Old World

The Ancient Era Calls

Family Matters

• Each of the 7 kingdoms has four noble families that provide various benefits when put in charge of your cities.
• Manage family ties through events, actions, and marriages to keep them happy and reap additional benefits. Upset them, or make them too powerful, and you risk their ire.
• Maintain a strong family unit, or distract yourself with more illicit adventures.

Character-driven

• Seek out and recruit famed warriors, philosophers, builders, and more. Have them tutor your children, lead your armies, and further your reign.
• Different personality archetypes allow your court members to perform distinct tasks in similar roles. Find out how to take full advantage of governors, diplomats, spymasters, and even your spouse.
• Characters develop new personalities and traits as they grow old and gain experience before passing away, leaving room for the next generation.

A World to Discover

• Discover artifacts and great heroes of the past at ruins scattered across the map.
• Experience over 3,000 unique events inspired by history and mythology.
• Contact with foreign dignitaries triggers event chains, stories, and courtroom drama.
• Pursue ambitions and legacies related to conquest, development, faith, and more.

Rooted in History

Reinventing the Wheel

• Go beyond the traditional resources. Buildings are made of wood and stone, not "industry." Population doesn't grow off "food" alone.
• Orders are a resource shared across your realm. Instead of moving every unit once per turn, each unit can be moved multiple times until fatigued or Orders are depleted.
• Technological advancement is not predetermined. Randomization helps keep technology trees feeling fresh with each new playthrough.

Broadening the Genre

• Quality of life improvements, such as the ability to undo mistaken commands and nested tooltips, ensure you're always making informed decisions.
• Play with friends in countless multiplayer modes — from hotseat, to asynchronous, to cloud play.
• Mods further open up infinite options for new worlds, empires, and dynasties — inspired by our real world, and by works of fiction as well.