OMNIA · a free strategy game set in 1200

Seeds of Empire

One realm. One January morning in 1200. Up to thirty rivals who want the same land.

Play the Reconquista or the Angevin War as a real realm

Navarre France Castile León England Aragon
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In your browser · No account · Saves as you play

A looping clip of a real game: two years of war across France and England as named armies march, fight and take towns
Six months of a real thirty-rival game, sped up.

The map is the game

Rival realms across France, England, the Low Countries and Iberia, with named armies and settlement nameplates

Drawn from the record. Every town, coast and mountain range sits where it stood in 1200.

Towns that grow. Click a nameplate and watch a hamlet become a walled city, with farms and a market at its gates.

Borders that breathe. Your frontier spreads out from your towns and gives way before an army.

How a game goes

  1. SOW

    Take a crown

    Start as any realm of 1200, from Navarre to the Song. Choose your rivals: four, or thirty.

  2. GROW

    Build and raise

    Grow towns, plant farms, raise walls and harbours. Levy your people and give each army a name.

  3. REAP

    Win the continent

    March, raid and besiege. Win by dominion, by hegemony, or by leaving no one else standing.

Start your first game

Every army has a name

The Paris Lances. Eagles of Pamplona. The Ashen Spears. Raise a host, rename it as you like, and remember it when it falls.

The Paris Lances stand beside Paris while a rival host gathers at Rouen and another marches on Troyes
The Paris settlement card: a walled city with towers, farms and a market, with population, growth and garrison figures

Your capital, in paint

Open any town to see it whole. Every farm, market, harbour and ring of walls you build is added to the picture.

New, and coming next

New in 0.8.2

When the war ends

Every game now closes with its own chronicle card, won or lost: your banner, your realm on the map, the rivals you outlasted and the army that won it. Share it from your phone, post it to X or Reddit, or drop it into Discord.

  • Three sizes: for posts, for X and Discord, and for Stories
  • A picture of the map at any moment, with the ❖ button
  • Coming next: a time-lapse of your reign, and a challenge to a friend from the same start

Post yours with #OMNIA1200, or on Discord. Everything that changed is in the changelog.

An example chronicle card from Seeds of Empire: Navarre won its dominion, March 1204, 41 settlements, 9 of 12 rivals outlasted, the army that won was the Host of Tudela.
An example card. Every game makes its own.

Play with friends

Open a room, send the link, meet on the same map. Your friends need no account.

Hear first on Discord

Membership

Sovereign membership

Rule in full. Your own coat of arms on every banner, tabard and town. A dynasty chronicle that keeps every reign you play. Private rooms with your own rules. A seat in the Season World. Sovereigns get splendour, never strength.

Price to be announced

Questions

Is it free?

Yes, the whole game. Sovereign members get splendour and records on top, never power.

Does it work on a phone?

It runs in a phone browser and answers to touch, but the map is easiest to play on a tablet or a computer. A better phone layout is on the way.

I like OpenFront. Will I like this?

Probably. Both are quick, free strategy games in the browser. Seeds of Empire trades the modern world for 1 January 1200: realms and towns from the record, armies that march overland, and walls, farms and markets to build.

How historical is it?

The board is history: the realms, towns and borders of 1 January 1200, from the OMNIA Atlas, where every entry lists its sources. The rest is yours to write.

Is my game saved?

It saves in your browser as you play. Come back and you continue where you left off. Export a save from the menu to take it to another device.

Do I need an account?

No. Open the game and start. It saves in your browser as you play.

How many rivals will I face?

You choose between 4 and 30 rival realms before you start. Every rival is a real realm of 1200.

Can I play with friends?

It is on the way. Open a room, send the link and meet on the same map; friends need no account. Join the Discord to hear first.

The year is 1200. Choose your banner.

Play now, free

Prefer a slower game? Take a seat in the Play by Post or read about the realms.