MEDIEVAL LORDS: Soldier Kings of Europe. (c)1991 Electronic Arts/SSI --------------------------------------- Game Loading: At initial question, just press RETURN to go on... DATA CARD Stop mode/Go mode: When game starts, the program is in STOP MODE. This means every time a message is displayed which pertains to a computer run domain, you will need to "respond to continue". If you push the joystick left, that will turn off the STOP mode and start GO MODE. The program will now pause slightly for such messages before continuing on. To turn STOP mode back on, hit the space bar before a delay occurs. Exiting map menus: From the PROVINCE SELECT MENU or the DOMAIN SELECT MENU, you may exit by either pressing [F1], which allows immediate escape to the previous menu, or you can maneuver the cursor to the edge of the map so that one of the directional arrows is pointing to an empty position on the domain menu, or so that the directional arrows are not displayed on the map at all for the province menu. Move joystick in the appropriate direction to escape. Text menu: The joystick controls the movement of the highlighting and the fire button activates the selection. To escape to the previous menu, push joystick right from the right column or left from the left column or from a single column menu. [F1] also allows to escape. RULE BOOK Object of the Game: ------------------- Each player in the game is an advisor to the lord of a domain-- that is the player (usually) determines what course of action the lord will take. There are both human and computer-players in the game. The actions of unadvised lords are determined by the computer using simple rules rather than the actions of the player-advised lords. How well the lord and his realms thrive determines a player's score. Players earn points by winning battles, gaining new territories and maintaining loyalty and peace in their domains. Players can also lose points. Points are added and subtracted from a temporary score, then, when a lord dies, the temporary points are added to or subtracted from the permanent score. Transfering to another domain after a lord's death costs 15 points (transfer tax). Game Terms: ----------- Lord: independent ruler of any rank. Domain: an independent territory consisting of one or more provinces, ruled by a lord Province: one of the geographic areas that the map is divided into. each one has a unique two letter abbreviation (see later) Player: can be human or computer Royal Castles: fortifications under the directional control of the lord. Map: 159 land provinces and 4 sea areas. Moving Armies: armies can either be moved by land to enemy provinces, or by sea to either friendly or enemy provinces, with the CAMPAIGN option. Armies can be moved overland to other friendly provinces with the MOVE army option. Game Set-Up: options menu ------------------------- a) new or saved game b) human players: 1 to 10 players c) computer players: 0 to 6 players d) comp. play skill level: low, med, high e) scenario start: 1028 1092 1173 1230 1360 1430 f) game length: 10 20 30 40 50 75 100 to 1530 g) map: whole map west only east only h) actions per turn: 3 4 5 6 i) display mode: display all actions display all war actions actions affecting players only actions affecting humans only --------------------------------- sequence of plays: 3 main phases - --------------------------------- the events/tax collection phase the action phase the end year phase - main menu - (sends to submenus below) ------------ get information war actions domain actions diplomatic actions game utilities end turn ---------------- -get information menu- ---------------- province data domain data general info loyalty status armies religion castles province abbreviations --------------------- -game utilities menu- --------------------- save game to disk edit map/options conclude game change display mode start new game change delay ACTION PHASE MENUS --------------------- -domain actions menu- --------------------- support nobles support towns support bureaucrats build castles get info ------------------ -war actions menu- ------------------ raise army dismiss army campaign move army change fleet get info raise army sub-menu: -------------------- feudal levy noble volunteers mercenaries household troops nomads confirm new army ------------------------- -diplomatic actions menu- ------------------------- declare war grant to others propose alliance propose peace subvert nobles subvert towns get info grant to others sub-menu: ------------------------ grant money grant provinces grant ships END-YEAR PHASE MENU ----------------------- -deficit strategy menu- ----------------------- bluff it out affect towns deal with nobles deprive forces call on assembly get info ------ ranks: ----- slave stableboy jester pageboy squire knight chamberlain constable prime minister prince *expenses* ********** for armies: ---------- each mercenary 4 ducats each other soldier 2 ducats for fleets: ----------- each squadron 500 ducats (rounded up to nearest 1000) for bureaucrats: -------------- ((strength)(population/2) * 1,000 ducats for castles: ----------- strength *1,000 ducats provinces abbreviations, real name and location abbr. full name location -------------------------------------- ab albania balkans ac acre the levant ad adalia asia minor ae aegean is. aegean ag algeria n.africa ah athens greece aj anjou france ak ankara asia minor al alans russia an antioch the levant ao aleppo the levant ap apulia s.italy aq aquitaine france ar aragon spain as austria s.germany at arelat france au auvergne france av alcacovas portugal az azerbaijan e.of asia minor ba barcelona spain bb brandenburg germany bg baghdad iraq bi balearic is. e.of spain bj badajoz spain bl bulgaria balkans bo bohemia e.of germany br brittany w.france bu burgundy france bv bavaria germany bw brunswick germany ca castile spain ce crete e.med. cg chernigov russia ch champagne france cl calabria s.italy cn carinthia s.germany co constantinople balkans cp cyprus off asia minor cr croatia balkans cs corsica w.of italy ct ceuta n.africa cy cyrenaica n.africa da dalmatia adriatic dk denmark n.europe dm damascus the leviant ea east anglia england ed edessa the leviant eg egypt n.africa eh eastern hungary e.europe en estonia baltic ep epirus greece er erzerum e. of asia minor es e.sicily s. of italy et e.steppes russia ex essex england fc franche-comte e.france fi finland n.europe fl flanders n.france fr franconia germany fs frisia germany ga gascony france ge genoa n.italy gg georgia e.of black sea gi gibraltar spain gl galicia s.of poland gp gallipoli balkans gr granada spain hj hejaz e.shore of red sea ic iconium asia minor il ile-de-france france (paris) ir ireland w.of britain je jerusalem the levant ke kerak the levant ki kiev w.russia kz khazars russia la languedoc france le leon spain li lisbon portugal ll lower lorraine germany lm lombardy n.italy ls lesbos aegean s. lt lithuania e.europe lv livonia baltic ma macedonia n.greece mc mercia england me melitene asia minor mk mecklenburg germany ml malta central med. mo moldavia balkans mr morocco n.africa mu murcia spain na n.armenia e.of black sea nc nicaea asia minor ni nicomedia asia minor nm normandy france np naples s.italy nr navarre n.spain nt northumbria england nv novgorod russia ny norway n.europe pa periaslav russia pl poland e.europe pm pomerania n.germany pn peloponnesus greece po poitou france pp persia e.of the levant pr prussia e.europe ps polotsk russia pt porto portugal pv provence france rg romagna mid italy rh rhodes off asia minor ro rome mid italy ry ryazan russia sa s.armenia e.of asia minor sb wurtemberg germany sc s.crimea s.russia sd sardinia w.of italy se seville spain sf sofia balkans sg saragossa spain sh shivan asia minor si sinope asia minor sl silesia germany sm smolensk russia sn salamanca spain sp spoleto mid italy sr serbia balkans ss sivas asia minor st scotland n.britain sv savoy n.w.italy sw sweden n.europe sy smyrna asia minor sz switzerland s.germany ta tarsus asia minor tb trebizond asia minor th thuringia germany tk thessalonika greece tl toulouse france tn tunisia n.africa to toledo spain tr transylvania balkans tu tuscany mid italy ty tyrol s.germany ul upper lorraine germany um upper mesopotamia e.of asia minor va valencia spain vb volga bulgaria e.russia ve venice n.italy vl vlachia balkans vm vladmir russia (moscow) vo volhynia w.russia vr verona n.italy wa wales w.britain wh w.hungary e.europe wp westphalia germany ws w.sicily s.of italy wt w.steppes russia wx wessex england ---------------------------------------- Written by the one and only dARKrAINBOW -END-