Game Rules Guide

On a runner level you steer your war band left and right across the lanes of the road. At each gate only one lane rewards you: it adds men, multiplies your band, hands you a weapon or adds a war drum. The other lanes are empty or hold a trap that costs you men. Weapons form a triangle. Blade beats Spear, Spear beats Mace and Mace beats Blade, and fighting an enemy your weapon beats multiplies your men's strength by 1.5. A carried weapon adds 25% to your band's strength and each war drum adds 10%, rounded down to whole men. Enemy waves cannot be dodged: your band and Hero fight each wave together. If your side is at least as strong, you beat the wave but may lose some men, fewer the bigger your edge. If the wave is stronger, it breaks through and takes 60% of your men, rounded up. You win by reaching the camp strong enough. A boss level has a short approach and then an automatic duel.