Overview of the new Features in this years Annual Special br "Rise of Alliances" br br What’s New? br br Boosted village: br All resource fields in your starting village start at level 10. You immediately have enough culture points and settlers to found the next two villages. br br Alliance Contribution: br Strength in numbers! Members of each alliance can contribute resources to unlock alliance-wide bonuses. br Victory conditions are the same: Gain as many Victory Points as possible br br Other Additions: br “Refer a friend” bonus only applies once a friend has 4 villages (instead of two). br br Defense points are awarded to the players reinforcing a village, instead of only to the owner. br br Regions with weaker artifacts produce more Victory Points than stronger artefacts. br br In order to settle outer regions, adjacent regions need to be sufficiently populated first.