50 Years is a minimalist empire simulator meant to be played in small doses. You pick your empire (with its bonuses or negatives) and then try to hold off invading forces for fifty turns. In between you buy more troops, buy buildings to collect resources or build troops and have a few special encounters as your 'scouts' locate caves and swamps outside your kingdom. As you win fights or over turns you accumulate Faith which allows you to select religious bonuses such as more money per turn, extra troops or troop bonuses. Game play happens entirely over maybe five different screens and battles are automated.

As you may have guessed, this is not a complicated game. But it is attractive and fun, offering a number of different paths to try from game to game. It is likely not a game with tremendous longevity since the game play is limited however it's fun when played as a time killer.

50 Years is a minimalist empire simulator meant to be played in small doses. You pick your empire (with its bonuses or negatives) and then try to hold off invading forces for fifty turns. In between you buy more troops, buy buildings to collect resources or build troops and have a few special encounters as your 'scouts' locate caves and swamps outside your kingdom. As you win fights or over turns you accumulate Faith which allows you to select religious bonuses such as more money per turn, extra troops or troop bonuses. Game play happens entirely over maybe five different screens and battles are automated. As you may have guessed, this is not a complicated game. But it is attractive and fun, offering a number of different paths to try from game to game. It is likely not a game with tremendous longevity since the game play is limited however it's fun when played as a time killer.