Frequently Asked Questions
		What is Evernight? Evernight is a massively multiplayer, turn-based strategy game set in a shadowy world of legions, monsters, and supernatural warfare. Players battle online against an army of opponents and are constantly challenged to employ their best strategies and diplomatic skills. Evernight is an intense and addictive game that can be played anytime, anywhere. What type/genre of game is Evernight? Fantasy, turn-based strategy What kind of person would play Evernight? Evernight is extremely well suited to turn-based strategy gamers, fantasy/sword and sorcery fans, and game players who enjoy multi-player Internet games. What does the game look like? The game uses the player's Internet browser as an interface and is simply a series of dynamically-created web pages. High-quality graphics are interspersed throughout the game to help players navigate through the interface and play the game. Most images have large-scale, high-resolution versions available for the users to download to their desktops. Why would you want to play Evernight? Playing against humans is always more challenging and exciting than playing against computer controlled opponents. Evernight allows a huge number of players to test their skills against one another in a quest to control the world. The game is easy to start and becomes increasingly challenging as the game continues. What do you do in Evernight, and why? The player is charged with managing an empire. They decide how to spend their resources and where and when to deploy their forces. They must balance their ability to go on the offensive against their need to protect what they already own. Also, and probably most importantly, the player must decide which other players to negotiate with, and which ones to seek out and destroy. With turns running once or twice per day, Evernight becomes an addictive part of the player's daily routine. What makes Evernight different? So far, turn-based games have generally been space opera or historical in nature. And most fantasy games are in the role-playing genre. Evernight is a fantasy, turn-based strategy game that doesn't bog down players with relentless statistical information. Instead, the game hinges upon strategy and communication. What does it mean that Evernight is turn-based? Turn-based play means that a player can spend as much time as they want online setting up their 'turn'. At pre-determined times (as often as once every 10 minutes, or as infrequent as once a week), the game "ticks" run and analyze all of the player's moves, fight all of the battles, and update all of the player's statistics. How do players communicate within Evernight? Evernight includes in-game mail and newsgroups, providing players with familiar tools to talk with others. What hardware and software do you need to play? Evernight is compatible with any machine capable of running a 4.0 or newer browser from Netscape or Microsoft.