Ok, the points and powers works like this.
Every time you eat one of the little hairy monster dudes you get 50 points, however, if the little hairy monster dude is glowing and bouncing and you touch him, you lose 10 points.
Now, the wizard rules state, "that as you proceed young prince, thou shalt gainest thy powers that thy needeth when thee needeth them most"
So, as you wander through the game, you will gain various powers that will provide you with such things as:
1. Temporary Immortality
2. Temporary invisibility
3. Viagra powers
4. Super farts
and many others..
You will soon recognize that there are various pieces of food all along the trail for you to eat as you go along. These replenish your health to the tune of one point a pop. Beware though of the black mushrooms because they will drain your points down to barely alive (10 points) and unless you have gained your temporary immortality powers it is doubtful that you will stay alive.
Is that all pretty clear...
Cool, ok, now lets get into strategies a little bit, ok ? .........