Akeran
Akeran is a free online multiplayer stategic game similar to Civilization.
You can play it via IRC (channel #akeran on the Undernet IRC network),
or via the web (Register or Sign in).
To learn how to play, take a look at the manual
and try the game in the newbies universe (Register or Sign in).
Resources
Web Interface:
World of Magic and Fight
Newbies Universe
Manual
Forum
Map
Map (SVG)
Commands
Building Trees
Spell Book
Ages History
Changelog
New Akeran Age - 01/09/07
A New age has begun...
Take a look at the scores of the previous age.
New Version : V3.33.0 - 01/09/07
A new version of Akeran (V3.33.0) is available.
  • Graphical position of cities
    • Cities roads now start from province road and exist even if no city is build. see the Geography part of the Manual for more details.
    • Since city roads start from province road, a city can be 9 MPs (instead of 13 MPs) away from the nearest province.
    • Each province now has a maximum of 12 cities.
    • Upon newplayering, you can now choose on which road you wish to build your city.
    • To found a city, you now need to explicitly move your settlers to one of the city positions.
    • The move command has been updated to enable movment to city positions (see move)
  • 1 new spell available per allegiance and per race (3 for the dwarves)
    • Although Dwarves have more spells, a maximum of 3 runes can be cast on a single target.
  • Enhanced battle reports: If your navigator supports SVG, the battle log will now contain a graphical representation of the position of each units at the end of each round.
  • When the initiative of an order is not set, at the beginning of a battle, the initiative will be set to the best initiative possible among the units with the same order.
  • Mortar unit now also needs the Gunpowder Hall to be trained.
  • Attack commands can now be added to an army order queue.
  • If an army discover an enemy blockade, the army will now take another route after 10 moons.
New Akeran Age - 09/04/07
A New age has begun...
Take a look at the scores of the previous age.
New Version : V3.32.0 - 09/04/07
A new version of Akeran (V3.32.0) is available.
  • The start of the age is now delayed by 2 days
  • New units: Siege engines are now available
    • Siege weapons (useful to damage fortifications) : Onager, Mortar, Trebuchet, Battering Ram
    • Ballista : A very effective range unit but very slow.
    • Mechanical Moles, Siege Tower : Cancels fortification penalties for some other units.
    • Siege Shield : Protects up to 5 units (does not apply to siege weapons).
    • Siege Weapons also damage fortificatication at the new season when a city is besiegied.
New Version : V3.31.1 - 02/04/07
A new version of Akeran (V3.31.1) is available.
  • A city order queue can now be automatically executed when a city is founded (via the usual page or the 'efound' command)
  • City taxes can now be set from an order queue. Setting tax for multiple cities is now available via the 'etax' command.
  • The supply gained when the taxes are low is now shown with the city details
  • The trade result now shows the price paid per type of good
  • The build/train/ritual result now shows the number of goods used
  • Fixed a bug in the renamecity event
  • When training multiple units at once, the number of units will be trained according to supply left.
  • Army order queues beginning with a wait order will now be executed after all other order queues.
  • The default log page size can now be set in 'Account Options' or via the 'setlogpagesize' command.