Hands of Empire

History turns on a few moments, and you decide them. Hands of Empire is a turn-based strategy game about leading a nation from its first campfire to the Space Age. Found cities, claim land, build farms and harbors, raise the wonders of the world, and outlast rival empires across eight ages of history. MAKE THE CHOICES HISTORY REMEMBERS Every few turns a turning point arrives: a famine, a prophet, a rebellion, a stranger at the gates. Choose among two or three paths, some of them gambles, and watch your choices written into your nation's history. More than 150 turning points, each shaped by your land, your neighbors and your age. GIVE YOUR ORDERS, THEN WATCH THEM HAPPEN Each turn you have a handful of orders. Spend them yourself, or let your council suggest the best moves with a reason for each. Every order plays out on the map: workers raise buildings, settlers found cities, road crews link your empire, and your capital grows from thatch huts to skyscrapers. COMMAND LAND, SEA AND AIR Train armies from warriors to tanks. Bombard rival coasts with warships, send planes to strike their defenses, then march in to take the city. Adopt doctrines like Shock Troops, Amphibious Landings and Precision Strikes. Every battle is rolled on the dice, and you see your odds before you commit. DIPLOMACY, BETRAYAL AND SURPRISE Buy land from your neighbors, sign alliances and truces, trade, or break them all with a surprise attack. The world will remember. LET THE COUNCIL GOVERN Rather steer than manage every detail? Choose a council style, from Builders to Conquerors, and let them play a turn or skip ahead until history needs you. Step in for the battles and the big decisions. REAL MAPS OF EARTH Play on real maps of Earth, from the whole world down to Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Mediterranean, with historical leaders and nations or fictional ones inspired by them. Or play on generated continents, or in the Old Realms of elves, dwarves and orcs. MORE TO PLAY • Heroes who are born, win duels and fall in battle • Wonders of the world with their own celebrations • Scenarios with their own goals • Multiplayer for 2 to 4 friends on the same Wi-Fi • A classical soundtrack that changes with each age • Plays fully offline. No ads. Expansion packs add grand modes like World War and Old World & New World, more turning points, inventions and wonders, heroes, and scenarios.

The first release of Hands of Empire.