💰 Turn Economy

Every 60 seconds, thirty-one decisions are resolved at once. Here's what the kingdom actually does with a turn.

The turn clock

A game runs for 32 turns max. Each turn lasts 60 seconds in real time. When the clock hits zero, everyone's submitted moves are resolved simultaneously — declarations, actions, dragon attacks, special function events, deaths, and treasury updates all land at once.

Submit early, submit often You can submit and re-submit as many times as you want during the 60-second window. The server only reads your last submission when the timer expires.

Each turn, every player does three things

Declare — how much gold you pledge to the treasury this turn. Must be at least your role's minimum tax × the king's tax rate.
Pick an action — one of the actions available to your role (work, invest, tournament, forest, etc).
Seal & Submit — locks in both choices.

In parallel the king is setting the tax rate, choosing whether to collect taxes, and deciding whether to bribe the dragon with treasury gold.

Declarations vs. taxes

You pledge any amount ≥ your minimum tax. The minimum tax is your base (1/2/4/8g for peasant/citizen/knight/prince) multiplied by the king's tax rate (1x–4x). Higher declarations are entirely optional — you can be generous or strictly minimum.

When the king decides to collect, every player hands over their pledged amount. Gold above the declared amount is yours to keep. If you don't have what you declared, you enter debt slavery — forced into work-only action at a reduced rate until your debt is paid off.

Tax multiplier	Min tax: peasant	Min: citizen	Min: knight	Min: prince
1x	1g	2g	4g	8g
2x	2g	4g	8g	16g
3x	3g	6g	12g	24g
4x	4g	8g	16g	32g

Actions

One action per turn per player. Your role determines which actions are available.

Available to all non-king roles

Work — earn gold within your role's income range
Recruit Follower — spend gold to add a follower (see Roles)
Buy from Pawn Shop — purchase an item dropped by a fallen player (see Pawn Shop)

Role-specific

Peasant: Upgrade Farm (10g, before turn 10, doubles income forever). Search Forest (click areas on a map to find SuperElf Bow parts, see Forest).
Citizen: Invest Safe, Invest Risky, Order ACME Part (60g).
Knight: Tournament (40% win for 3x payout, 12% bonus of finding a Dragon Slayer Set part on win).
Prince: Seduce another player (50% chance to steal 30% of their gold), Research Spell (20g, 20% to discover a spell component).

Secret (special function only)

Thief: Rob a target (gold and/or items)
Assassin: Kill a target
Vampire: Drain a target (they die, join your ghoul pack)
Werewolf: Hunt a target (they die, join your wolf pack)

Revolt mechanics

The higher the tax rate, the more likely the subjects revolt when taxes are collected. A revolt can produce one of three outcomes:

Kill the king — the king is dead, a new king is drawn from the remaining players, and the treasury loses 25% of what was collected.
Partial refusal — the treasury loses 25% of what was collected, but collection proceeds.
Clean collection — everything gets paid.

Revolt probabilities (balanced preset):

Tax rate	Kill king	Partial loss	People refuse	Clean
1x	10%	5%	10%	75%
2x	15%	15%	20%	50%
3x	25%	20%	20%	35%
4x	35%	30%	15%	20%

Passive treasury flow

Even without collecting taxes, the treasury moves every turn from two passive sources:

NPC income — the 570 or so background NPCs pay a flat ~350g per turn (balanced preset).
State upkeep — 16g/turn is lost to running the kingdom (guards, roads, torches).

Net: ~+334g/turn to the treasury baseline. At that rate alone, the kingdom cannot reach 10,000 in 32 turns — you must collect or slay the dragon.

Debt slavery

If you declared more than you could pay, you owe the treasury the difference. Your next turns are forced into a special "debt work" action at a reduced rate until the debt is cleared. Peasants earn 4g/turn, citizens 8g, knights 16g, princes 32g. During debt you cannot take any other action.