The Kingdom of Usurp · Prototype
Everyone starts as nothing.
Pay your way to the throne, or lose everything to someone who will.
Drag to explore · Tap a castle · Enter the CourtHear ye, hear ye
The Throne Room
One ladder, sorted by lifetime spend. Titles are painted onto bands of the list. Pass the person above you and everyone between you shifts down.
Upon the throne
| # | Name | Rank | Lifetime spend |
|---|
The Chronicle
Realm events
Crest Studio
Design Your Own Coat of Arms
Pick your colours, emblem and motto in a minute. Designing is free. Download print-ready artwork for $9 and use it anywhere.
- A 4000 px PNG for print and a 1200 px PNG for the web
- An SVG vector file you can scale to any size
- No watermark. Use it for family crests, gifts, D&D, clan logos, stationery
- Instant download after payment
Crest Studio is a separate digital product. Buying artwork gives no rank, title or advantage in the Usurp game. Secure checkout by Dodo Payments, refundable within 14 days. See the Terms, Refund policy and Privacy policy.
By Order of the Crown
The Hall of Ranks
The listed price is the floor to claim an open seat. When a band is full, you must out-spend its lowest holder, who then drops a band.
King or Queen has no fixed price. You must simply out-spend the current holder, ever.
Heraldry of the Realm
The Great Houses
Swear to a House from the map or below. Houses are lore, and the brand layer sits on top: paid placements, separate from personal rank. Sponsorships here are simulated.
The Brand Layer
Patron Houses
| Tier | Price | What they get |
|---|---|---|
| Bannerman | $199 / mo | Small crest and link on the notice board (footer) |
| Merchant House | $999 / mo | Town Square banner, 1 sponsored Decree per month |
| Noble House | $4,999 / mo or $49,999 / yr | Named house, crest realm-wide, can sponsor a season or tournament, can grant a "Sworn to House" badge |
| Season Sponsor | Negotiated | Sole sponsor of one crowning cycle. The season is named after them. |
Try a sponsorship
Raise a patron banner
Notice board
By Royal Command
Royal Decrees
Broadcast a message to the realm. Free each week: King or Queen 3, Duke and above 1, everyone else 0. Any extra Decree is $2.
Sport for the Court
Court Games
Every reward is a cosmetic badge. No game ever pays out real money or returns more than you put in.
Dice with the Steward
Free. Best of three, higher total wins. Open to Peasants.
Court Trivia
Free. Three questions on noble titles. Open to Peasants.
The Joust
Knight and above. Free to enter. Eight-knight bracket, and the winner earns a temporary cosmetic badge.
The Law of the Realm
The Charter
Why this stays a status product and not a wager.
No chance in rank
Rank is set only by lifetime spend.
No cash payout
Spend never returns as money, and no Court Game rewards cash.
No cash value
Titles and badges cannot be sold, traded or turned into money. Nothing in the game is for sale with real money.
No fake users
The Founding Houses are labelled lore, not customers.
The spec flags a real Terms of Service and legal review before meaningful money moves, including the US market and India's Online Gaming Act (2025). This page is not legal advice.
The Roadmap
From spec to crown
- Lock the spec. Finalize structure, pick the name, draft the Terms line on titles having no cash value.
- MVP. Leaderboard prototype, plus Crest Studio artwork sold through Dodo Payments.
- Founding Era. Real beta cohort and 1 to 2 lore Houses, Peasant signup open, first real paying customers.
- Brand layer. Open House sponsorships to real small businesses.
- Engagement. Court Games, seasonal resets, referrals.
- Scale. Streaming integrations, possible mobile app.