Hold the frontier of Qurṭuba in the fourth century after the Hijra, against the enemies of your choice. Build your town, dig ore and strike coin, pay and feed your army, and defeat them.
New here? A short guided game on the river valley, with the enemy held back while you learn.
Choose your land
Your people
Your enemies
The war
DifficultyTo win
Before you begin
Controls
Mouse: click to choose, double click to choose all of that kind on screen. Right click to move, gather, build, carry, take or attack. Ctrl and right click to attack move, or to break a building instead of taking it. Alt and right click to go inside a building.
Choosing many: hold Ctrl and drag a box around them, or press Group select and then drag. Hold Shift as well to add them to what you already hold.
Camera: drag with the left button, the arrow keys, the middle mouse button, or the map in the corner. The mouse wheel zooms. The edge of the screen does nothing.
Keys: the letter shown on each button, Tab for the next tab, Shift and a unit button to make five, I for an idle worker, H for home, Space for your ruler, F for your army, P to pause, Delete to pull down a building, Ctrl and a number to keep a group, a number to call it back, Esc to stop.
Touch: tap to choose, then tap where to go. Drag to move the map. Pinch or use + and − to zoom. Press Group select, then drag a box. Let go puts down what you hold.
On a narrow screen the bar at the top keeps the few numbers you watch; the ☰ button holds the rest, the small map, and Pause, Speed, Save and Menu.
al-Thughūr