Cinder & Crowns
Command History. Conquer the World.
On these burning lands there is no pay-to-win. Only strategy, diplomacy, and iron will. Rally legendary commanders, forge alliances, and seize the Golden Capital.
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Legendary Heroes
Across Time, United in Glory
The World
Converge on the Golden Capital — and make your throne your own
The Golden Capital
From a single failing border city-state you rise, ally, and march until every alliance converges here. Seize the capital forged of ever-burning gold, and the season's Cinder Crown is yours.
Four Architectural Styles
Four architectural looks for your city and alliance hall, unlocked as your keep grows
Vermilion timber, a dragon throne and resounding war-drums: the grand hall of an Eastern dynasty.
Chronicles
The history, legend, and lineage of the continent
Cinder & Crowns: The Age Between Empires
The golden age has ebbed, and crowns lie scattered across the fields — you have come to pick one up.
The Golden City: Where the Wealth of Ages Converges
It may be a real city, or a metaphor left by history's receding tide. But every ambitious soul believes it exists.
Elegy for the Old Empires
After the Old Empires fell, a new empire waits to be built.
The Golden City: The Shape of a Legend
It may be a city. It may be only a name.
The East Asia: Lands Beneath the Great Wall
Beneath walls built square and true, dynasties rise and fall without end.
Europe: Vast Order and Iron Conviction
Steel, cross, and throne — all born from the embers of Rome.
Middle East & Africa: Glory of Desert, River, and Distant Sea
From the clay tablets of two rivers to the sails of Carthage, desert, river, and coast together lit humanity's oldest fires of civilization.
South & Southeast Asia: The Ganges, the Isles, and the Golden Peninsula
From the Maurya empire on the Ganges plain to the monsoon-swept island realms and the temple kingdoms of the Golden Peninsula.
Atlantis: The Shattered Mother-Continent
The continent's name is also the name of its ruin.
The Powers of the Continent: The World Beyond the Lords
Where the old order fell, something still moves in the embers.
Cinder & Crowns: The Two Symbols Behind the Name
The Old Empires have burned to embers. The crown hangs empty, waiting for a new hand.
Game Guides
Heroes, troops, gear, and the 4X systems: how to play