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WAR IN KOREA Ver. 1.2 A Cricket Software WarGame for I.B.M. compatible PC's. Copyright 1994-1995 by John Daigle All rights reserved. Hardware required: IBM compatible PC with EGA/VGA monitor and Microsoft compatible mouse. Description: War In Korea is a 2 player war game played on a map of the Korean peninsula. Each player has an army consisting of 80 divisions: 40 Infantry, 20 Armored, 10 Air Cavalry & 10 Marine. Players alternate turns, moving all their units then resolving battles at the end of each turn. A player wins by eliminating all enemy units or capturing all enemy cities and holding them for 1 turn. The Map: The map shows the countries of North & South Korea, part of China and a a small portion of Japan. The map has a grid divided into horizontal & vertical coordinates numbered horizontally(east/west) 1 to 160 and vertically(north/south) 0 to 115, for a total of 18,560 squares. Terrain: Each square is colored or marked according to its terrain. land-green cities-gray mountains-black inverted V 's on white ocean-blue roads-red lines rivers-blue lines bridges-red lines over rivers Units: NKPA (North Korean Peoples Army) & PRC (Peoples Republic of China) units are colored light-magenta (referred to as red units). ROK (Republic Of Korea [south]) & U.S./Allied units are colored light-cyan (referred to as blue units). In map modes of 4, 8, & 12 to 1: Infantry units are marked with an 'X' inside a white box. Armored units are marked with a yellow rectangle bordered by white. Air Cavalry units are marked with an 'X'ed blue circle bordered by white. Marine units are marked with an 'M'in a red rectangle bordered by white. In 2 to 1 map mode: Infantry units are marked with an 'X'. Armored units are marked with a yellow square. Air-Cav units are marked with a blue square. Marine units are marked with a red square. In the full map (1 to 1) mode only the colors of the units(red/blue) are shown. In maps of 8 to 1 and 12 to 1, the unit number is shown on the unit & in map of 12 to 1, the unit types (INF,ARM,AIR,MRN) are also shown. There are 2 types of specialized infantry units: Marine-can land on beach squares ( any open-land square adjacent to an ocean square). Air Cavalry-can fly to and land on any open-land square. Page 1 Movement: At the start of each turn each unit is given a movement count (mc). INF,AIR,MRN units get 24 mc. ARM units get 36 mc. As the unit is moved the mc is decreased depending on the terrain. travel on roads, cities & bridges costs 1 mc. travel on land costs 3 mc. travel in mountains costs 4 mc. crossing rivers (not on bridges) costs 3 mc. Some movement is prohibited: armor units in mountains in a square occupied by another unit when mc=0 or not enough mc's to cross certain terrain Don't worry too much about all the rules, the computer will let you know if you try to break any of them! All actions in this game are controlled by the movement of the mouse and the 2 mouse buttons. The ONLY time the keyboard is used is to enter the file name of a saved game. LETS PLAY! Start the game by loading the game diskette and typing kwar at the DOS prompt. The message "PLEASE WAIT-LOADING DATA FILES" will appear for a moment followed by the game map and a sign-on message. SIGN-ON MESSAGE: Gives the name of the game, version number, instructions for ordering a registered copy and 2 buttons. The 'PRINT ORDER' button is used to print an order form on your printer. If you have no printer or it is off or off-line, a 'CHECK PRINTER !' message will be displayed when you push the button. The 'OK' button is used to erase the sign-on messages. To push a button, move the mouse arrow over the button and push the left mouse button. SELECT GAME WINDOW: If there are any saved games on the disk, a black window will be shown over part of the map. This window allows you to select a new game or a saved game (all saved games have a .SAV extension ie: EXAMPLE.SAV). If there are NO saved games this window will not appear and you will start a new game. To select between new game and saved games move the mouse up or down, the highlight window will move as you move the mouse. When the desired selection is highlighted, push LEFT or RIGHT mouse button. For now select NEW GAME. You are now ready to start the game! Page 2 STARTING TO PLAY: Look at the screen. You have the game map with the units (RED & BLUE) in their bivouac ares, a mouse arrow somewhere in the middle of the map, 7 rectangle "buttons" on the left side and a grid location displayed in the top right corner. A Note on the buttons: Buttons colored light gray are inactive, buttons lit up in another color are active. Move the MOUSE: The arrow will move around the map and the grid location will change. The sign-on messages will disappear when the mouse is moved. The MAP button: The light green button on the left is the MAP button. This allows you to zoom a part of the map to 2,4,8 or 12 times its size. At the start of the game the button reads "MAP 1 TO 1". Using the MAP button: Move the mouse arrow over the MAP button and push the LEFT mouse button. You hear a beep, the button flashes and now reads "MAP 2 TO 1" but the map didn't change. HOW COME?? That brings us to... Zooming the map: With the MAP button reading "2 to 1" move the arrow to anywhere on the map. Push the LEFT mouse button. A white outline will appear on the map about half the size of the map as long as the button is held down. This shows the area of the map you will zoom to when you push the RIGHT mouse button.Now release the LEFT button and push the RIGHT mouse button. The area of the map shown will be the area that was inside the outline. Now move the arrow back to the MAP button and push the LEFT mouse button. The button flashes and reads "4 to 1". Move the arrow to anywhere on the map and push the RIGHT mouse button. The map doubles again. Try this for the "8 to 1" and "12 to 1" map zooms. You can move around the map in the 2,4,8 & 12 to 1 modes by moving the arrow to the square you desire to and pushing the RIGHT mouse button. That square will now be in the center of the screen. But what about getting back to the big picture? Just point on the MAP button again and push (& release) the LEFT mouse button until the MAP button reads "1 to 1". Now push the RIGHT mouse button. The whole map appears. As long as the whole map is shown, you can change the zoom on the MAP button (2 to 1, 4 to 1, 8 to 1, 12 to 1), move the mouse arrow to anywhere on the map, and use the LEFT mouse button to outline the area of the map that will be shown when you push the RIGHT mouse button. Get familiar with zooming the map then we'll learn.... Page 3 MOVING A UNIT: [picking up, moving & dropping] NOTE: You can not pick up and move units when full map is shown (1 to 1). Put the arrow on a BLUE unit and push the LEFT mouse button. You hear a beep and the unit name and "MOVES LEFT=" appear in the bottom right. You have just "picked that unit up". Now move the mouse. The unit follows the arrow. You will notice that the unit does not move until the arrow is near the center of the next square. this is to make it easier to move the unit without mistakenly moving to the wrong square. If you try to make an illegal move (such as moving a unit on top of another), you will hear a buzz and a red on yellow error message will appear in the bottom left of the screen. Notice that the "MOVES LEFT" number will decrease as you move. When you are out of moves and try to move the unit, the error message will say "INSUFFICIENT MOVES LEFT". OK you say, I've got this unit stuck to my arrow and I'm out of moves. Now what do I do?...Easy! Just push the LEFT mouse button again. You will hear 2 beeps and the unit name and MOVES LEFT will disappear from the bottom right. You have now "dropped the unit" and are free to move the arrow to another unit and continue moving units. OOPS!! What if I moved the unit to the wrong square or changed my mind ? That brings us to...... The CANCEL button: If you mistakenly move the unit to the wrong square, "drop" the unit and move the arrow over the CANCEL MOVE button. Push the LEFT mouse button. You will hear a beep, the button will flash, and the arrow will move over the unit you dropped. Notice that the unit is located where it was before you made the move. The units mc (movement count) was also restored to its previous value. That brings us to another button on the screen.... The MOVES DONE button: Move the arrow over the MOVES DONE button and push the LEFT mouse button. You will hear a beep and the button color will change from blue to red (to be technical, from light cyan to light magenta). Now it is RED's turn to move . You (or your opponent) can move all the red units. You can end the turn at any time, you do not have to move all your units. You can move as many or as few as you like. At each new turn, the units are restored with their full movement counts (mc's). Push the MOVES DONE button again and it turns blue (Its now BLUE's turn again). There is one more type of movement we have not covered, that is... AIR & SEA MOVEMENT: All units except AIR can be moved by sea from one friendly port to another friendly port. This can be done only if the unit is in a friendly port at the start of a turn. A friendly port is defined as a city square adjacent to an ocean square in a city controlled by your army. This type of movement does not deduct any mc's (movement counts) from the unit. Page 4 AIR units can move by air from any land square to any land square not in an enemy's zone of control (ie: not adjacent to an enemy unit). No mc's are deducted. MRN (marine) units can move from any friendly port to another friendly port or to any beach square (a land square adjacent to an ocean square). Unlike other units MRN units can land on a beach square adjacent to an enemy unit ( as long as they attack that unit at the end of the turn). NOTE: Air and sea movement can only be done once per unit per turn. and may not have made any other moves that turn. HOW TO DO AIR/SEA MOVEMENT: SEA: Pick up a unit with the LEFT mouse button (remember: unit must be in a friendly port city square at the start of turn). Now push the RIGHT mouse button. A message will appear at the bottom left "SEA TRANSFER-MOVE POINTER TO DESTINATION AND DROP UNIT". Note: if the unit was not in a port square or did not have its full mc, ie: it had been moved in this turn, a red on yellow error message will appear in the bottom left. Using the mouse, move the arrow to another friendly port square. The unit will follow the arrow (sometimes it lags behind but it will always catch up). Using the LEFT mouse button drop the unit in the new port square. Note: You may notice when you are dragging the unit over other units they will disappear. Don't worry, they will be replaced when you drop the unit. If you try to drop the unit anywhere but a friendly port, you will hear a buzz and an error message at the bottom left will remind you of the rule. Remember MRN units can also land on beaches. AIR: Just like sea movement except you pick up an AIR CAV unit in a land square at the start of a turn and move it to any open land square not adjacent to an enemy unit. Like sea movement, air movement costs no mc's. FRIENDLY & UNFRIENDLY CITIES: To find the status of a city, move the mouse arrow over an open city square ie: no units underneath it, and push and hold the LEFT mouse button. A message will appear at the bottom right telling you the name of the city. The background color of the message will tell you the status of the city: light cyan-BLUE control light magenta-RED control half light cyan & half light magenta-CONTESTED The message will disappear when you let up on the LEFT mouse button. HOW TO CONTROL A CITY: At the start of the game all the cities in South Korea are under BLUE control and all the cities in North Korea are under RED control. To gain control of an enemy held city, enter or pass through that city (if no enemy units are also in the city). You do not have to remain in the city, it is in your control until an enemy unit enters or passes through the city( if you have no units in that city). A city with both BLUE and RED units in it is considered CONTESTED. Page 5 ATTACKS AND BATTLES: When you move any unit adjacent to an enemy unit (not across a river), an alarm will sound, a yellow arrow (or arrows) will appear on the attacking unit pointing to the unit (or units) under attack, and the MC of the attacking unit will be reduced to zero. This is how you attack enemy units. Once you move a unit into an enemy's 'zone of control' you can not move that unit any more. However you can still cancel the move and the attack after dropping the unit by using the cancel button ( see above ). You have the option to attack or not attack an enemy unit on the other side of a river and you may move past any enemy unit as long as a river divides you. If you drop a unit with an enemy unit next to you across a river, the alarm will sound and a green arrow will appear on your unit pointing to the enemy unit. This message will be in the bottom left of the screen: 'TO ATTACK PUSH LEFT BUTTON FOR NO ATTACK PUSH RIGHT BUTTON'. If you wish to attack that unit push the LEFT mouse button, the arrow will change red and the MC will be reduced to zero. If you don't wish to attack, push the RIGHT mouse button, the arrow will disappear and the MC will remain unchanged. If you make a mistake, use the cancel button. On multi-unit battles the attacker has the option of dividing combat any way he wishes as long as the following rules are observed: 1. If an attacking unit is adjacent to one defender, it must attack that defender. 2. If an attacker is adjacent to two or more defenders, it must attack those defenders that are not also adjacent to other attacking units. 3. The attacker has the option to attack defenders that are also adjacent to other attacking units, but an attacker must attack at least one of the defenders it is adjacent to. 4. No defender can be attacked more than once in the same turn and no attacker can attack more than once in the same turn. These rules may sound confusing, but the computer will keep track of them for you. ATTACK OPTIONS: After you have moved all the units you want and attacked all the enemy units you want, push the MOVES DONE button. If there are multi-unit battles requiring you to decide how to divide combat, the map will zoom 8 to 1 to that battle, the attacker will have a yellow arrow pointing to a defender shown in reverse video, this message will be in the bottom left of the screen 'TO ATTACK PUSH LEFT BUTTON FOR NO ATTACK PUSH RIGHT BUTTON', & a message 'ATTACK OPTIONS LEFT ='will be in the top left of the screen. If you wish to attack that unit, push the LEFT mouse button. If not push the RIGHT one. This will continue until all attack options have been decided. Page 6 FIGHTING BATTLES: After all options have been selected or after the MOVES DONE button is pushed and units have attacked but no options need be selected then we go into the battle phase of the game. The map will zoom 8 to 1 to a battle, attackers & defenders will be shown in reverse video with red arrows showing the direction of attack. A message at the top left will show, the total number of battles to be fought, the battle selected, and the odds of that battle. A note about odds: Each unit has a combat factor as well as a movement count. INF, AIR & MRN units have a combat factor of 1 & ARM units have a combat factor of 2. Defenders across a river from attackers have their combat factors doubled (but only if no other units are attacking them from the defenders side of the river). The computer calculates the odds by adding up the total attacker and defender combat factors, dividing and giving the fractional remainder to the defender. ie: 3.5 to 1 = 3 to 1, 1 to 3.5 = 1 to 4 etc. How the computer resolves a battle: There are 5 possible results to a battle, they are: Attacker eliminated - all attacking units are removed from the game Defender eliminated - all defending units are removed from the game Attacker back 2 - all attackers must retreat 2 squares Defender back 2 - all defenders must retreat 2 squares Exchange - all defenders are removed from the game, all attackers equal to the total combat factors of the defenders are removed from the game The computer gets a random number from 1 to 6 (ie: rolls a die.) This number and the odds of the battle determine the result of the battle. The combat result table: odds| 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 5-1 | 6-1 |------------------------------------------------------------------ 1|Aelim|Aelim|A b 2|A b 2|D b 2|Delim|Delim|Delim|Delim|Delim|Delim d 2|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|A b 2| exch| exch| exch| exch| exch|D b 2|D b 2 i 3|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|D b 2|D b 2|D b 2|Delim|Delim|Delim e 4|Aelim|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|A b 2|D b 2|D b 2|D b 2|Delim 5|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim| exch| exch|D b 2|Delim|Delim 6|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Aelim|Delim|Delim|Delim|Delim Odds greater than 1 to 6 - A eliminated. Odds greater than 6-1 - D eliminated Page 7 SELECT BATTLE button (green): You can select the battle you wish to fight first, just push the SELECT BATTLE button until you have the battle you desire. START COMBAT button (red): When you wish to fight a battle push the START COMBAT button. The sight and sound of the battle will flash on the screen for a few seconds, then the result of the battle will be displayed in a yellow on red message at the bottom of the screen. COMBAT RESULTS: If the result of the battle is Defender or Attacker eliminated, those units will disappear from the map, if there are more battles to be fought the SELECT BATTLE button will be green , if not, the TURN DONE button will be light cyan or light magenta (depending on who's turn it is). If the result of the battle is Defender or Attacker back 2 spaces, you must pick up those units and move them 2 squares in any direction.(NOTE: if you are not able to move the unit 2 squares back, the unit will be removed from the map when you drop it. So be sure not to drop the unit until you have moved the 2 squares [if you can!].) The combat result message will be re-displayed until all units to be moved in the battle are moved, then the SELECT BATTLE button or the TURN DONE button will light up accordingly. If the result of the battle is exchange and the attacker combat factors are equal or less then defender factors, all units in the battle are removed from the map, if the attackers combat factors are greater then the defender you will be asked to pick attacking units to eliminate until the FACTORS LEFT message at the top of the screen equals zero. NOTE: If FACTORS LEFT =1 and the only attacking unit left is an ARMOR unit with a combat factor of 2, you have no choice but to eliminate it. After all battles have been resolved, push the TURN DONE button. The game continues until one country's units are eliminated or it's cities captured for one turn. EXITING AND SAVING THE GAME: You will notice at the start of each turn, the EXIT GAME button lights up brown. When you press this button the exit game windows will appear in the middle of the map. The larger window has 6 options which you can highlight by moving the mouse up and down. The small window has the name of the current .SAV file (saved game file). If there are no saved games, '--NO .SAV FILES--' will be displayed. Page 8 A description of the 6 options: RETURN TO GAME - Does as it says, returns you right back to the game. QUIT GAME - Exits the game with out saving. - sends you back to DOS. MAKE NEW .SAV FILE - A cursor will appear in the current file window. use the keyboard to enter an 8 character or less file name (don't enter the dot extension ,it's always .SAV and entered automatically). push return (CR) when done. The game will be saved in the new file and you will exit to DOS. Notes: Use the backspace key for corrections. A return with a blank file name will cancel the command. SAVE CURRENT FILE - The game will be saved in the file shown in the current file window. If no file is shown, you will hear a buzz and the command will be ignored. DELETE .SAV FILE - The file shown in the current file window will be deleted from the disk. If no file is shown, you will hear a buzz and the command will be ignored. If there are other .SAV files on the disk, the next one will be displayed in the current file window. If no other .SAV files are present, '--NO .SAV FILES--' will be displayed. SELECT .SAV FILE - If more than one .SAV file exists the next one will be shown in the current file window. After the last one is shown the first one will be redisplayed. If one or no files exist you will hear a buzz and the command will be ignored. WINNING THE GAME: If you capture all the enemy's units or all his cities for one turn, bells will sound and a large message will appear at the bottom of the screen declaring VICTORY!! Then pushing any mouse button will exit to DOS. Page 9 -------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE ---------------- WAR IN KOREA is a copyrighted shareware program. You have 30 days to evaluate it. After 30 days you must register it in order to use it. To register send Check or Money Order for $22.00 (includes shipping) to: John Daigle 10680 West Rd. Redwood Valley, Ca. 95470 You can print out an order form using the 'Print Order' button on the sign-on message or print the file 'ORDERFOR.DOC'. Be sure to specify 3 1/2 or 5 1/4 disks. Registered users will receive a copy of the game with all the latest updates, an information phone number and major discounts on all programs from Cricket Software. If you are a distributor or vendor of shareware be sure to read the 'VENDOR.DOC' file.