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Rule the map
Appoint governors, protect trade, and balance security, prosperity and taxes across provinces with competing needs.
EMPIRE MANAGEMENT / DECKBUILDING / CARD BATTLES
SWORDS &SCHEMES
Conquest is easy.Control is not.
Rule as an Ottoman Sultan in a map-based strategy game. Govern provinces and your dynasty, build your deck, and fight tactical card battles while rivals plot beyond the battlefield.
IN DEVELOPMENT · EARLY CONCEPT ARTSCROLL TO DISCOVER
MAP-BASED RULECOURT & DYNASTYDECKBUILDINGTACTICAL CARD BATTLES
HOW THE GAME PLAYS
One empire.Four connected systems.
Your choices on the map shape your court. Your court shapes your army. Your deck shapes the battle, and every battle changes the empire you must govern.
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Balance the dynasty
Manage viziers, governors and heirs. Their talents can save your reign; their private goals and rising influence can threaten it.
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Build your deck
Combine formation, order and support cards to shape the tactics you can bring into each battle.
CARD-BASED COMBAT04 / 04
Fight card battles
Deploy formations, play orders and manage morale, position and losses. A costly victory changes your next campaign.
Illustrative diagrams and concept art. These are not gameplay screenshots.
THE COST OF TRUST
Your greatest talentmay become your greatest threat.
You need brilliant viziers, capable governors and commanders who can win impossible wars. But you cannot afford to let any one of them become stronger than the crown.
Every character has loyalties, ambitions and private interests. The most competent person for a post might also be the most dangerous. Sometimes you must hold someone back precisely because they would succeed too well.
Reward the wrong ally, and you create a rival. Humiliate the wrong rival, and you create a conspirator. Your task is not merely to appoint people, but to keep power in balance.
Intelligence · IntrigueProvinces · InfluenceDynasty · Succession
RULE THE EMPIRE
The map is yours.The loyalty is not.
Manage regions with different economies, populations, trade routes and loyalties. A wealthy province can fund your next campaign, while an ambitious local ruler can turn the same wealth against you.
Appoint governors without creating new kings.Balance prosperity, security and the cost of war.Win territory, then keep it.
THE ARMY
The force your enemies fear.The power you must control.
At its height, the Ottoman army was one of the most formidable military forces in history. Its disciplined Janissary corps stood at the heart of the imperial army.
The soldiers who could terrify your enemies could also demand privileges, resist reforms and help remove the ruler they served. Their political power was no less real than their battlefield strength.
Can you command that power, or will it bring down your throne?Historical readingWAR BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD
An enemy needs no armyto weaken an empire.
Across the borders of your empire, rivals have more than soldiers and siege engines. They have gold, promises, spies and patience.
Foreign powers may approach your viziers, encourage disloyal governors, support competing claimants and turn local grievances into political crises. Their intrigues can weaken your realm before a single battle begins.
Fight when you must. Negotiate when you can. Assume the next attack may begin inside your own court.
Foreign powers · War & subterfuge
Sources behind the Janissary section
Historical claims concern the Janissary institution over different centuries. “Among the most formidable” is a qualitative assessment, not a measurable universal ranking.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: JanissaryEncyclopedia.com: Ottoman history