                              KINGMAKER  MANUAL
   

                 Typed By:-( TinTin     Supplied By:-) PyTh0N


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KINGMAKER
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The game of intrigue and warfare in the War of the Roses
Original Board Game by : Andrew McNeil
Programming : Graham Lilley
Development : Paul Cockburn
Play-testing : Paul Bonner, Martin Smith
Producer : Steve Fitton
DoCs : TinTin


INTRODUCTION
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Act 2, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's HENRY VI Part One is a scene of great
drama. Six powerful lords of England stand in the Temple gardens. Richard, Duke
of York, has challenged his great rival, John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, over
great matters of State. Somerset, foremost of those who surround the King at
Court, can barely restrain his anger. They have argued loudly in the Hall, each
trying to persuade others of the righteousness of their case. But the others
present cannot find a clear winner in the argument.

Determined to resolve the issue, York plucks a white rose from a nearby bush,
and signifies that those who support him should do likewise.

Echoing this, Somerset picks a red rose. In vain, a noble named Vernon pleads
with both parties to accept that "he upon whose side the fewest roses are
cropp'd from the tree shall yield the other in the right opinion". The nobles
are drawn into their factions - the Earl of Warick, Vernon and an unnamed
lawyer take the white rose, while the Earl of Suffolk alone sides with
Somerset. Realising how matters have turned out, Somerset almost draws his
dagger there and then. The scene ends with Richard speaking these ominous words
to his supporters

  " Come, let us four to dinner. I dare say this quarrel will drink blood
                               another day "

In four tumultuous plays, Shakespeare portrays the War of the Roses as a
conflict of treachery, murder, fearsome vengeance and bloody battle. For those
who lived in Shakespeare's era - a century later - the Wars were a time of
violence, devastation and anarchy. Only when Henry Tudor killed Richard III at
Bosworth, did these evil times come to an end.

The Tudors - whose faithful propagandist Shakespeare was - had an interest in
portraying the Wars of the Roses in this way. It reminded anyone considering
rebellion that loyalty to the crown might be the lesser evil. Henry Tudor had
taken the crown from Richard III's head and the new dynasty was precariously
seated upon the throne. Henry VII faced open revolts in the field; Henry VIII
felt the crumblings of rebellion; even good Queen Bess - Elizabeth I - faced
the opposition of northern lords.

To legitimise their rule, the Tudors claimed they were the legitimate heirs of
the Plantagenets; Henry Tudor was related Henry VI. Certainly, they were the
last champions of the Lancastrian cause, all others having fallen. Also, Henry
had married Elizabeth of York, symbolically uniting the two waring factions. In
this way, the culmination of the Wars could be portrayed as the legitimate
victory of Lancaster over Yorkist usurpers, along with the reconciliation of
the losers through an act of dynastic union.

It's typical of the Wars of the Roses that this simple explanation has passed
into popular belief. Much of what we know has been obscured behind simple
symbols, without much basis in fact.

The emblems themselves, for example. The War of White and Red Roses was not an
allegory understood at the time. In fact, the symbols were themselves rarely
used - Edward IV is better known for his symbol of the Sun in Splendour, while
Richard II fought under the White Boar.

It is equally confusing to the modern reader - or games player - to discover
the Lancastrians held large estates in Yorkshire, while the Yorkists were
strongest in the Midlands! In fact, the story is a confusing jumble of names
( there are altogether too many Prince Edwards!), titles, places and dates,
against an ever-changing background of treachery and political chicanery. And
barely half of what you read is factual...

Ever since Shakespeare's day, the Wars of the Roses have been confused by the
propaganda of partisan supporters of the White or the Red, or by those who see
the whole affair as a minor dynastic squabble. The Wars were not the bloodbath
Shakespeare described, but the royal house of plantagenet was wiped out, and
other noble dynasties beside. Modern research, however, has shown that the era
was no better or worse than those that came before and after for the ending of
the dynastic lines.

But it is too easy to trivialise the Wars. Like all civil conflicts, they were
savagely contested. Though the battles were often small, and many victories
owed more to treachery or accident than force of arms, blood was spilled
freely, though one foreign commentator remarked that the English fought very
curious wars:

  "...once they have gained a battle, they do no more killing, especially of
common people..."

Several victories were marked by the beheading of captured leaders. This is
because the Wars were primarily a struggle between opposing factions, with no
great ideals at stake. Although the Yorkists claimed a constitutional cause for
their revolt, both sides were cut from the same political cloth.

The struggle was also characterised by the way many local struggles were fought
under the banner of the Civil War. In the far north, the Nevilles and the
Percies had been bitter rivals for centuries. In SW England, a feud between the
Courtenay Earls of Devon and the upstart bonville family drew in the major
players in the Wars, who sided with their supporters in a local dispute over
land and title.

For those bold enough, the Wars of the Roses provided opportunities for
advancement and power as established noble families fell by the wayside and
local rivals were slain. The story is epitomised by the story of Richard
Neville, the Earl of Warwick, the man immortalised as the Kingmaker. Warwick
used his power, the patronage at the command of his wealthy family, and the
desperate times to promote Neville interests, even while he strove to put
Edward IV on the throne. Then, having achieved all this - at the high point of
his career - he and Edward parted company, and the Kingmaker went to war
against his King, to die on the battlefield at Barnet.

Powerful barons had acted against the crown before - when they conspired
against King John they were called heroes. But the conspiacies of Warwick,
Somerset, de la Pole and Stanley mark the beginning of the end for feudal
baronies, who had treated Kings like puppets.

In Kingmaker, the chaotic spirit of the age is captured perfectly in a game of
intrigue, factional politics and bloody warfare. Can you place your candidate
upon the throne ? Or will you end, as so many did, bent beneath the headman's
axe...

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HOW TO PLAY
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This manual provides all the information you need to play Kingmaker. It is
written assuming you are playing with a mouse, in VGA, on an IBM-compatible PC,
with the game stored on your hard drive. For different formats, consult the
Reference Card.

BEFORE YOU START
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Check that your game box contains the following items:
   
   3 Disks
   Manual
   Reference Card

You can install Kingmaker on your hard drive. [Please follow the instructions
on the Reference Card].

SOUND
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Select the sound options appropriate for your machine. The music will run on
AdLib / SoundBlaster or Roland; the FX run on SoundBlaster or Roland; digitised
speech is only available on SoundBlaster.

GETTING STARTED
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This manual contains all the instructions you need to play Kingmaker. [The
basics are also summarised on the Reference Card.] All the game's major
functions can be accesssed with the mouse, although you do need to use your
keyboard as well.

There is also an On-Line Help facility for use during play.

From Start-Up, you are taken through a short introduction, conducted by William
Shakespeare. You can hit any key to escape.

NEW / SAVED GAME MENU
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You are now presented with this menu.
    
    New Game
    Saved Game
    Select Saved Game to restore a game previously saved to disk.
    Select New Game to start afresh.

NUMBER OF FACTIONS
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Selecting New Game brings up a second menu, which asks you to select the number
of Factions you will face in the game.
    
    1 faction  (easy)
    2 factions
    3 factions
    4 factions
    5 factions (hard)

The more factions the computer controls the tougher the game becomes, although
the computer-controlled factions will compete against each other just as
fiercely as they compete against you. The Roll of Honour rewards victory
against large number of Factions with greater glory.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
----------------

A third menu asks you to set one of two difficulty levels.
    
    Allocate Blind (hard-you move first)
    After Computer (easy-you see where it has placed its forces before you
    place yours)

Allocate Blind forces you to place your Nobles on the map in ignorance of the
actions of the computer-controlled Factions.

If you select After Computer, you see the computer-controlled Faction(s) appear
on the map before you make your own disposition. This allows you to see which
Royal Heirs are most at risk of capture by your opponents, and where the enemy
is strongest.

ADVANCED OPTIONS
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You are next asked to set or reject two Advanced Game options - Advanced
Weather and Advanced Plague - and the level of Autohelp. The Advanced Game
options affect the way the game is played, although neither adds to difficulty.
Use the buttons to toggle these options on or off.

Advanced Weather is checked at the beginning of the player's Turn. The computer
determines wheather this is to be a Fair Weather or a Bad Weather Turn. In Fair
Weather, the game proceeds as normal. In Bad Weather the following restrictions
apply:
    
    1) Armies move only 3 areas per Turn.
    2) No combat or sieges are possible.
    3) Storms at sea occur more often, and can sink ships.

With Adavanced Plague, infection can break out anywhere, not just in towns.
Plague spreads along roads, through ports, and into Towns and Cities. Death is
no longer automatic, but anyone caught in a plague area has a 25% chance of
being killed.
    Select On / Off for each option

AUTOHELP 
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Kingmaker features an On-Line help facility. Before the game begins, you must
select from the following:

    Full Autohelp
    First-use Autohelp
    Disable Autohelp

Full Autohelp provides repeated automatic advice and help on all facets of the
game as you play it.

First-use Autohelp provides the same level of help, but each unit of the
tutorial is displayed only once.

Disable Autohelp removes this facility. It still leaves the Chronicle system
available, in case you need a little specific information later on.

Clicking on the button cycles through these three options. The Autohelp menu
can be accessed during play through the Game Utilities icon.

Having completed your games setup, click on the Exit button. Kingmaker now
completes loading.

COPY SECURITY
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At selected intervals during the game, you may be asked to pass a Copy Security
Check. Your computer displays a picture of a City, Town or Castle featured in
the game, along with a range of page numbers. All the Towns and Castles
featured in this way are listed, with their pictures, in this manual. Find the
correct Town / Castle, and enter its name at the prompt.

OBJECT OF THE GAME
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In Kingmaker, you control a Faction of power-hungry nobles and their
supporters. Your objectiveis to control the last Royal Heir in the game, and
to crown him King of England (or Queen, in the case of Margaret of Anjou). In
other words, you're not trying to become King yourself, but to be the power
behind the throne, the ultimate puppet-master.

To achieve this, you must:
 
   (i) capture and control a Royal Heir;
   (ii) eliminate all his/her rivals; and 
   (iii) have your Heir crowned King in a Cathederal Town or City by an
         Archbishop or two Bishops.

In addition to the Noble members of your Faction, you may control Assets, such
as Offices of the Crown, Mercenaries and Ships. Other Nobles and Assets are
gained during the game which you either bring into play at once, or keep
hidden, ready to be produced at a vital moment.

Of course, in the meantime the opposing (computer-controlled) Factions are
trying to do the same thing...

ROLL OF HONOUR
--------------

Kingmaker includes a Roll of Honour, which carries the names and ranks of those
players who have best fulfilled their destiny. You may enter your name on the
Roll of Honour if you successfully complete the game.

THE ROYAL HEIRS
---------------

Because the Royal Heirs are the key to success or failure in the game, it's
important you understand how they work before you deploy your Assets at the
beginning of the game. The quick capture of a Royal Heir can pay rich dividends
as play unfolds.

THE ROYAL HOUSES
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There are nine potential heirs to the throne of England. These are:

    HOUSE OF LANCASTER                       HOUSE OF YORK

    Henry VI                                 Richard, Duke of York
    Margaret of Anjou                        Edward, Earl of March
    Edward, Prince of Wales                  Edmund, Earl of Rutland
    Beaufort, Duke of Somerset               George, Duke of Clarence
                                             Richard, Duke of Gloucester

CAPTURING ROYAL HEIRS
---------------------

Royal Heirs are captured when Nobles from a Faction occupy the same area on the
map. If the Heir is accompanied by another Faction's Nobles, the enemy must be
defeated in Battle before the Heir can be captured. See the chapter on Combat
to find out how this works.

If the Royal Heir occupies a City, Town or Castle, that place may have to be
captured by siege. This is covered in more detail in the chapter on Sieges.
However, since you may need to overcome a Castle early on in the game (in order
to capture a Royal Heir), the basic idea is presented here.

The total troop strenth of the noble(s) trying to capture the Royal Heir must
be equal to or greater than the Town/Castle's garrison. The example on the
following page should make this clear:

   ( Edward, Earl of March, is in Harlech, which, like all Royal Castles has a
garrison of 200 men. The Percy faction wishes to capture him. Percy himself,
Earl of Northumberland and Constable of Dover Castle, is accompanied by
Stanley. Percy has 100 Troops from his own household and 50 men by virtue of
being Constable of Dover, while Stanley's contribution is another 50 Troops.
That gives Percy a total Troop Strenth of 200. He can besiege Harlech and - when
it falls - will capture Edward )

Every Castle, City and Fortified Town has a garrison.

THE ROYAL HEIRS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME
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In every game, the Royal Heirs start in the same places. These locations are
listed here, along with their garrison, any other Troops who might be there,
and the name of any Office which grants ownership of that place to the Noble
who possesses the Office.

Henry VI - London - The capital is controlled by the Constable of the Tower,
who can sieze Henry directly. Otherwise, London must be besieged by a force of
at least 300 Troops - more if another faction has troops in the City ( and
whoever controls the Constable of the Tower has at least 250).

Margaret of Anjou - Coventry - this Fortified Town must be besieged by a force
of at least 200 troops - more if another faction moves troops in.

Edward, Prince of Wales - Kenilworth - this Royal Castle must be besieged by a
force of at least 200 troops - more if anoter Faction has troops in the Castle.

Beaufort, Duke of Somerset - as mentioned above, Beaufort is a special case,
and enters the game as an ordinary Noble.

Richard, Duke of York - York - This City is controlled by the Archbishop of
York, who can seize Richard directly. Otherwise, York must be besieged by a
force of  at least 300 troops - more if another faction has troops there ( and
anyone who controls the Archbishop has at least 30).

Edward, Earl of March - Harlech - This Royal Castle is controlled by the
Marshall of England, who can seize Edward directly. Otherwise, Harlech must be
besieged by a force of at least 200 troops - more if another faction has troops
in the city ( and whoever controls the Marshall has at least 100).

Edmund, Earl of Rutland - Ireland - the Emerald Isle is controlled by the
Lieutenant of Ireland, who can seize Edmund directly. If no faction controls
the Lieutenant, Edmund can be seized with a minimum force ( provided you have a
ship ), since there is no garrison protecting the Earl. However, if another
Faction controls the Lieutenant of Ireland, and sends him over to guard Edmund,
that Noble has at least 250 troops at his disposal in Ireland, who must be
defeated in Battle before Edmund can be captured.

George, Duke of Clarence - Cardigan - This is an Open Town, with no garrison.
Whoever reaches the town first can seize Clarence easily.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester - Calais - This Town is controlled by the Captain
of Calais, who can seize Edmund directly. Otherwise, Calais must be besieged by
a force of at least 200 troops - more if another faction has troops in the City
( and anyone who controls the Captain of Calais has at least 350 ). Furthermore
the besieging force needs to be transported by Ship. Because of these factors,
Richard is often not captured during the game, but is killedwhen the plague
reaches Calais.

INITIAL STRATEGY
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Planning the risk-free capture of a Royal Heir is one of the most important
parts of the game's opening Turns. Your Faction's opening dispositions and
moves should be geared primarily towards the capture of at least one Royal
Heir. Choosing the right one is a question of balancing a number of variables -
how close are members of your faction to the Heir ? How close are the forces
of opposing Factions ? How well guarded is the Heir ? Is there a Noble in play
who can capture the Heir easily by virtue of an Office they hold ?

For your first few games, the right strategy might seem bewilderingly obscure.
Until you get used to the game, set yourself a simple goal, and go for it.
You'll soon get used to the advantages of certain combinations. For example,
Neville, Earl of Warwick, can start the game close to Kenilworth, Cardigan, or
York. He has 50 Troops automatically. On his own, he can capture Clarence in
Cardigan, unless Herbert can beat him there. With another 150 Troops assigned
to him, he can capture Kenilworth and the Prince of Wales. With 250 extra
Troops he can capture York in the first Turn, or he can enter the City freely
if the Faction controls the Archbishop. This flexibility makes Warwick a
powerful Noble.  

CONTROLLING ROYAL HEIRS
-----------------------

Having captured a Royal Heir, a Faction can begin the process of eliminating
their rivals and having their Heir Crowned King. Each faction may control more
than one Royal Heir, but may not control Heirs from both royal houses 
( Lancaster and York ) for more than two consecutive Turns. After that, one or
the other Heir must be executed.

A Faction may execute any Royal Heir it controls at any time. You are asked if
you wish to execute an Heir at the point at which he or she is captured.
Thereafter, click on the Heir's name in the Family Tree display and you are
asked if you wish to execute him or her.

When you capture Royal Heirs, they are assigned to one of the Nobles in the
Army. The captive royal puppet now follows your army and is in your control
until captured or killed. The presence of a Royal Heir alongside your army
brings a small benefit to its combat abilities, but otherwise he is just a
target for the other Factions to pursue. Make sure you protect your Royal
Heir(s) with ample forces - allowing for even the most unlikley mishaps.

CROWNING ROYAL HEIRS
--------------------

To win the game, you must control the last, Crowned Royal Heir. This implies
two factions. First, the last surviving Heir must be Crowned King, and,
second,you need to see the other Heirs killed.

Some may die at the hands of your enemies. Others may fall into your hands
through victory in Battle or Siege. As you capture Royal Heirs, you must judge
when the moment is right to execute them. Since you become biased towards one
of the Royal Houses, some decisions are easy. On the other hand, knowing when
to "lose" a second member of the same Royal House is more tricky.

The second task ahead of you is to arrange the Coronation of one of your Royal
Hiers. Royal Heirs can be Crowned only in the order of succession for their
Houses. Margaret of Anjou, for example, can only be Crowned once Henry VI is
dead, and Edward, Prince of Wales can become King only after she joins her
husband in the grave.

   NOTE : THAT IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE FOR THEIR TO BE TWO KINGS, A YORKIST AND A
          LANCASTRIAN

In addition to this rule about seniority within each House, their are other
conditions which must be met for a Corronation to take place.

(i) The Heir must occupy a Cathederal. Several Towns and Cities have
Cathederals, from mighty London and York, through lesser Towns like Lincoln and
Exeter, down to small centres like Salisbury or St Davids.

(ii) The Heir must be accompanied by at least one Noble of your Faction.

(iii) The Heir must be accompanied by at least one Archbishop or two Bishops.     

Once you control a Crowned King, you have the power to call Parliment. This may
allow you to give additional Assets to your Faction's Nobles. This power only
resides in a King's Faction when their is but one King - if their is a rival
monarch, the chancellor has the power instead.

On the minus side, a sole Crowned King can be pulled to different parts of the
country to meet Embassies from foreign lands. This can be very awkward, since
it can disrupt your plans, and divide a secure Army into two smaller,
defeatable forces. The fact that Henry VI starts the game as the sole crowned
King can lead to a situation where he is called away from London to an
unfortified town, making him easy to capture.

FACTIONS
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Before the bloody struggle for the Crown can commence, you need to know who
your supporters are, and what resources you have. At the beginning of the game
you are presented with a display containing:

1 All-Britain map, showing places associated with your Faction.

2 The Build Faction Box, showing the Nobles in your Faction.

3 Faction Build controls.

The All-Britain Map shows all of England and Wales, the Scottish Borders, plus
the Irish and French coasts. This is where the action takes place. Several
Cities, Towns and Castles may be picked out in different colours. Gold
locations are Castles belongingto the Nobles of your Faction. Red dots mark
various locations connected with Assets under your control. The white and pink
dots show the locations of Royal Heirs.

In the Build Faction Box at the top right of the screen there is a list of
Nobles, some with Titles, and others not. These are the initial members of your
Faction. The display shows their name, their Title (if any) and the number of
troops under thier immediate command at that moment.

There shold also be a cursor, which you can position with the mouse pointer. To
scroll up or down, click the Left Mouse Button on one of the buttons in the
first row under the Build Faction Box. In order, these are:

Scroll up a Noble
Scroll up a line
Scroll down a line
Scroll down a Noble

You can also position the Cursor by clicking on one of the locations marked in
red or gold on the map. If London, for example, is marked red, click on it and
the cursor moves to show the Office of the Constable of the Tower, an Asset
which grants possession of the City to whichever Noble is given the Office.

During the game you can return to the Build Faction Box display by clicking on
the Faction Icon.

THE INITIAL FACTION BUILD
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Your first task as a power-crazed Kingmaker is to allocate the Assets you have
been given to these Nobles. Click on the Noble Up button a few times, and you
scroll up the list of your Assets.

Each Faction begins with a random assortment of forces. Depending on the number
of computer-controlled Factions you choose during the start-up sequence, you
have 6-18 Nobles and other Assets available. Some, such as the independant
towns, are not featured on the list, but are in your possession on the main
map.

Number of Factions
(inc. Players)                  Assets

      2                            18
      3                            12
      4                             9
      5                             7
      6                             6

There are 9 different elements from which your Faction will be built. These
are:

Titled Nobles
Untitled Nobles
Titles ( Which you can give to untitled Nobles; effectively making them Titled
Nobles.)
Offices ( Which you can give to a Titled Noble.)
Archbishops and Bishops
Mercenaries
Ships
Independant Cities and Towns

Each Asset is listed by it`s name, and several have a numerical value 
attached - these are the Troops which that Asset automatically and permanently
bestows on the Faction. Other benefits may also come from possessing that
Asset.

Independent Towns are not shown in the Faction Box. Instead, your Factions flag
is placed above that town on the Main Map.

You can learn more about any Noble or Asset by positioning the mouse pointer
over it`s icon (the pointer changes shape to a Question Mark as you do so).
Click the Left Mouse Button. You can now read the Chronicle information about
that item.

Once you are happy that you understand the strength of the Assets in your
Faction, you must allocate these to your Nobles. A Noble may only have one
Title, and only Titled Nobles may have Offices. Apart from that, you can
combine these forces as you wish.

Select a Noble by clicking on his name with the mouse pointer; he becomes
highlighted, and the Castles which he possesses flash.

Now you can allocate your resources to capture Royal Heirs and to frustrate the
enemy. No one strategy in Kingmaker works better than all the others, so you
should group your resources in pursuit of a number of key goals - the rapid
capture of Royal Heirs, regional supremacy and security.

LOCATING ROYAL HEIRS
--------------------

The Main Map shows the starting locations of the Royal Heirs - white dots for
the Yorkists, pink dots for tyhe Lancastrians. You`ll see the Yorkist Rutland
in Ireland, and two Lancastrians in the Midlands - Prince Edward and Margaret
of Anjou.

As disscussed above, if one of your Nobles starts the game close to a Royal
Heir, you may wish to ensure he has sufficient strength to capture the Heir at
the beginning of the game. For Clarence, just 10 men can do it; for Prince
Edward, you need 200 to overcome the garrison at Kenilworth. You can `tour`
these locations using the Review button.

ALLOCATING ASSETS
-----------------

Having selected a Noble, scroll through the list of your Faction`s Assets (or
select red locations on the map which are close to your Noble`s castles). Click
on an Asset; it is highlighted and any places on the map associated with that
Asset start flashing. You can select further Assets in the same fashion. When
you have selected the Assets you wish to allocate to that Noble, click on the
Combine button.

The list automatically reconfigures so that the Assets you have allocated to a
Noble are listed directly under his name.

Do the same for other Nobles in your Faction. If you make a mistake, or you`re
unhappy with the way your forces are allocated, you can click a Noble and the
Disperse button to break that grouping up.

The aim is to allocate all of your Assets to the Nobles in your Faction.
However, you may not be able to allocate all the forces at your disposal. For
example, you may have an Office left over, and no Titled Nobles to give it to.
This is unfortunate, and theres nothing you can do about it. Thye Asset is
placed in Chancery when you finish building your Faction. In all other cases,
you hear a warning if you try to leave the Build Faction Phase without having
allocated all your forces.

THE ENEMY FACTIONS
------------------

If you selected Allocate Blind as a pregame option, you must place your forces
in ignorance of the whereabouts of the enemy. Your first chance to see what
opposition you face will come during the first Turn. 

If you selected After Computer, you will have seen the other Factions place
their forces before you start. This should affect your choices. If it looks as
though an enemy Faction has the means to capture a Royal Heir before you, then
you should change your plans. You might also want to avoid starting a Noble in
a part of the country swarming with enemy troops. 

REVIEWING ENEMY FACTIONS
------------------------

You can review the dispositions of the computer controlled Factions by pressing
the Review icon. This function is onlt available if you choose to deploy after
the computer.

Select to view one of the enemy Factions, or the Royal Heirs. You are given a
`guided tour` of each Faction you select, working through the Nobles
one-by-one.

Use Review to take note of where enemy Nobles are, and where their strengths
are. What Royal Heirs are they likely to move after ? Is there an option for
your Faction to pounce on an isolated Noble ?

Click the Right Mouse Button to return to the Build Faction view.

STARTING LOCATIONS
------------------

When you have completed allocating your forces, click on the Proceed button.
Select a starting location for each Noble in turn - their Home Castles are the
flashing [gold] `spots' (other locations associated with them through Offices,
etc are shown in [white]). Click the mouse pointer to select a Castle.

RAISING THE STANDARDS
---------------------

After you click on the Proceed Icon, your Faction raises its standards,
proclaiming its cadidacy for power. It is 1453 and Margaret of Anjou has just
produced an heir for Henry VI. The Yorkists se their chance to seize the throne
slipping away. The times are out of joint; let slip to the dogs of war...

The other Factions, your oponents in the race for power, raise their standards
likewise. Depending on which option was selected at the start, they show their
hand either before or after you have deployed your forces.

OBSERVING THE ENEMY
-------------------

You can keep an eye on the other Factions using the full map and the Review
option.

Click on the arrow in the botton left corner of the small map in the
Information Box (click the RMB to make this visible). This brings up the main
map showing the location of enemy forces and unclaimed Royal Heirs.

You can also click on the Review icon on the main panel. This works exactly the
same way as the Review in the Build Faction display.

THE FAMILY TREE
---------------

You can also gain intelligence about the Royal Heirs through the Family Tree
icon.

This lists the Royal Heirs, by House, in their order of precedence. Where a
Royal Heir has been killed, their names are "crossed out". Where a Royal Heir
has been captureed by a Faction, this is indicated by a bar in the colour of
that Faction under the Heir's name. If a Royal Heir has been crowned King, this
is indicated by a crown beside his or her name.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY
---------------

Depending on the option you selected at the beginning of the game, your Faction
is opposed by 1 - 5 other Factions, equally determined to seize unchallenged
power.

IDENTIFYING FACTIONS
--------------------

 Throughout the game, each Faction's resources are marked by a single colour.
The player's Faction is always green. Each Factions colour is used to signify:

i) The Faction to which a Noble belongs; the background colour behind their
sheilds is the same as their Faction's.
ii) Cities, Towns and Castles controlled by that Faction, which are marked by a
flag of the appropriate colour on the map.
iii) Royal Heirs captured by that Faction (on the Family Tree).

In addition, the most senior Noble of the Faction gives his name to the Faction
as a whole - messages will speak of "Percy's Faction", or "Mowbray's Faction".

COMPUTER CONTROLLED FACTIONS
----------------------------

Computer-controlled Factions have the same goal as you. They try to control one
Royal Heir, and eliminate the others. To do this they need to defeat enemy
Factions.

Each Noble in a computer-controlled Faction is rated for his Aggressivness,
Mercy and Ambition. As you play, you'll appreciate how Nobles display different
degrees of each attribute. If you read through the historical information in
the second half of this manual, you can work out for yourself who are the
bloodthirsty, gramping ego-maniacs...

Aggression measures the extent to which the Noble is prepared to take risks in
seeking battle. Aggressive Nobles fight more battles when the odds are less
heavily stacked in their favour. They also take greater personal risks in
combat.

Mercy measures the extent to which the Noble is prepared to temper his Ambition
and Aggression with a measured and less bloodthirsty attitude towards his
opponents. This particularly affects how the Noble deals with prisoners.

Ambition dictates how readily the senior Noble in a Faction seeks and uses the
instruments of State - Corinations and Parliment - in pursuit of his goal.

The computer checks the attributes of Faction Leaders or local commanders
whenever it is decising on how the factions controls will behave.

WHAT ARE THEY UP TO ?
---------------------

As previously stated, you can Review the whereabouts of all or some of the
Nobles in different enemy Factions by clicking on the Review icon of the Build
Faction display.

FACTION RIVALRY
---------------

The computer-controlled Factions have their programmed priorities (which aren't
so very different to the player's). However, during the game, these become
unballanced by specific rivalry between Factions.

Each computer-controlled Faction records the injuries done to it by other
Factions (including the player's). Each Battle fought increases the rivalry
between it's participants. The execution of a Noble can increase it even more.

These rivalries become sharper and more intense as the game goes on. The
computer-controlled Factions seek out enemy Factions with whom they have the
most intense rivalry, looking for revenge...

THE SEQUENCE OF PLAY
--------------------

Play continues in turns, until one faction acheives the victory conditions -
namely, control of the sole remaining royal heir, crowned King of England.

In each turn, each faction proceeds through upto six phases, namely:

Events Phase - the vagaries of chance.

Movement Phase - your chance to move all or some of your forces.

Combat Phase - all battles and seiges are resolved.

Parliment Phase - the King (if there is only one) or the Chancellor may summon
                  Parliment.

Coronation Phase - the first royal heir in order of succession from either
                   royal house may be crowned.

Reinforcement Phase - each faction recieves additional forces, which may be
                      allocated immediately or kept hidden.

ORDER OF PLAY
-------------

The faction controlling the Office of Chancellor of England moves first,
followed by the others in rotation. Should the Chancellor's Office not be in
play, the most senior cleric from the following list determines which faction
starts first.

Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of York
Bishop of Durham
Bishop of Carlisle
Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Norwich

If this does not decide the issue, the faction with the greatest number of
permanent troops moves first.

EVENTS
------

Plagues, emissaries from foreign lands, storms at sea, raids, revolts... a
turbulent world is turning while you and your rivals squabble over the throne.

During this phase of each faction's turn, you are kept informed of events in
the Kingdom through the Information Window in the top right of the screen.

Events can create opportunities, or rob a well-planned strategy of a vital
component. Watch them carefully. It is possible for there to be no event during
a factions turn. Some events affecting an enemy faction are kept secret from
you.

The different types of event are listed here, along with their effects.

PLAGUES
-------

Plague strikes at one or more cities and towns. Any noble in that town is
killed immediately. The plague does not affect the surrounding countryside,
though it will affect any port attatched to the town.

Before the game, you can toggle on the Optional Plague Rules. Under these
rules, plague can break out in a port at anytime. Once it does, it spreads
widely, area by area. It moves fastest along the coast, port to port, and into
areas which contain armies.

Any noble, royal heir, Archbishop or Bishop who spends any part of a turn in an
area affected by plague under Optional Rules may contract the disease, and be
slain. In addition, merecnaries may desert if there leaders insist on passing
through plague-ifested regions.

STORMS AT SEA
-------------

Storms drive all ships at sea into the nearest port at once ( obviously, if a
ship is already in port, there is no effect), a friendly one if possible, a
neutral one as second choice. A ship forced into a neutral or hostile port may
have difficulty leaving again...

RAIDS, REVOLTS AND PIRACY
-------------------------

Because of the unrest in different parts of the realm, nobles amy be forced to
leave the armies they march with, in order to meet the threat. Nobles may be
summoned because of their title, or because of an office or bishop they hold.
All forces associated with the summoned noble move with him. Other nobles in
the same army do not move. [ The only choice a faction has concerns royal
heirs: if an heir is present in an army split up through summonsof this kind,
the faction chooses who the royal heir remains with.]

The noble moves into the place named on the summons. If the location is no
longer friendly, the noble remains outside instead.

If a noble is summoned to two seperate locations by virtue (for example) his
title and his office, he goes to the first location named by the event.

Nobles in beseiged castles, at sea, on an island or in Calais cannot respond
even if they have a ship close-at-hand.

EMBASSY
-------

News of the arrival of an embassy causes the King to move at once to the place
where the meeting is to take place. Embassies do not arrive when there is no
King, or when there are two. Any nobles accompanying the King when the embassy
is announceed must move to the meeting place with him.

If the King is beseiged in a town or castle, or if he is at sea, on an island
or in Calais, he cannot respond even if he has a ship close-at-hand.

FRESH HORSES
------------

Factions may recieve fresh horses. These are recorded in the icon on the main
control panel.

Fresh horses allow a single noble, royal heir or bishop to move twice in a
single turn. To move more than one noble in a stack, one set of fresh horses is
required for each noble. To use fresh horses, inspect an army. If your faction
has sufficient fresh horses, you will be offered the option to use them, and to move
4 extra areas.

PARLIMENTARY SUMMONS
--------------------

A faction which includes the Chancellor may receive a Writ of Parlimentary
Summons. The faction retains this summons, and can play it at an appropriate
time to summon a session of parliment. See "Parliments"

If a faction loses control of the Chancellor, all the summons they hold are
discarded.

Factions may also receive Writs of Attendance. Thaeir use is also described in
the Chapter on "Parliments".

MERCENARIES GO HOME
-------------------

Finally, a factions foreign mercenaries may be called home. This affects all
mercenaries, except the Scots and Irish.

CONTROLLING THE ACTION
----------------------

During the movement phase of the player turn, you have the option to inspect
areas in detail, and to move some or all of your forces. During the computer
factions turn, you will see their forces move.

THE AREA MAP
------------

Play now switches to the area map display.

GAME CONTROLS
-------------

On the right of the screen, there is an Information Box, and the following
icons.

1 Faction Build Key

This returns you to the Faction Box, where you can make changes to your
factions line-up. You can also use the Review function to observe where other
factions have their armies, and where the royal heirs are.

2 Family Tree

You can gain intelligence about the royal heirs through the Family Tree icon.

This lists the royal heirs, by house, in their order of precedence. Where a
royal heir has been killed, that character's name will be "crossed-out". Where
a royal heir has been captured by a faction, this is indicated by a bar in the 
colour of that faction. If a royal heir has been crowned King, this is
indicated by the crown beside his name.

3 Secret Support

During the Reinforcement Phase of the game, factions may be joined by
additional nobles. These can be brought into play through the Secret Support
button. See the Chapter on Reinforcement.

4 Chronicle Key

Use the menus to discover detailed information about various parts of the game.
Click on the item you wish to read.

5 Review

This allows you to discover the whereabouts of royal heirs and enemy nobles.

6 Where Is...?

Use this to track down nobles, royal heirs, bishops, towns or any other item.

7 Save Game Options

You can store upto eight saved games on your hard disk. Click on a line to
highlight it, type in a unique name, and hit return. Click on Save the game to
return to play.

You can also restore a saved game from here.

8 Game Options

From here you can restart the game (return to the New Game option). Quit,
toggle the sound On/Off and alter the Auto-Help setting (click on the button to
cycle through the options).

9 Fresh Horses

This records how many fresh horses your faction has. See Movement for the way
to use fresh horses in the game.

THE MOVEMENT PHASE
------------------

At the beginning of your turn, the area map centres one of your nobles. His
sheild flashes, to show that he is waiting for orders.

Nobles are represented on the area map by their heraldic sheilds. If two or
more nobles are grouped together in an army, only the most senior is shown.

INSPECT
-------

Basic intelligence about most items can be gathered by clicking on them with
the RMB. Details appear in the Information Box.

You can look at different parts of Britain using the large-scale map in the top
right window. Click the pointer an any part of this map, and the main area map
centres on the selected area. Click on the button in the bottom left corner to
bring up the full map of Britain. If you click on that map, the display returns
to the detailed view.

NOBLES / ARMIES
---------------

Click the RMB on a noble's sheild, and the Information Box displays the names
of the noble leading the army, any lesser nobles or royal heirs with him and
this summary:

Troop Strenth
B = Archbishops / Bishops
R = Royal Heirs
S = Ships (controlled by a member of that army)

If the Noble occupies a City, Fortified Town or Castle, His troop strength is
strengthened by its garrison. This is shown by a "+" sign after the troop
strength number. Garrisons are disscussed in the Seiges section.

CASTLES CITIES AND TOWNS
------------------------

When you inspect a castle, town or city, you are shown an illustration, the
place's name, and three pieces of information:

C = Capacity - the maximum number of troops the location can hold (excluding
its own garrison);

G = Garrison - the number of troops the location adds to a defending army;

S = the current total of troops present.

SHIPS
-----

When you inspect a ship, you are shown it's name, any passengers on board, and
whether its at sea or in port.

MOVEMENT
--------

During your turn's movement phase you may move each of your nobles and ships
along with all forces stacked with them.

Each noble can command an army consisting of the assets he controls directly,
plus any lesser nobles placed under his command (see Combining/Dividing
Armies) along with any captured royal heirs.

When you move an army or ship its marker moves across the map, area by area.
The map automatically re-centres if a unit moves close to the edge of the
visible map.

Each of your armies and ships is presented in turn, requiring your orders. You
have the following options:

No Move: hit the SPACEBAR if you do not wish to move that army at all this
turn, or to halt an army before it has used its full movement allowance.

Delay Move: hit TAB if you wish to move this force later in your turn.

Move: details of which follow.

NOBLES / ARMIES
---------------

To move an individual noble or an army, move the pointer across the map in the
direction you wish to go. As the pointer moves over areas adjacent to the army,
it changes shape.

Click on the area, and the army moves there. Each army can move five areas. The
number of moves an army has left is shown on its sheild.

FRESH HORSES
------------

During previous events phases, you may have received frash horses. These are
recrded on your Command Panel.

Fresh horses allows you to move one noble or royal heir an extra 4 areas (2 in
bad weather). One set of fresh horses is required for each noble or royal heir
in an army. Inspect an army, and - if you have enough fresh horses - you will
be asked if you wish to use them to complete this move.

TERRAIN EFFECTS
---------------

Caertain terrain affects movement.

Forest - Any move into a forest area ends there. You can move out next turn.

Estuaries - Land forces cannot cross estuaries.

Sea - Only ships may enter sea areas. Nobles require ships to make sea
crossings.

Rivers have no effect on the game, except when they act as area boundaries.

If you try to make an illegal move an audible warning sounds.

ROAD MOVEMENT
-------------

In addition, an army may move by road, provided it starts the movement phase in
an area bisected by a road.

As you move the pointer over the map, beyond normal range of land movement, the
pointer changes shape.

Whenever it passes over an area to which there is a direct, unblocked road
connection. Click on the area, and the army moves directly there.

Not all road areas will be accessible. Road movement is blocked by neutral or
unfriendly fortified towns cities or castles. It is not blocked by the presence
of enemy forces.

You cannot combine road with ordinary movement.

CASTLES, TOWNS AND CITIES
-------------------------

Towns and castles are part of the area they occupy. When selecting an area to
move into, click either on the open area, or directly onto the castle city or
town you wish to enter. If a force enters an area containing a town or castle,
it may pass by or remain outside freely.

If, however, you wish the army to occupy the town or castle click directly on
its symbol.

STATUS OF TOWNS AND CITIES
--------------------------

Your ability to enter a town or castle depends on its status. Towns can be
open, fortified or unfortified. All cities are fortified. Naturally, so are all
castles.

Open towns (Cardigan, Hereford and Kinston) are friendly to all factions. They
can be occupied and besieged, but never controlled. As soon as an occupying
army moves out, an open town reverts to its original status. Unless defended by
a factional army, they pose no hinderance to mevement. Cardigan, where George,
Duke of Clarence starts the game, is a particularly important open town.

Unfortified towns have no major effect on the game, though they may also be
ports and/or cathederals. They can be defended, but without advantage to the
defender. They can never be controlled. Unless defended the pose no hiderance
to movement.

CONTROL OF CASTLES TOWNS AND CITES
----------------------------------

As the game progresses, the control of key locations becomes vital. From any
factions perspective, all castles cities and fortified towns are eitheer
friendly, neutral or hostile.

Friendly places are those controlled by the moving faction. They may be freely
entered, and place no restriction on road or other movement.

Neutral places are controlled by no faction. No noble or army may enter them;
they must first be captured by siege. They block road movement.

Hostile places are those belonging to other factions. They block road movement
and can only be captured by siege.

Sieges are covered in the Combat Chapter. Obviously, once a place is captured
by siege, it becomes friendly to the faction who capture it.

CAPACITY
--------

The only other restriction on entering castles, towns or cities is that the
capacity of the place must not be exceeded by the troop strength of the
visitors. Different places have different capacities:

Unfortified Town        =  n/a
Towns(inc. Open Towns)  =  400
Cities                  =  unlimited
Noble Castles           =  300
Royal castles           =  300

If an army's troop strength is too great to enter the town or castle, the army
must be split up to allow a portion to enter. The remainder are left outside.

COMBINING / DIVIDING ARMIES
---------------------------

Nobles and armies of the same faction can be combined by moving one onto the
other during the movement phase. The armies combine automatically.

To divide an army, double click the LMB on its sheild. You are shown a list of
the nobles and royal heirs in that army. Select those you wish to stay together
by clicking on their name with the LMB, then click on the combine button. Then
hit the proceed button, and play continues. This is, in effect a simpler
version of the Build Faction routine allowing you to "allocate" nobles to
different armies.

ENEMY ARMIES
------------

Enemy forces pose no hinderance to movement. If an army ends its movement in
the same area as an enemy army, [ a message explains that you are skirmishing
with the opposing force.] You are given the option to attack in the combat
phase.

SEA MOVEMENT
------------

Armies may also be moved by ship. Any noble moved into a friendly or unfotified
port in which the faction also has a ship may embark. Click on the ship as you
would click on any other destination and the noble/army moves to the ship and
boards it. All ships move later in a factions turn, after the armies, and are
moved independently, without passengers.

Any number of nobles may travel together on a ship, but they must be combined
into one army before they board the ship. Only one army can travel on a ship.

Ships can be inspected (by clicking on the ship's marker with the RMB).

Sea movement is conducted in the same manner as land movement. When a ship is
flashing, it is waiting for orders. Move the pointer over an adjacent sea area
and it changes shape. Click on the area for the ship to move there.

Ships may move upto 5 areas. Ports count as seperate areas. A ship can leave
port and move into the adjacent sea area, or from a sea area to a port on its
periphery, including along estuaries.

FAIR WINDS
----------

Fair winds allow you to move one ship and all its passengers an extra 5 areas
(3 during bad weather). You only discover if the weather is set fair once you
start moving.

ENTERING PORT
-------------

As soon as a ship enters a port movement ceases and all passengers
automatically disembark. They cannot move until the next turn.

Ships may not enter fortified, neutral or unfriendly port unless forced to do
so by an event (sheltering from a storm, for example). A ship which occupies a
neutral port is free to leave in the follwing turn. A ship which occupies a
port controlled by another faction may not leave.

If a faction loses control of a ship while it is at sea (through the loss, for
example, of the office to which the ship is attatched or the seizure of its
home port), the ship may complete its journey before it is lost.

Ships cannot block the movement of other ships, nor do they engage in combat.

REINFORCEMENTS
--------------

Reinforcements can be made active at any time during the movement phase. Nobles
are brought into play through the secret support icon. Other assets can be
assigned to a noble through the Build Faction screen.

THE COMBAT PHASE
----------------

Any army which ends its movement in the same area as an opposing factions army
can attack the enemy during the combat phase. If you move an army onto the
heraldic sheild representing the other factions forces, a message appears to
tell you that you are skirmishing with the enemy. If it was your intention to
attack, and you do not get this message when you move, try moving the army
within the area.

An individual noble or army may only attack once per turn. If the defending
force occupies a city, fortified town or castle, they can only be attacked by
siege. This is covered in the next chapter.

CHOOSING TO ATTACK
------------------

When an army of the player's faction ends its movement in the same area as an
enemy force, a box appears, detailing the forces present in the area, and
asking you if you wish to attack or evade it.

Control is covered in Advanced Battle.

If you evade, and their is more than one army present in the area, you will be
offered the chance to attack the second. If not your army has completed its
turn. Evading doesn't mean that there can't still be a battle here; the enemy
faction may attack you during its turn.

Computer-controlled nobles are rated for their aggression. Some, such as
Warwick, seek battle almost at any odds. Others, such as Fitzalan, only attack
when they know they can win. Experience will expose the more aggressive nobles.

All nobles in an army contribute their troop strength to a grand total. As has
been shown, you can inspect an enemy force by clicking the RMB on its heraldic
sheild during the movement phase.

BATTLE RESOLUTION
-----------------

If you elect to attack, if you are attacked by an enemy faction, or if there is
a battle between two computer-controlled factions, heralds bring word of the
outcome.

Battles can be delayed by storms or bad weather. In the basic game, there is a
small chance of a storm preventing a battle. Using the advanced weather option,
combat is immpossible during a bad weather turn.

A battles outcome is decided through a simple calculation. The troop strength
of the attacker is compared to the troop strength of the defender, and
expressed as a ratio. This can be a simple majority, 5:4, 3:2, 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1.
The ratio is always rounded down in favour of the smaller force.

For example, if a force of 410 troops attacked an army of just 280, the ratio
would be 1.95:1, which falls somewhere between 3:2 and 2:1. The battle ratio is
therefore 3:2 in the attacker's favour

Each battle can either be a victory for the larger army, or indecisive. The
odds on either outcome depend on the ratio between the forces.

ATTACKING WITH A SMALLER ARMY
-----------------------------

Small forces can attack larger ones in the hope of killing one or more nobles
in the opposing army. The odds are calculated in the same manner as for an
attack by a larger army, but reversed.

THE OUTCOME
-----------

The following are the approximate odds against a decisive victory for the
larger army.

BATTLE                                OUTCOME
RATIO                       VICTORY               INDECISIVE

1:1                           15%                    85%
5:4                           25%                    75%
3:2                           40%                    60%
2:1                           55%                    45%
3:1                           70%                    30%
4:1+                          85%                    15%

Having calculated the outcome, the computer displays the result on the screen.
In a decisive battle the smaller army is destroyed. An indecisive outcome means
it has escapes to fight another day.

CASUALITIES
-----------

Even in an indecisive battle, there can be critical losses on either side. The
battle result names nobles killed in the affray. Each noble has a variable
chane of becoming a fatality, the more aggressive nobles having the highest
chance. On average, the odds are about 1-in-12 (8%).

In an indecisive battle, where no major victory is scored by either side, those
nobles who cheated death leave the field of battle with their lives and other 
assets intact.

In a decisive battle, on the other hand, all the loser's surviving nobles are
captureed, and many of the forces they controlled may be lost through ransom.

The outcome of all battles - even those between computer-controlled factions -
are shown. The herald brings news of the deaths of royal heirs or your deadly
rivals, be it on the battlefield or through savage execution.

AMBUSH
------

If a small army attacks a largerone at odds worse than 1:4, it will certainly
be decisively defeated. The only point in such a suicidal attack is that it
might lead to the death of a more important noble in the larger army. Only one
noble in the larger army can be killed in this way.

An ambush is a desperate tactic, but it might just mean that you kill off a
noble controlling 300 men for the loss of a minor pawn like Audley...

EXECUTING CAPTURED NOBLES
-------------------------

To the victor, the spoils. The victorious faction decides how to deal with
captured nobles and their possessions. If you are the victorious party in a
decisive battle, a box appears, listing the nobles you have captured one by
one. The information box displays the assets available for ransom. For each
noble, you are asked whether he is to be executed, ransomed or set free. 

If executed, the noble is removed from his faction, along with any assets ne
held. Titles and offices are placed in chancery; other assets are removed. All
towns, cities or castles controlled by that noble, either directly or through
his assets, become neutral and all occupants are expelled.

If set free, the noble returns to play with all his assets intact. Why would
you do it ? Remeber faction rivalry. Killing a noble may take him out of the
game, but his faction may never forgive or forget your action.

RANSOMING A CAPTURED NOBLE
--------------------------

Alternatively, a faction can attempt to ransom all or some of it's captives. If
successful, the faction takes control of all or some of the assets of the
captured noble's faction in exchange for his freedom.

Nobles titles and offices cannot be taken. Nor can any asset gained as part of
another asset (for example, the town of Lincoln, which is part of the holding
of the Bishop of Lincoln).

Royal heirs, Archbisops and Bishops, ships and certain towns which are not
attatched to offices or other assets can be taken as ransom, along with all
troops and other assets connected with them.

Select one or more of the items displayed in the information box, and then
click on the ransom button. You will be told either that the ransom is agreed,
in which case your army gains control of the assets, and the noble is set free,
or that the demand is refused. In the latter case, you are offered to either
set the noble free, or to execute him.

Naturally the more you demand, the less likely it is that the other faction
will agree to your demands.

If a royal heir is captured, the option is given to execute him at once, you
cannot ransom royalty.

All mercenaries in the defeated army are destroyed, and are removed from the
factions strength immediately.

MERCY OR VENGEANCE ?
--------------------

If the player's faction is the loser, the computer displays the extent of it's
malice or mercy. It may allow you to ransom your nobles. You must decide
whether the ransom is worth paying. Sometimes, a noble is set free even without
a ransom being paid.

If a ransom is demanded, you will be told of which noble is being considered,
and which of your assets demands. You may either accept or reject the demands.

The computer-factions have their own rationale for deciding when to set a noble
free, when to execute, and when to demand ransom. As part of this, through
faction rivalry, they keep a note of how you treat the prisoners you capture.
The more generous you are, the more likely they are to be generous with you. On
the other hand, if you execute proisoners regularly, you can be sure you will
be at the centre of every other faction's vengeful plans.

HEIRS
-----

Nobles killed in battle or executed afterwards are removed from play. Their
heirs may appear later through the reinforcement phase.

CHANCERY
--------

The titles (where these are not permanently attatched to a titled noble) and
offices of nobles who die as a consequence of battle are in chancery (see the
parliment chapter). They only re-enter play through the summoning of Parliment.

EXECUTING ROYAL HEIRS
---------------------

As has been previously mentioned, when royal heirs are captured, you are given
the choice of whether to execute them immediately or hold them prisoner. You
must decide if the royal heir has any potential place in your plans; if not,
then you must act with appropriate brutality...

You are faced with the same decision if you capture heirs from both opposed
royal houses. You can only sit on the fence in the dispute between York and
Lancaster for a short while. After two turns, you are asked to choose which
royal heir you will continue to support, and which will meet his inevitable
fate.

During play, if you decide that a royal heir you have been holding prisoner
becomes superfluous, then click on the family tree button. From this display,
select the name of the noble you have decided you no longer need. You are given
the opportunity to execute the poor wretch. If you select YES, the headsman
will be summoned at once.

The computer-controlled factions are making the same kinds of decisions.
Ambitious nobles find it easier to kill royal heirs than more reserved
characters. Sooner or later, though, the royal heirs must decline and die,
until but one remains...

ADVANCED BATTLE RULES
---------------------

At any time in the game, you may fight a Battle usong the advanced battle
rules. Simply select Control when the option to attack or defend is offered to
you. Instead of the normal resolution of the conflict, you are taken to the
battlefield to take command of your army.

By superior generalship and good fortune, you may find that you achieve a
greater level of success than the normal calculation
inspires.

THE PLAN OF BATTLE
------------------

Before the battle, you must allocate your forces, under the command of the
nobles you have in that army, to their places on the battlefield.

Your army will consist of two lines, a front rank and a reserve, and each line
divided into a right wing, centre and left wing, according to the accepted
military practice of the day.

The nobles in your army (along with any royal heirs and mercenaries) are listed
in the information box. Select them one-by-one and place them in one of the six
"slots" available. You might, for example (and this would be normal practice)
place your most senior noble in the centre of the front rank. Continue to do
this until all your forces have been allocated a place on the battlefield.

As you allocate your nobles, their sheild appears in that position, and the box
underneath records their troop strength. Mercenaries, likewise, add their
strength to that battalion. A Royal Heir merely adds himself, but he gives that
battalion an edge in the coming fight.

SCALING
-------

To make things easier to handle on screen, the computer automatically scales
larger forces down (equally on both sides!), so that each man on the screen
equals 2.5 or even 10 actual troops. As your nobles are placed in position, the
troop strength given in the box shows their actual size.

COMMAND
-------

The first noble placed in each position commands that "battalion" once fighting
begins. It pays to have a noble in command of each battalion, since they will
relay your orders more successfully. More than one noble can be placed in a
battalion, adding his troop strength, but he has no command role.

"SPILLING"
----------

Somtimes , even having taken scaling into account, one noble brings a
disproportionate number of troops to the field, for example, if one noble
controls 200 troops out of an army of 220.

Each of the "battalions" can hold a maximum of 30 men (after scaling has been
taken into account). If a noble is placed in command of a battalion, and he has
more than 30 men, the excess will "spill" into a neighbouring battalion. Unless
another noble is then placed in command of this neighbouring battalion, these
troops remain under the direct command of their lord.

Naturally, it makes sense to make certain that as many of your battalions as
possible have a noble to command them. Your troops are an unwieldy bunch, and
once the fighting starts it's very difficult to manouvre them around the
battlefield.

Of course, if you have less than six nobles, you can't place a noble in command
of each battalion, so there may be battalions who take their orders from a
distant noble. They will suffer from delays and errors accordingly. An army of
200 men with 6 nobles involved will be easier to command than an army of 200
all undre one noble.

THE BATTLEFIELD
---------------

Having laid out your forces, the action now shifts to the battlefield itself.
Your army, dressed in red, and with it's green banners prominent, will be
arrayed opposite the host of your opponent.

Your men are arrayed in their "battalions", as you deployed them. The front
rank is nearest the enemy, with the centre separated from the left and the
right.

In each battalion, there is a mix of spearmen, archers and men-at-arms,
normally in three ranks. The numbers of each type are decided by the source of
the troop strength you placed in the battalion. For example, the noble's own
household troops contribute 1/3 srearmen, 1/3 archers and 1/3 men-at-arms
(which means that the 30 troop strength Talbot commands supply 10 of each).
Most troops supplied by virtue of office or by bishops are 1/3 spearmen and 2/3
archers. Some mercenary units are all archers.

Your nobles appear mounted on dark horses under a banner. Any royal heirs you
have are mounted on white horses.

To move round the battlefield, move the mouse pointer and press the LMB. The
view centres on the pointer.

There is a menu bar across the top of the screen. Use this to cammand the
action. The first thing you will want to do is to issue orders.

ORDERS
------

Select the orders box in the menu bar.

Each battalion is divided into two "companies" of 15 men. You can give orders
to each company individually, or - by giving orders to the noble - to the whole
battalion. You can also give orders to royal heirs, who have no command role.

Select a company by clicking on one of its soldiers using the RMB. If you move
the pointer around the map, you will now see a ylloe line appear. Select a
target - this can either be a place or an enemy soldier. If you select an open
area on the map, your selected company marches in that direction. If you select
an enemy noble or soldier to be the target, when you release the button you are
presented with a pair of icons.

If you select the `man' icon, your chosen company will attempt to engage that
target in combat, traking them acrossthe battlefield. If you selectthe `area'
icon, your chosen men move to the target area.

When you give orders to the whole battalion through their commanding noble, you
are given an additonal pair of icons to select from. Select the arrow icon if
you wish your troops to advance to the attack. Select the shield if you want
them to halt in place immediately.

As soon as they come into range, your archers open fire on the enemy. They have
a limited supply of arrows - once these have gone they become spearmen. Your
men will also melee automatically if they come into contact with enemy troops.
Normally, once this occurs they will be virtually impossible to control again,
and will ingnore any fresh orders you try to give them.

REVIEW
------

You can review which orders each unit has by clicking on the review box in the
menu bar. Select a unit. You will see where it has been ordered to march to.

STATUS
------

Once the battle begins, you may wish to see how healthy your forces are. Select
the status box in the menu bar.

Select a unit with the RMB. You will See the name of its commander, its type
(spearmen, archers, men-at-arms or noble) and its status.

Status is a measure of the unit's cohesion, how well it is capable of
performing its duties. Nobles and men-at-arms start as elite forces; all other
start as firm. The presence of a royal heir in a battalion makes allunits in
that battalion start as elite troops.

As a unit takes missile fire, or is batteredin a melee, it reduces its status,
falling to shaken then routed.

A shaken unit tries to retreat out of mele and missile range.

A routed unit tries to flee the battlefield.

CONTINUE
--------

Having inspected your army and given your orders, select the continue box in
the menu bar.

The battle commences. Your men attempt to obey their orders, click the RMB to
recover the menu bar.

Once a battalion is deeply engaged in battle, they become incapable of obeying
fresh orders. Commanding a mediaeval army was an impressive science at its
best.

You may also find that your battalion commanders may exercise a little
"discretion", if they feel they should be taking a more active or passive role.
Under fire, or faced with an opponent against whom the faction has a strong
faction rivalry, an agressive noble might ignore your order to stand firm, and
charge into the fray. On the other hand, a less agressive noble might be slow
in obeying an order to attack.

NOBLE CASUALTIES
----------------

During a battle, nobles and royal heirs can be killed. Each arrow strike or
melee blow has a small chance of killing one of these prominent figures. The
battle continues, but all units in a battalion commanded by a noble who is
slain, or who were accompanied by a royal heir who fell, suffer an immediate
fall in status.

VICTORY!
--------

The battle continues until one of the following occurs:

(i) One of the armies completely routs from the battlefield. This counts as a
decisive victory for the other side.

(ii) 50% or more of each army routs, in which case the battle is indesisve.

With the battle over, the game returns to its normal display. If the victory
was a decisive one, all the defeated army's nobles will be prisoners, and can
be ransomed, executed or set free in the usual fashion.

You can speed up the conclusion of a battle by using either of the other
buttons on the menu bar. Fight places the battle into a quicker mode. You won't
be able to access the menu bar any longer, and all combat damage is doubled.
Click on surrender when your position is too hopeless to cantinue. This at
least means your remaining nobles survive until the ransom routine...

SIEGES
------

If an army belonging to one faction attacks another faction's forces occupying
a city, town or castle, a siege must take place. In order to declare a siege,
the attacking army must have a troop strength of at least an equal size to the
opposing army, including the garrison.

GARRISONS
---------

Garrisons resist sieges, even when no other troops of their faction are
present. This is particularly important when considering neutral towns.

The number of garrison troops depends on the location.

TYPE                                    GARRISON

UNFORTIFIED TOWN                        NONE

TOWNS                                   200
(inc. open towns)  

CITIES                                  300

NOBLE CASTLES                           200

ROYAL CASTLES                           100

Open towns only provide a garrison while occupied by a faction's forces. At
other times they have a garrison strength of 0, and can be freely entered.

When you inspect an army, the presence of additonal garrison troops is
signified by a "+" sign. If you inspect a place, the size of its garrison is
given after the "G", and the total troop strength (including any nobles'
forces) after the "S".

If the attacking army's troop strength falls below the size of the defender's
army (including the garrison), the siege is lifted. This can happen if the
attack is delayedand the attacker weakened by events. EDuring the movement
phase, the besieger voluntarily raise the siege by moving away.

SIEGE RESOLUTION
----------------

Each turn after a siege is declared, there is an 85% chance that the defenders
will capitulate. In the meantime, as in battle, nobles can be killed in the
fighting. A display shows all nobles who perish in this way.

The siege may be successful immediately, or it may take a number of turns to be
successful. This largely depends on good weather; a siege cannot proceed during
storms (basic game) or a bad weather turn (advanced weather option(.

During their turn, the defenders (excluding the garrison) may sally forth to
give battle (particularly if the odds aren't too much against them). They can
join forces with a relieveing army but they can't move away from the castle.

Once the besieged defenders surrender, the outcome is shown on screen. All
those within are captured, and may be dealt with in the same way as nobles
captured after a decisive battle.

A city, town or castle captured in this way becomes fiendly to the victor, even
if it is associated with an office or asset. It only becomes neutral if the
faction is destroyed.

No-one may get in or out of a town or castle under siege.

THE PARLIMENT PHASE
-------------------

During the course of play, titles and offices may become "vacant" as nobles are
killed. These assets are placed in chancery and can only be brought returned to
play by parliment.

CHANCERY
--------

Titles and offices appear in chancery through one of two methods.

(i) Some factions may not be able to allocate all the assets they begin the
game with (because they did not have enough nobles). The excess is placed in
chancery.

(ii) Any offices or seperate titles held by a noble killed through plague,
battle or execution are placed in chancery.

Not all titles can be seperated from their nobles, even by death. Some nobles
have a title permanently associated with them. If they are killed, and their
heir appears later in the game, the heir automatically has the title.

SUMMONING PARLIMENT
-------------------

Parliment may be summoned during the parliment phase of any faction's turn. It
is summoned in one of two ways.

(i) If there is one crowned King (or Queen), the faction controlling that royal
heir may call parliment.

(ii) If there is no crowned King / Queen, or if there are two, the chancellor
must also issue a writ of parlimentary summons (these are gained through the
events phase and stored among the factions secret assets).

In either case, the King or chancellor must occupy a town or city (excluding
Calais or anywhere under siege), and must also possess at least one writ of
attendance (likewise gained through the events phase).

If all these conditons are met, the faction controlling the King or chancellor
is told how many assets are in chancery, and is offered the opportunity to call
parliment.

WRIT OF ATTENDANCE
------------------

Having decided to call a parliment, the faction must first serve a writ of
attendance on a noble in one of the other factions. You are asked to select
which noble receives a writ from a list in the information box of all the
nobles in play. Use the scroll buttons to move through the list, and click on
the selected noble. Naturally, the computer handles this choice automatically
for its factions. You are told if one of your nobles is selected.

Each faction which possesses writs of attendance is asked if they too wish to
serve these on nobles in other factions. If your faction holda any additional
writs, you will be asked if you wish to play them. Either select nobles from
the list, or select cancel.

All nobles summoned to parliment by a writ must attend.

VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE
--------------------

Finally, each faction is asked if any of their nobles attend parliment
voluntarily. 
Nobles cannot be summoned or volunteer to attend if they are in a besieged city
or town. Nor can they attend if they are in Calais or some other location
seperated from mainland Britain by the sea, unlessthe faction they are part of
controls a ship with sufficient capacity to transport the noble and his
followers.

Those nobles who grace parliment with their presence then make their way there
regardless of normal movement rules.

ATTENDING PARLIMENT
-------------------

Once parliment has assembled, the faction which summoned it is entitled to
reallocate titles or offices which have been placed in chancery.

One title or office can be reallocated for each noble attending parliment
(assuming there are sufficient in chancery).

Titles and offices may be given to any noble and not just to those actually
present, subject to the usual rules concerning combinations of nobles, titles
and offices. If the player controls parliment, you are asked to combine a noble
with each title or office in turn.

Any titles or offices which cannot be allocated are returned to chancery.

You can give a new title or office to one of your nobles who already
controls such an asset. His old asset will have to be given to someone else.
This is the only time offices may be transferred.

Once parliment dissolves, the factions move away during the movement phase of
their turn as normal. No battle may take place in the town or city either
during parliment of for a full turn thereafter. The King's peace forbids any
transition of this law.

THE CORONATION PHASE
--------------------

Part of the vicyory conditions for Kingmaker is that a faction must not only
control the last surviving royal heir, but must also have that heir crowned as
King (or Queen) of England. Coronations, therefore, play a central part in the
game. In addition, a crowned heir may be able to summon parliment.

ARRANGING A CORONATION
----------------------

The following conditions must be met before a faction can crown a royal heir.

(i) They must control the most senior Yorkist or Lancastrian royal heirs,
according to the order of succession of that house.

(ii) The potential King must occupy a town or city which is also a cathederal
and must be accompanied by either an archbisop or two bishops.

If these conditions apply, the faction automatically crowns its royal heir.

THE REINFORCEMENT PHASE
-----------------------

In the final phase of each faction's turn, it receives one asset as a
reinforcement, so long as there are assets available. All the nobles, titles
offices, bishops, ships, etc which were not distributed at the beginning of the
game are available, as are all nobles killed during the game, and any other
assets removed during play. Titles and offices, as we have seen are placed in
chancery when they are removed, and return to play through parliment.

A message appears to tell which asset has become available. Nobles who join a
faction are automatically added to the faction's secret support. Other assets
are placed in the faction build box.

SECRET SUPPORT
--------------

Secret support can be thought of as those supporters of your faction who have
not yet come into the open, declaring their allegiance. Computer factions
determine when to bring their supporters into play automatically. You must
activate your secret reinforcments as you see fit.

Select the secret support icon. The list of your secret supporters appears.
Select a noble by clicking on his name, and select proceed to bring him into
Home Castle. Nobles start in their nome castle unless it has been captured by
another faction, in which case the noble starts instead from the nearest
friendly castle, town or city.

As usual, you can learn more about the noble by positioning the mouse pointer
over his icon. Click on the LMB. You can now read the chronicle information
about him.

ACTIVATING OTHER ASSETS
-----------------------

All other assets are brought into play through the build faction box.
Allocating an asset to a noble activates that asset. This is done in the same
way as in the original faction build phases; select a noble and the asset you
wish to give him, click on combine, and the asset is brought into play. Any
assets you have not allocated by the time you click on proceed are returned
remain in reserve.

Until a noble declares his allegiance to your faction, or an asset is assigned
to one of your nobles, they are completely secret - the other factions do not
know of their existence. The computer-controlled factions likewise develop
their "secret reserves".

REBUILDING YOUR FACTION
-----------------------

During the game, nobles in your faction may be killed. Any titles or offices
they control are returned to chancery (see parliment), towns, cities or castles
which they controlled become neutral.

As your faction suffers losses, or is enlarged through reinforcment, you may
wish to redistribute your assets. Return to the build faction box display by
clicking on the faction icon.

You cannot reallocate titles or offices in this way - this must be done at
parliment. Other assets such as merecenaries or bishops can only be exchanged
between two or more nobles in the same army. The rules for this are covered in
the movement chapter.

PARLIMENTARY SUMMONSES AND WRITS OF ATTENDANCE
----------------------------------------------

During the events phase, you may recieve parlimentary summonses and writs of
attendance. These are automatically stored, and can be played in the parliment
phase, as outlined above.

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GLOSSARY
--------

Archbishops. The senior members of the church in England. Control of an
archbishop allows you to crown a  royal heir. There are two archbishops.
Canterbury is the most senior. York provides the faction with extra troops.

Armies. Two or more nobles in the same faction can be combined together, along
with all their assets, to form an army, commanded by the mor senior of the
nobles. They are represented on the map by the sheild of the most senior noble.

Bishops. Lesser clerics of the church in England. There are four bishops in the
game, and any noble can control any number of them. You need two bishops to
stage a coronation. Most bishops bring other assets with them.

Cathederals. Found in towns and cities, cathederals are sites where coronations
take place.

Cities. Larger versions of towns, the cities of London, York, Bristol and
Norwich have garrisons of 300 troops.

Faction. One of between two and six groups of nobles, each group vying against
the others for the ultimate prize - the Government of England. The plaer
controls one faction, the computer controls the others. Each is identified by
the name of its leader and a colour. The player's faction is green.

Mercenaries. There are eight mercenary bands in the game, and any number maybe
controlled by any noble.

Nobles. Nobles are the basic playing piece of the game controlling your
facton's army. They can be titld or untitled. Each noble is shown on the map by
his heraldic sheild. They can be combined together to form armies.

Offices. These provide additional power. Each titled noble (or untitled nobles
granted a title) can be given one office. They confer extra troop strengths
(sometimes tied to one part of the country), towns or castles. A titled noble
with an office is a potent combination.

Royal Castles. Well-garrisoned fortifications in key parts of the country. Only
one - Carisbrooke - can be controlled in this way. It can be given to any
noble.

Ships. These provide vital transport, particularly if your faction has a base
in Calais, Ireland or the Isle of Man. There are twelve in the game, and any
noble may control any number of them.

Titled Nobles. These are the primary members of a faction. There are 9 in all,
annd even the least powerful one has a respectable number of troop strength
points.

Titles. These are high honours which can be given to your untitled nobles.
Obviously, only one can be allocated to each untitled noble. This effectively
makes them the same as titled nobles, though not as permanent. There are eight 
titles available.

Towns. These are the key locations in England. Fortified towns provide a
defensive garrison of 200 men for the faction which controls them. Unfortified
towns do not, and they cannot be controlled. Open towns (namely Cardigan,
Hereford and Kingston) cannot be controlled, but do provide garrisons if
occupied. Control of certain independent towns is gained either at the start of
the game or through reinforcement. Others can be gained by control of offices,
bishops or titles. Towns can be also captured by siege. As far as any faction
is concerned, a town is either friendly (occupied and/or controlled by the
faction). Neutral (controlled by no faction) or unfriendly (controlled by an
enemy faction). A fortified town can shelter up to 400 troops.

Untitled Nobles. These are less powerful nobles, but they can be built up to be
as powerful as their titled cousins.

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THE FOLLOWING ARE REFERENCES TO ALL THE FORCES IN THE GAME:

TITLED NOBLES
-------------

Percy, Earl of Northumberland. Troop Strength 100; Alnwick and Cockermouth
castles.

Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Troop Strength 50; Castle Rising, Denbigh,
Framlingham, Usk and Wressle castles.

Neville, Earl of Warwick. Troop Strength 50; Ogmore, Richmond, Warwick and Raby
castles.

Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. Troop Strength 30; Corfe castle.

Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Troop Strength 30; Leeds and Newcastle castles.

Pole, Duke of Suffolk. Troop Strength 30; Ludlow castle.

Courtenay, Earl of Devon. Troop Strength 30; Okehampton castle.

UNTITLED NOBLES
---------------

Stanley. Troop Strength 50; Douglas castle.

Roos. Troop Strength 20; Belvoir and Helmsley castles.

Grey. Troop Strength 20; Chillingham and Rockingham castles.

Holland. Troop Strength 20; Kimbolton and Compton castles.

Cromwell. Troop Strength 10; Tattershall castle.

Howard. Troop Strength 10; Farnham castle.

Bourchier. Troop Strength 10; Pleshy castle.

Greystroke. Troop Strength 10; Appleby castle.

Scrope. Troop Strength 10; Masham castle.

Clifford. Troop Strength 10; Conisborough castle.

Audley. Troop Strength 10; Tickhill castle.

Berkeley. Troop Strength 10; Berkeley castle.

Hastings. Troop Strength 10; Tutbury castle.

Herbert. Troop Strength 10; Llanstephan castle.

TITLES
------

Earl of Richmond. Troop Strength 40.

Earl of Westmoreland. Troop Strength 40.

Earl of Kent. Troop Strength 30.

Earl of Salisbury. Troop Strength 30.

Earl of Worcester. Troop Strength 30.

Earl of Wiltshire. Troop Strength 30.

Duke of Exeter. Troop Strength 20; Exeter.

Earl of Essex. Troop Strength 20.

OFFICES
-------

Marshall of England. Troop Strength 100; Harlech castle.

Chancellor of England. Troop Strength 50; Caernarvon castle.

Captain of Calais. Troop Strength 50; 300 extra troops in Calais; Calais.

Chamberlain of the County Palatine of Chester. Troop Strength 50; 200 extra
troops in Wales; Rhuddlan, Chester.

Lieutenant of Ireland. Troop Strength 50; 200 extra troops in Ireland.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Troop Strength 50; 100 extra troops in
Devon and Cornwall; Oxford, Plymouth.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Troop Strength 50; !00 extra troops
within three areas of Conway; Conway castle.

Warden of the Northern Marches. Troop Strength 50; 100 extra troops noth of the
River Tees; Bamburgh, Berwick.

Constable of Dover Castle. Troop Strength 50; Dover.

Steward of the Royal Household. Troop Strength 50; Newark

Treasurer of England. Troop Strength 50; Wallingford and Beaumaris.

Admiral of England. Troop Strength 50; Lynn, Southampton; Le Margaret of Rye,
Le Christopher of Southampton.

Warden of the Cinque Ports. Troop Strength 50; Pevensey; Le Trinity of Rye, Le
George of Rye.

BISHOPS
-------

Archbishop of Canterbury. 
Canterbury.

Archbishop of York.
Troop Strength 30 north of the River Trent; York.

Bishop of Norwich.
Troop Strength 50; Norwich.

Bishop of Carlisle.
Troop Strength 30 north of the River Trent; Carlisle.

Bishop of Durham.
Troop Strength 30 north of the River Trent; Durham.

Bishop of Lincoln.
Lincoln.

INDEPENDENT TOWNS
-----------------

Bristol, Coventry, Ipswich, Lancaster, Leicester, Newcastle, Northampton,
Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Swansea.

INDEPENDENT SHIPS
-----------------

Le Swan of Berwick, Le Rose of Plymouth, Le Lucas of Whitby, Le Michael of
Bristol.

MERCENARIES
-----------

100 French Foot Soldiers.
2 x 30 Burgundian Crossbowmen.
2 x 20 Flemish Crossbowmen.
2 x 20 Scots Archers.
2 x 10 Saxons.

ROYAL CASTLE
------------

Carisbrooke.

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THE DOC OF KINGMAKER (US GOLD)

MENU DU JEU NOUVEAU/SAUVEGARDE
Présentation du menu :
NOUVEAU JEU
JEU SAUVEGARDE
Sélectionnez JEU SAUVEGARDE pour restaurer une partie enregistrée
auparavant sur votre disque.
Sélectionnez NOUVEAU JEU pour recommencer le jeu.

NOMBRE DE FACTIONS
En sélectionnant Nouveau Jeu, un deuxième menu apparait vous demandant
de sélectionner le nombre de factions que vous allez affronter.
Plus l'ordinateur commande de factions, plus le jeu devient difficile,
bien que les factions dirigées par l'ordinateur s'affrontent entre elles
aussi violemment que lorsqu'elles se mesurent aux votres. Le classement
des honneurs accorde une victoire plus méritante aux combats victorieux
qui ont su vaincre contre un grand nombre de factions.

NIVEAU DE DIFFICULTE
Un troisième menu vous demande de choisir entre deux niveaux de
difficulté:
AVANT L'ORDINATEUR (difficile: vous vous déplacez le premier).
APRES L'ORDINATEUR (facile: vous vous déplacez le premier).
AVANT L'ORDINATEUR vous oblige à placer vos Nobles sur la carte
sans connaitre les actions des factions commandées par l'ordinateur.
Si vous sélectionnez APRES L'ORDINATEUR , vous voyez la (les)
faction(s) commandée(s) par l'ordinateur avant de procéder à vos 
propres dispositions. Cela vous permet de voir lesquels de vos
Héritiers royaux sont plus susceptibles d'etre capturés par vos
adversaires, et où vos ennemis sont les plus forts.

OPTIONS AVANCEES
On vous demande ensuite de sélectionner ou non deux options supérieures
de jeu - Temps orageux ou Menace de peste - ainsi que le niveau
d'Aide automatique. Les options de jeu avancées influencent votre
façon de jouer, bien qu'aucune n'ajoute à la difficulté. Utilisez ces
boutons pour activer ou désactiver ces options.
Vous sélectionnez Temps orageux au commencement d'une Partie.
L'ordinateur détermine s'il s'agit d'une partie avec Beau Temps ou
Mauvais Temps. S'il fait beau temps le jeu se déroule de façon normale
s'il fait mauvais temps, vous subirez les restrictions suivantes:
(1) Les armées ne peuvent se déplacer que dans 3 régions par tour.
(2) Les combats ou les sièges sont impossibles.
(3) Les tempetes de mer se produisent plus souvent et peuvent couler
des navires.
En mode Menace de peste, l'infection peut surgir partout, et pas 
seulement dans les villes. Elle se répand le long des routes, dans
les ports, et à l'intérieur des villes et des cités. La mort n'est
plus automatique mais toute personne prise par la peste a 25 % de
risque d'etre tuée.
Sélectionner On/Off pour chaque option.

AIDE AUTOMATIQUE
Avec Kingmaker, vous disposez d'une aide On-Line. Avant le commence-
ment du jeu, sélectionnez parmi la liste suivante :
Aide automatique continue
Aide automatique partielle
Sans aide automatique

L'Aide automatique continue vous apporte automatiquement des conseils
réguliers et vous aide pour les différents moments du jeu au fur et
à mesure.
L'Aide automatique partielle vous apporte autant de conseils, sauf
que chaque unité du tutoriel ne s'affiche qu'une seule fois.
Sans aide automatique vous prive de cette facilité. Elle laisse le
système de CHRONIQUE disponible, au cas où vous auriez besoin de
quelques informations spécifiques par la suite.
Pour faire défiler ces trois options, cliquez sur le bouton. Vous
pouvez accéder au menu Aide automatique pendant le jeu en cliquant
sur l'icone Accessoires.
Une fois l'installation du jeu terminée, cliquez sur le bouton
QUITTER. KINGMAKER se charge.

MESURE DE SÉCURITÉ
A des intervalles réguliers du jeu, on vous demande de passer un
controle de sécurité. Votre ordinateur affiche la photo d'une cité,
ville ou d'un chateau qui apparait dans le jeu avec une série de
numéros de pages. Tous les villes et chateaux qui apparaissent sous 
cette forme se trouvent dans le manuel avec leurs photos. Trouvez
la ville/chateau correct(e) et entrez son nom à l'invite.
(NOTE DE  LAURENZO/PASSWORDS : DESOLE MAIS VOUS NE POURREZ 
UTILISER CETTE INTERESSANTE OPTION CAR NOUS L'AVONS SUPPRIMÉÉ!)

BUT DU JEU

Dans KINGMAKER, vous commandez une faction de nobles avides de 
pouvoir ainsi que leurs partisants. Votre objectif consiste à 
diriger le dernier Héritier royal du jeu et à le couronner Roi
d'Angleterre (ou Reine, s'il s'agit de Marguerite d'Anjou). En
d'autres mots, vous n'essayez pas de devenir Roi vous-meme, mais
d'etre l'ombre puissante du pouvoir, celui qui tire définitivement
les ficelles.
Pour cela, vous devez :
(1) capturer et commander un héritier royal ;
(2) éliminer tous ses rivaux, et
(3) faire couronner votre héritier dans une ville cathédrale ou
dans une cité où se trouve un archeveque ou deux éveques.
En plus des membres nobles de votre faction, vous devez controler
des biens tels que des sièges de la couronne, des mercenaires et
des navires. Vous gagnez le reste des nobles et biens au cours du
jeu, que vous pouvez amener tout de suite dans le jeu ou maintenir
cachés pour mieux les sortir à un moment vital. Entre-temps, les
factions opposées (commandées par l'ordinateur) essayent de faire
la meme chose...

CLASSEMENT DES HONNEURS
KINGMAKER comprend un classement des honneurs, qui inclut les noms 
et les rangs des joueurs qui ont le mieux rempli leur mission. 
Vous pouvez entrer votre nom dans le classement des honneurs si
vous avez terminé le jeu avec succès.

LES HERITIERS ROYAUX
Etant donné que les héritiers royaux représentent la clef de voute
du succès ou de l'échec du jeu, il est important que vous compreniez
bien comment les utiliser avant de déployer vos biens au début du
jeu. Une rapide capture d'un héritier royal peut rapporter beaucoup
au fur et à mesure du jeu.

LES MAISONS ROYALES
Neuf héritiers sont susceptibles d'etre placés sur le trone
d'Angleterre :
MAISON DE LANCASTRE :
HENRI VI
MARGERITE D'ANJOU
EDOUARD, PRINCE DE GALLES
BEAUFORT, DUC DE SOMERSET *
MAISON D'YORK:
RICHARD, DUC D'YORK
EDOUARD, COMTE DE MARCH
EDMOND, COMTE DE RUTLAND
GEORGES, DUC DE CLARENCE
RICHARD, DUC DE GLOUCESTER

* LE DUC DE SOMERSET, BEAUFORT est un noble qui peut faire partie
d'une faction (commandée soit par un joueur, soit par l'ordinateur)
Si tous les héritiers du trone du coté des Lancastre sont morts,
Beaufort peut etre couronné Roi. En effet, Beaufort arrive au
quatrième rang dans la succession des Lancastre. Cependant, si
le seul autre héritier en vie est un héritier d'York couronné,
la faction de cote d'York gagne le jeu, quel que soit le statut
de Beaufort. Dans tous les autres contextes, Beaufort équivaut
à tout autre Noble.

CAPTURER DES HERITIERS ROYAUX
La capture des héritiers royaux s'effectue lorsque les nobles 
d'une faction occupent la meme region de la carte. Si l'héritier
est accompagné par des nobles d'autres factions, vous devez 
d'abord gagner la bataille contre l'ennemi avant de capturer
l'héritier. Si l'héritier royal occupe une cité, une ville ou
un chateau, vous ne pouvez le capturer que par siège : La force
totale des troupes du(es) nobles(s) qui essaie(nt) de capturer
l'héritier royal doit etre égale ou supérieure à la garnison
de la ville/chateau. Chaque chateau, cité et ville fortifiée
possède une garnison.

LES HERITIERS ROYAUX AU DEBUT DE LA PARTIE
Dans chaque partie, les héritiers royaux partent des memes
endroits. Voici la liste de ces positions ainsi que de leur
garnison, de toutes les autres troupes qui peuvent s'y trouver
et du nom du siège qui octroie la possession de cet endroit
au noble qui le possède.
HENRI VI : Londres. La capitale est dirigée par le régent de
la Tour, qui peut s'emparer directement d'Henri. Sinon, il
faut au moins 300 troupes pour assiéger Londres, et meme
davantage si une autre faction possède des troupes dans la
cité. (Celui qui commande le régent de la Tour en possède au
moins 250).
MARGUERITE D'ANJOU : Coventry. Il faut au moins 200 troupes
pour assiéger cette ville fortifiée et meme davantage si une
autre faction y fait entrer ses troupes.
EDOUARD, PRINCE DE GALLES : Kenilworth. idem pour le nombre 
de troupes.
BEAUFORT : Comme nous l'avons déjà mentionné, Beaufort est
un cas spécial mais entre dans la partie avec un statut de
noble ordinaire.
RICHARD, DUC D'YORK : York. Cette cité est dirigée par
l'Archeveque d'York qui peut s'emparer directement de Richard.
Sinon, York nécessite une force minimum de 300 troupes et plus
si une autre faction y possède des troupes (et toute personne
qui commande l'Archeveque en possède au moins 30).
EDOUARD, COMTE DE MARCHE : Harlech. Ce chateau royal est 
dirigé par le Maréchal d'Angleterre, qui peut directement
capturer Edouard. Il faut une force d'au moins 200 troupes
pour assieger Harlech. Celui qui commande le Maréchal en
possède au moins 100.
EDMOND, COMTE DE RUTLAND : Irlande. L'ile d'Irlande est dirigée
par le Lieutenant d'Irlande qui peut capturer Edmond directe-
ment. Si aucune faction ne commande le Lieutenant, Edmond peut
etre capturé avec une force minimale (il vous faut tout de meme
un navire), car aucune garnison ne protège le Comte. Cependant,
si une autre faction commande le Lieutenant et l'envoie garder 
Edmond, ce noble doit disposer d'au moins 250 troupes et remporter
les batailles en Irlande avant de pouvoir capturer Edmond.
GEORGES, DUC DE CLARENCE : Cardigan. il s'agit d'une ville
ouverte, sans garnison. Le premier qui l'atteint peut facilement
s'en emparer.
RICHARD, DUC DE GLOUCESTER : Calais. Cette ville est commandée
par le Capitaine de Calais, qui peut s'emparer directement
d'Edmond. Sinon, il faut au moins 200 troupes pour assiéger
Calais. Celui qui commande le Capitaine en possède au moins
350. De plus, la force qui assiège doit etre transportée par 
navire. Pour ces raisons, Richard n'est pas souvent capturé
pendant le jeu mais il meurt lorsque la peste atteint Calais.

STRATEGIE DE DEPART
L'un des plus importants points des parties du jeu consiste à
planifier la capture d'un héritier royal sans prendre de risque.
Le gambit initial de votre faction devrait s'orienter en 
premier lieu vers la capture d'au moins un héritier royal.
Savoir choisir le bon héritier devient alors une question
d'équilibre entre les différentes variables. A quelle distance
se trouvent les membres de votre faction de l'héritier ?
Comment l'héritier est-il gardé ? Y a-t-il un noble dans la
partie qui peut capturer l'héritier facilement eu égard au
siège qu'il occupe ?
prenons un exemple : Neville, Comte de Warwick, démarre la
partie près de Kenilworth, Cardigan ou York. Il possède auto-
matiquement 50 troupes. A lui seul, il peut capturer Clarence
à Cardigan, si Herbert ne l'y vainc pas. S'il recoit l'aide de
150 troupes supplémentaires, il peut capturer York dès le
premier tour ; il a la possibilité d'entrer dans la cité si
la faction a l'archeveque sous son pouvoir. C'est cette 
flexibilité qui fait de Warwick un noble puissant.
 
COMMANDER LES HERITIERS ROYAUX
Une fois que la faction a capturé un héritier royal, elle peut
commencer à éliminer ses rivaux et à faire couronner Roi cet héritier.
Chaque faction peut command er plus d'un héritier royal mais ile ne
peuvent pas appartenir aux deux familles royales (les Lancastre et
les York) pendant plus de deux tours consécutifs. Après quoi l'un
des deux héritiers doit etre exécuté.
Une faction peut exécuter un héritier royal sous son controle à tout
moment. On vous demande si vous souhaitez exécuter un héritier au
moment où il est capturé. Ensuite, cliquez sur le nom de l'héritier
dans l'arbre génialogique et choisissez si vous souhaitez l'exécuter
ou non.
Lorsque vous capturez des héritiers royaux, ils sont affectés à l'un
des nobles de l'armée. Le pantin royal en captivité suit désormais
votre armée et reste sous votre controle jusqu'à ce qu'il soit de
nouveau capturé ou tué. (La présence d'un héritier royal aux cotés
de l'armée vous apporte un léger avantage pour l'efficacité des
combats) mais il ne constitue sinon qu'une cible pour les autres
factions. Assurez-vous que vous protégez votre(vos) héritier(s)
en déployant de larges forces qui vous couvriront meme pour les
mauvaises surprises. 

COURONNER DES HERITIERS ROYAUX
Pour gagner le jeu, vous devez commander le dernier héritier royal
couronné. Pour cela, deux conditions sont nécessaires : premièrement,
le dernier héritier survivant doit avoir été couronné et 
deuxièmement, les autres héritiers doivent etre morts. Certains
peuvent avoir été tués par vos ennemis. D'autres peuvent etre
tombés entre vos mains grace à la victoire d'une bataille ou
d'un siège. Lorsque vous capturez des héritiers royaux, à vous de 
choisir le moment le plus propice pour les exécuter. Etant donné
que vous prenez parti pour l'une des deux maisons royales,
certaines décisions vont de soi. En revanche, savoir à quel moment
exact "perdre" un second membre de la meme maison royale est plus 
compliqué. La deuxième mission qui vous est assignée consiste à organiser
le couronnement de l'un de vos héritiers royaux. Ces derniers ne
peuvent etre couronnés que selon l'ordre de succession de leurs
maisons. Marguerite d'Anjou, par exemple, peut etre couronnée
uniquement après la mort d'Henri VI et Edouard, Prince de Galles,
peut devenir Roi une fois que Marguerite d'Anjou ait rejoint son
mari dans la tombe.
Remarque : il se peut qu'il y ait deux rois : un partisan des York
et  un partisan des Lancastre. En plus de cette règle sur l'ancienneté
valable au sein de chaque maison, d'autres conditions doivent etre 
remplies pour permettre un couronnement :
(1) L'héritier doit occuper une cathédrale. Plusieurs villes ou cités
possèdent des cathédrales ; des puissantes villes comme Londres ou
York à de plus petites comme Lincoln ou Exeter, et jusqu'à de petits
centres comme Salisbury ou St David's.
(2) L'héritier doit etre accompagné par au moins un noble de votre
faction.
(3) L'héritier doit etre accompagné par au moins un archeveque ou 
deux eveques. 
Si ces conditions sont remplies, votre héritier royal est automati-
quement couronné Roi.
Une fois que vous commandez un roi couronné, vous avez le pouvoir 
de convoquer le Parlement. Cela vous permettra d'apporter des biens
supplémentaires aux nobles de votre faction. Ce pouvoir aux mains
de la faction du roi est uniquement possible lorsqu'il y a plus
d'un roi : s'il a un rival, c'est le chancelier qui détient le
pouvoir. L'inconvénient, c'est qu'un roi isolé peut etre envoyé
dans différentes régions du pays pour rencontrer des ambassades
de pays étrangers. Cette action peut etre tres maladroite car
elle peut venir contrecarrer vos plans et diviser une armée sure
en deux petites forces vulnérables. Le fait qu'Henri VI soit
isolé lorsqu'il démarre la partie peut le rendre facile à
capturer, s'il est appelé loin de Londres vers une ville sans
fortification.
 
FACTIONS
Avant que la sanglante lutte pour la couronne ne commence, vous
devez savoir qui vous soutient et quelles sont vos ressources.
Au début du jeu, une image apparait avec à gauche la carte de 
l'ensemble de l'Angleterre, en haut à droite la boite FORMER
UNE FACTION et en bas à droite controles FACTION BUILD
Le nombre de faction apparait en haut à droite sous la forme
du nom d'un joueur par faction. Pour la carte, plusieurs cités,
villes et chateaux ont des couleurs différentes : les endroits
dorés appartiennent aux nobles de votre faction. Les points rouges
représentent les différents lieux où se trouvent vos biens. 
Les points blancs et roses correspondent à l'emplacement des héritiers
royaux.

LA BOITE FORMER UNE FACTION
Dans la boite Former une faction en haut à droite de l'écran se
trouve une liste de nobles ; certains ont des titres, d'autres pas.
Ce sont les premiers membres de votre faction. L'écran vous indique leur
nom , leur titre (s'ils en ont un), et le nombre de troupes qui se
trouvent sous leur commandement direct à ce moment-là.
Il y a également un curseur que vous positionnez avec le pointeur de
la souris. Pour faire défiler vers le haut ou vers le bas, cliquez
avec le bouton gauche de la souris sur l'un des boutons du premier
rang sous la boite Former une faction. Ces boutons sont dans l'ordre :
DEUX FLECHES VERS LE HAUT : Faire défiler un noble vers le haut
UNE FLECHE VERS LE HAUT : Faire défiler une ligne vers le haut
UNE FLECHE VERS LE BAS : Faire défiler une ligne vers le bas
DEUX FLECHES VERS LE BAS : Faire défiler un noble vers le bas.
Vous pouvez également positionner le curseur en cliquant sur l'un
des endroits marqués en rouge ou en or sur la carte. Si Londres,
par exemple, est indiqué en rouge, cliquez dessus ; le curseur se
déplace pour afficher le siège du régent de la Tour, un bien qui
garantit la possession de la cité au noble qui détient le siège.
Pendant le jeu, vous pouvez retourner à la BOITE FORMER UNE FACTION
en cliquant sur l'icone FACTION.

LA PREMIERE FORMATION DE FACTION
Votre première mission en tant que Faiseur de rois avide de pouvoir
consiste  à allouer aux nobles les biens que vous avez reçus. Cliquez
sur le bouton Noble vers le haut plusieurs fois pour faire défiler
la liste de vos biens. Chaque faction commence avec un assortiment de
forces choisies au hasard. Selon le nombre de factions commandées par 
l'ordinateur que vous avez choisies lors de la séquence de démarrage,
vous possédez de 6 à 18 nobles ainsi que d'autres biens disponibles.
Certains, tels que les villes indépendantes, ne figurent pas dans
cette liste mais sont en votre possession sur la carte principale.
NOMBRE DE FACTIONS (dont celle du joueur)
2 = 18 biens
3 = 12  "
4 = 9   "
5 = 7   "
6 = 6   "

Maintenant, vous pouvez lire les informations dans la Chronique sur
ces éléments.
Il reste à allouer ces biens à vos nobles en en sélectionnant un ; il
apparait en surbrillance et ses chateaux se mettent à clignoter.

LOCALISER LES HERITIERS ROYAUX 
La carte principale vous indique les points de départ de vos héritiers
royaux : points blancs pour York et points roses Lancastre. 

ALOUER LES BIENS
Après avoir sélectionné un noble, faites défiler la liste des biens
de vos factions (ou sélectionnez sur la carte des endroits rouges
qui se trouvent près des chateaux de vos nobles). Si vous cliquez sur 
un bien, il se met en surbrillance et tout endroit lié à ce bien se
met à clignoter. Vous pouvez sélectionner plusieurs biens de la meme
façon pour les allouer à vos nobles. Cliquez ensuite sur le noble
choisit.

IDENTIFIER LES FACTIONS
Votre faction s'affiche toujours en vert.

OBSERVER L'ENNEMI
Vous pouvez garder un oeil sur les autres factions à l'aide de la
carte complète et de l'option RECAPITULER : UN PETIT DRAPEAU AVEC
UN POINT D'INTERROGATION après avoir cliqué sur la fleche vers la droite 
en bas à gauche de la boite informations.

POINTS DE DEPART
Lorsque vous avez terminé d'allouer vos forces, cliquez sur le bouton
continuez - FLECHE VERS LA DROITE - , sélectionnez un point de départ pour 
chacun de vos nobles : leurs chateaux personnels sont représentés par 
des points or clignotants et les autres (sièges,etc) lieux sont indiqués
en rouge. Votre faction hisse son drapeau, proclamant ainsi sa candi
dature au pouvoir.

BOUTON COMBINER :QUATRE FLECHES DIRIGEES VERS LE CENTRE 
La liste se reconfigure automatiquement et les biens alloués à un noble
se placent directement sous son nom. Faites de meme pour les autres
nobles. Si vous vous etes trompés cliquez sur un noble et sur le
bouton DISPERSER : 4 FLECHES DANS DES DIRECTIONS DIFFERENTES.

SEQUENCE DE JEU
Le jeu continue en différents tours, jusqu'à ce qu'une faction remplisse
les conditions de la victoire, c'est à dire diriger le seul héritier
royal qui reste et le couronner Roi d'Angleterre.
Au cours de chaque tour, chaque faction passe par 6 phases :
PHASE DES EVENEMENTS : les caprices du hasard.
PHASE DES DEPLACEMENTS : l'occasion de déplacer certaines ou toutes
vos forces.
PHASE DES COMBATS : toutes les batailles et les sièges sont résolus.
PHASE DU PARLEMENT : Le Roi (s'il n'y en a qu'un) ou le Chancelier
peut convoquer le Parlement.
PHASE DE COURONNEMENT : le premier héritier royal dans l'ordre de
succession d'une des deux Maisons peut etre couronné.
PHASE DE RENFORT : Chaque faction reçoit des forces  supplémentaires,
qui peuvent etre immédiatement allouées ou gardées cachées.

ORDRE DE JEU
La faction qui dirige le siège du Chancelier se déplace le premier,
suivi par toutes les autres à tour de role. Si le siège du Chancelier
n'est pas en jeu, l'ecclésiastique le plus élevé dans la liste suivante 
détermine quelle faction commence la première :
Archevèque de Canterbury, Archevèque d'York, Eveque de Durham, Evèque
de Carlisle, Eveque de Lincoln et Eveque de Norwich. Si cela ne résout
pas la question, la faction qui possède le plus grand nombre de troupes
permanentes se déplace la première.

LA CARTE DES REGIONS
Le jeu se déplace maintenant sur l'écran de la carte des régions

COMMANDE DU JEU
A droite de l'écran se trouve une boite d'informations aisni que les
icones suivantes:
EN HAUT A GAUCHE BOUCLIER: TOUCHE CONSTRUCTION DE FACTIONS
EN HAUT AU MILIEU: ARBRE GENEAOLOGIQUE
EN HAUT A DROITE: APPUI SECRET pendant la phase de renfort du jeu,
les factions peuvent etre rejointes par des nobles supplémentaires.
AU MILIEU A GAUCHE:TOUCHE CHRONIQUE
AU MILIEU:PASSER EN REVUE
AU MILIEU A DROITE:OU EST...?
EN BAS A GAUCHE:SAUVEGARDER LES OPTIONS DE JEU
EN BAS AU MILIEU:OPTIONS DE JEU
EN BAS A DROITE:NOUVEAUX CHEVAUX

TOUCHE FORMATION DE FACTION
cette touche vous renvoie a la boite faction qui permet d'apporter
des changements a la formation de votre faction.
Vous pouvez egalement utiliser le bouton recapituler pour observer
les positions des armees des autres factions et celles des heritiers
royaux.
ARBRE GENEALOGIQUE
vous pouvez obtenir des renseignements sur les heritiers royaux grace
a l'icone arbre genealogique
cet arbre enumere les heritiers royaux par maison et par ordre de 
préséance.Lorsqu'un héritier royal a été tué, son nom est "rayé".
Lorsqu'il a été capturé par une faction, une barre de la couleur de
la faction s'affiche. S'il a été couronné Roi, une couronne apparait
à coté de son nom.
TOUCHE CHRONIQUE
Utilisez les menus pour obtenir des informations détaillées sur les
différentes parties du jeu. Cliquez sur l'élément que vous souhaitez
lire.
RECAPITULER
Ce bouton vous permet de découvrir les emplacements des héritiers 
royaux et des nobles ennemis.
OU EST... ?
Utilisez cette option pour rechercher des nobles, des héritiers
royaux, des évèques, des villes ou tout autre élément.

OPTIONS DE SAUVEGARDE DU JEU
Vous pouvez garder jusqu'à 8 parties sur votre disque dur. Cliquez
sur une formation pour la mettre en surbrillance, tapez un nom
unique et appuyez sur retour. Cliquez sur Garder le jeu et 
retournez au jeu.

CHEVAUX FRAIS
Cette option enregistre combien de chevaux frais votre faction
possède. 

LA PHASE DE DEPLACEMENT
Au début de votre tour, la carte des régions se concentre sur
l'un de vos nobles. Les nobles sont représentés sur la carte des
régions par leurs boucliers héraldiques. Si une meme armée
comprend deux nobles ou plus, seul le plus élevé apparait.
Appuyez sur la barre d'espacement si vous ne souhaitez pas
déplacer une armée, appuyez sur TAB si vous souhaitez déplacer
cette force plus tard dans votre tour. Pour déplacer un noble ou
unearmée individuellement, déplacez le pointeur sur la carte 
dans laquellevous souhaitez aller. Cliquez sur la région pour
que l'armée s'y déplace. Chaque armée peut se déplacer sur 5 régions
le nombre de déplacement qu'il lui reste à effectuer est indiqué
sur son bouclier.
CHEVAUX FRAIS
Ils s'enregistrent sur votre Tableau de commande. Les chevaux frais
vous permettent de déplacer un noble ou un héritier royal de 4
cases supplémentaires (2 en mauvais temps).

Si vous souhaitez que l'armée occupe directement une ville ou un
chateau, cliquez sur son symbole. Pour pouvoir entrer dans les
chateaux ou villes, la force des troupes des visiteurs ne doivent
pas excéder la capacité de l'endroit : 
villes sans fortification : pas de limite
villes normales : 400
cités : sans limite
chateaux de noble : 300
chateaux royaux : 300
Si la force des troupes est trop élevée, elles doivent se diviser
pour n'en laisser entrer qu'une partie. Les autres restent dehors.
Pour diviser une armée double cliquez avec le bouton gauche de la
souris sur son bouclier. Vous voyez s'afficher une liste des nobles
et des héritiers de cette armée. Sélectionnez ceux que vous voulez
voir rester ensemble en cliquant sur leur nom avec le bouton gauche.
Puis cliquez sur le bouton Combiner puis sur le bouton continuer.
Les armées peuvent aussi se déplacer en navire. Tout noble commencant
le tour dans un port amical dans lequel il possède aussi un navire
peut embarquer et voyager en mer. Attention à la capacité du navire,
idem que pour entrer dans les villes.

PHASE DE COMBAT
Toute armée terminant son déplacement dans la meme région qu'une
armée ennemie peut attaquer l'ennemi pendant la phase de combat. Si
vous déplacez une armée sur le bouclier ennemi un message apparait
pour vous dire que vous combattez l'ennemi. Une boite apparait en
détaillant les forces présentes dans cette région et en vous
demandant si vous souhaitez mener une attaque ou l'éviter. 
L'issue d'une bataille se décide par un calcul simple : les forces
en présence sont comparées et exprimées sour forme de proportion.
Il peut s'agir d'une simple majorité : 5-4,3-2,2-1,3-1 ou 4-1. Le
taux est toujours arrondi en faveur de la plus petite force. Par
exemple si une force de 410 troupes a attaqué une armée de 250
seulement, la proportion est de 1,95-1, ce qui tombe entre 3-2 et
3-1. Le résultat de la bataille affiche les noms des nobles tués
au combat. Tous les nobles encore en vie du camp vaincu sont 
capturés et ils peuvent perdre un grand nombre de leurs forces
par rançon. Une ambuscade par une petite armée est possible, le
but étant de tuer un noble important. Pour chaque noble capturé,
on vous demande si vous souhaitez l'exécuter, le soumettre à une
rançon ou le libérer. S'il est exécuté, un noble est rayé de sa
faction avec les biens qui lui appartiennent. Ses titres et sièges
sont placés en Chancellerie, ses cités et chateaux deviennent
neutres et tous ses occupants sont expulsés. S'il est libéré, le
noble retourne à la partie avec tous ses biens. Quel interet ?
N'oubliez pas ce qu'est la rivalité entre factions : tuer un
noble le retire certes du jeu, mais sa faction n'oubliera ou ne
pardonnera peut-etre jamais... 

REGLES DE BATAILLE DIFFICILE
Sélectionnez Commande lorsqu'on vous propose d'attaquer ou de
défendre. Contrairement à une résolution normale du conflit,
vous allez sur le champ de bataille pour prendre le commandement
de votre armée. Avant la bataille, distribuez vos forces à leurs 
emplacements sur le champ de bataille, sous le commandement des
nobles présents. Votre armée se compose de deux formations : un
premier rang et une réserve. Chacune se divise en une aile droite,
un centre et une aile gauche, selon l'ordre militaire du jour.
Sélectionnez un par un les nobles, heritiers ou mercenaires
présents et placez les dans l'une des six "fentes" disponibles.
Vous pouvez par exemple placer le noble le plus élevé au centre
du premier rang.Le premier noble placé dans chaque position commande 
ce bataillon une fois que le combat commence. Une fois vos forces
disposées, l'action bascule ensuite sur le champ de bataille. Votre
armée, HABILLEE DE ROUGE, ses drapeaux verts dressés, se déploie
dans la direction opposée à celle des adversaires. Vos nobles
apparaissent montés sur des chevaux noirs sous un drapeau. Les
héritiers que vous détenez apparaissent sur des chevaux blancs.
POUR PARCOURIR LE CHAMP DE BATAILLE, déplacez le curseur et
appuyez sur le bouton gauche de la souris. En haut de l'écran se
trouve une barre de menu qui sert a commander l'action.
ORDRES
Vous pouvez donnez des ordres à chaque compagnie (15 hommes) 
individuellement ou, en donnant des ordres au noble, à l'ensemble 
du bataillon, en sélectionnant en cliquant sur le bouton droit
de la souris, en déplacant le curseur vers l'endroit où vous
voulez que le sélectionné aille. Si vous avez sélectionné un
noble ou un soldat ennemi, deux icones apparaissent :
UN HOMME AVEC UNE BARRE A DROITE : votre compagnie essaye d'amener
cette cible au combat, en la suivant sans arret. 
DIX POINTS EN CERCLE : l'icone "région", vos hommes se déplacent
dans la région ciblée. Si c'est un noble qui dirige, il faudra
aussi choisir entre l'icone FLECHE si vous souhaitez que vos
troupes avancent vers l'attaque, ou l'icone BOUCLIER si vous
désirez qu'ils s'arretent immédiatement. Dès qu'ils arrivent à
portée de l'ennemi, vos archers se mettent à tirer et vos
hommes de lance se battent automatiquement avec les troupes
ennemies. La bataille continue jusqu'à ce qu'un des évènements
suivants survienne : 
(1) une des armées s'enfuit complètement du champ de bataille.
c'est une victoire décisive.
(2) la moitié ou plus de la moitié de chaque armée s'enfuit,
auquel cas la bataille est indécisive.

PREPARER UN COURONNEMENT
Pour qu'une faction couronne un héritier royal, les conditions 
suivantes doivent etre remplies :
(1) ils doivent commander l'héritier le plus ancien dans la lignée
des York ou des Lancastre, d'après l'ordre de succession de la
maison.
(2) le futur roi doit occuper une ville ou une cité qui soit aussi
une cathédrale et doit etre accompagné par un archeveque ou deux
evèques.

Dernières instructions:
ALT-X POUR QUITTER LE JEU

BARRE D'ESPACEMENT POUR METTRE FIN AU TOUR DE CE NOBLE

TAB POUR PASSER AU NOBLE SUIVANT