Industrial Age

Steam, brick, and the roar of the machine.

The Industrial Age is age 6 of 8 in Erapolis. Homes can grow up to level 9, and they gain a new need: Power. The age ends when you raise the Iron Tower, which needs 900 people and carries your city into the Modern Age.

Goals

1. Light the city
2. Build a factory
3. Grow to 900 people
4. Erect the Iron Tower

Buildings

These unlock in the Industrial Age:

• Glasshouse Farm
• Factory
• Hospital
• Power Station
• Water Tower
• Iron Tower

Events

Events that can happen during this age:

• Harvest FestivalAfter a good year the people want music, dancing and far too much food. Spend food on a festival for a big happiness boost, or save the stores and disappoint them.
• A Flash of InsightA scholar runs through the streets having cracked an old problem. Fund the work with gold for a large knowledge reward, or applaud for a smaller one.
• Bumper HarvestWarm rain and long sun: the fields have never looked so full. Food output rises for a while.
• A Glittering VeinQuarrymen strike a seam of something shiny. Mine it for stone and gold.
• Visitors from AbroadDelegations from distant cities come to see what the fuss is about. Give them the grand tour for gold and civic pride.
• Fire!A building outside the reach of a watch catches fire. A bucket brigade usually saves it; let it burn and it falls to ruin until you repair it. Watch coverage prevents fires.
• Fever in the StreetsA fever spreads through homes that no bathhouse or hospital covers. Quarantine costs gold but saves lives; waiting it out costs residents and happiness. Health coverage prevents fevers.
• Rising WatersHeavy rain swells the water and a building at the shore is at risk. Spend stone on a levee to keep it safe, or hope for the best.
• ThunderstormA wild storm rolls in off the sea and everyone hides indoors. Wood output dips for a minute, but the storm leaves some driftwood behind.
• BlackoutThe lights go out in homes without power coverage. Pay for emergency generators, or spend some grumpy candlelit evenings. Power coverage prevents blackouts.