# How do I play Jagged Alliance? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 4, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766 "2009-01-04T01:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/1 "2009-01-04T01:32:18Z")
I picked this up a while back on STEAM, but I have no idea what I’m doing. The total lack of any instructions does not help. I’m pretty sure I don’t know what all the controls do. Basically, what are the controls and how in the world do I playn the game, and once I start playing, where do I go? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/2 "2009-01-04T01:35:23Z")
I have the manual on PDF if you want it? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/3 "2009-01-04T01:38:25Z")
Is it sufficiently complicated that this is neccessary? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/4 "2009-01-04T01:42:48Z")
Well, it gives some pointers as well. Btw, which Jagged Alliance do you have? It just struck me that there are a few. But basically it’s a turn-based game with action points, just like Fallout 1-2 and the UFO games. Not at all very different from them. And if you right-click the portrait of the merc you get a bigger picture, where all the possibilities are set up with shortcuts. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/5 "2009-01-04T05:07:28Z")
OK, it appears I have Jagged Alliance 2. I think I get the basics of walking around, picking things up, managing inventory, and killing people. However, I start the game and I have no idea what to do. I can kill the enemies on the first screen… then what? I go to the next map to the right, and there’s nobody there expect Dmitri, who refuses to do anything or respond. Where’s Miguel? I checked Gamefaqs and it isn’t very useful on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/6 "2009-01-04T05:18:00Z")
Talk to all of the civillians in the first map: a woman will lead you to the rebels AFTER you give her the letter from the cat who hired you (Rico? Enrico?) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/7 "2009-01-04T06:18:30Z")
😕 There’s a woman on the first map? Where? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-play-jagged-alliance/479766/8 "2009-01-04T13:05:50Z")
There’s a kid that’s running around, you follow the kid to the woman. She (the woman) is in one of the buildings in the middle of the map.