Dear Kings and Queens,

Summer is heating up again and Greva Darn is back in town with her Summer Casino! There are awesome prizes to be won in your neighbourhood. If you missed some of our previous events, now you have the chance to compete with your neighbours to claim some of those old event items, plus you can win other prizes and even brand new summer event items, too.

The event runs from Wednesday, August 13th to Wednesday, August 27th.

To take part in the summer casino you need tickets, which Greva is more than happy to help you with... in exchange for completing tasks, of course.

To access the casino, click the summer casino bar at the top left corner of your screen.

You will now see the summer casino window, containing a casino wheel, a neighbourhood spins bar, a neighbourhood actions log, and some buttons to spin or refresh the wheel. Remember that you share the wheel with your neighbourhood - when you refresh it, it's refreshed for everyone. When you grab a prize, it is gone for everyone.

Spinning the wheel
In order to spin the wheel, you first need to earn tickets. Greva Darn will help in this area, as she has a series of quests you can complete in exchange for tickets to spend in the summer casino. If you're advancing very quickly through the quest line there are also a few bonus quests which you might activate, which are more difficult and will 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 that 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 neighbourhood. 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 neighbourhood to claim, with 4 of each displayed prize being available initially (you can see how many of each item is left in the circle surrounding the wheel items). The prizes are random but, don't worry, every wheel always has something special that can be won by up to 4 lucky spinners. 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 be remaining for your neighbours to win. This goes on until all the prizes in the wheel run out, at which point the wheel is automatically refreshed with a fully stocked new set of prizes. It is also possible for any player in your neighbourhood to refresh the wheel.

As mentioned already, you have a chance to win old event items, such as the Champion's Retreat and the Sandcastle (from last years Summer Event).

And of course, the event wouldn't be complete without something new, so we've also got special summer avatars to be won. Can you collect the full set? Last but definitely not least, a few brand new summer-themed buildings are available for you to spin for.

Refreshing the wheel
You can refresh the wheel at any time to call a whole new set of prizes to your neighbourhood's wheel. After a wheel refresh, every player in the neighbourhood will have a refreshed wheel with a complete set of new prizes to be won. If all prizes are won from the wheel, it is automatically refreshed.

Shared neighbourhood prize
In addition to the individual prizes, every spin, or refresh and spin, is counted towards a total of 77 spins in your neighbourhood. Once your neighbourhood reaches the magic number of 77, every player in the neighbourhood gets some medals. After 77 spins the counter is reset and can begin again, for a chance to win more medals.

Neighbourhood actions log
To keep track of who's winning what, there is a neighbourhood casino actions log. You can keep an eye on who's winning what, and see who is helping your neighbourhood gain medals through lots of spins.

We hope you enjoy participating in our Summer Event. If you'd like to discuss the event, please see the Discussion Thread here

For more information on our Summer Event including some great tips and previews, please view our Summer Event Video here!

Thank you for playing Forge of Empires!

Sincerely,
The Forge of Empires Team