Co-op operations

Choose Co-op Defense or Co-op Siege from Play, then choose the difficulty and seed and read the briefing. The native game includes generated operations, wave armies, sallies, parley, gifts and results. Empty allied seats use bots in local play. Public Steam matchmaking still needs integration and live validation.

Same game, together#

Operations use the same culture groups, units, formations, technologies, economy, terrain and combat as every other match. The operation's configuration defines its allied seats, and bots can fill empty allied seats. Teammates can send each other resources. Any advantages the AI side starts with are listed in the briefing.

Defense#

Defend a settlement against waves of AI armies. Between waves you have a visible preparation time to repair, rebuild, gather, expand, build roads, create choke points and reinforce walls. Later waves bring siege engines, cavalry, ranged formations and attacks on several fronts. Survive every wave for your chosen difficulty to win.

Siege#

The AI holds a fortified position: outer settlements, a supply network, outer defenses, walls and an inner fortress around its objective. Assault it directly, starve it by raiding and cutting its supply roads, find another river crossing, destroy its bridges or build your own roads. Destroy the objective to win.

Parley#

At moments announced in the briefing, you can parley with the enemy: pay resources to delay the next wave or pause a sally for a set time. Each parley costs more than the last.

Operations can be saved, replayed and resumed after a disconnect like any other match.