I'm glad you enjoyed the game. Thanks for playing! The main story is intended to deliver tutorials, at least in the beginning. I realize it can be a bit dull - especially for the first one - so this is something I will improve. There are some mechanics not covered yet, but they will be added in future story content. But yeah, encounters are designed to be played purely for fun - so the current focus is creating a game mode of procedurally generated encounters for the next major version.