Ah yes, the fixes in the "fixed" version broke the hyphen. It's solved in the latest version (1.01) though, which also has much better flow due to not having you type the exposition, only the combat.
The boss thing is known, theoretically the guards should not allow you to hit the boss while they're alive, but it was cut due to lack of time, so yeah, focus on the boss and you will win it quickly. Will be fixed eventually.