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About Slay or Fall
Slay or Fall puts you in the role of a Dark Lord who must manage a sprawling dungeon while heroes advance toward a final clash. The game mixes text‑based roguelike events with management choices, letting you wield magic, scheme, and issue orders to subordinates.
Each playthrough runs for a set number of events, and every decision influences both the heroes and the four dungeon factions—Goblins, Cultists, Lizards, and Ratfolks. Multiple runs are encouraged by varied presets, heroes, and branching outcomes.
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Dungeon Factions
Four distinct groups inhabit your dungeon. Goblins are numerous and profit‑driven, and their sheer numbers and lust for profit fill your treasury with coins.
Cultists are few but fiercely loyal dark mages, while Lizards focus on honor, brute force, and logistics. Ratfolks resist your rule most actively, yet subduing them grants espionage and assassination skills.
- Watch how Goblin income affects your overall treasury.
- Consider using Ratfolk espionage to undermine hero plans.
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Branching Text Events
The core gameplay consists of multifaceted text events that present numerous branches. Each choice you make carries consequences that affect both heroes and your own standing.
Between these narrative moments you will also face combat skirmishes and political issues, extending the impact of your decisions toward the final encounter.
- Observe early choices to anticipate later hero advantages.
- Use political events to lower hero morale before battles.
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Combat Skirmishes
During intervals between text events you engage in combat skirmishes. These battles let you directly defeat heroes or weaken them for later tactics.
Skirmishes are one of several ways to ensure heroes do not survive to the final clash, complementing sabotage, starvation, or morale attacks.
- Mix direct combat with indirect tactics for balance.
- Adjust your approach based on how each skirmish unfolds.
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Replayability
The game is built for multiple runs, offering varied presets, diverse heroes, and text events with different outcomes. Each run can pursue a different combination of killing, starving, corrupting, or sowing discord.
This design encourages experimentation, letting you discover new ways to defeat the heroes across successive playthroughs.
- Try a run focused on espionage before switching to a combat‑heavy approach.
- Experiment with different approaches to each faction to see how they affect outcomes.
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Accessibility Options
Slay or Fall includes adjustable text size, custom volume controls, adjustable difficulty, subtitle options, and the ability to save at any time.
Input can be limited to keyboard‑only or mouse‑only, and Steam Cloud plus Family Sharing are supported for progress persistence and sharing.
- Increase text size for comfortable reading during long sessions.
- Use the save‑anytime feature before trying risky decisions.
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