A step-by-step introduction to your first playthrough.
The sidebar shows your Prince's condition: Day counter, Strength, Fighting Ability, Gold, and three bars for Health, Endurance, and Food. Keep an eye on all three bars — running out of any of them is dangerous.
On the map, hexes next to you glow and are clickable. Click one, or use the compass-labeled buttons in the sidebar, to travel there. Movement costs at least one day and some food and endurance depending on terrain.
After you move, a pop-up shows what happened that turn — safe passage, a chance encounter, or something worse. Dismiss it with Continue. The sidebar log keeps a running record of everything, each entry marked with a paragraph number (¶).
If you're attacked, combat resolves itself automatically in the pop-up. Your Fighting Ability, weapon, and any armor all help; watch your Health bar afterward.
Low on food or health? Use Rest to recover (costs a day and food) or Forage to search for food (costs a day, better odds on fertile ground). Farmland hexes also give you a little food automatically just for passing through.
Standing on a Town hex reveals Enter Town. Click any building on the town square map — the Healer mends wounds, the Armory sells protection, the Training Yard permanently improves your stats, the Weaponsmith upgrades your weapon, and the Supply Store sells food, boats, and horses.
Ancient Ruins hexes offer Enter the Dungeon — a multi-level complex of rooms and corridors. Fight monsters, loot treasure, avoid traps, and find the stairway down on each level. The deepest level holds the Main Treasure Room. There's only one way out: climb all the way back to the entrance chamber on Level 1.
Once you've visited two or more towns (or the castle), standing on any road-connected hex offers Fast Travel — an instant, safe trip to anywhere you've already been.
Keep working your way toward the Ivory Throne. Arrive there before Day 100 with your Health above zero, and your saga ends in victory.
Mouse: click a highlighted hex to move; click and drag to look around the map; scroll wheel with Ctrl/Cmd to zoom.
Keyboard (inside a dungeon): Arrow keys or WASD to move north/south/east/west.
You win by reaching the Ivory Throne. You lose if your Health reaches zero, or if Day 100 passes before you arrive.