Strategy guides

Learn faster.
Lose less.

Practical guides from the THUG blog — first-hour priorities, cash routes and the systems that punish careless moves.

THUG beginner guide: your first hour in the city

A focused first-hour plan for earning cash, learning the city and avoiding the mistakes that slow a new character down.

Create a character, learn the city clock and turn your first session into contacts, cash and a clear next objective.

Build a clean cash buffer first so jobs, businesses and emergencies do not force you into weak debt or hot money.

Crews run the street. Families set the terms. Knowing which layer you are playing keeps ambitions from colliding.

Buying a storefront is easy. Running it means staff, stock, security and cash that survives a slow week.

Resale is not a cosmetic rename. It transfers a working company—assets, obligations and operational state.

Looking for design notes instead? Open the devlog.

Your move

Create your character for free and start building a name the city remembers.