Hordes of Orcs is a "Tower Defense" game in which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village from the Orcs emerging from, what the village elders call, "The Glowing Portal of Really Bad Things That We Should Have Bricked-Up a Long Time Ago." Sadly, the Portal is un-bricked and the Orcs are very, very hungry. If 20 Orcs make it to your village, you're toast.

To kill the Orcs, buy some Towers. Arrow Towers are cheap and weak, Radiation towers are expensive and deadly. Each Tower has its own unique abilities, and each tower can be upgraded to do more damage or to have more range. Click on a tower to see its stats and upgrade cost. Should you build lots of Arrow Towers? Or a few Fire Towers? Well, that's where the strategy comes in!

Each time you kill an Orc you'll get some cash... (like pinatas, Orcs are full of candy and money as everybody knows).

Remember, certain Orcs are resistant to certain Towers, (Fire can't hurt the Orcs in Red for example), so a combination of Towers is your best bet. Clicking on a marching Orc will show you that Orc's health and special properties.

• Teleport: Sends the selected Orcs back to the starting Portal.
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• Weaken: Makes the selected Orcs more vulnerable to all of your Towers.

You can only cast a Spell if you have enough Mana. So keep an eye on your Mana stat, and save it for emergencies!

Hordes of Orcs has six different game variations, so once you've mastered Open Warfare, you can try to stop the Orcs from making off with your treasure in Capture the Flag or stick to the path in Maze Defense.

Click the "Zoom" button if you've built all your Towers and you're just watching the carnage.

Hordes of Orcs is proud to use the +7systems Balance Engine to collect game-play information. The more info the Balance Engine collects, the better future versions of Hordes of Orcs can be tweaked, resulting in an awesome game only getting better. Only game-play information is transmitted back while you play Hordes of Orcs. At no time do we access any personal information (unless you count doing 683 damage to an Orc personal). You can opt out of this at any time. Click on Options in the main menu, and un-check the "Participate in +7 Balance Engine?" option.