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Its great to see a Forum back - thank-you to the creators! I'm retired from playing - formerly Captain at The Pirate Horde. Here to connect with old friends

Hi Everyone thanks for that great work on forum, my name is Venom and i have been playing the game since day 1 so if you want to ask about anything just go ahead. Good luck

Waves

Its good to be home 🕊

Empires & Puzzles Community Forum Rules Welcome, heroes! This forum exists to help players learn, share strategies, and enjoy Empires & Puzzles together. To keep the community friendly and useful, all members must follow these rules: These rules summarise expected behaviour on the Forum. Use of the Forum is subject to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 1. Be Respectful Treat all players with courtesy, regardless of level, alliance, or experience. No harassment, insults, discrimination, hate speech, or personal attacks. Disagreements are fine — disrespect is not. 2. Keep It Family-Friendly No offensive, explicit, or inappropriate language or content, including sexual or excessively violent material. No NSFW material, images, or links. 3. No Cheating or Exploits Do not promote, sell, or explain hacks, bots, mods, or exploits. Do not encourage account sharing, buying/selling accounts, or any activity that violates the game’s Terms of Service. 4. No Spamming or Advertising No repeated messages, flooding, or low-effort posts. No unrelated advertising, referral links, or self-promotion without staff permission. Alliance recruitment only in designated sections. 5. Stay On Topic Post in the correct category. Keep discussions related to Empires & Puzzles in respective areas. Avoid derailing threads with unrelated arguments. Use topic star ratings to reflect how good or useful a hero truly is. Do not let opinions about whether a hero is overpowered negatively influence the rating. 6. Use Clear Titles & Quality Content Choose descriptive thread titles. Provide useful information when asking for help (heroes, levels, teams, etc.). Avoid excessive use of ALL CAPS and misleading titles. 7. Respect Moderators & Staff Follow moderator instructions. Do not publicly argue moderation decisions — use private messages or appeals channels. 8. No Drama or Witch Hunts Do not publicly shame players or alliances. No naming-and-shaming, call-out posts, or rumour spreading. 9. Protect Privacy Do not share personal information (yours or others’). No doxing, screenshots with private data, or impersonation. 10. One Account Per Person Do not create multiple forum accounts to evade moderation or bans. 11. Language Please use English, the forum’s primary language, so everyone can participate. The only exception is the Foreign Alliance Recruitment section. 12. Enforcement Breaking rules may result in: Content removal Warnings Temporary suspension Permanent ban Moderators may act at their discretion to protect the community. Enforcement actions are taken at the discretion of the moderation team and may vary based on severity and history.

Hi everyone! Someone said “forum,” and a wild Snark appears! Looking forward to the rebirth, and as always

Here is the TENTATIVE FEBRUARY 2026 Calendar of Events in multiple formats. This initial calendar may contain mistakes. If you spot any errors, please reply in this thread—I'll fix them in the next update. ENGLISH VERSION SGG Official Calendar (Discord Link) English Calendar by BirksG (Feb 11) Jump to latest ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES Discord Calendar Thread for other languages (Discord Link)

A new forum. Lots of thoughts. Memories. Expectations. All the more reason to say a big thank you to everyone involved, especially @ AeroMatix (E&P Forums) ! What now? Let's give it a try. So here's my first thread. Why? I don't know myself. Nostalgia. To reconnect with old forum friends. Let's see what happens. What can you definitely expect from me? Sarcasm. And music. So welcome new forum! Welcome to the new forum! And welcome to my first new thread! Totally off topic.

Hello all, I have missed you. Discord / Line just ain't the same. I liken the forums to writing letters to each other, sharing information, gossip, good times; and Discord to hanging around the water cooler just shootin' the

Hi everyone! It's nice to be back, kind of. Thanks AeroMatix for all your hard work

Game has evolved a lot since its inception and playing for the first time, even without spending seem to have changed a lot as to what's available initially (e.g. events and contents that are available now versus years ago). 1* and 2* heroes will tie you over initially but will become feeders to better heroes that you will eventually get. Sharan the 1* healer and Sha Ji the 2* healer will be your primary source to keep you alive for the time being. Layla the purple 2* and Bane the 3* yellow would likely be your primary damage output for a while, depends on how quickly you acquire heroes of higher rarity. Focus on getting the base infrastructure (buildings and research) updated to keep the constant resources (namely food and iron) to come in, you will need these to craft battle items, upgrade heroes, etc. Even if you manage to get a 5* hero, put him/her on the side as you will not have the resource initially to fully upgrade him/her when just starting. Instead, focus on fielding a full 3* team (they can be fully upgraded with ascension material that can be farmed), followed by a full 4* team. Upgrade your troops as they are like equipped items that will keep your heroes alive. Visit the Empire and Puzzles Webstore daily as you can get free resources with the daily gifts, some of these are summon currencies that can be used in the various summoning portals, which can provide you access to heroes that are more powerful than what you initially have available. Join and alliance when you are able to and help contribute so you can earn additional resources from helping defeat titans and get help from alliance mates. Gems can be spent on a variety of areas. You would need to have some on hand to spend on roster expansion as your hero count goes up. Most importantly they could be saved up for summoning for new heroes (multi-summon helps provide some discount in total gems spent). Don't worry if you can't get very far in the campaigns or beat certain stages initially, it takes time and resources to build up. What's said here is very general and broad, but remember this game is not a sprint, but a marathon. Good luck to you.

Didn't follow Discord when the old forum died and was just going to treat the new game contents cold turkey without any too updated information, until an alliance mate told us today about this and had to see it for myself. I missed browsing the forum (even if mostly reading and browsing) and seeing the posts of familiar names. Thank you @ AeroMatix (E&P Forums) for making this possible.

I’m honestly amazed at how this place already feels less like a “new” forum and more like coming back to a familiar home. There’s something comforting about seeing old names, old energy, and that spark of community waking up again. Thank you for kicking things off and encouraging everyone to jump back in whether it’s reviving the classics we loved or creating new chaos together. It’s good to be back.

It will take time for it to establish itself, so this is the most important time for people to really show it some love whilst it grows into the forum it deserves to be.

I also want to take a moment to thank some legendary folk who have and are posting content for you all: @ birksg - For his amazing Calendars and "magic ball" access and predictions. @ Zanémarossi - For bringing her and @ PlayForFun 's guides over, a lot of effort went into it. @ PlayForFun - For helping to fill out the Hero Topics, as always the legend pulls through - printing hero topics is hard work. @ Maryij - Ghost Division RO - For helping me fill out the Dragon Topics and being my right-hand lady. And thank you to our volunteer Moderation team!

Welcome all, to the new Empires & Puzzles forum. This has been a labour of extremely hard and non-stop work for many months to bring you this, hopefully you are content with what you see. Please read our rules and our forum guide to fully participate on our forum. As you may or may not be aware - we (I) are not affiliated with Small Giant Games, this forum has been created, and is funded purely by myself - if you like what you see and enjoy using it, consider showing your support, monthly supporters also get perks you can find here. Lastly, please consider joining our Discord - and if you're kind enough, show some support to my other project Nostalgia Roleplay (Rust, Garry's Mod, and FiveM servers). Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy what I've made for years to come and that it fills the hole in your heart that SGG created when they shut the old forum down. - AeroMatix, Owner & Developer

Gargons´s Guides So here´s the rundown on all the guides, which are archived on the Gargon´s Guides discord server and kept up-to-date there (well kinda anyway). If you haven´t joined the server yet you´ll find the invite link below. Once you join the server the following links should take you straight to the guide. 3 star guide: here 4 star guide: here Dragons: here Embleming heroes: here Hero families: here FS8 (current): here VO (general): here SE17 (current): here And here is the server invite link: Gargon´s Guide Server

Howdy all! Time for *return of the Snark* as I chip in my own personal reviews of this jam-packed Soul Exchange! Good hunting https://www.bobthesnark.org/soulexchange

Welcome all, to the new Empires & Puzzles forum. This has been a labour of extremely hard and non-stop work for many months to bring you this, hopefully you are content with what you see. Please read our rules and our forum guide to fully participate on our forum. As you may or may not be aware - we (I) are not affiliated with Small Giant Games, this forum has been created, and is funded purely by myself - if you like what you see and enjoy using it, consider showing your support, monthly supporters also get perks you can find here. Lastly, please consider joining our Discord - and if you're kind enough, show some support to my other project Nostalgia Roleplay (Rust, Garry's Mod, and FiveM servers). Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy what I've made for years to come and that it fills the hole in your heart that SGG created when they shut the old forum down. - AeroMatix, Owner & Developer

Thank you to all for bringing back the forum in an accessible format!

I hated the forum closing You dont know what you have till its gone. This is so freaken awesome

I'm here!

Hello everyone, I have been playing the game since 2017. It is great to have a proper forum again Thank you to everyone who made this happen!

What now? Post and respond as you would usually. I think there's some quote like "the best time to plant a tree was many years ago. The second best time is today". Regardless of all of the missed forum knowledge, seems like the bes thing to do is to just use the forum.

Kudos to @ AeroMatix (E&P Forums) for all the hard work & dedication & pulling people together!

Hello everybody! It is back! Miss great people ^^

This is giving the community a voice back again, thank you for creating this space!

Hey everyone! Glad we have a Forum again

So many more options available here beyond simply 'like'. I am confused

That's my secret, Cap...

Here’s a consolidated summary of how the upcoming Soul Exchange (26 February 2026) is being handled, based on all the information shared so far: Summary of the Soul Exchange Process (26 Feb 2026) • SG provided a fixed list of 40 heroes to all participating Content Creators. These 40 heroes are already approved for Soul Exchange consideration. The final SE will include 15 heroes chosen from these 40 — nothing outside the list. • The purpose of the initiative is not to run a single global poll. Creators were not instructed to create official polls or tally raw votes. Instead, SG asked for community‑informed feedback, and creators are free to gather it however they prefer: YouTube polls through comments on their videos Website polls (e.g., https://empuzzled.com/soul-exchange) Comments Live streams Discord discussions Creator‑curated summaries Every creator can choose their own method. • The goal is twofold: Help SG understand which heroes the community values most from the approved list. Strengthen collaboration between SG, Content Creators, and the player community — increasing visibility, engagement, and appreciation. This is not a replacement for the old forum polls, nor an attempt to outsource decision‑making. • Creators must submit their feedback to SG by Monday, 23 February. SG will then review all submissions collectively. • Final decisions rest entirely with SG. Community sentiment influences the selection, but SG ultimately chooses the 15 heroes. • The official Soul Exchange list will be released on/before (hopefully) 26 February 2026. In short SG gave creators 40 approved heroes → creators gather community feedback in any format → creators submit summaries → SG reviews everything → SG selects 15 heroes → final list arrives on Feb 26.

Yay forums! I could not get the hang of Discord, was impossible to find anything useful there. SG severely dropped the ball with shutting down the old forums, IMHO.

This has 16 parts Gives the basics on starting up. Any questions unsure after watching just ask below.

[ English Calendar by BirksG (Update: Feb 22) ] Timestamps are shown in your local time zone. Only the main calendar has been updated this time. [ 7:00 UTC ]: Secret Summon added for 24 hours — Troop Mimic Blue View in higher resolution Calendar: https://bbcamp.info/en/hires-202602-1 Quick Ref: https://bbcamp.info/en/hires-202602-2

Nice, this looks familiar

Or, to put it another way..

Hello and welcome! Glad to see a forum back in action. Looking forward to content being back in a friendlier format for viewing and reviewing!

There is always a need for

Legend! Thanks for giving us back our voice!

Absolutely. I really hope it grows. I will share it with my alliance mates in a bit. Thanks for taking the time, creating this new Forum!

Yall cooked with this! Thanks

Congratulations Awesome work guys!

Welcome! Glad to have you here

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Amazing! It feels so good to kindna be back. I’ve missed the old forum so much so I'm already taking off my shoes and getting comfortable on the couch

I must say it feels familiar and weird at the same time when seeing the forum again, even if it isn't officially supported by SGG. I will most likely continue to use this forum as the bridge towards game contents and its active and vocal players and chime in occasionally as I had done when the old forum was alive. It's good to see some familiar names already here.

Ciao e grazie a tutti

This is great! Thank you for your tireless efforts!