How to Play Oasis

Fight

When your 85 turns are up, the barbarian hordes are on their way!

Gathering Your Troops

Before the barbarian hordes arrive, you will have 10 seconds to prepare for the invasion.

Click on any city to reinforce it:

Any leftover followers you have will be added to the city as population.
Up to 50 units of population will be drawn to that city from the other cities that are connected to it by roads.
You can click multiple times to draw more and more population, 50 units at a time.
Each city can hold a maximum of 400 population, and must hold a minimum of 10.
Try to amass your troops in the city you think the barbarians will attack first.

The Barbarians Attack!

When your 10 seconds are up, the barbarian horde will appear on the edge of the map, and attack the closest city. The square where they will enter is marked with a cairn, but only if you explored it with one of your 85 turns.

Once the barbarians attack a city, your soldiers will defend it using the manpower, treasures and technology available to them. If they lose, the barbarians will attack the next closest city. The barbarians will keep fighting until they are defeated or they have destroyed all your cities.

Scarab Power and Defeat

If the barbarians destroy all of your cities, they will come to the Obelisk to battle you personally. You must defend yourself using your Scarab Power. Your current amount of Scarab Power is shown in the Scarab King’s staff. You gain more Scarab Power whenever you explore the Oasis.

If you found the Obelisk and recovered its Glyph of Power during your 85 turns, then the Glyph will smite the barbarians as they arrive at the Obelisk, defeating up to 50 on the spot. The Glyph is destroyed in the process. If there are any left, you must use your Scarab Power to defeat them. Each point of Scarab Power defeats one barbarian. If you do not have enough Scarab Power to repel the barbarian horde, you are defeated and the game is over!

Prevail!

If you or your armies defeat the barbarian horde, then you survive to the next level. If you recovered the Glyph of Power from the Obelisk, then you will keep it for the rest of the game. When you have collected 12 Glyphs of Power, you are victorious!