During his confinement, he wrote his first book, The Rise of Nations.

In Rise of Nations, the final four technologies result in such an advantage that the game will likely end quickly.

Rise of Nations features 18 civilizations, playable through 8 ages of world history.

Later that year, a Gold edition of Rise of Nations was released, which included both the original and the expansion.

Rise of Nations uses an Elo rating system to rank players.

Their first game, Rise of Nations, was a critical and commercial hit.

Rise of Nations was Reynolds' first game at Big Huge Games.

Over the next two months, people in one group played a strategic video game called Rise of Nations for 15 sessions, with each session lasting 90 minutes.

One critic called the game a "dumb man's Rise of Nations."

Rise of Nations features a highly customizable multiplayer mode.