Dear Kings and Queens,

Say hello to Greva's Summer Casino! This year she decided to go with an oriental theme: sun, sand, mystery and exotic rewards. There are awesome prizes to be won in your neighborhood, so make sure you visit Greva's Summer Casino! If you missed some of our previous events, now you have the chance to compete with your neighbors to claim some of those old event items. Plus you can win other prizes and, obviously, brand new summer event items.

The event runs from Wednesday, June 17th to Wednesday, July 8th. Good news for all mobile users: the event will be fully accessible and functional in our Android and iOS apps!

To spin the Wheel of Fortune in the Summer Casino you need tickets, which Greva (and not only Greva this time!) is more than happy to help you with... in exchange for completing tasks, of course. If you manage to complete all of her tasks you will also earn yourself 250 Diamonds!

To access the Casino, click the bar at the top left corner of your screen:

You will now see the Summer Casino window, containing the wheel, a neighborhood spins bar, a neighborhood actions log, and some buttons to spin or refresh the wheel. Remember that your neighborhood shares the wheel - when you refresh it, it's refreshed for everyone. When you grab a prize, it is gone for everyone.
The most recent wins are displayed at the bottom of the Summer Casino window, so that you can keep an eye on who's winning which prize.

Spinning the Wheel

In order to spin the wheel, you first need to earn tickets. Greva Darn will help yougain some tickets, as she will need your help with a delicate, personal problem. Help her out and she will reward you with tickets to spend in her Summer Casino. If you're advancing very quickly through the questline there are also a few bonus quests that you might activate, which are more difficult and provide a slightly bigger challenge, for a chance at an extra ticket. You can also use Diamonds if you just can't resist waiting for the next spin!

One spin costs one ticket, and results in one prize. Alternatively, you can "refresh and spin" to call up a whole new set of prizes for your neighborhood. No matter what you choose, you will always win a prize!

Prizes

The prizes displayed in the Wheel are available for every player in your neighborhood to claim. The prizes are random but, don't worry, every Wheel always has something special that can be won, and each prize can be won by up to 4 lucky spinners (you can see how many of each prize is left in the circle surrounding the image of the prize). If, for example, you win one of a specific prize where 4 are available, it is removed from the wheel and only 3 of them will remain for your neighbors to win. This goes on until all the prizes in the wheel run out, at which point the wheel is automatically refreshed with a new set of prizes. It is also possible for any player in your neighborhood to refresh the wheel at anytime.

As mentioned already, you have a chance to win old event items, such as the Champion's Retreat or the Decorated Baobab (from last year's Summer Event), and even the very valuable Wishing Well!

And of course we also have brand new rewards: special oriental-themed summer avatars (challenge yourself and try to collect the full set!) and, most importantly, four new buildings:

Refreshing the Wheel

You can refresh the Wheel of Fortune at any time to call a whole new set of prizes to your neighborhood's wheel. Remember that whenever you refresh the wheel, it is also refreshed for all your neighbors. The wheel will automatically refresh once all prizes are won.

Shared neighborhood prize

In addition to the individual prizes, every spin, or "refresh and spin", is counted towards a total of 77 spins in your neighborhood. Once your neighborhood reaches the magic number of 77, every player in the neighborhood gets 20 medals. After 77 spins, the counter resets so that you and your neighborhood can try and win more medals.

We hope you enjoy spinning the wheel and winning the prizes. If you'd like to discuss the event, please visit our discussion thread you can also watch a Summer Video.

Thank you for playing Forge of Empires and... enjoy the summer!

Sincerely,
The Forge of Empires Team