A Browser Based Game of Land and War

Till the land for food, hunt and gather supplements, trade and conquer to expand. That is the standard way of doing it in historical civilizations and so, it is relived in New 1000ad, the turn based medieval war game. Based on a standard browser,New 1000ad is a free war game that test the player's ability to raise a dynasty. It starts with a struggle for survival seeking food and wood and ends in a race for glory to rule all the lands. Understanding the right compromises is what gives players an edge in a strategy war game. Work begins with what is at first given, that is free land and tool makers. The player has to manage the consumption of resources is less than the gains. 

The gamer is able to amass builders and army units for each town. When the town becomes big enough to conquer other lands, the war aspect of the browser game  emerges. But preceding that is the period of empire building that expands mining,farming and hunting over mountains, plains and forests. The basic resources of food and wood are used to get iron and gold. All the resources are used up by the buildings,  builders, toolmakers and the armies. The town begins to have a bustling population. The turn based strategy aims at constructing a fortified city with a great wall and towers. An army is then supplied with weapons and food rations.

The whole business of building the empire is concluded within 300 to 500 turns. Points and resources are gained by how efficiently the turn based strategy is used. At that point the city forms alliances with other cities, which means other gamers in the multiplayer strategy game. Those alliances warm up to a showdown of war with other alliances. They train their army units and refine their research on all aspects of living. The research is done in constructions known as mate towers. This element of research is consistent with warrior civilizations in history. It makes 1000ad a realistic historical war game. Some of the weapons are for Paladins, Vikings and  Japanese swordsmen. There is a lot of exploration by horsemen who scale the mountains, forests and plains. The turn based strategy is seasonal with farming from April to November and hunting on the winter.

The gamer must manage all industrial and political aspects. He must make sure that people don't freeze during winter as well as choosing the right alliances. Once the army is trained and all resources are ready, conquering can begin.

The player has to earnestly complete buildings to shelter, markets for trade, and towers for storage and guard. In the turn based game, as much progress as possible has to be made before the winter turns.New 1000ad is a medieval game  with Byzantine connotations. The culture back then was conquer or be conquered. Zulu, barbarian, Chinese and Japanese warriors are all at the players disposition. The players monger wars against their rival alliances plundering their land or looting their resources. An ill prepared alliance will be destroyed due to their inadequate defense points. The turn based legend reports on available resources, clearly showing rivals if it is prime for war.