Ikariam

• Release Date:  2007
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• Developer:  GameForge
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Rejuvenate the ancient civilizations and thrive your land into a mighty island empire, put the labor and raw materials into your kingdoms to energize the economic growth. You citizens will definitely need you to relive this undeveloped island.

The browser game Ikariam puts the player in the ancient world, following the principle of the classic civilization browser-based games like Rome Empire, Caesary and Castle of Heroes. But Ikariam is the very original online game that may be the predecessor of the all following browser games. Unfortunately, Ikariam is modelled using traditional membership business model, not based  in the notorious free to play with item-shop, which makes the game unbalanced.

At the beginning of Ikariam you need to build up an island on your own city. To this end, you must organize your resources by assigning a few people to work in the sawmill on the island. It may take little time to construct your initial buildings, but when you become more powerful, you need to invest more time to upgrade your buildings and search. For the pass-time, that is worth for you to check it each time you woke up.

Later, you can go for diplomacy that will make sure you will have army to battle against other players. Because the free browser mmo Ikariam is turn-based real strategy game, so you can log off when you build your cities and do research. That will save your a lot of time to take care of your cities. But if you are engaged yourself in the war, you will have to check your cities always. For example, you need to cure your troops and make your people happy, ensuring that you troops have enough supply on the way to campaign.

If the storage is filled out, you have the opportunity to engage in trade with other players in the marketplace. Try to bring specific commodities and you will get a decent rewards.

Best defense is to attack, but the basic defense is necessary. Otherwise, you will lose all of your hard-earned resources and sacrfice all citizens.

With the fresh graphics and original gameplay, Ikariam qualified as a Best browser game of all time. Compared to any new browser online game  in 2010, Ikariam is still a must play with a fascinating mix of trade, warfare and diplomacy.