Emporea: Realms of War and Magic

Very Unique building game with 8 realms running at any one time and you can play 1 or all. Numbers of players are declining, but if you like alliance based builder games this is a good one. Each realm lasts 98 days. Object is to build, find equipment for strength, and grow. Whichever alliance does the most damage to the end boss in last 3 days of realm wins. Then the realm starts over the next day

Great game. Best thing is that you play hard on a world for 3 months and start again or take a break and come back when ready.

"Ever feel like a god playing chess? Emporea gives you that, but with fireballs and dragons. Chess, eat your heart out!"

Venturing into another mystical world, Emporea: Realms of War and Magic displays a solid narrative, although not groundbreaking within the genre. It excels in graphics but falls short in combat mechanics compared to similar titles.

Recommended for old-school browser rts players.

If you've played old Evony/Civony, Grepolis, or anything similar to those, you shouldn't have a difficult time learning how to get started. Otherwise, younger/newer players would most likely get impatient or lose interest within the first couple hours.

Some starter tips.

1) Don't be afraid to have some troops killed.
When you use the unit slider on NPC camps (individual or %), the button shows as dark red (total defeat), light red (risky success, but higher chance to get runes/artifacts), and green (total victory). You'll get enough resources to get the troops that died plus extra.

2) Join an alliance and teleport to their hub
Even if the alliance is hardly active (try to join a top 20 alliance if possible), there are still alliance buffs and support. Alliance members can speed up your building, training, and research at the very least.

3) Don't expect to win the end-game
The winners are reserved for an alliance full of money spenders and gem hoarders. Focus on learning the game, don't spend gems for anything, and use the market to sell stuff for gems. You'll get enough gems to give you a more fair edge in future playthroughs.

4) Servers are not permanent
There is a timeline for every server, usually with the same events depending on the server day. Keep that in mind and don't hoard your stuff too late, otherwise you're selling expensive stuff for almost nothing.

5) Races matter
If you're regularly active, I suggest focusing on Dwarves to increase your building speed and keep growing your city. Otherwise, I suggest Orcs so you can hop on and contribute to Mass Attacks/Defenses (alliance feature where multiple members attack/defend a single target). Don't focus on magic until you know what you're doing in future servers.

6) It's just a game
It might even be a boring game for you. Quit if it's not for you. While it's a standard browser rts that requires periodic attention, you can also just focus on increasing your gems for if you want to play it more regularly in the future. Unlike most browser rts, there are actual endgames per server, which typically awards the top alliances/players of a server with in-game content (and probably steam achievements).

Extra) The market economy has been and always will be stupid
There's a typical tax to reduce what players earn based on the price they set. If you sell a potion for 31 gems (minimal price), you'll get 1 gem from the sale. Most players will sell items at the lowest possible price, even if it's a high-grade/level item, which completely ruins the player economy. You can only put 10 items up for sale per day, which can be spells, gear, potions, runes, etc. Btw, spells are not consumed when used, they have a mana cost and cooldown. Potions are single-use. When you want to sell items, compare with existing offers. If it's not there, sell above the minimum and see if someone will actually buy it. Don't straight up ruin the economy further. Never sell anything for gold, even if you're out of gold. You should never run out of resources to begin with, unless if you're constantly attacked in pvp.

I'm pretty sure this was or is a Facebook game too, but this was originally a Kabam game (a shut-down game studio full of greed, corruption, and misery). The game has since changed a lot and added convenient features, but it's still just barely above a Facebook quality game.

Free game with a good amount of achievements for all you hunters out there!

In Emporea, you'll build empires faster than a caffeinated Bob the Builder, juggle resources like a broke college student, and battle foes with more sass than a reality TV star! Pure magical chaos!