At the dawn of creation, the Sun, the Earth and all the planets were aligned on a perfect line. Thousands of years passed until this symmetry repeated itself. And when it did, the universe energy has taken different forms. The great portals, long forgotten, have opened. The present, the past and the future unfold simultaneously. It is that when Legions of hideous creatures and monsters like Arpahons and Triguts and Gungs, have invaded the solar system to bring darkness onto them. Dracula, longly exiled to planed Pandora from the Oxytron Galaxy, came down on Earth to avenge his destiny.

Now, Lord Dracula wants to conquer the ”Heart of the Mountain”, hidden in Transilvania. He wants to use it to melt the sun and spread the eternal darkness in the galaxy.

Only the brave heroes of Valachia stand now between life as we know it and the infinite darkness and cold.

And so, the fight begins…

As a player you advance on the map in PvE mode, advancing stage by stage, trying to save a fantasy world from total oblivion, or you can challenge your friends in PvP mode, earning rewards with your skills.

Your team is positioned below the grid, the enemies are above it.  You fight by matching 3+ stones of an element (color). Matched stones turn into troops of the same color which attack the enemies above.

Making a match, also, fills your corresponding hero mana bar. When full, you get to use the character’s special skill. Skills can be anything ranging from offensive to supportive. When all enemies are beaten, the battle is won. You lose when your entire team is killed.

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There was a time when all the people of the world lived in peace and harmony. Those were the times when great technology discoveries were made, and the humanity thrived. In their curiosity and ambition, humans started building the Tower of the Moon. This tower was meant to be a ladder of sorts, which would take humans straight to the Gods Lands. But, as it is well known good times never last. The Tower of Moon was torn to pieces by a thunder, and along with it, by the will of gods, humanity split in ”nations”.

As if the big split wasn’t enough, the gods spread all the resources of the world in an evil manner, making nations to fight for them, in their race of building each their own tower.

This status quo lasted for hundreads years, until one day two nations found the common ground and united. It was at that time when people realized the only way to build the desired Tower is to work together.

And so, the diplomacy era began.

In Zugzwang, the players will manage kingdoms and empires build of different nations. Each nation holds a single, predetermined place on the map. Each sector of the map produces only one of the 5 specific basic resource (water, food, gold, stone, wood). Each nation needs a basic set of resources to make it’s way onto the map. Once settled on the map, a nation generates a combination of the 5 attributes of power (Military Force, Economy, Technology, Culture, Diplomacy). A empire’s force is given by the combinations of each of the nations inside the empire.

In solo gameplay mode, an empire is built throughout a number of epochs. Each epoch comes with specific tasks and needed resources.

În the PvP mode, there are 3 battle modes:

• Blitzkrieg – short rounds (20-40 minuts);
• Special Ops – medium length rounds (90 -150 minuts);
• Campaigns (a couple days)

Year 4201. For more than 2 millenniums now, the machines rule the world. Humans are forced to hide deep under the ground to avoid total annihilation. Hundreds of generations were not able to see the sun even for a second in their lives, as getting to the surface equals to death. Hundreds of years humans searched for a way to fight back, and it seems that the new 420 century gave them a chance. A great earthquake has shattered the mountains, like some grains of sand, revealing the gold reserves that were never reachable nor to humans or machines. 

The only chance at survival for humans is to drain the gold resources of the earth, by this taking away the one element that is needed for machines ”brains”.

A legion of miners was built. They are to go on the surface and collect as much gold as possible while fighting to survive. The humankind’s fate depends on them.

An so, the gold rush began…

Classic MMORPG game. As a player you get an initial miner character. You wonder on an open map digging for gold. But be careful, not every stone in the world hides a piece of that scarce element inside. Sometimes you might finds some robots underneath the stones. A wise player would run from a fight with those ”creatures”, but a wise player will never make it to the top of the leaderboard, so draw your conclusions.

Breathtaking figths, lots of farming, a chance for some really rare NFTs, and generally speaking, a lot of fun.