Getting Started in Dwarven Rampart

## Before You Start
Try the free demo first -- it's confirmed to cover the game's first biome with 3 starter dwarven tribes and 10 perks, giving a genuine sense of the core loop ahead of the full release.
Since this is confirmed as a quick-session game without heavy micromanagement, use the adjustable speed and active pause features to play at whatever pace actually suits you.
## Building Around Synergies
Since buildings are confirmed to synergize together for more resources, plan your deck composition with combinations in mind rather than placing buildings randomly as cards become available.
## Managing Duplicate Cards Deliberately
Since duplicated cards are confirmed to convert into efficiency and health boosts for buildings or survivor-style upgrades for dwarves, don't treat duplicates as wasted draws -- they're confirmed as a genuine, intentional progression system.
## Only Build What You Can Defend
Since the game explicitly frames defense as "keep what you can defend," avoid overextending your city faster than your army can actually protect it.
## Common Mistakes
* Spawning buildings and dwarves without considering your actual defensive capacity -- overextension is confirmed to have real consequences.
* Ignoring duplicate cards as useless -- they're confirmed to feed directly into a meaningful upgrade system.