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on the tool bar.
You can start the game by either choosing Start from the menu bar Controls or choose Start from the menu that opens when you click the game screen with the right mouse button.
Once you start the game, time begins to tick away. The amount of time left (number of days) is shown on the lower right of the progress windows.
Little characters and villages appear on the map. The characters will build villages (Build) and cut down trees (Clear Land) on their own.
The countries territory will expand around the villages. Without villages, you cannot expand your territory or make new characters.
What to do?
The characters will think and act on their own automatically and the game will proceed even if you don't do a thing.
The first thing the characters will do is to build villages and increase their numbers.
If they meet up with an ally, they will merge to become stronger.
When your characters meet up with characters from a different country, they will fight. You must defeat the enemy leader within the given amount of days to win.
If you use as few days as possible, expanding your territory as much as possible, and get as many days to carry over to the next stage as possible to win, clearing the next stage will become easier. In order to achieve this, your timely orders are vital.
You do not need give orders to all the character, orders should be issued when you feel that the timing is right.
Before giving orders
Each character has it's own strength. Any activity the character does uses up it's strength and if it reaches 0, the character will disappear. Movement also uses up the characters strength so if you make it move too far, it may vanish on the way to it's goal. If you place the cursor on a character, you will be able to see the character's strength and location along with other information in the window.