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A couple friends of mine have been developing an online browser-based multi-player strategy game for a long time now, and after months and months of testing, it's finally completed this weekend. Now all it needs are players.
Here's what the game is like: It's a game where you don't have to play very often to be doing something. Actions take hours. You set the command in and it will tell you how long it will be until it happens. This is only for Traveling or big things like that; other things you can do instantly.
The game has multiple job classes, allowing you to steal from other players, set up shops in towns, brew potions, tame wild animals to be your army, hunt down other players for cash, etc. There are also more prominent jobs with salaries. You can be a Lord, making a town and managing it, a Magistrate that helps the Lord, or a General, hiring troops to battle other players, attempting to destroy their settlements and eventually their capital.
It probably doesn't sound very exciting, does it? It didn't to me when my friend was trying to convince me to play when they needed beta testers, and I quickly became enveloped in it. I don't know why it's so much fun, but it is.
There's also role-playing involved, since you create your own characters for different Ages, in which there are different conflicts. Background information on races and histories can be found at the site itself, and they also have contributions to the site for those purposes, including short stories, poetry, and art.
Ages of Glory
Try it out. It's a bit to handle, but if you stick with it, you'll find it to be a lot of fun. There are also help manuals to guide you through what different spells and units do, as well as basic tips. If you end up on my side of something, I'll give you some extra advice myself.
