How to Play

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The Subterranean Realms
Goal

Get 33 or more Gems.
Basic Game play

Select one of the buttons on the right of the display to explore that location. Each location (except the city at the top) has a cost which you must pay to explore it. If you can't pay the cost, the location will be shown, but you won't be able to go to it.

At the start of the game, not all locations are revealed to you, and their spot on the list at the right shows up as '???'. Once you discover a location, its name will be displayed.

Above the lowest level you have found, there is displayed a percentage which represents the amount of the level you have explored. When it gets to 100%, you automatically find the next level. This, however, can happen before 100%.

Sometimes when you explore a level, you will discover a monster. Until you defeat it, you can't explore that level any more.
Resources and Statistics

Gems: What you are collecting.
Scrolls: Magical and mystical energy is stored in the scrolls.
Herbs: Useful plants which can cure poison and disease, and heal wounds from fighting.
Keys: Unlock doors which are on some levels.
Rope: Climb up cliffs or across chasms.
Torches: See in dark places.

Energy:
Use some of this to fight and explore. Regain it by going to the city, where you will rest.
Prowess: Bonus % chance to defeat monsters, rounded down.
Toughness: How many fewer herbs you need for each battle, goes up automatically as prowess increases.
Stamina: How much less energy you need for each battle, goes up automatically as prowess increases.
Tips

Try to remember which items came from where, and how often you found them.