News: art-empires

Researching technologies now scores on a board of its own and in your overall rank, an accepted card pays its artist platinum, and each Curator's Office holds its own decks.

A deck now sails only to a city whose Curator's Office has a free slot, each office shows the decks in its own city, and automatic battles finish the kills they start.

Overgrown Gallery wins now pay platinum, which buys a city's last building plot and extra supply lines, and Appraisers can look inside another player's city before you raid it.

The deck editor can fill a deck for you, Overgrown Gallery levels 5 to 10 open as their cards arrive, and abilities can name a minion type.

Raid your neighbours, defend your cities with a deck and a Town Wall, and play the battle yourself when both of you are online.

Your decks each sit in one city, defend it from the Town Wall and sail between your cities, and your advisor's tips no longer hold up the page.

A building's page lists that building in each of your towns, every city's menu opens on its island, and a raid on a player who is not there can be played by hand.

Write to other players through your Diplomat, follow your battles with your General, and every player now has a public profile.

Adopt an art style for your empire, send coffee on a standing supply line, and research new branches that open more cities, taller walls and focused packs.

Art Empires is my new browser empire game, and the cards in it are deviations submitted by the artists who made them. Play it at ArtEmpires.com.