I do wish I had more time to add more of a 'tutorial' for guidance..... getting beat-up early on is by design. While David's not afraid, it isn't until he returns with his Mighty men that you can really battle the Giants.  Abishai is there at the gate waving for you to get out of there.  You can keep fighting until you 'give-up' and go elsewhere. So you basically were experiencing it the 'correct' way in a sense... just didn't find your way out. It's unfortunate that I didn't have more time to flesh out and test all my ideas through to completion..... I'd assert that adding in better tips and queues would be mighty helpful - otherwise the player (as you may have done) may never walk away from the fighting as intended! Oh well.... it is as it is.