

If you choose a single-player attack, you'll be pitted against one of the many Goblin bases that are baked into the game in order to challenge you and help you learn to play. You have two options in this mode, single player and online. You'll also have a shield on your village that stops other people from attacking you for a while, which usually gives you time to re-think your current layout or upgrade your defenses.Īs hands-off as the build phase is, you'll need a couple of minutes with nothing else going on in order to enjoy the action phase. (Every now and then you're able to catch someone in the act, but this is the exception rather than the rule.) If you've been destroyed by an opponent, the village will rebuild itself once you tap on the graves that appear on the screen, but you'll have lost both trophies and resources in the process. As a result, you have to set the appropriate defenses and do your best to anticipate what your opponents are most likely to do. You get a notification after the fact telling you someone has attacked you, and there's a replay of the assault available for you to watch.

Like any level-based system, this happens quickly at first but becomes orders of magnitude more difficult with each level up.ĭefending your village is a big part of the build phase, as attacks from enemies don't happen in real time like a Tower Defense game. You store up enough resources to upgrade your town hall, and spend the next little while re-organizing your village to take advantage the new things you have available to you. Village growth typically focuses around leveling-up your town hall, which means your village will grow in stages. As your village grows and improves, you have the ability to build new buildings that give you access to new tools for offense or defense.
