TFC: The Fertile Crescent v1.2001

Inspired by the real history of the Near East Bronze Age, TFC blends classic RTS elements with a unique perspective on the genre.

Establish your village near fertile lands and balance your food surplus against the size of your civilian and military might as you build and expand. Food plays a crucial role beyond just feeding your troops; it determines the growth rate of your population and the speed at which you accumulate Knowledge Points. Keeping your village well-fed ensures prosperous expansion, while compromised farms can cripple even the strongest economies.

Considering technological limitations and advancements of the era, you’ll need to carefully manage your hard-earned Knowledge Points. Explore Village Improvements to quickly counter your opponent’s strategy or to fortify your position for the long game.

Consequential Soil Fertility Mechanic
Food is the foundation of every successful village. Locate fertile ground and build your village around it to ensure that there is enough to sustain your growing population. Balancing your food surplus against your villagers and expanding military is crucial, and protecting your farms is essential for your village’s survival. Conversely, destroying your opponents’ farms is an effective way to demoralize their population and cripple their economy.

Strategic Options from the Beginning
Inspired by the giants of the genre, TFC expands on classic RTS mechanics in innovative ways, offering multiple strategies to explore from the start of each match. With several paths to victory, you can swiftly adapt your strategy in response to enemy actions. Your ability to leverage this freedom will determine whether you face crushing defeat or achieve glorious victory.

Authentic Near East Bronze Age Setting
Settle your people in the Ancient Age, where everyone starts on equal footing. As you advance, a pivotal moment awaits: choose one of three legendary Bronze Age civilizations to lead your people to glory!

Advance Your village
Increase the strength of your village by exploring Village Improvements. TFC offers a collection of powerful improvements that allow commanders to spend points to quickly react to enemy advancements or create opportunities to strike. With various ways to boost your economy and military, your strategic options are always clear and easy to implement.

Features

– Campaign with 10 missions
– Skirmish to battle it out against the AI with 4 difficulty levels
– Hordes to survive the waves of mountain nomad invasions
– Multiplayer for up to 4 players to challenge other players online on dedicated servers with host migration
– Play co-op by adding bots to online games, or invite a friend to play Hordes
– Modern QoL like grouping units and customisable hotkeys
– Full save and load support for all single player modes
– Spectate games in multiplayer
– Save, share and load replays to interactively study matches to learn from the best players, or from your own mistakes