;)