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Tax the Village

120 villagers. 10 years. You set the tax and decide where the money goes. Click a villager to hear what they think.

Year 1 of 10

Villagers 120Mood 70Treasury 100g

Spend the money on:

The village says

Services you underfund decay. Taxes you set too high make people leave or riot.

How to play

Goal: Rule the village for 10 years without a riot. Keep your villagers happy and the village alive.

  1. Each year, set the tax rate (0 to 70% of what people earn).
  2. Split the money between four things: Guards, Granary, School and Well. The four sliders always add up to 100%.
  3. Press Rule this year. Money comes in, services get funded and every service slowly decays if you ignore it.
  4. Each year an event appears. Pick one of the two choices. Some cost gold, some cost mood.
  5. Click any villager to read what they are thinking.
  6. If the average mood drops very low, the village riots and you lose gold. Very unhappy villagers leave for good. If fewer than 10 are left, the village collapses.

Tips: A tax around 20 to 30% works best. No tax means no money for services, and a very high tax makes everyone leave. Keep the Granary and Guards funded.