Players are free to fight each other as they wish, representing skirmishes along their common borders, intrusions into their rivals' territory and outright invasions. The number of territories held by each player indicates the size and power of his realm. The more territories a player has the bigger and better his power base.

When battle is joined both players must stake one of their territories. Spies cannot be staked in this way. Each player nominates the territory to be staked before the game begins. After the game is over an additional territory is generated from the chart.