I am one of those people that loves to play games. Of course I don’t always have as much time to play as I would like. So lately, I have found myself playing games that don’t require a non-stop 4 hour commitment. Usually they are apps on Facebook, like Mouse Hunt or Pet Dragons but recently I came upon a game called Ikariam that is just my type of game. If you decide to try it you can find me on the Epsilon world, under Socom.

So, what is the game like? Its a cross between Civilization and Age of Empires. But they make the game slower. Doing upgrades takes time, not 30 seconds, but 15min to hours depending on the level up the upgrade. Why is this good? well, I don’t have to sit and watch the whole thing. I can do a couple move things to each of my cities, then check back later when I have more time.

You start off with a single city with a single resource, if you want other resources like Wine, Marble, Crystal or Sulphur, you either need to start another city on that island, or you trade. In each city you build buildings that as with any Civ type game gives you new features, whether it be trade, ships, or building up your army (I try to be peaceful, so I don’t really have an army yet) however, I do have now 3 towns!

Anyway, that’s it, love the game, great thing to do now and again, hope you are able to check it out sometime. I know its not for everyone, but so far they have around 50,000 people playing.

Socom