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- KHALAAN HINTS
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- When playing you will probably notice that you never get what you are
- looking for. Try to make the most of the unexpected,until mr right turns
- up,or start again.
- The game gives you very little of anything. Big armies on long trips
- are out of the question at the beggining. Getting the correct balance
- between too much and too little is what can make or break you right from
- the start.
- To start with,armies are greedy ! they can eat you out of palace and
- caliphate-literally. So to get things going try this as a fairly accurate
- gauge. The ratio for one man per month is:-
- 1 man=3 units cash,15 units food and 30 units water.
- So a typical army of 200 men would consume an average of 600 cash units,
- 3000 food units and 6000 water units and thats only for a month.
- Only send out armies you know can afford (you are not alowed a
- budget defecit).
- When the armies are ready you have to find something not too far away
- for them to attack. This should not be a caliphate as he will have too
- many men for you to fight. An indipendant fort is the answer. If on your
- first attempts you send out two armies,to the same castle,one can attack
- and the other sit in reserve until needed. If you should fail to take the
- prize the first time round,you can bring up the second army for a crack
- at the plum. You should find that the fort is substantially weaker.
- If your first army was succesful,choose the fort icon on the left hand
- side of the screen and select military. Take the supply option,then use
- the army as a supply post for the fortress.
- Your second army can then go on to continue your `message of frendship'
- to other tin pot dictators and the like and spread a little sunshine.
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- Storming a fortress
- If you choose `storm the fortress' option you stand a very poor chance
- of succeding. You march your army as close as possible to the fort and
- then choose `offensive' option from the military menu. This will enable
- you to take the enemy head on,rather than trying to bribe your way in
- the back door,never a good option.
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- Other methods of attack
- Trap door spiders have a novel way of attack. They lie hidden until their
- pray walks past the door,then they leap out and attack. Use this method
- of ambush against other armies. First send out a spy to determine the
- size of their army,then if its worth the effort,raise an unrealisticly
- large army and jump the unsuspecting baddies,get the loot and go home.
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- Fighting
- Archery is one of the first methods of attack that you will be using-
- unless you bump into an army on your `goodwill missions',then it is down
- to sword fighting.
- With archery you must be careful that you know where your enemy is.
- They have a habit of getting behind your line of vision. To combat this
- always keep on the move and try to avoid incoming arrows. A good move is
- is to aim-move-fire continuesly until one side is down.
- When sword fighting,a sure fire way is to cosh the arab over the head
- rather than slice it off. To do this move the mouse forward and then press
- the left mouse button.
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- Sea battles
- These are a different kettle of fish altogether. Something you should
- avoid is to get too close. This means ramming is out-this tactic
- invariably ends in both sides sinking.
- Get close,then let the archers and cannons loose at your enemy. When
- he has a fix on your distance,change distance and start again.
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- Trade
- Trade is only really good in one of two situations,the first being the
- best-you have money to burn and you wish to buy castles. This way you
- gain a fort,men and whatever else is in it at that time,giving you
- another foot in the door.
- The second,which if done incorrectly can spell certain doom,is if you
- sell too many forts to raise money. This will entail you becoming too poor
- to raise armies.
- The final way,which also is not entirely advisable,is to move an army
- out and give them enough supplies to last them for a while. Then get a
- caravan to take the rest of the goodies out of the fortress. Sell the
- fortress to some unsuspecting neighbour and if and when it is bought,go
- on the offensive and attack it,thus gaining the money you sold it for
- and the fortress (if you manage to win). Either do not do this or only
- once or twice. Otherwise there goes the neighbourhood.
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- Keeping castles
- If you wish to stop your castles from being taken from you,it is
- sometimes a good idea to keep a good sized army in the fort. This prevents
- your neighbours getting bigheaded and trying to take over your forts. One
- way of actually getting soldiers on your side (not yours) is to corrupt
- them,but you need your spies to enable you to know how much is required
- to bribe them to fight the good fight.
- Regular caravans from your fort are a very good idea,this prevents the
- enemy from getting their hands on your loot,if they attack and win one of
- your forts.
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- People,problems and how to deal with them
- You`ve got to keep the masses happy-military and non-military personel.
- You need incentives to keep them on your side. Being a good guy is not
- always enough. If they are maltreated for too long-they rebel,either by
- burning the taxes or killing you. Neither is a good idea,so this must be
- avoided if you are to get anywhere in your regime.
- Cities need certain amounts to be left behind or you lose them. This
- means finding out how much each city needs and either keeping it stocked
- up or regulary supplying it.
- Every so often you have to be a generous ruler and give back to the
- people what you took from them. This has to be substantial amounts of
- money,otherwise they think you are taking them for granted.
- Whatever you do you have to keep a balance in your forts or they will
- become independent,and you will have to fight all over again to regain
- your foothold
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- Caliphs ali bahr
- Choose this character for a really testing game. It seems that his
- citezens are not very happy and keep burning his taxes,thus making it
- very difficult to get anywhere in the game.
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- Ali
- This man may be old but he has a nice balance of most things. His people
- tend to be quite loyal,but can be pushed if not kept happy.
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- Utman
- This character is middle of the road.
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- Uman
- Choose this one if you want a reasonably easy life. Makes a good balance
- of taxes and lack of fires,but has an islans so you can see attacks from
- afar. However,watch you don`t get carried away.
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- End.
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