# Mother Of All Battles

> World conquest strategy game with AI opponents and randomized maps. (iPhone/iPad app by Sean O'Connor.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mother-of-all-battles/id425160860 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sean O'Connor](https://appshunter.io/developer/305324345)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 129 App Store ratings · 109 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-03-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mother-of-all-battles/id425160860/reviews.md

## What is Mother Of All Battles?

Conquer the world starting from your single home city. Each city can build units (either tanks, planes, paratroopers, bombers, transports, destroyers, battleships, submarines or aircraft carriers) in order to explore the world and defeat the other five AI controlled enemy players.

There's a lot of AI in the computer's moves and the maps are randomly generated, so each game is interesting and challenging.

## Key features

- World conquest gameplay
- Build diverse military units
- Explore and defeat AI players
- Randomly generated maps
- Intelligent AI opponents
- City building and unit production

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tiny Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Large Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Huge Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lots Of Sea Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lots of Land Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Maps That Wrap Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lots of Mountains Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lots of Woods Maps Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Fewer Cities | $0.99 | one-time |
| All pages of all the maps | $9.99 | one-time |
| Custom Maps | $9.99 | one-time |
| More Cities | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Mother Of All Battles?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎮 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
- 🕰️ Nostalgic recreation of classic Strategic Conquest
- 🗺️ Large variety of maps available
- 🤖 Competent AI opponents
- ⚓ Naval combat and diverse unit types
- 🌫️ Fog of war feature adds strategy
- 💰 Free-to-play with optional purchases
- 📱 Well-suited for mobile/iPad play
- 🎯 Simple yet strategic mechanics
- 🔄 Frequent developer updates

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🎮 AI cheats by ganging up on human player
- 💸 Pay-to-win mechanics and expensive map packs
- 🎮 Tedious unit movement and micromanagement
- 🗺️ Limited map selection without purchases
- 📊 No production or unit inventory lists
- 🎮 Inconsistent AI behavior and difficulty
- 🔊 Annoying music that cannot be disabled
- 📱 Small UI elements difficult to use on phones
- 🎮 Unfair fog of war implementation

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes when accessing Map of the Day
- Cities unable to produce units in custom maps
- Progress lost after updates
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- In-app purchases not working or loading
- Enemy units skipping turns
- Ungarrisoned enemy cities
- Tanks crossing water incorrectly
- Fighters unable to fly over mountains
- Game unplayable after recent updates
- App crashes on iPhone 6+ with iOS 8.1.2
- Instant crash on app launch after updates

**Most requested features**

- Multiplayer support (local or online)
- Auto-pathing for units across multiple turns
- City production destination routing
- Random map generator
- Production queue/inventory management
- Ability to set unit patrol routes
- Game replay or playback feature
- Save/load game functionality
- Measurement tool for distance calculation
- Multi-human player support
- Ability to choose number of opponents
- Grid overlay option
- Landscape mode support
- End turn button for unmoved pieces
- Unit status and hit points display
- Ability to attack own units
- Bomber fuel indicator
- Map selection preference
- Difficulty level customization
- Game completion time tracking

## Recent user reviews (10 of 109)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mother-of-all-battles/id425160860/reviews.md

### 5/5 — An excellent, straightforward 4x game

*2026-07-01*

An easy to use implementation of a straightforward 4x game (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), similar to the old Empire game. The maps are fixed, not generated, but there are many of them (dozens), with the affordable map packs adding dozens more. 

The number of opponents are fixed at 5, regardless of map size. One of the add-ons lets you adjust the speed and production costs of units. You can double tap the map to give a non-air unit a multi-turn path, but otherwise you move every unit individually every turn. This can make the late game on larger maps a little tedious, but that’s because I usually like playing past the first couple times the computer offers to surrender. 

I’ve been playing for decades, and still enjoy it.

### 5/5 — Great Game

*2026-06-09*

Another person who started playing Empire years ago and this is every bit as engaging and better in some ways. I strongly recommend purchasing the “Custom Maps” pack. It lets you set size and density of maps, number of computer players, alter production and movement specs of pieces etc. it is also reassuring that the developer continues to update and improve this 14 year old game. Try his Firefight for the graphics, you will be impressed, but MOB is still my go to.

### 5/5 — Great game

*2026-05-27, version 4.1.0*

I just say the new update and love it, I hope in the future we can see all the items you make vs your competitors and how many of each item you killed! Thank you for such a great game

### 5/5 — Endless playability

*2026-05-26*

Absolutely love this game and this developer. Started with Slay wayyyyyy back in the year 2000 on an HP jornada pocket PC. Switched to MoAB, and play it again and again to this day.


Great update with the Best Piece summary! Would love to see a similar “stats summary” page that shows how many total units lost, total units created, total enemy units destroyed, cities captured, cities lost, cities nuked, etc. at end of game.

### 5/5 — Nostalgia favorite

*2026-04-05*

As someone who spent many hours playing Strategic Conquest, this is a nice nostalgic play. The map of the day feature is a nice add. It would very nice if there were a couple more feature adds. 1. Remember the destination of a piece across multiple turns. When trying to cross a big map, it is annoying to every turn have to move a piece. 2. Be able to setup a destination for a city production so that every piece spawned in that city automatically moves to the destination location. This would be great for armies on big islands or fighters crossing a large game board.

### 5/5 — Perfect game

*2026-04-02, version 4.0.1*

Endlessly engaging, with just the right amount of complexity. One of my all-time favorites.

### 1/5 — They ruined the game

*2026-03-29, version 4.0.0*

This was a great game to play. Now they have it where you do not select the map that you want to play.   All in all bad decision on the change.

### 3/5 — Gang up on the human

*2026-02-21*

In my very first game, I encountered all of the other AI opponents quickly in the game and I was thinking, "Wow, this must be a really small map!" But it wasn't the map. Even though fog of war was on, all of the AI opponents threw their forces directly at me - even empires from all the way across the map! At first I thought I was just imagining things but the quick playback at the end of the game clearly showed all of the AI opponents making a beeline for me. It seems unfair to me that I can't see them but they can see me and they all gang up on me. It also seems like a lazy way of increasing the challenge of the game without having to program a better AI. I mean, it seems like the higher difficulty levels merely means the AI opponents cheat more. How is that fun?

### 3/5 — Promising, but missing some Freatures

*2025-07-24*

Generally I really like this game, as it remembers me of the good old EMPIRES for AMIGA.

What I am currently missing:  a list of all units and the possibility, to see how damaged hostile units are.
A list of all cities would be very helpful as well!

### 5/5 — Can’t stop playing

*2025-07-09, version 3.8.1*

Just like slay been playin for 25 years

## Frequently asked questions about Mother Of All Battles

### What is Mother Of All Battles?

Mother Of All Battles is a world conquest strategy game where you start from a single city and aim to defeat five AI-controlled enemy players. You build various military units to explore the world and engage in combat.

### What kind of units can I build?

You can build a wide array of units including tanks, planes, paratroopers, bombers, transports, destroyers, battleships, submarines, and aircraft carriers. These units are crucial for exploration and combat.

### Is the game always the same?

No, each game is designed to be interesting and challenging. The maps are randomly generated, and the game features a lot of AI, ensuring a unique experience every time you play.

### How is the game monetized?

The game is free to download and play, but it does offer in-app purchases. It does not feature advertisements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.1.1 — 2026-06-02

- minor bug fix

### 4.1.0 — 2026-05-25

- an end of game summary shows your best and oldest piece

### 4.0.3 — 2026-05-12

- minor bug fixes

### 4.0.2 — 2026-05-06

- minor bug fixes

### 4.0.1 — 2026-04-01

- minor bug fix

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All apps by Sean O'Connor: https://appshunter.io/developer/305324345

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*