This Game Guide will show you the basics of playing Runestone Arena.

Point and Click the buttons on the right of the screen to move and perform actions with your gladiators (you can also use the keyboard, see the in-game tooltips).

In Runestone Arena you take control of your own team of gladiators competing in Runestone Gladiator League.

See in the “Team Stats” section all your results.

You start at the bottom of the third division and battle to make your way up to the Runestone Gladiator League and eventually championship.

 

Think Carefully your moves.

Each action costs movement points. Once a gladiator has acted he has to wait until all of his movement points have regenerated.

Agile gladiators tend to act faster than those with low speed. Slower actions, like attacking, take longer than quick actions, like walking.

Casting, for example, is slower than walking.

In addition to movement points, each action costs stamina. Once a gladiator runs out of stamina, he has to wait additional turns to act again.

Buy New Armors, Weapons and Spells in the Shop!

Stamina regenerates fairly quickly, but casters and low stamina gladiators with fast weapons can easily wear out. To counter this you can buy heavier weapons and cheaper spells.

 

Hire New Powerful Gladiators in the Tavern!

 

Unlike ranged attacks, melee attacks have potential to send an enemy flying through the air, crashing into obstacles or even other gladiators and causing damage to both of them.

 

Become the Champion!

The match ends when one of the teams has no more gladiators left standing. The winner gets a bonus of gold and three points. In addition to that, the home team always gets money from ticket sales.

In the Season Ranking section your ranking and the team statistics like “Frags” (Fr), Deaths (Dt), Wins (W), Losses (L), Points (pts).

That's all for this tutorial. I hope you'll enjoy playing Runestone Arena!