Found and expand
Found your city, send troops to defeat the guards of the wilds and settle the land. Your lands must stay connected — cut-off land stops producing — and everyone sees your realm grow on the map.
A free browser strategy game · one map shared by everyone
Throne of the Grey Tide
灰 潮 王 座
The Grey Tide swallowed the old world, and the throne in the Royal City has stood empty for three hundred years. Now the tide is ebbing, land by land — raise your city on a continent shared by every player, forge alliances, wage war, and be crowned.
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One continent, everyone together
Rise through the ages
The whole world moves from the Stone Age to the Age of Gunpowder on one schedule: new materials for your city, new troops in your barracks, and research and policies that set your course.
Ally and claim the throne
Band together with lords you trust: share intel, garrison each other, and strike together at an agreed hour. In the last two weeks of every expansion, alliances fight for the Royal City.
Your realm grows hex by hex
The whole world is one great hex map, and every player is on it. Every tile you hold is there for all to see.
- FoundPick an empty spot in the cradle provinces of the outer lands for your capital; a newcomer’s shield protects you at first.
- ClaimSend troops to beat the guards on an empty tile, then stay to cultivate it until it is yours. Richer deposits have more guards.
- ConnectNew land must touch your own. Land cut off by others stops producing until it is joined to your capital again.
- PassesProvinces meet only at passes. Hold a pass and you can bar other armies — or charge them a toll.
One city, five ages
An age is not one player’s business: the whole world opens the next age on a schedule, and researching its entry technology takes you there. Every building changes its materials with the age and gains details with each level.
Stone Age
Opens on day 0
Huts, palisades and campfires — everything begins on an empty patch of land.
Troops of this age
Bronze Age
Opens on day 7
Rammed-earth walls and tiled halls, and the first bronze foundries.
Troops of this age
Iron Age
Opens on day 21
Stone castles and towers, and a smithy whose fires never go out.
Troops of this age
Medieval Age
Opens on day 42
Ashlar keeps, shingled spires and timber-framed market streets.
Troops of this age
Gunpowder Age
Opens on day 56
Red-brick bastions, verdigris domes, and cannon on the walls.
Troops of this age
The Four Peoples
When the Grey Tide rose, people fled in every direction — and three hundred years later each has returned with its own craft. Choose your people once your city stands: its bonuses always apply, and your clan hall can train its unique troops.
Highlanders
When the Grey Tide rose they climbed above the snowline and carved their towns into the rock; they know quarrying, smelting and holding a wall
Unique troops：Stoneshield, Tower Shield, Falxman, Halberdier, Highlander
Steppe Folk
They rode deep into the grasslands and kept ahead of the tide; three hundred years on the move, and the saddle is their home
Unique troops：Horse Tamer, Horse Archer, Lance Rider, Eagle Rider, Winged Hussar
Forest Folk
They hid in the old woods where the mist could not reach, lived by the bow, and learned to hide what they own where no one will find it
Unique troops：Javelineer, Blowgunner, Ski Archer, Ranger, Jäger
Tidefolk
They took to their boats and drifted at the edge of the mist for three hundred years; they have seen every coast and will trade in anything
Unique troops：Harpooner, Sea Raider, Reaver, Corsair, Boarder
Legends
The tide carried 36 figures of legend over from another world, and more of them wake with every age. They follow only lords of great renown: you pay them in gold, and the famous ones will not come unless your renown is high enough.
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Guan Yu
Joan of Arc
Leonidas
Subutai
Fu Hao
Ramesses II
Bai Qi
Han Xin
Huo Qubing
Alexander the Great
Yue Fei
Saladin
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Qi Jiguang
Gustavus Adolphus
Napoleon
Zhuge Liang
Xiao He
Archimedes
Imhotep
Cleopatra
Al-Khwarizmi
Yu the Great
Hammurabi
Guan Zhong
Shang Yang
Lu Ban
Aristotle
Wang Anshi
Marco Polo
Ibn Sina
Zheng He
Xu Guangqi
Leonardo da VinciAlliances and the Royal City
No one holds the Realm alone.
- Alliance channelTalk with your allies; whenever one of you scouts someone, the channel reports it.
- Shared intelIntel scouted by any ally is seen by the whole alliance, and you are warned when an ally comes under attack.
- Garrisons and ralliesStation troops in an ally’s city to help hold it; at an agreed hour, several allies’ troops merge into one army beneath an enemy’s walls.
- CoronationIn the last two weeks of every expansion the Royal City is contested. The alliance holding it at the end is crowned: a monument rises in the city, and its leader’s name enters the Chronicle.
The tide is ebbing
Every world follows this schedule from the day it opens. Worlds are never wiped: when an expansion arrives, the Grey Tide pulls back once more and reveals a new continent.
- Day 0
- The world opens: The First Ebb
- The Stone Age opens
- The cradle provinces of the outer lands open
- Day 7
- The Bronze Age opens
- The Heartland’s middle ring opens
- Day 21
- The Iron Age opens
- The Heartland’s inner ring and the Crownlands open — the Royal City is in sight
- Round 1 of the contest for the Royal City begins (until day 35)
- Day 35
- The alliance holding the Royal City is crowned and reigns until the next expansion
- Day 42
- Expansion: The Southern Ebb — the Grey Tide ebbs in the south, and Ebbshore rises from the sea
- The Medieval Age opens
- Day 49
- The contested province at the heart of Ebbshore opens
- Day 56
- The Gunpowder Age opens
- Day 63
- Round 2 of the contest for the Royal City begins (until day 77)
- Day 77
- The alliance holding the Royal City is crowned and reigns until the next expansion
- ?
- The next expansion — The Industrial Age, the Modern Age… still under the Grey Tide.
Fair, and always on
No pay-to-win
Payments only ever buy cosmetics and expansion passes — never speed-ups, resources or troops, and no loot boxes. Resources and gold are earned in the game.
It runs while you sleep
The server never stops: resources keep flowing, and building, training and marching go on. A shield rises when you are raided, and daily losses are capped.
Never wiped
Your lands and cities stay. With every expansion the Grey Tide pulls back to reveal a new continent and open new ages.
Late starters catch up
Fall 2 or more ages behind the world and building and research take only 50% of the time and cost; newcomers found their cities on the newest land.
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Questions
Does it cost anything?
It is free to play. We only sell cosmetics and expansion passes — never power, speed-ups or resources, and no loot boxes.
Do I need to download anything? Can I play on my phone?
Nothing to download — it plays in your browser. It is best on a computer; phone and tablet browsers can open it too, though touch controls are still being polished.
Can I play without signing up? Will I lose my progress?
Yes. You start as a guest in one click, and your progress is kept in that browser. Link an email, Google or Facebook to carry on from any computer. Founding or joining an alliance requires a linked account.
What happens while I’m offline?
The server keeps everything going: resources flow, and building, training and marching continue. A shield rises when you are raided, part of your warehouse can’t be plundered, and daily losses are capped. When you return, a welcome-back panel tells you what happened.
Will the world be wiped?
No. Your lands and cities stay. With each expansion the Grey Tide pulls back to reveal new land and open new ages, and the Royal City is contested again.
Is it too late to start?
Never. Once an expansion begins, newcomers found their cities on the newest land, where the cradle provinces are protected by the Old Pact; players 2 or more ages behind pay only 50% of the time and cost for building and research.
How do I play with friends?
Link your accounts, found an alliance and join it: chat in the alliance channel, share intel, garrison each other’s cities and rally together against your enemies.
The throne is still empty
There is still plenty of open land in the Realm, waiting for your first city.
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