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#1
Introduction
Welcome to Age_Of_War!
Age of War is a game of global conquest. You start out with one
unit witch you use to explore the world and to find a site for your
first city. After building your first city you well be able to build
more units and begin to study meany fields of advancement in technology.
With each advancement learned more units and city improvements well
be available to you. You can make peace with other nations, build
trade routes between their cities and yours, establish embassies or
sabotage them. The end goal is to be the greatest world power at the
end of the game. Good luck and may your Nation withstand the test of
TIME!
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#2
Game Menu
The game menu has 5 commands on it. They function as follows...
J Join Resume Game
This command well let you join a
on going game or resume a game your
in. If you wish to join or resume
play a game enter the game number
then enter 'y' to load the game data.
If you are new to the game you well
be prompted for your name and the name
of your Nation if you are in the game
already the menu well drop back to the
game menu. Select 'T' to take your turn
in the game you selected for play.
P:
S Start New Game This command well build a totally new world
and data base. You well then be prompted for
your name and your Nations name. It well
then fall back to the game menu were you can
select 'T' to take your turn in the game.
T Take Turn This command well enter you into the game
you have selected to join,resume or create.
E Exit to @BBS This command well exit the game and take
you back to the BBS.
A Abort Menu This command well drop you out of the
game menu.
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#3
Orders Menu
The orders menu is basically a list of hot keys that may be accessed
only while playing a game. Their functions are....
! Activate Unit This well return the selected unit back
into a active unit from either a fortified
or sentry position. The next year they may be
moved again.
G Go to Active If you seem to lose track of witch unit you
Unit are moving hitting this key well take you to
it.
R Build Road This well cause the unit selected to begin
construction on a road. Roads reduce the
amount of moves it takes to move a unit.
Roads can be built in the grass lands only.
Only Road Crews can build roads.
P:
F Build Farm The selected unit well begin to build a
farm. Farms raise the amount of grain
that a city can harvest from the land.
More grain increases city population.
Only Farm Units may use this command and
only in grass lands.
M Build Mine The selected unit well begin to build a
mine shaft. Mine shafts increase the amount of
ore a city has to build with each year. The
more ore a city has the faster it can produce.
Only Mine Units can use this command and only
in the mountains.
P:
S Sentry This well cause the selected unit to go on
alert. They well no longer move until a
unit from another Nation passes by them.
T Fortify The selected unit well dig in and prepare
for combat. They well no longer move even
if a enemy unit passes. They can a plus to
defence while in this position.
B Build City Only Explorers can build new cities. When
this is done you well be prompted for the
new cities name, you well then be dropped into
the city menu. From here you can build, buy
units that are in production and list your cities
improvements and view city status.
C Go to City This well bring up a list of your cities witch
you may select from to drop into the city menu
and perform building and buying commands.
P:
P Pillage Land Use this command to destroy roads and farms
around other Nations cities to slow down
production and income.
N Next Unit This command will single step you through
all your units, active or not. You may then
reactive them or disband them. Reactivated
units well be able to move the next year.
D Disband Unit This well remove the selected unit from the
game. Good for removing miners,farmers and
such when their jobs are done.
Z Next Active This command well jump you to your next active
Unit unit, it can be with or without moves left. All
fortified and sentry units are skipped.
P:
U Unload Units This command well pop up a list of all units
that are loaded in the selected unit. You
may then enter their numbers to bring them
back to active status. The can be unloaded
the next year.
Y Begin New Year This command can be used any time to begin a
new year. This causes all cities and units to
be updated. Cities gain income and grain, work
on production and even grow in population. Units
that are in active status gain moves back,
complete roads, farms and mines. If you ever
feel that the game is stuck in a loop hit this
key.
Q Quit To Main This well save your status and remove you from
the game and take you back to the main menu
screen.
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#4
Advisor Menu
This menu contains several purely informational commands. They function
as follows....
V View Relations This drops you into a list of Nations in the
game and displays data on how you stand with
them. Weather your at war, peace have a embassy
or any relations at all.
E Embassy Data This brings up a list of Nations in the game
those you have a embassy with you can choose
to look over your data. Lots of good information
is provided when you have a embassy. It is
a wise action to take.
Z Zoom Out Map This well show you a large section of the world
around your selected unit. Only your cities
and your active unit are shown on the map. Use
this to plot your Nations expansion into unknown
areas.
P:
1,2,3,4 These commands bring up a list of Nations and
ranks them in order of best to worst Nation
in the chosen area. This is a good way to pick
allies and weak Nations to attack.
R Read News This well display the full news from day one
of the game. It can be aborted at any prompt.
Q Quit to Main This drops you out of the Advisor Menu and back
to game play status.
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#5
Index
The Index menu is a online cross reference of units, tech and
city improvements. What each need to make each other can be found here.
It is strongly advised that you use this menu when you are a newbie to
the game! Both city improvements and new type of military units can
only be built if the proper fields of advancement have been studied.
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#6
Cities
Cities are the keys to the game. They allow you to build new units, learn
new technologies and bring in ore and coin to build and buy with. Choosing
a site for a city should be considered based on the type of city you wish
to have. To build fast make sure to settle by lots of mountain. To grow
in size and population so you can bring in vast taxes build in wide open
areas so more farms and roads can be built to increase harvest and trade.
To be able to build ships the city must contact water. Let it be known that
port cities can be attacked by ships. Be sure to fortify units in your
cities, for undefended cities only have to be entered to be taken by other
Nations.
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#7
Combat
Combat is clean quick and dirty! Combat is performed by ratios. After
the odds are figured then a out come is decided by a random roll. Now
let me explain the random. I hate random outcomes so I have built combat
in such a way that weaker units are just that, weaker unit. Say a
spearmen unit attacks a Armor unit. The spearmen attack at 2 and the
armor defend at 8 and are fortified witch adds 2. A roll is made
for the attacker at 1 to 2 and a roll is made for the defender
at ( 1 to 8 ) + 2. The rolls are compared and the winner is the one
with the highest roll, as you can see the stronger unit well
always have the advantage. If the spearmen were vets then they would gain
a +2 and have a chance of destroying the armored.
Unit to Unit Combat:
To attack a unit simple move on top of it. The combat well be performed
and the winner remains. Stacked units are attacked one at a time. The
only time multiply units can be killed is if the are being transported.
If a transport dies all units in it die to.
P:
Unit to City Combat:
If a city is defended each unit in the city must be destroyed one at a
time. Then the city may be entered and added to your Nation. If a city
has walls built then the defenders gain a bonus to their defence rolls.
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