Richer Than the King

Richer Than the King is about building an empire in secret while trading with cities, gathering an army and turning the King’s court against him. You play as one of three members of House Fairheart: Garrick the Human, Brenda the Dwarf or Olis the Fairy. The crown is searching for you as time passes, so you must manage suspicion while preparing for conflict.

Trade and city requests

You travel to nearby and distant cities to find merchants, including Humans, Dwarves and Fairies. City requests can be completed for rewards or abandoned in exchange for resources. You can select trades yourself, managing limited warehouse space for efficiency, or use automatically matched trades between merchants.

Guilds and resources

You can explore common and character-specific guild buildings. The adventurer guild lets you find relics, while barracks allow you to recruit an army.

Avoid royal scouts

At the end of each week, Royal Scouts survey the land and raise the global Suspicion Gauge. You can spend wealth to bribe them, pausing the gauge and buying time. When suspicion reaches 100%, your location is compromised and an immediate tactical battle against the royal armies begins.

Build your army

You need a standing army to repel royal attacks. Its three unit classes have different roles and varying direct and counter abilities, which shape the interactions in final combat:

• Might: Heavy frontline bruisers.
• Swift: Rapid-striking flanking units.
• Arcane: Magic units.

Rally the nobility

As the rightful head of House Fairheart, you can use your status and growing wealth to rally other noble houses before a battle. Gaining their support weakens the enemy army’s stats and troop numbers before the fight begins.