There are also other advantages to having one of these cities. You can improve your military rank and noble titles if you hold one of these realms of power cities. You can also levy gold, resources and tax other players in your region if you’re the lord of one of these capital cities. You need conquer a fortress and a provincial capital before you are able to conquer a royal capital. A royal capital can extend his resource production fields to level 18. Here is some more information about the realms of power cities taken from the NapWar homepage.

The Privileges of the Realms of Power are:

• Once a player owns a Realm of Power city the players can issue decrees to other cities in their administrative area.
• The upper limit for resource construction in Realms of Power can be increased to 12 (Town), 15 (Fortress), 18 (Provincial Capital).
• Compared with regular cities, the Realms of Power’s upper limit of troop commitment is increased.
• The upgrading rate is 25% for a Town, 50% a for Fortress and 10% for a Province.
• The members of the alliance are entitled to get gold once per day if any member in the alliance has occupied the Realms of Power successfully. The amount of gold varies from the numbers of the Realms of Power cities and the level of those cities.
• Players can upgrade their military rank or nobility title and explore new cities once owning a Realm of Power city.

The status of Realms of Power will always be “wartime”. Anyone can attack Realms of Power without declaring. However you can not change the name of the Realms of Power or relocate them. Truce and Vocation don’t work in Realms of Power.

A: Types

• Levy Gold: To levy Gold from a specified city.
• Levy People: To levy People from a specified city.
• Levy Food: To levy Food from a specified city.
• Conscription: To conscript soldiers of the largest number from city A to B.
• Disarmament: To disarm soldiers of the largest number from a specified city.

B. Range

• Fortress: Issue a decree to Towns or Cities in a province for a maximum of 4-6 times a day.
• Provincial Capital: Issue a decree to Fortresses, Towns or Cities in a country for a maximum of 8 times a day.
• Royal Capital: Issue a decree to any European city for a maximum of 10 times a day.

C.Times of Decrees can be issued

• Players must reach a certain noble title to issue a decree privilege. According to the noble title, times of Decrees are different in each city .
• Town: Earl 1 time, Marquis 2 times, Duke 3 times;
• Fortress: Infante 4times, Prince 5 times, Archduke 6 times
• Provincial Capital: Grand Duke 8 times
• Royal Capital: Emperor 10 times

D. Privilege restriction

• The government of the Realm of Power can issue this privilege after it reaches level 10th. Also a certain noble title is required.
• Each city can be levied one time daily.
• Decree cannot be issued to those cities of Newbie’s, Truce’s, and cities on vacation. Cities of Realms of Power are not under protection though.

E. Operation

• Player clicks the city map to view the city. Players can click the menu and select the following operations: Levy gold, levy people, levy food, Conscription, Disarmament.

The most usefull thing to buy is probably the horseshoe, you get much better value bying these and getting lucky than to buy other items directly. With the new feature you can even get troops using these horseshoe coins, as well as lots of other cool items of course.

If you get treasure maps, make sure you don’t use them until you can manage to beat the troops in a level 10 wilderness. It really suck if you can not manage to kill the troops and get your prize, what a waste of coins. When it comes to treasure you can only dig up your own, not other players treasures. To get the treasure you have to occupy the location where the treasure is, gather for 1 hour and then pick it up.

One last thing, it is possible to get any type of item just from pillaging and occupying. This is cool, so you don’t have to spend money on the game if you don’t want to. However, it can take ages to get the item you want without going to the shop, so many people do it to speed things up.

PH – Physical – Marching consume physical points. These points recover slowly and medicine can increase the recovery rate.
CMD – Command – This determines the amplyfying effect, effects 100 troops and 1000 soldiers.
OFS - Offense – Amplifies siege by 1% for every 10 OFS. Hero weapons increase the OFS score.
SAL - Salary – The amount of gold you have to pay the hero every hour.
TAL - Talents – Every upgrade increases Talents by 1, and it’s used to increase officers attributes below. Every level increase gives you 1 additional talent points.
PLT - Politics – Politics of mayor accelerates resource production, construction, and fortification of building by 1% per point.
CBP - Combat Power – 1 Combat Power of mayor increases troop training speed by 1% and Offense by 10, and 3 Combat Power regain Officer’s Physical by 1.
SAG - Sagacity – 1 Sagacity of Mayor increases research speed by 1% and Defense by 10. 3 Sagacity regain Officer’s Energy by 1.
ENG - Energy – Applying stratagems lowers energy which recovers slowly, medicine can quicken rate.
SPD – Speed – Amplifies tempo of troops by 1% for every 1 SPD
DFS - Defense – Amplifies guard by 1% for every 10 DFS. Equipment could increase DFS.
FDL - Fidelity – Affects rate if mutiny or not, you can increase with items or gold.

There are three types of military officers, the mayor, the commander and the tactician. If you don’t have either a commander or a tactician the mayor vil act as such for both of them. This does not work the other way around so it’s important to always have at least a mayor appointed. The mayor increases the production rate of resources and also accelerates the speed of constructing buildings, walls and fortifications. The commander accelerates the speed of training troops. He is also important in defending a city under attack. The tactician speeds up your research.

Level 1 NPC
Wall HP – 1,000,000
Traps – 10,000
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 2 NPC
Wall HP – 2,000,000
Traps – 10,000
Abatis – 5,000
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 3 NPC
Wall HP – 3,000,000
Traps – 10,000
Abatis – 5,000
Wall Tower – 3,500
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 4 NPC
Wall HP – 4,000,000
Traps – 15,000
Abatis – 7,000
Wall Tower – 5,000
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 5 NPC
Wall HP – 5,000,000
Traps -
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 6 NPC
Wall HP – 6,000,000
Traps -
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 7 NPC
Wall HP – 7,000,000
Traps -
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 8 NPC
Wall HP – 8,000,000
Traps – 16,000
Abatis – 8,000
Wall Tower – 5,500
Burning Oil – 4,000
Rolling Logs – 3,500

Level 9 NPC
Wall HP – 9,000,000
Traps -
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Level 10 NPC
Wall HP – 10,000,000
Traps -
Abatis -
Wall Tower -
Burning Oil -
Rolling Logs -

Types of NPC units.
Outlaws = Infantryman
Footpad = Billman
Thugs = Grenadiers
Mounted Robber = Musketeers
Cavaliers = Hussars

The Battle of Toulon!

Starting on November 23, 2009, you can click on the battlefield feature at the top of your game page to enter this new and exciting Quest. You must be at the level of private or above, and use one pearl and one coral to enter the battlefield. You can undertake this Quest yourself or have team mates join you in this adventure. During this battle, you will move through a series of adventures that will challenge your playing skill, tactics, and ability as a military leader. You will face opponents that will challenge your skill, your wit, and your will to win! So make ready your forces! Muster the troops, load the muskets and sharpen your sabres for The Battle of Toulon!

Each of the servers has about 40,000 players, so it looks like the total number of players is about 100,000 now, assuming not too many players play on several servers. This is pretty good for a game that has only been out one month! I expect the game to be growing even more in future month and new interesting features to be added frequently. During Halloween they had a pretty cool event also, here is what they say about it at their website.

As Halloween is approaching, FOW is proud to announce our first annual Halloween celebration. 

Between Oct. 28, 2009 00:00 to Nov.7, 2009 23:59 Napwar server time (CDT), we will be having a series of activities to celebrate with the Nap War community. Players who log into Nap War daily will receive a Halloween Box. When you complete a few simple quests, you will receive even more items and “candy”.

Activity 1: Halloween Box awarded to players who login during the celebration.

During the activity period, all players will be awarded a Halloween Box every other day if they log on to the game. By opening the box, you could randomly get one resource, an item, or a Halloween costume. Or you can buy the box in the Shop, or exchange it for candy. 
What is candy for? See Activity 2.

During the Activity Time, every player can own up to 5 Halloween Boxes through daily quests. The box will only be available on Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Oct. 30, Oct.31, and Nov. 1 Napwar server time, one per player per day. Do not miss any of them!

Halloween Box Tip: Available to players at the rank at Knight or above.

You could randomly get one of the following after opening the Halloween Box.

Resources:
Food 100,000;Wood 100,000;Stone 100,000;Iron 100,000;Gold 100,000;Voucher 10;Voucher 50;Voucher 100;Voucher 150

Items:
Chesterfield’s Works;Kyng Alisaunder’s Works; Aristotle’s Works; Bag of Black Powder;Relocation Scheme;Emergency Recruitment Notice;Recruitment Notice;Golden Key; Imperial Edict; Retraining Manual

Activity 2: Lightening jack-o-lantern, looking for candy, and applying your the Halloween Boxes.

During the Activity Period, you can buy jack-o’-lanterns, candles, or candy or get them by pillaging or occupying a wilderness. Use candles to light jack-o-lanterns while looking for candy and the Halloween Box.


Required items: jack-o-lantern, candle, and candy

Item Tips: 

1. Buy from the Shop: You can buy jack-o-lanterns, candles, candy, and Halloween Boxes in the Shop. 
Jack-o-lanterns cost 30 coins
Candles cost 30 coins 
Candy costs 6 coins 
Halloween Box costs 50 coins.

2. Receive jack-o-lanterns, candles, and candy from battles in a Wilderness or a City.

Quick Guide: 

Get the coords of a nearby wilderness by using candles to light a jack-o-lantern, then occupy the wilderness and gather for more than an hour. You will then be able to receive one Halloween Box and some candy.

You will randomly get 1 item out of those mentioned above after you open the Halloween Box.

Resources or Candy? You can exchange resources or Halloween Boxes for candy. Exchange rates are as follows:

1 candy=Food 25000=Wood 20000=Stone 15000=Iron 10000

10 candies=1 Halloween Box


Activity 3: Bite apples and seize the first strike.

Get Halloween Apple by pillaging or occupying a wilderness or a city. Or you can purchase them in the Shop. You will get items, resources, or vouchers when you “eat” the apples. 

You will randomly get one of the following after openning the Halloween Apple:

10,000 Food;10,000 Wood;10,000 Stone;10,000 Iron;10,000 Gold;10 Voucher;50 Voucher;100 Voucher; Recruitment; Horseshoe Coin; 3 Transportation Team; Combat Notes; Military Doctrine; Gist of Battle; Recruitment Notice; Civil Law; Relocation Scheme;Adv Relocation Scheme;Hippocrates’ Works;
Little Marengo: Level 1 +10 Speed (Napoleon’s favorite horse);
Guardian Robe: Level 1 +2 Command, +2 Combat Power, +2 Sagacity, +2 Defense;
Precious Gem Ring: Level 1 +1 Command, +1 Politics, +1 Combat Power, +1 Sagacity, +1 Physical, +1 Energy, +1 Defense, +1 Offense;
Guardian Sword: Level 1 +13 Offense, +3 Command, +3 Combat Power.


Enjoy our Halloween celebration where everything is all treats and no tricks!

Lets look at the first units. The basic unit is the peasant, and you need peasants to help you carry loot home when you raid someone. Carrying stuff is pretty much the only thing they are good at though, so you need other units to protect them. The basic offensive unit is the infantryman. Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face, always suffer greater loss compared to other branches of the army services. They work well against other infantrymen as well as against scouts and peasants, so you should have some of these at the start.

Scouts are trained to move swiftly and perform reconnaissance duties, providing detailed geographic coordinate and military intelligence by submerging the enemy troops. These are your intel gatherers, they engage other scouts in combat though so you want to have more scouts than the guy you are trying to get intel on. Most small inactives won’t have scouts at all though, so you don’t really need that many early on.

Another unit you can train with barracks level 2 is the billman. Billmen, take shining hook-spear as powerful weapons, are considered to be elite force to terrify infantrymen, even knights, mentioned as being one of the main forces during the Hundred Year’s War. These units work very well against horse-mounted infantry. You won’t fight much mounted infantry early on though, so I’d recommend upgrading barracks to level 3 for the next unit.

The next unit would be the grenadier. Grenadiers are chosen for being the most physically powerful soldiers and would lead assaults in the field of battle. These units are very effective against all non-mounted infantry and you’ll want to train quite a few of these early on. Feel free to leave comments or questions, good luck with the raiding!

Serve the people.
The city construction will not go without people’s support. Make more profit for your people. When your country become prosperous it will also be stronger. High tax rate and negligence of administration will decrease the Loyalty of people and even arouse a riot.

Levy on the people.
The development of city requires a lot of resources. At the beginning, you could levy some resources such as Food, Wood, Stone and Iron from your people.

Logistic Adjustment.
Managing a City is a hard task like assigning Labour force and adjusting tax rate, so to adjust your Production Efficiency and Tax Rate efficiently will balance the city development.

Trade.
The development of city and war will consume a lot of resources, and merchants pour into your City for trading. To build your own Exchange will rapidly collect the resources you need. As transportation takes time, choosing appropriate players for trading is important.

City construction.
Your City is thriving. Expand your realm to leave your rivals behind. You need to upgrade the City Hall to enhance the development. The higher level of your City Hall, the more resource fields you gain outside and more Gold could be reserved. Meanwhile, you’re allowed to build or upgrade more buildings.

Military service.
In order to make the most of the scholars in your city, an University is a must. Techologies that have been researched in Universitty greatly benefit development of construction and military forces. The construction of military science is the symbol of your strength and it is the essential way to ensure the safety of your city.

Officers recruitment.
You can expect marvellous achievements if competent Military Officers are recruited. There are Military Officers who good at handling domestic affairs, military operations and applying strategies to fool enemies. Go to Public House where Military Offices linger around and recruit whoever you like. If you treat them well and build Pleasure Palace to settle them down, they’ll surely work for you willingly.

Great population.
More and more people appreciate your capability and reside in your city. As Great number of labor force are needed for construction, you should seize the opportunity to encourage more people to reside in your city. Adjusting Tax Rate will surely please them and bring you more inhabitants.

Flourish.
Under the well-organized production, your City is developing fast. You should keep every kind of resources sufficient but not superfluous. Unbalanced production leads to shortage of specific resources when needed. Keep going for productions and constructions to enrich your City. Basic Resource Production is that the basic resource quantity which provided by the buildings in the city. You could check the basic production of the resources in resources interface of City Hall.

Promotion.
Battles are nightmare to people but heroes standing out from the rest are adorable to people. With your great acheivements, your Influence is accumulating. The royalty appreciate your loyalty, which earns you noble rank and military rank in return. But you should strive to reach higher noble rank and military rank to become a famous lord.

Promoting efficiency.
You will accelerate the pace of development and seize opportunities in battles by using smart means. You City will develop faster than others though you start later.

This is a quick beginners guide to browser game Fog of War, Napoleonic War, for short just NapWar. Signing up is pretty easy, you just choose your username and password and type in your email. You have to choose gender, but that only effects what your avatar will look like, there are several to choose from. You also get the option of choosing which part of the game map you want your first city in, doesn’t matter really, all the areas are pretty much the same.

Signing in for the first time there will be a few system messages in your inbox, nothing that important really. Getting startet from here is pretty easy, just follow the quests. You’ll see the quest icon on the bottom of the screen, click that and just follow what they tell you to do. Doing the quests is not just a good way to learn the game, it’s also the fastest way to grow from the start of the game. The reason is that you get really good rewards from most of the quests, sometimes you even get more resources and gold as a reward as what you spent doing the quests.

I suggest looking at the rewards when you’re doing the quests though, you’d want to do the quests that gives you the most resources as a reward compared to what you have to spend doing it. Doing the resource production quests early is also a good idea, so that you get your production started early. You don’t need any military the first few days since you will be under protection. Anyways, this is just a short intro, feel free to leave questions or comments.