Choose a nickname. Other players will see it in the lobby.
Grow a Stone Age tribe into an Iron Age empire. Win by destroying every enemy unit and building, or (if the game allows it) by building a Wonder and keeping it standing for 10 minutes.
Villagers gather food (berries, hunting, fishing, farms), wood (trees), gold and stone (mines) and carry it to a Town Center, Granary (food) or Storage Pit (wood, gold, stone). Build houses for more population. Advance through the ages at the Town Center once you have two buildings of your current age.
Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Academy, Siege Workshop, Temple and Dock train soldiers, priests and ships. Research upgrades at the Storage Pit, Market, Granary and Government Center.
| Left click / drag | Select / box select (shift adds) |
| Double click | Select all of that unit on screen |
| Right click | Move, gather, attack, build, repair, board (shift queues) |
| Wheel / middle drag | Zoom / pan; arrows or screen edges scroll |
| Ctrl+1-9, 1-9 | Make / select a group (twice: jump to it) |
| . , | Next idle villager / soldier |
| H | Town Center |
| Space | Centre on selection (shift: last attack) |
| Letters | Command buttons (shown on each button) |
| Del | Delete selected |
| Enter | Chat |
| F3 | Pause |
| Esc / F10 | Cancel / game menu |
Touch: tap to select, tap the ground or a target to order, hold and drag to box-select, two fingers to pan and zoom.