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  The date is May,16 1803. The place is Europe. Britain has declared war on
France after breaking off talks on their retention of Malta.  The storm clouds
of war have burst forth. Each player assumes the role as would be emperor of
his country. Each is intrusted by his people to increase the strength of their
empire.  This they must do by conquest and diplomacy.
  Empires at War is a multiplayer game set in the Napoleonic Era.   To win a
player must TRIPLE his initial economic strength.  Each empire has many cities
which comprise its basis of strength.  Every city and province is worth points.
When they are captured they become the property of the conquering empire.
Players build armies and navies to make war on their enemies. Players may also
make treaties with other players and may give aid (in the form of money) to
help allies.

Each city is worth 20 points; minor capitals are 45 points, while major
capitals vary from 60 to 100 points. 5 points are given for owning 2/3 or more
of the land area of a small province; 15 for a large and 25 for a player
country. The sum total of all points is the strength of an Empire. Major powers
are France, England and Russia. Other powers are Prussia, Austria, and Turkey.
The object of the game is to gain as many cities as possible.


  To Begin : Use the Game Menu to Select the 'Select an Empire' option. Select
an available empire. If the country you want is not available you may have to
wait for the next game to start. The sysop will start your game and schedule
the turns once all 6 players have built their forces. If the game is currently
in progress but has an autopilot for a player you may ask the sysop to get
you into this game.

Once an Empire is chosen, you should select the list option.  This will show
the strengths of all selected empires. Note troop strengths are in 1,000 of
men. Exit this option and select the Army Maintenance or the Navy Maintenance
option (they are very much alike).

Option 2:
 This shows a geographical map of Europe. The capitals and major cities
 show up as grey diamonds and triangles. Your armies will show up as colored
 boxes with an ID number 1-9. Your navies will show up as colored boxes with
 an ID letter A-I.  With the use of the movement option you may maneuver
 these units from point to point.

 "P" Shows the political map.
 "1","2","3" - shows regions of the map from north to south.
 "H" gives a listing of the countries.
 "L" will give numeric labels to the countries on the Political Map.
 "F" accepts a numeric label and flashes to outline of the country on the map.
 "G" Returns from political map to geographical map.
 "E","Q" or [ESC]  Exit
 Map Confusion - When a fleet and an army of different empires occupy the same
 space, the color of the space in the geological map will be indeterminable.

Option 3.
 Army Maintenance:
 Select list.  This list all the armies that the player has along with the
 leader. Building an army or navy simply uses the available military strength
 and assigns it to an army.  In order to move military forces from one point
 to another troops must be in the form of a navy or army.  New armies will be
 created in a pattern around the capital which looks just like your number key
 pad with '5' being the capital city.
                                                            7   8   9
This is also the movement direction command so to           4      6
move to the west use the command '4'.                       1   2   3

Option 4.
 Navy Maintenance:
 Select list.  This will all the navies that the player has along with the
 leader. Building an navy simply uses the available naval strength and assigns
 it to an navy.  New navies will be created in at specific ports as indicated
 in the help screen for that option.

Option 5.
 Buy New Units:
 If you have extra money left over after paying for the maintenance of your
 troops, you may purchase additional military units.  New Units can not be
 assigned to armies or navies until the following turn, but they do appear
 in your garrison before any combat happens in the turn they are created.

Note that each turn you must pay your troops. They have a set rate of cost.
If you cannot afford to pay them, you must cashier them or they will randomly
leave your armies and/or navies.  Troops not assigned to field armies will of
course leave first. Then those in the armies will leave.  Generally, the
poorest grade troops will desert first.  Navies are the last to be scrapped
because of the time and money it takes to rebuild them.

Option 6.
 Diplomacy:
 Once a player has selected an army he then can use the Option 6 to talk to
 other player into agreeing on treaties or mutual borders. A treaty is just an
 agreement not to attack another countries military units nor to conquer his
 territory. Players should check the treaty list each turn in order not to be
 surprised by an turned ally.

Option 7.
 Movement:
 The movement menu is used to give movement orders to each of a nations
 units that are moving.  Each Army or Navy can be given separate orders.
 Movement is shown on a map as arrows.  Movement is near simultaneous.

Option 8.
 Battle Report (London Times, Paris Gazette, Berlin Post etc.)
 After each turn the results of battles can be found using this option.  A
 player will be able to see the reports of all battles they were involved in.
 After two turns all other battles can be viewed. (There is a lag time of news
 from the other capitals).

Option 9.
 Point Values
 The point values for territories are listed here.  The territory will be
 colored to match that of its owning empire.

 Points for conquered territory added to a players income.  Capturing cities
 is the way to win the game.  Enemy capitals are worth the most.  When these
 are captured you not only receive the income from them but you pillage that
 players bank.  Unfortunately, your troops and generals make off with some of
 the booty and much of it never reaches your coffers. The other player's bank
 is, none the less, reduced to ZERO.

 Each Maintenance Menu Option has its own help file.  When you enter an option
 for the first time or you need help press "H","h" or "?".

 "X" Expert Mode - Toggle expert menus on/off.

 The sysop must schedule the Turn.  This is a program which when run will
 process your move orders and purchase orders and fight all the battles.  It
 will then update all files and maps.  Also each turn an event will take place.
 If this effects a players country it will be shown on the bottom of the menu.