I'm not familiar w/ this genre so thanks for introducing it to me.
I had to consult the How_To_Play to figure out that I'm supposed to hit the villager and not the crab, that confused me a bit. I thought I was the villager and the big red thing was throwing axes at me.
It's a fun concept, I like the strategizing of it. Im not 100% on the 1-9 keypad, it seems like those are things I place into the world. Or is the 1-9 turn related?