Each side starts with a town hall, five peasants or peons, 800 gold, and 400 wood. Neutral gold mines sit on the map. Trees give four wood trips then vanish. Food comes from the hall and farms, capped at 100. Army size is also capped at 100 living units.

Combat is piercing plus basic, then armor. Piercing always lands. Basic is reduced by armor and never goes below zero. Most swings miss 20% of the time. Catapults never miss, deal 255 piercing, and splash 63 piercing onto king-move neighbours.

A player is defeated when they have no standing buildings and no peon left to raise one. If the 20-minute clock hits first, score is buildings × 1000, plus army × 100, plus gold and wood ever gathered ÷ 100.