Lords is a free MMOG medieval strategy game that can be played on your browser free of charge. In this massive multiplayer online game you will be able to interact with other players in a competition for fame, power, wealth and glory.

Features

Overview
In this game you are a medieval lord who attacks others to grab their gold and earn glory. To do it   effectively you need to build an army, invest in economy and make trade agreements and alliances   with other lords. Unlike other games, everything here is fast, you don’t spend days hiding in fear behind walls to build economy before launching an attack. Due to the score/rank systems you will be able to invade others the very first day.

Score
Players are ranked depending on score. The score consists of:
1) Glory: gained through battle, it also grants morale combat bonus
2) Experience: you can train army or fight a lot, it also improves your battle power
3) Palace: you need to build this, very expensive but grants many bonuses like higher taxes, more knights & merchants
4) Technologies: build university then invest some gold to get various bonuses, each technology costs more than previous so choosing which path to take is crucial to victory.

Time
Each hour you get gold and turns (you can store up to 200 turns). Turns represents mobility of your   army, you need them to attack other lords. Each day your population is increased. You get also other   benefits like additional laws to issue, diamonds if you have a mine, etc.

Army
Population determines your maximum number of military units, except for knights which are   determined by palace size. You should train them and provide barracks. Siege machines and   fortifications are handy as well. Do not neglect training of your general, he can improve your army power by 50% or even more if you choose right technologies. You can also invent new technologies to upgrade your army capabilities.

Economy
Well, someone needs to pay for all the things above. There are three sources of income. First one,   through raid, just send your army to rob another lord. The second is from taxes, it happens each hour.   The last one is from trade with other lords, you need to arrange this.

Tips & Tricks
- Be quick and brave, in this game you don’t hide behind walls and wait for peasants to feed you.   Attack is superior to defence (althrough some players are skilled defenders).
- The choice of technologies is important. You can’t afford everything, you need to choose your path.
- Arrange deals with other players. Sovereigns, vassals, trade partners, gift exchange, factions, kingdoms, you will soon discover what all these terms means.
- Spend your gold, or turn them into diamonds before you logout, unless you have a really tough defence.

(Beginner) Tutorial

General strategy

In this game attack is superior to defence. Most of your income will be gained through attack rather than taxes. You basicly select a prey, launch an attack, rob the gold and then spend it (or turn into diamonds) as soon as you can to not let someone else rob you. The true mastery lies in decision whom to attack and how to invest your gold.

How to attack

* Target someone around your score if possible, or even better someone who has a bit higher score (but not much higher), you get more gold and glory from higher targets. Of course the higher targets usually have more military power and you will lose more frequently. The key is to find the best balance of the gain and the risk.
* After attack do not sit with the gold on hand, spend it or transfer to the bank (diamonds).

How to spend your gold

Your ultimate goal is to increase military power.

* First, go to ARMY and buy all units you can (knights first, then some offensive units).
* The next step is to max your barracks, go to BUILDINGS and buy them until you reach 100% barracks bonus.
* After that increase general level to 5%. You might also invest some gold in military training (experience) because at the beginning it is cheap, later you will be getting it for free from battles.
* Increasing the level of palace is the next step, firstly, if you have better palace than enemy you get +10% bonus, secondly, it lets you train knights, which are ultimate units. It grants many other benefits as well, palace is the most flexible building and money spend on it are never wasted.
* Technologies are very tricky. You might want to ask for advice your more experienced allies before choosing. Generally, technologies that increase your offensive power or decrease costs of other things (you will need to buy universities to unlock some of them) are ‘must have’.

How to make allies

Soon you should discover that people message you asking about sovereigns, vassals, factions, trade, gifts and other strange things (if no one messaged you, join a faction and tell your new allies that you are new, they will tell you what to do). Bear one thing in mind, only the choice of sovereign is really important (since abandoning your sovereign is expensive) you might wait a bit until deciding, but if people offer you something related to faction/trade/gift agree, these can be undone anytime.

How to increase score

There are four factors that determine score. Experience, glory, palace and technologies. Experience is obtained either from battle or by training of your troops. Glory is obtained almost only from battle. Palace and technologies are bought, most gold you spend would probably be on those two.