As a commander, your goal is to defeat the opposing factions and claim victory! In each level, you must take rule of the opponent's castle and ensure you have enough troops to win. Use the Arrow Keys or WASD to move the camera. Press Z to zoom in on and press X to zoom out.

In each level, you will start with a small set of fighters each with different skillsets. You can hover over each of your fighters to see what class they are and what abilities they have. To move your unit, click on them and you'll see blue squares appear that will show you where you can move them. Click on the blue square you want to move them to and once they have finished moving, click End Turn.

The best way to take over the castles is to defeat the opposing faction! To fight an enemy, click on the unit you want to attack and you can move to a space where the opposing unit has a red square. A number will appear on the enemy showing how likely you are to hit the opponent. If the number is low, you have a higher chance of missing.

Certain units are also stronger or weaker to other unit types. You can check the Affinities section of your warrior to see the following icons with these colors:

• Green: Your unit is stronger than that unit type
• Yellow: There is no advantage or disadvantage
• Red: Your unit is weaker than that unit type

Once you finish moving, click on the red square and you'll attack!

Try to capture as many of the opposing villages as you can. When you are next to a village, the square underneath the village will turn red. Click on the village and you'll gain control of it. The more villages you get, the more gold you'll earn.

As you battle, you'll need more units to fight. To recruit other fighters, click on the Recruit button and you can spend your goal on getting an additional unit. Just make sure you have enough gold for the fighter you want to recruit!

There are a few icons on the top of the screen:

• The book icon shows the turn number
• The pile of gold icon shows how much gold you have
• The houses icon shows how many buildings you own
• The knight helmet icon shows how many units you have on the battlefield
• The pile of gold with the minus sign shows how much gold you are losing per turn
• The pile of gold with the plus sign shows how much gold you are earning per turn
• The timer icon displays the time you've spent in battle

In the battlefield, there are environmental tiles that can affect the course of battle:

• Forest tiles will boost your evasion skills
• Hill tiles will increase your defense
• Water tiles reduce evasion

If you would like to inspect an environmental tile further to see what it affects, right click on the tile.

Now go on to battle and regain control of the land!