Use this guide if you still need help after the tutorial.

Here is a screen from a later game. Each of the four corners has actions.



Top left corner



Here you can see the opponents' statuses, as well as yours. When you are doing the right thing or have an advantage, the white line encircles your symbol - Thalos' triangle. I suggest you don't make your people attack others while you have a lower status.

At the end of each game, if you win, the line is full around your symbol. If you're losing, your line is short and the opponent's is full.

You should keep an eye on your line to make sure you're on the right track.

Top right corner



You can change the people's objectives with the three options. Next to them is the mini-map, which you can click with your mouse to navigate.
In the early game, you want to expand as quickly as possible, so you'll use the first option - the house.
Later on, you might want to guide your people to the opponent's territory, or towards an item, a totem or a leader, so you'll use the star, which will tell them to move.
When you're ready to fight and win territories, you must choose the sword for your people to become aggressive.

Bottom left corner



Here are your totem powers - grouped into four (or more later): Kindle, Earth, Wind, Fire.

The Kindle power is crucial and you'll need it very frequently to reinforce your will to the people. Click it (or press 1 on your keyboard) and then drag along the flags of the buildings to make more people get out and accomplish the task. Do it like you add salt to your salad. Do it often.

You can access the Earth powers by pressing 2 (the default is terraforming),

The Wind powers with 3,

And the Fire with 4.

Remember, these are yours, the people's aim is in the top right corner.

And since Esc doesn't pause the game, "p" does.

Bottom right corner



This is the fun part: here are your catastrophes. I won't spoil the fun, so try to discover yourself what each does, but the basic tools are on the Earth totem.
Terraforming is what you'll use most of the time, then there's the Make Waypoint, which you'll want to use every now and then to tell the people where to move.

Below each power you'll see the required Mana to perform. Some of them have recharge times, keep that into account. Larger and more numerous cities and forts generate Mana more quickly.

Terraforming is what you'll use to expand your settlements, shove the enemies off, repair the land, repel some catastrophes and much more! Remember, it's useful to have the keyboard shortcut 1 to it.

Use it intensively when you begin the game and figure out whether you would have an advantage in raising or lowering the land. Consider the altitude where you begin. Don't waste too much time in the beginning, or else your enemies will become more powerful than you and it will be very hard to beat them. Remember your rivals also use terraforming, but only on their territory (which turns into their colour).

Don't forget to change your Waypoint through the game, so that you can have settlements farther away from your mainland, or to gain and use new powers or find new leaders/ experience points.
You can also see where your waypoint and your enemies' are on the mini-map and on the main screen, marked with their colour/symbol.


Forests in your land generate Mana faster. On opponent's territory, they catch fire.

/to be updated

• Reprisal game dev diary[www.reprisalthegame.com]
  
• Josh's GamingFTL Review
  
• ManOfHonor on Forests