So this was my obsession this weekend. If you played Travian in the past, its pretty close, I just like this one a lot more. Free to play, build up a civilization and compete against other players. I am playing as fattychubs on server 24.
I figured I would do it right, and join one the top Alliances, called LIFE. I am in LIFE2 we are currently ranked #3 and #5 on server 24, the server is pretty new. Fun group of people in the Alliance, the alliance chat keeps things interesting if you are watching the timer on a build. Although I tend to play Warstorm during waits.

I am about 5 days in, you get 7 days of Beginner protection. It's the type of game you can spend a ton of money to make things go faster, get bonuses and even buy resources. You can also recommend people I believe and get resources,
my link. You get a lot of quests, and beginner bonuses that really keep things moving, and I haven't felt the need to spend anything yet to stay competitive. When the noob protection is over we shall see. So far here is my main town, I have a secondary one that's a lot smaller.

Overall its a fun game to check out and lose a lot of time. When the invasions start happening I will have to post a new activity on how the game is going.