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!₧¢╫ELCOME TO ┼XCALIBER!
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!╔MAGINE YOURSELF TO BE A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT.  ┘OU RULE YOUR KINGDOM WITH AN IRONî
!FIST.  ┘OU HAVE ANGRY NEIGHBORS ON ALL SIDES OF YOUà BUT YOU MUST DO YOUR BESTî
!TO KEEP IN GOOD TERMS WITH THEM.  ╙OMETIMESà IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO DEFENDî
!YOURSELF FROM THEMà THOUGH.  ┘OU MAY EVEN HAVE TO AVENGE YOURSELF FROM TIMEî
!TO TIME.
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!┘OU BEGIN YOUR RULING YEAR WITH THE HARVEST OF YOUR CROPS.  ╘HIS HARVEST WILLî
!VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.  ┘OU MAY HAVE EITHER TOO MUCH RAIN OR YOU MAY HAVE NOTî
!ENOUGH.  ┘OU MAY EVEN RUN INTO A LOCUST ATTACK!  ┴T ANY RATEà AFTER YOURî
!HARVEST YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOUR HARD WORKING SERFS THEIR FARE SHARE OF THEî
!CROP.  ─ON'T BE TOO STINGY HEREà IT WILL COST YOU.  ┘OUR SERFS WILL REVOLTàî
!AND YOU WILL BE IN SORRY SHAPE!
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!╨RESS [╥┼╘╒╥╬] \IN
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!╘HIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME A POWERFUL RULER!  ┘OU HAVE THE CHOICE OF BUYINGî
!OR SELLING FOUR INVESTMENTS.  ╘HESE AREå  ═ARKET ╨LACESà WHICH ARE GOOD FORî
!STEADY INCOME AND THEY SEEM TO ATTRACT POPULATION EXPLOSIONS;  ╟RAIN ═ILLSàî
!THESE ARE VERY GOOD INCOME MAKERS THAT DO EVEN BETTER WHEN THERE IS A SURPLUSî
!OF GRAIN AROUND;  ╚ORSE ╙TABLESà THESE ARE NECESSARY FOR THE USE OF YOURî
!KNIGHTS; AND FINALLY ╞OUNDRIESà THESE MAKE ALL OF THE WEAPONS FOR YOURî
!KNIGHTS.  ├HOOSE YOUR INVESTMENTS CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE OR BREAKî
!YOU!
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!¢╒SE THIS AREA WISELY.  ┘OU ONLY START OUT WITH 20 KNIGHTS AND THEY ARE VERYî
!COSTLY TO ATTRACT.  ╘HEY TAKE 500 ACRES JUST TO SERVE YOU.  ┘OU LOSE THIS IFî
!THEY ARE KILLED.  ┼ACH TIME YOU ATTACKà IT IS RECORDED IN THE NEWS FILE FORî
!EVERYONE TO SEE.  ╙Oà IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN IN THE BACKGROUNDà THIS IS NOT Aî
!WISE DECISION.  ╔F YOU HAVE A REAL LUST FOR ATTACKINGà TRY ATTACKING THEî
!┬ARBARIANS.  ╘HEY ARE A STRONG ARMYà BUT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF LAND FOR THEî
!TAKING.  ╔ WOULDN'T TRY THIS UNTIL YOUR ARMY HAS REACHED AROUND 50 OR SO!
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!╨RESS [╥┼╘╒╥╬] \IN
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!¢┘OUR SERFS CHANGE IN POPULATION AND CAN BE AFFECTED BY ALL KINDS OF THINGS.î
!╔F YOU FEED THEM PLENTY AND BUY LANDà YOU WILL BE SURE TO ATTRACT THEM.  ╔Fî
!YOU KINGDOM GETS TOO LOW ON SERFSà YOU WILL PERISH BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLEî
!TO BRING IN THE HARVEST!
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!¢╘HIS CAN BE DONE EASILY ONCEà BUT IT IS NOT WISE TO TRY IT TWICE IN A TURN.î
!╔F YOU DOà YOU MAY (IN FACT PROBABLY) END UP WITH A REVOLT ON YOUR HANDS.î
!┴LSOà ═ERLIN IS LESS LIKELY TO LISTEN TO YOUR CALLS WHEN YOUR SERFS AREî
!UNHAPPY!
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!¢┼XCALIBER IS FOUND EASILY BY REQUESTING IT FROM THE ╠ADY OF ╘HE ╠AKE.  ╙HEî
!WILL GIVE IT TO YOU IF YOU HAVE KEPT YOURSELF OUT TROUBLE AND HAVE AVOIDEDî
!MOST BATTLES.  ╦EEP THIS IN MIND WHILE PLAYING.  ┘OU MAY ALSO LOSE ┼XCALIBERî
!IN BATTLE IF YOU BECOME CARELESS.  ╔N BATTLEà ┼XCALIBER IS INDESPENSIBLE.  ╔Tî
!WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT ADVANTAGE OVER MOST ARMIES.  (┼SPECIALLY THE BARBARIANS)î
!╒SE ┼XCALIBER WISELYà BUT DON'T OVERUSE IT!
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!╨RESS [╥┼╘╒╥╬] \IN
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