Chapter 2: Your Kingdom, Province and General Game Concept

As a regent you are given the control of a very small kingdom of about 10 land acres with one castle and a few buildings already built on it. That kingdom is part of a province, most provinces regroup around 8 kingdoms which are united in order to achieve victory. It is important to keep in mind that the other regents of your province will often be your best allies and that you should help them if they are in need so that they do the same for you. As a member of the province you are given the access to a forum where you can talk to other regents of your province. The way of communicating can be very useful if you want to be heard by all of them.

Your province is also part of a greater whole which is the continent of Thardferr. As much as the regents from your province can be great allies, the regents from other territories can become your greatest foes and often will be your biggest obstacles to victory. You can see other provinces and kingdoms by using the The Kingdom option while in the game.

Another thing that is very important to understand before starting the game is the basic concept. First, time continues even if you are not logged onto your account, this means that even if you are not playing, your population will build, grow and generate income. In fact, one real hour correspond to one game day and one real day is considered to be a month in the game. Therefore, when you see any reference to time in the game, it is not as long as it seem in real time. However, on the news page and in the message board, the time is given in real format to ensure that you have a precise idea of when it happened instead of having to calculate it in your head. Even if this time concept is continuous, it does not require you to log in the game every hour to give your population their orders, you can log every now and then, give orders for a few days, let your population work and come back later to give new orders and see how things are going in your kingdom.