High Descent

You are a 12th century nobleman and you have control of a small army of mercenaries. There are other noblemen who would love to see you fall, thereby having your power and land distributed amongst them. Fight with courage and honor as you defend yourself and those who follow you.

The above statements are taken directly from High Descent main page and they describe briefly what the web-based browser game is about. The title High Descent means that players compete to ascend the ranks by assembling armies and battling them out. On top of highly organized functional layout and game system, the site displays some pretty cool original cartoon graphics. With a community approaching 40,000 users, the developers have done a good job at maintaining four servers. Three of these are seasonal, which implies that they are updated and restarted after a given period of time, while the other is a development server, which has virtually no time limitations. There are not many independent forums that discuss the game in depth, but the in-game tutorial board is sufficient for starters.