Getting started guides
Your first battles, what the game costs, and the words people use.
- Can you play Dot Conquest offline?
What needs a connection and what does not: loading the browser version, playing a battle, the Daily's prize, and the phone version later.
- How to play Dot Conquest: the whole game in one page
The rules of Dot Conquest from start to finish: cities, dots, land, supply, walling in, Councils, the siege phase and how a battle is won.
- Is Dot Conquest free? Is it pay-to-win?
What Dot Conquest costs in the browser, on phones and on PC later, what is sold and what is not, and why no purchase decides a battle.
- A real-time strategy glossary for new players
The words strategy players use, from APM and macro to counters, snowballing and turtling, explained plainly, with what each means in Dot Conquest.
- How to stop feeling overwhelmed in real-time strategy games
Why strategy games feel like too much at first, and five habits that make them calm: one group at a time, a short checklist, using pause, and reading the board.
- Your first ten battles in Dot Conquest
A walk through the first ten campaign levels: what each stage teaches, what to practise, and what opens up once they are behind you.