PalmWars Help

Date: October 7, 2002

General considerations.
There is a war going on between three clans. The object of this game is to win this war.
You need to build a village with farms, training-castles, defence-walls weapon-factories and a harbour. Defend it properly from the enemy, make your soldiers harvest food and store it in the farms. Build ships from shipyards when necessary. Build cannons from weapon-factories. Reign over the land.

Selecting.
You can select a soldier by tapping on a single one of them. You can select a group by dragging the stylus over them diagonally.

Overview.
1. You can get an overview of the battlefield, by tapping the right-upper corner of the game-screen.
2. You can get an overview of the strength of your enemies, by tapping the right-lower corner of the game-screen.

Moving.
To move a soldier, first select it and then do one of the following:
1. Tap somewhere in the field, or
2. Tap the right-upper corner to get an overview and then tap somewhere in the battlefield for long-distance-movements, or
3. Tap the scrolling-arrows and then tap somewhere in the battlefield. Soldiers will avoid obstacles automatically.

Building farms.
You can build a farm by selecting a soldier, then tapping the farm-icon on the left of the screen and then selecting a construction site.

Harvesting resources.
To win the war, you need resources. Harvest resources in the following way:
1. Build a farm near a food-field.
2. Assign a soldier to harvest the field by telling it to move there.
3. Watch it harvesting. Soldiers will bring the food to the farms on their own and return to the food field automatically.
When there is no farm near the harvesting soldier, a "can't find my farm"-message appears in the message window and the soldier will stand frozen in the food-field.

Plundering.
When you are low on resources and you have no food left, or all your farms have been destroyed. You can make your soldier plunder the enemy. Plundering happens when a soldier kills his opponent.

Fighting.
Soldiers fight any enemy in their direct surroundings. They will automatically move to an enemy when they see it. And pursue it if it decides to run away. Cannons and ships shoot at anything that is near enough to hit.

Building castles, weapon factories and shipyards.
Castles, weapon factories and shipyards can be built by selecting a farm and then tapping the appropriate icon on the left of the screen. Shipyards and weapon factories are only available in the more advanced levels.

Obtaining soldiers.
You can train an army of soldiers by selecting a castle and tapping the soldier-icon on the left. When training is complete, the soldier will appear outside the castle.

Obtaining ships and cannons.
You can obtain ships and cannons by selecting a shipyard or weapon-factory and tapping the appropriate icon on the left. (Higher levels only)

Defending your city.
You can build a city-wall by selecting a soldier and tapping the wall icon on the left and the tapping the construction-site in the field. City-walls need to be close to other buildings. To obtain a city-defending cannon, select a city-wall and tap the cannon-icon on the left. (Higher levels only).

Embark and disembark a ship.
To embark on a ship, select one soldier and tell it to move to the ship. To disembark, select the ship and tap the arrow-icon on the left.