Goal

Tactics

The victor captures

• the castle
• the soldiers within it,
• the surrounding territory
• and its income.

Strategy

Politics

Browser

Connection

Display

Preload

Multiplayer

1. Change your name from "guest" to something more personal.
2. Press Connect to Server and a security dialogue appears.
3. Press Grant a few times to authorize RONIN make the game liinkages.
4. Press Remember this decision to skip step 3 next time

1. Just press the Play Alone button.

On this map you deploy your forces. Move your army and attack enemy castles.

Your our army arrives at the enemy castle, the battle screen will be brought up automatically. Castles are represented by a small castle-shaped icon, with flags to show you their status. Castles without flags are unaffiliated, a castle with a yellow flag is owned by you, a castle with a red flag is owned by an enemy player, and a castle with crossed yellow and red flags is currently being fought over. If you go to the main map screen during a battle, or you are attacked while on the main map screen, you can return to the battle by double-clicking on the contested castle. Clicking on a castle will give you some basic information about the castle and its surrounding province. If you flee a castle other than the one your army is currently stationed in front of, a caravan will appear. This caravan is represented by a small yellow flag. This caravan can be moved like the army except that it may only move to you army. Once the caravan arrives at the location of your main army, they will merge together.

The defender’s goal is to either kill all of the attackers or force the attacker to retreat.

The battle screen is where the main action of Ronin takes place. It is here that castles are won and lost. The main section of the screen is an image of the castle you are attacking and your troops. On the left side of the screen is a tool bar. This tool bar shows you the names of your soldiers. By double-clicking on a soldier’s name, the view will be centered on that soldier. You can also press the "->" button to cycle through your various soldiers. The lower-left hand section of the screen gives you the information about the currently selected soldier. To select a soldier, simply click on the soldier’s image.

Move : This order tells your warrior to move to a certain location. To use this order click on a soldier, click on the location you wish to have that soldier move to, then click on the Move order twice. This order will be selected automatically if you click on a character and then click twice on an empty map tile.

Attack : This order tells the character to attack an enemy. To use this order click on one of your soldiers, click on an enemy soldier, then click on the attack order twice. Clicking on one of your soldiers and then double clicking on the enemy soldier is a faster way to execute the order. This order is selected automatically if you click on one of your soldiers and then click twice on an enemy soldier.

Defend Position : A soldier will stop following its last order if you select it and select Defend Position.

Leave : This order tells your soldier to leave the field of battle. During a battle with enemy troops, the soldier will immediately start moving towards the edge of the battlefield, and then exit the battlefield. This soldier will reappear in your army, if your army is outside this castle, or in a caravan if your army is elsewhere. If there are currently no enemy troops in your castle, selecting leave will make your soldier instantly disappear and reappear in your army or a caravan.

Patrol : Ordering a soldier to patrol will make the soldier move back and forth between two points on the map. To use patrol, first select of soldier and move it to the location you want to patrol from. Then select the location which you want to patrol to. Finally, double clock on the order, Patrol.