Goal — destroy the enemy Town Hall, or hold 45 of the 81 board points (pylons + enclosed territory) once at least 10 pylons are down. At 30:00 the higher score wins.

Select — click, drag a box, Shift+click to add/remove, double-click or Ctrl+click for all of a type on screen, Ctrl+A for the army, . for idle peons, Ctrl+1–9 to set a group and 1–9 to recall it (tap twice to centre).

Orders — right-click to move / attack / gather / help build. Shift queues. Ctrl+right-click is attack-move. Buttons or hotkeys: Q move · W stop · E hold · R patrol · A attack-move · F attack · S gather · C knight charge.

Build — select a peon, press D, then F Farm · K Barracks · L Blacksmith · O Fortress. Tech: Town Hall → Barracks → Blacksmith → Fortress. Farms add supply. Hold Shift while placing to keep building.

Train — select a building: P Peon · G Grunt · K Knight · X General. T sets a rally point (right-click also works). Click queue icons to cancel and refund.

Counters — Grunts crush Peons but lose to Knights; Knights ride down Grunts and Peons but break on Generals; Generals also aura-buff nearby allies (+15% damage).

Pylons — press P with a peon (or click a point on the board) and a peon walks to the intersection and spends 8s raising a pylon (40💎 20🪙, 28s cooldown). Surround an enemy group until it has no liberties and it is captured (+25💎 each). Single-stone recaptures are ko-locked for 30s. A pylon in atari (one liberty) pulses red.

Why pylons matter — every pylon adds +3 supply, pays income, and grants vision. Enclosed empty regions count as territory (+1 supply per 2 points and a little income).

Fog of war — you only see what your units, buildings and pylons see. Unscouted board points show “?”. V toggles fog.

Camera — arrow keys, screen-edge scroll, mouse wheel zoom, Space centres on the selection, Y follows it, click or drag on the minimap (right-click there to order).

Other — U pause · H this guide · F2 hide the info panel · N wind erosion · Ctrl+Z undo terrain · Esc cancel. Sandstorms cut vision and speed.

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