# Overview

**The Old Castle Defense** is the fairest and most transparent play-to-earn (P2E) on-chain game, where **players** fight battles and sieges using their **Terrible Creatures** and **Knights of the Kingdom** NFTs and are rewarded with **$SPH** and **$TON** tokens for victories. **Investors** are the third party of participants who can change the outcome of battles by investing in any of the teams, buying attacks, and saving NFTs from death. All funds from **investors** are going to the treasury of both **factions**. 

<figure><img src="/files/ijL9hbC1gTin7KpufEox" alt=""><figcaption><p>Definitions map of the Old Castle Defense. </p></figcaption></figure>

The winning **faction** wins the treasury of the losing team. Winning **faction** treasury refunds back to **investors** with rewards.

The game doesn't have timing. It's the on-chain game - it has blocks, where 1 block ≈ 5 sec.

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* **$SPH** - Game Utility token;
* **$TON**- Treasury coin;
* **Player -** a user that owns an NFT from Terrible Creatures or Knights of the Kingdom NFT collections.&#x20;
* **Factions -** Opposing sides: the Terrible Creatures versus the Knights of the Kingdom;
* **Investor -** a user who has not staked an NFT, but has staked $**TON** on either one or both factions during the game. If the investor wins, the investor receives a reward, and all invested $**TON** is returned to the winning team;
* **The Siege -** the length of each entire game, approximately lasting 864,000 blocks (\~30 days);
* **Battle -** a game event that takes place every 4,800 blocks (\~4 hours).

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Check out The Old Castle Defense Game-flow directly from the Mobile wallet.
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[How to start play on TON](/how-to-start-play-on-ton.md)
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[Game-Fi Elements](/game-fi-elements.md)
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[Rewards After The Battle](/rewards-after-the-battle.md)
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