1. DEPLOY: Place your reserve troops onto territories you already own. Hold SHIFT to place them all at once.

2. ATTACK: Pick one of your territories, then click a connected enemy to attack! V.A.T.S. will show you the odds. If you win, you get to choose how many troops to move into the newly conquered land.

3. MANEUVER: Once per turn, you can move troops between your own connected territories to reinforce your borders.

BOTTLE CAPS: Taking over land earns you Bottle Caps. Trade in 3 matching Caps (or 1 of each kind) to hire more troops. Wipe out an enemy faction entirely to steal all their Caps!

FIXED REINFORCEMENTS: By default, trading in Caps gives you more and more troops as the game goes on. Check this box on the start screen if you want trades to ALWAYS give exactly 3 troops instead.

UI GAUGES: The HP Bar shows how much of the wasteland you control. The AP Bar shows your Action Points, which drain as you run out of moves or troops.

RADIO: Click the RADIO tab at the bottom to listen to wasteland broadcasts. Turn it OFF and ON to skip songs (expect a few seconds of static in between!).

TURBO MODE: Turn this on to skip the V.A.T.S. animations and make the AI take its turns much faster.

HAZARD - RADSTORMS: Watch the skies! Radstorms give a short warning before wiping out 10-25% of the troops caught in the blast zone.

HAZARD - WILD GHOULS: Unclaimed territories are filled with feral ghouls. They fight back, and they will slowly multiply depending on your difficulty setting.