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5 Rules for difficulty factor 3 ;" You now know all the rules 2 CONQUEST" 1 ride of the valkyries 1 etc. ) can only move one square at a time, the emperor's legion ( 1 etc. ) While in this state they are immobile and are returned to the emperor's service only byconquering them with a loyal legion with a greater than or equal combat record." 1 Rules for advanced game 1 Press any key to continue" 1 Introduction" 1 INSTRUCT 1 ;"Start main program tape then press any key.": 1 ;"Press 'R' to repeat instructions 1 ;" You now know all the rules to play at difficulty factor 1." 1 ;" You now know all the rules to play at D.F.3 ." 1 ;" You now know all the rules of 1 ;" Whenever a legion ends it's movement on a port square, it embarks on a ship (same symbol as a port but in the colours of the legion)." 1 ;" When this happens, the rebel commander is executed and the legion becomes mobile again witha zero combat record. Should a rebel legion be tackled by a loyal, weaker one, however, the loyal legion is destroyed and must be reformed on the capital.This is the only case when a legion is completely lost." 1 ;" When they come into contact with an un-garrisoned border square of your empire, they may conquer it. Such an occurance isillustrated on the next page." 1 ;" When civil war breaks out, 1 ;" When a general is killed, thereis no adverse effect apart from the legion's combat record beingreduced to zero ( a less exper- ienced officer takes command ). Should the emperor be killed, however, the most experienced ofhis generals will declare him- self the new emperor. This will usually be contested by some of the other generals, resulting in a civil war." 1 ;" When 5 additional squares have been conquered, an extra legion is formed on the capital. It is commanded by 1 of the emperor's generals and is coloured black : 1 ;" Upon successfully completing a game at D.F.5 you will be given the option to continue indefin- ately - the advanced game." 1 ;" This has un-limited movement while remaining on open sea 1 ;" This 1st legion is commanded by the emperor and is coloured purple : 1 ;" These attacks occur more frequ-ently as the game goes on. Note that, like legionary movement, they cannot attack diagonally." 1 ;" There is a maximum of sixteen legions. Taxes gained above 75 do not yield extra legions." 1 ;" There are two types of square :land and sea. A land square is one with some amount of green in it and onto which movement is allowed; a sea square is tot-ally blue and no movement is allowed onto or across it." 1 ;" There are facilities in the game for gridding the map and displaying sea squares, to aid this movement." 1 ;" The object of the game is to conquer 100 squares as quickly as possible. A skill factor is calculated according to speed of completion, difficulty factorplayed at and ease of starting position." 1 ;" The no. of taxes displayed at the beginning of each year is the amount available for troops,after port and fort maintainancehas been deducted." 1 ;" The game commences by choosing a site for a capital. This may be on any land square and is coloured black." 1 ;" The emperor's combat record can, of course, exceed 10 with- out triggering a civil war." 1 ;" The capital on its own can 1 ;" Rival empires cannot conquer territories that are garrisoned by loyal legions or forts. They may, however, conquer those occ-upied by rebel legions, or any fort, during a civil war. In this respect they are more 1 ;" Rebel legions, if immobilised on the border, still serve to deter barbarian counter attacks." 1 ;" Ports may be built by any 1 ;" Playing at D.F.2 should have taught you to 'retire' the 1 ;" Plagues can now occur. They break out approximately every 10years and wipe out everything intheir path until they have run their course. Legions caught by plague are eliminated and re- formed on the capital. This is the only other way in which a legion can be totally destroyed." 1 ;" On D.F.2 , some of the hazards of war are added. The legions are still all-powerful, but it is now possible for their 1 ;" It is recommended that at leastone game is played at each diff-iculty factor before moving on to the next. Do not judge the game prematurely on the first few difficulty factors, which are designed primarily to famil-iarize you with the rules." 1 ;" It is important to note that while the normal legions ( 1 ;" If a fort is captured by a 1 ;" Having successfully completed the game on D.F.1 , you should have realised the importance of a centrally located capital, of stationing a line of legions along the border and of incorp- orating natural features ( such as open sea and edge-of-the- board squares ) into your 1 ;" Having mastered everything the barbarians could throw at you, there are now rival empires to contend with. There are a max- imum of three of these, colouredmagenta, yellow and cyan. They first appear some years after the founding of your capital andstart to expand at the expense of the barbarians." 1 ;" Forts may be built at D.F.4 by keying 'F' instead of a legion'smovement. The fort is built on the legion's present position. This adds one to the legion's combat record and can trigger civil wars as before." 1 ;" Conquests of green squares are always successful but barbarian counter-attacks can occur on border squares not garrisoned bya legion. These take the form shown on the next page." 1 ;" Conquest is a complex game withmany rules. In order to facil- itate their introduction, the game is split into several diff-iculty factors. Each one introd-uces some new rules and requiresmore skill to play." 1 ;" Combat records showing the 1 ;" Civil wars may also break out if one of the generals survives 10 campaigns and decides he is experienced enough to challenge for the purple. This event does not require the death of the emperor. A constant check must be made, therefore, on the 1 ;" Canals may be cut inland by building lines of ports next to one another. A port may be builton any land square; it is up to you to ensure that you have 1 ;" An additional cause of civil wars is now added in the form of assassinations. These will occur whenever an emperor has reigned for more than a few 1 ;" All the rules up to D.F.5 hold.In addition, sea ports can be built. These enable rapid trans-portation of all legions by sea,to enable quick reaction to the effects of plague and civil war in an ever-enlarging empire." 1 ;" All legions can be instructed to hold position by keying '0' instead of one of the cursor keys (5,6,7 or 8)." 1 ;" After several years, then, an empire might be of the form 1 ;" A maximum of 20 ports may be built, but for each one ten 1 ;" A maximum of 10 forts may be built in the basic game." 1 ;" A map of the Mediterranean 1 " Duncan Nightingale 1984" 1 years, causing his authority to become unpopular." 1 world is shown on the next page.It is divided into a grid of 20x30 squares or territories as shown." 1 taxes are deducted. Extra forts,up to a maximum of 50, may also be built, each costing 2 taxes. Remember that to support the full complement of 16 legions, 75 taxes are needed (the capitalsupports one on its own)." 1 support one army, or legion, which may be moved about using the four cursor keys: 5,6,7 & 8" 1 squares. Sea movement is ended by dis-embarking onto a land square. If this square also 1 shown on the next page. Seven- teen territories have been 1 set of instructions)." 1 rival empire, it's background colour is changed accordingly." 1 required to play the basic game." 1 required to play at D.F.4 " 1 required to play at D.F.2 ." 1 records reach 9 and to use the emperor sparingly, so as not to trigger a civil war." 1 potent than barbarian counter attacks." 1 number of successful conquests for each legion commander can be displayed at the beginning ofeach go before any movement has taken place, by keying 'R' ." 1 legion in a similar manner to forts by keying 'P'." 1 generals when their combat 1 empire's boundaries." 1 contains a port, sea movement may continue." 1 conquered, enabling, with the capital, a total of 4 legions to be supported." 1 commanders to fall in battle ( 10% chance for each conquest)." 1 combat records of the various commanders." 1 colouring them red." 1 approximately 50% of the legionswill go over to the rebel cause and become coloured green. ( 1 access to an open sea square." 1 Written by": 1 Instructions" 1 . For every 5 squares in the empire, a legion can be support-ed. If territories are lost, then legions may be also - if there are no longer sufficient taxes to support them." 1 . As it moves into green squares, it conquers, 1 - Symbol for a port" 1 - Symbol for a fort" 1 ) has unlimited movement within the empire. As soon as the emperor conquers a green square, his movement ends."; 1 'L' to load main program 1 'C' to continue (onto next