Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan · Karakorum
Lightning cavalry led by Genghis Khan.
Cavalry +30%
Arojen Tarinat
Strategy game

Historical fantasy strategy
Kamppaile kohti suuruutta
Arojen Tarinat is a strategy game where players build a kingdom, engage in trade, form alliances and face AI-controlled opponents. The game combines diplomacy, resource management, tactical decision-making and warfare in a historical steppe-inspired fantasy world.
Gameplay flow
Choose your realm
Genghis Khan · Karakorum
Lightning cavalry led by Genghis Khan.
Cavalry +30%
Ningzong · Lin'an
Wealth, trade and great cities.
Tax income +30%
Grand Prince · Novgorod
Forests, fortresses and a stubborn defence.
Defence +10%
Muhammad II · Samarkand
The rich heart of the Silk Road.
Silk Road trade +20%
Features
Forge alliances, negotiate peace and turn rivals against each other.
Control Silk Road caravan routes and grow your treasury.
Balance gold, manpower and construction.
Lead cavalry, besiege cities and settle battles with dice.
Face cunning rulers on three difficulty levels.
Five paths to victory: military, economic, technology, diplomatic and cultural.
Gallery
Book and source code
Juuso Honkonen’s book is sold at Suomalainen Kirjakauppa and other Finnish stores.
View the book at Suomalainen KirjakauppaThe game is an open-source project on GitHub, developed with OWASP Top 10 security principles in mind.
This describes the development approach, not a security certification or independent audit.
Source code on GitHubFAQ
Arojen Tarinat (Tales of the Steppe) is a turn-based historical strategy game set in 1206, when Genghis Khan united the tribes of the steppe. You lead one of four realms on a hand-painted hex map of Eurasia and win through war, trade, diplomacy, technology or culture.
Yes. The game is free to download on Google Play for Android and free to play in the browser. It contains ads.
Yes. No account and no internet connection are needed. The game autosaves and has five save slots.
There are four realms: the Mongol Empire (Genghis Khan, cavalry +30%), the Song Dynasty (tax income +30%), the Rus Principalities (defence +10%) and the Khwarezmian Empire (Silk Road trade +20%).
There are five paths to victory: military conquest, economy, technology, diplomacy and culture. Campaigns can be played on easy, normal or hard difficulty against AI rulers.
The game is available in 14 languages: Finnish, English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali and Indonesian.
Arojen Tarinat is an independent Finnish game made by Juuso Honkonen and Vilho Valkeala. Juuso Honkonen has also written the fantasy novel Arojen tarina: Fantasia.
Developers
Arojen Tarinat is an independent Finnish game project. We build deep yet approachable strategy for mobile and the browser.