By Royal Charter

Build a colony one card at a time.

By Royal Charter is an approachable, turn-based colony-building strategy game in which players buy facility cards, place them on a board-like map, connect production chains, and complete royal commissions.

See the colony ↓

Development build

Inside the colony

Plan on a board-like map, place facilities as cards, and turn a changing landscape into a working settlement.

A developed coastal colony with facility cards connected across the board-like map — 01Build a connected colony

Three Royal Charter commissions with different goals, climates, and rewards — 02Choose your commission

Completed charter results showing goals, rewards, and veteran colonists — 03Complete the Crown's goals

A promotion letter appointing the player as Royal Commissioner — 04Rise through the Colonial Office

A tobacco-producing colony showing terrain, production details, and opportunity cards — 05Adapt production to the land

The charter loop

A commission. A changing hand. A colony that works.

Every charter is a fresh, self-contained challenge with concrete goals and room to find your own solution.

Choose a commission

Select a Brief, Standard, or Ambitious charter and weigh its goals, time limit, climate, and terrain.

Build with cards

Buy facilities from a changing weekly selection of Opportunities and place them on compatible plots.

Connect the economy

Link production, storage, carriers, and trade into a reliable network that keeps the colony supplied.

Grow your career

Earn Merit and Reputation, unlock Favours, and bring Veteran Colonists into future assignments.

About the game

A royal commission and a colony to build

The Crown has granted you a Royal Charter. Each charter is a self-contained colony-building challenge with its own goals, climate, terrain, and time limit. Acquire facility cards through a changing selection of Opportunities, place them on compatible plots, and connect them into a working economy. Assign skilled colonists, provide for the population, and ship valuable exports to Europe. Complete the commission to earn Merit and Reputation, unlock Favours and Charter Provisions, and bring experienced Veteran Colonists into later assignments.

Status: In development
Platform: Windows PC
Mode: Single-player
Presentation: Card-driven, board-game-inspired map

Release

In development for Windows PC

Storefront links and release timing will be announced when they are ready. Screenshots and features shown here reflect a work-in-progress development build.