Little Empire is actually a rather lovely little free-to-play empire builder

While not infuriating the piss out of me, Little Empire is actually a rather lovely little free-to-play empire builder, with a little bit of tower defense tossed in for flavor. Players create an account, choose one of three hero characters to represent them in battle, Little Empire Mojo  and then build up their army. Rather than presenting combat as a simple numbers game, here you actually place your troops on the field, position your champion, and let slip the dogs of war. Battles are automatic from there, though players are able to cast the odd spell to help turn the tide when needed.

Players can battle non-player characters through a series of story missions, fight other players in the arena, or take the battle to their opponents' kingdoms,  Buy Little Empire Mojo  invading and enslaving them for a brief period of time. Maintaining a strong defensive force back at your castle is extremely important, as while you aren't playing your "friends" can't still attempt to kick your ass.

This colorful mixture of 3D kingdom sim and colorfully cute 2D sprite battles has its fair share of flaws. The instructions are vague. The game slows to a crawl at higher levels unless you purchase "Mojo", a special in-game currency used to speed up time or buy powerful skills and items. In short, it's a free-to-play game, and you get what you pay for.

Apparently I paid for my new friends to steal my damn gold.

Yes, I am quite bitter.  Cheap Little Empire Mojo It's not the gold. It's the principle of the thing. Now I am going to have to destroy them utterly, and that's never fun.