Give yourself a ridiculous name, found a nation, and rule it with the real habits of history's vainest autocrats. Every habit is true.
How it works
Name yourself. Every autocrat needs a grand title and a legend.
Found your nation. Choose its name, capital, motto and flag, then proclaim it.
Reign. Each turn, adopt a habit a real ruler actually had. Keep the people, the army and the treasury on your side.
Leave a legacy. Die in office and you win. Grandeur is your score: it decides how history ranks you. Try every kind of habit and reach 100 grandeur too, and you become the Perfect Autocrat.
Phase 1 of 4
Your name
No autocrat rules under an ordinary name. Roll the dice until each piece sounds grand enough, or write your own in any box. Slide right for sillier picks.
Phase 2 of 4
Your nation
Every great ruler needs a country to rename. Roll the dice or write your own in any box (slide right for sillier picks), then proclaim it to the world.
Flag
Phase 2 of 4 · Done
Your proclamation
Your nation is founded. Download the proclamation and share it, or go straight to seizing power.
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0Years in power
0Grandeur
Phase 4 of 4
Your legacy
Your reign, habit by habit
Every habit is true. Read the real stories:
Meet your influences
The real rulers behind your reign, and the best book on each:
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A neighbour is retiring
A crisis comes every three habits. Choose how to handle it: each choice gains something and costs something.
How to play
Phase 1, Name: build a grand title, epithet and legend. Roll the dice or type your own. The slider under each box sets how ridiculous the dice get.
Phase 2, Nation: name your country, capital and motto, design a flag, and proclaim it. You can download the proclamation.
Phase 3, Reign: each turn, choose one of three habits. Every one is something a real ruler actually did. After you choose, you see the true story.
Each habit adds grandeur and costs something: the People, the Army or the Treasury, as shown on the card. If any of the three reaches zero, you fall. Some habits rebuild a pillar. Every three habits, a crisis forces a choice. And the grander you get, the more jealous the generals become.
Phase 4, Legacy: die in office of old age (the age is shown) and you win. Grandeur is your score, from 0 to 100, and it sets your rank in history: from a nobody in a nice hat, through a respectable tyrant (40) and a feared autocrat (60), up to a peerless autocrat (100). Go past 100 and you are off the scale: there are ranks beyond it, and a gold seal. Die in office with all 8 kinds of habit and 100 grandeur, and you are THE PERFECT AUTOCRAT.
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