diff --git a/src/game/gameFlow.ts b/src/game/gameFlow.ts
index 64f9946..a42ed4e 100644
--- a/src/game/gameFlow.ts
+++ b/src/game/gameFlow.ts
@@ -518,7 +518,93 @@ class GameFlow {
 
 
     private async handleRidersAttack(userInput?: string | number): Promise<void> {
-        // Logic for handling a riders attack, may involve checking userInput for response to attack
+        // Logic for handling a riders attack
+        let responseMessage = ''
+        this.gameState.lastPrompt = responseMessage;
+
+        if (!userInput || userInput === "") {
+            // Check for random encounter
+            // Calculate a factor based on total mileage to adjust encounter likelihood.
+            const mileageFactor = this.gameState.totalMileageWholeTrip / 100 - 4;
+
+            // Calculate the chance of encountering riders, scaling non-linearly with mileage.
+            const encounterChance = ((mileageFactor ** 2) + 72) / ((mileageFactor ** 2) + 12) - 1;
+
+            // Generate a random factor to determine if an encounter occurs.
+            const randomFactor = Math.random() * 10;
+
+            // If the random factor exceeds the encounter chance, skip to the next phase.
+            if (randomFactor > encounterChance) {
+                this.gameState.phase = PHASE_ENUM.EVENT;
+                this.gameState.save();
+                return this.executeCurrentPhase();
+            }
+
+
+            this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders = false;
+            if (Math.random() < 0.8) this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders = true;
+        }
+        if (!userInput || userInput === "" || userInput.toString().toLowerCase() === "start") {
+            responseMessage += `RIDERS AHEAD. THEY`
+            if (!this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders) responseMessage += ` DON'T`
+            responseMessage += ` LOOK HOSTILE`;
+            responseMessage += "\n\nTACTICS\n(1) RUN\n(2) ATTACK\n(3) CONTINUE\n(4) CIRCLE WAGONS";
+
+            this.gameState.tacticsChoiceWhenAttacked = 0
+            this.gameState.lastPrompt = responseMessage;
+            this.gameState.save();
+            await this.statusUpdate(responseMessage);
+        } else {
+            //check if its a valid interger between 1 and 4 inclusive
+            if (isNaN(Number(userInput)) || +userInput < 1 && +userInput > 4) {
+
+                responseMessage = "Invalid input. Please enter a number between 1-4.\n\n";
+                responseMessage += this.gameState.lastPrompt;
+                await this.statusUpdate(responseMessage);
+                return;
+            }
+            // Convert to integer in case it's not
+            this.gameState.tacticsChoiceWhenAttacked = Math.floor(+userInput);
+            // Random chance to flip hostility
+            if (Math.random() > 0.2) this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders = !this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders;
+            // Check tactics choice and resolve encounter
+
+            switch (this.gameState.tacticsChoiceWhenAttacked) {
+                case 1: // RUN
+                    this.gameState.totalMileageWholeTrip += this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders ? 15 : 20;
+                    this.gameState.amountSpentOnAnimals -= this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders ? 10 : 40;
+                    this.gameState.amountSpentOnMiscellaneousSupplies -= 15;
+                    this.gameState.amountSpentOnAmmunition -= 150;
+
+                    this.gameState.phase = PHASE_ENUM.EVENT;
+                    this.gameState.save();
+                    return this.executeCurrentPhase();
+                case 2: // ATTACK
+                    // Placeholder for attack logic, potentially involving a call to handleShooting()
+                    this.handleShooting();
+                    // Adjust resources based on the outcome of handleShooting()
+                    break;
+                case 3: // CONTINUE
+                    if (this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders) {
+                        this.gameState.totalMileageWholeTrip -= 5;
+                        this.gameState.amountSpentOnAmmunition -= 100;
+                    }
+                    // No additional action if riders are friendly
+                    break;
+                case 4: // CIRCLE WAGONS
+                    if (this.gameState.hostilityOfRiders) {
+                        this.gameState.totalMileageWholeTrip -= 20;
+                    } else {
+                        // Possibly a smaller penalty or no action if riders are friendly
+                        this.gameState.totalMileageWholeTrip -= 10;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    // Handle unexpected input (should be unreachable due to prior validation)
+                    console.log("Unexpected tactics choice.");
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/game/gameState.ts b/src/game/gameState.ts
index 8afed75..5dd43ef 100644
--- a/src/game/gameState.ts
+++ b/src/game/gameState.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class GameState {
     amountSpentOnItemsAtFort: number = 0;
     randomEventNumber: number = 0;
     illnessFlag: boolean = false;
-    hostilityOfRidersFactor: number = 0;
+    hostilityOfRiders: boolean = false;
     shootingWordSelector: string = '';
     shootingWordVariations: string[] = [];
     cashLeftAfterInitialPurchases: number = 800;
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class GameState {
     subPhase: number = 0;
     death: DEATH_REASON_ENUM | undefined;
     deathReason: string | undefined;
+    lastPrompt: string | undefined;
 
     private constructor(comment: Comment, state?: Partial<GameState>) {
         Object.assign(this, state); // Initialize with loaded state or undefined