Would you like to be a conqueror of lands? Do you want your empire to dominate the world? Well, it's time for you to stop dreaming and start achieving it, and to do this, the first step is to download a game such as FreeCol. This free title, developed in open source, aims to challenge you to show your qualities in generating your colony and transforming it into the most important in the world.

Indeed, suppose you have enjoyed titles such as Civilization or Open Civilization. In that case, you should know that FreeCol has many elements in common with them since you'll have to develop your empire and expand it as much as possible. Of course, the main component of this adventure has to do with conquering new lands, exploiting them, and thus obtaining enough profits to attack new enemies.

When starting our games in FreeCol, you first have to determine the type of empire you want to develop since the possibilities you will have in the future will depend on it. Once you have started the game, you will have to exploit all the natural resources, trying to form an army powerful enough to confront the neighboring towns.

At this point, you have the possibility of selecting exactly where in the world you want your empire to develop, and you will see in the images that accompany this review that the options are varied since you can select the entire American continent, Africa, Australia or the territory that currently belongs to Central America.

The problem is that beyond how easy it is to understand our FreeCol objectives, we will encounter difficulties appearing as we progress, so you should have a wrist to deal with these issues. You will find that the natives of the area often refuse to cooperate with us, and if we are at a disadvantage, perhaps the best thing you can do is negotiate with them.

Sure, sometimes they will gladly accept if the change is convenient for them, but you will see that sometimes they are reluctant to negotiate. At that moment, you may have to declare war on them to appropriate their resources. As this is a game of strategy, you will eventually have to measure whether an armed confrontation offers a chance of prevailing or if the risk is too significant.

And what is the final objective of this game? Well, the main thing in the long term will be to become the first town in the game capable of having the necessary resources to declare your independence from the other countries. Of course, it will not be easy since you have to have previously eliminated all the other towns that are part of the map, and you can be sure that they will defend themselves to the last consequences.

Another nice thing about this installment is that we can choose whether to play an Individual game or take advantage of theMultiplayer Mode , in which, with other people, we will lead an empire each. As always happens in this game, we recommend playing with several of your friends since the experience with them is superior to facing the game's artificial intelligence.

Undoubtedly, in terms of the management of game elements, we have infinite possibilities, considering that a massive amount of raw materials can be collected to use later. You have to keep in mind in this sense that the main ones are related to food, such as corn or fish, and it is essential to keep your troops well-fed.

On the other hand, wood and iron will be essential in everything related to your construction possibilities. If you work them correctly, you can also sell them to buy other products your settlers do not generate. And if you also manage to exploit the silver, you can be sure to sell this mineral at an excellent market price, generating profits to take advantage of them as you prefer.

As far as FreeCol's interface is concerned, we have to say that it is just what we expected for a simple but addictive empire expansion game, and while it is probably not the best in its field in this section, it delivers without problems. Also, the fact that it is fully translated into Spanish, we believe, is a strong point, especially for users who do not handle other languages, such as English.

In summary, we can say that FreeCol is an excellent free game of conquest and empire expansion, which stands out in the first instance for being open source and allowing us to play individually and against our friends. Suppose you want an extensive and addictive entertainment option to manage all aspects of an ancient town without consuming many of your system's resources. In that case, you probably won't find many better options.