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332 lines
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Game : Centurion
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Good stuff : Mouse/KeyBoard VGA compatibility
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Documentation by : Gironimo (("Something Different BBS" (301) 753-9528))
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In this game you are trying to be "Ceasar of Rome", by trying to Conquer
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the Provinces of Europe. It is a Difficult Game to Win (I have won 4
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times, but played for about 2 days straight through).
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The Object of the Game
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Move your Legions to the Different Provincesand either try to Negotiate
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with them, or Defeat them In battle.
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| GAME PLAY |
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A few things you Must know before you play.
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Talents are Like Money. You must pay out Talents for things such as
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Strengthening, Forming, and Upgrading your Legions. It costs Talents to
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Hold Games, Build Fleets, etc.... It does not cost Talents to Move a
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Legion, or have a battle though.
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If you do not have a Legion on a province that you have overtaken, and
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enemy can take it from you by merely going to it. So if you see an Enemy
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near a province of yours you better get a Legion there.
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You have to run a Course of One year in this game. You can Move a Legion,
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Strengthen a legion, Build a Legion, ewtc. in One years time... When you
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can make no more moves, you go to the Icon in the top right corner, next
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to the Year. This will revolve in a one year increment, then allow you to
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make more moves.
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MOUSE BUTTONS: The left button clicks to the province/legion where the
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arrow is sitting. (In the case of moving a legion off of a ship you use
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the RIGHT button when the pointer is on the fleet holding your legion)
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Keyboard buttons: The Space bar is what you use to "CLICK" on a province.
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In the Case of Moving a Legion OFF of a Fleet of ships you use your
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RETURN/ENTER key, then it will show you your allowable moves)
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1 LEGIONS
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a) Raise Legion -->To Form A legion
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20 Talents for small Army:
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40 Talents for a Calvery:
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60 For a Full Army
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(You can only Handle So many Legions at each level of Authority, and
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certain Types of Legions at each level.)
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b) Strengthen Legion --> To Bring your Legion to Full force.
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After you have fought a battle, and lost some men, you might want to
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'Strengthen" you Legion. But you must look at the Province "Man
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Power" in order to get an idea of How much you are going to
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Strengthen it. (If a Province only has 400 in man power and you need
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700 men to give you a full 4200 men, then you will only Strengthen
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your Army to 3900 men)
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c) Move Legion --> Moves Legions from one Province to another.
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When you choose this option, it will go back to the Map, and show
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you Gray Markers to where you can move to. You can only move to a
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Province connected directly to the Province you are already in.
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d) Upgrade Legion --> Upgrades your Legion (only the one you are
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working with) to a Higher Ranking Army.
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e) Legion List --> Shows your List of Legions that you command.
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2 TRIBUTE --> The Amount your Conquered/Allied Provinces will give you in
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Talents.
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a) Exempt this Province --> The province you Own give Nothing
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b) Tolerable Tribute --> A Tribute that will have your people in a
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content mood. (The ideal Tribute)
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c) Irritating Tribute --> Just like it says. Irritating!
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d) Oppressive Tribute --> This really pisses the People off.
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e) Bleed them Dry --> This Tribute takes everything they have.
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3 TRIBUTE POLICY --> You only get this selection in the Menus for Italy.
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This sets a Tribute for all Provinces that you run, are allied with, and
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that you Conquer.
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4 HOLD GAMES --> You hold games when the Provinces are in a Bad mood, and
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want entertainment.
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a) In Rome (Italy) you Hold either a Gladiator Show, or a Chariot Race.
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They Both cost you Talents, but Racing you can Bet talent that you
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will win.
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i) Skulldugery --> When you are about to race you can have a Physician
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come out and give your Horse medicine, Have the Gods help you, or
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Bribe the other racers to let you win.
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ii) Bet --> to bet however many Talents that you will win the race.
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b) In any other of the Provinces you just select a type of Game set up,
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and it just costs you Talents.
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When Holding games in Rome you have two choices, Chariot racing, and
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Gladiator fights. Use your Cursor Controls when you are in the GAME MODE.
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To make the Horses go faster hit the UP arrow key to Whip the Horses. If
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the Chariot starts going to the Sides, Slow down a little by hitting the
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Down arrow key. To move the Chariot from side to side use the LEFT/RIGHT
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arrow keys. In Gladiator fighting the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys move the
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Gladiator back and fourth. the Up arrow give the Gladiator High Gaurd, the
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Down arrow gives him Low Gaurd. The HOME/7 key hits the other gladiator
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HIGH, and the END/1 Key hits him Low. If you happen to win the Fight, you
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will get the Choice to KILL or SPARE the other Gladiator. In some cases
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the crowd likes it if you kill him, in other cases they get Upset.
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5 BUILD FLEET --> To build a fleet of Ships. You can only do this if Water
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is directly connected to the province you are working with.
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a) Triremes : 5 Talents each -> These are the smallest ships, but yet the
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fastest. They are not very powerful, but if you master the art of sea
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battle, you can easily win battles with these.
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b) Quinqueremes : 10 Talents each -> These are the next step up, but
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a little more powerful.
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c) Galleons : 20 Talents each -> These are the most powerful of Ships,
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and in a large fleet, winning sea battle is almost inevitable.
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*** When in Sea Battle, Use your Cursor Controls to do battle. ***
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6 PLUNDER --> This is like going through the Province, and Taking all of
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what the people have (Money, jewels, etc...) I do not recomend doing
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this to just any Province. I would only do it to Provinces that are very
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rebellious.
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7 PROVINCE LIST --> This will give you a list of all of YOUR provinces and
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the mood they are in, etc...
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MOVING LEGIONS TO A UNOCCUPIED PROVINCE
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When you MOVE your Legions to an Unoccupied province you will have a few
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choices in front of you after reading about the Province, their wealth,
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and disposition. These are the Choices.
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A) Friendly --> They usually do not go for this one. Rome is known for
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it's over bearing armys, so this is not a good one to use RIGHT OFF THE
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BAT.
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B) Diplomatic --> This is one to use on Provinces that seem to be
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co-operative. It usually flatters the Leader, and making Allies usually
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prevails, but the right combination of being Diplomatic, and friendly
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must be used.
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C) Aggresive --> This is if you want to scare some wimpy Army.
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D) Utimatum --> Telling the other army to "Lay down your arms or Die"
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E) WithDraw --> Retreat, and leave the enemy in peace before a war starts.
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F) Go to War --> Just what it says.
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If you happen to make friends with a Province, they will ask you what type
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of tribute you expect from them
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A) LOW B) MEDIUM C)HIGH
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Of course you would pick LOW, you can always change it later.
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GOING TO WAR
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When you pick the Choice of Going to war you will have quite a few
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formations to Choose from.
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A) Balanced Army
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X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
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X X X X X X
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B) Wedge
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X X
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X X X X
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X X X X
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X X X X
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C C O C C
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C) Strong Right
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X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
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X X X X X
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X X X C C
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D) Strong Left
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X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
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X X X X X
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C C X X X
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X= Regular INFANTRY Men
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C= CALVERY
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O= COMMANDER of Legion
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AFTER SELECTING A FORMATION
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YOU NEED TO SELECT A TACTIC
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1...FRONTAL ASSAULT -> Attack Head on
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2...FORM A LINE -> Move troops to form a perfect assult line
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3...STAND FAST -> to stand in place and wait for the enemy.
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4...DRIVE A WEDGE -> to drive in a wedge formation.
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5...SWEEP RIGHT -> To move your legion to the right
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6...SWEEP LEFT -> To move your legion to the left.
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7...MASS TROOPS -> to move your legion in a tight formation and await
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attack
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8...OUT FLANK -> to move your legions in a scattered formation.
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9..SCIPIO'S DEFENCE -> The front of the legion stands still while the rear
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of the legion moves to the right.
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10..CANNAE TACTIC -> this draws the enemy into a pocket so you can attack
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them in full force. Best used with the Wedge
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formation
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A LIST OF THE FORMATIONS AND TACTICS THAT GO WITH THEM
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The Formations are by their Letters, and the Tactic are by their number
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A) Balanced Army ******* Tactics -> 1,3,4,8,9
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B) Wedge *************** Tactics -> 1,2,3,4,10
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C) Strong Right ******** Tactics -> 1,3,5,6,7
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D) Strong Left ******** Tactics -> 1,3,5,6,7
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During Comabat you may move a portion of your legion to a specific point
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by pressing your right button on the mouse when the arrow is over the
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portion of your choice. It will show you the current direction, then press
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the button once more and hold it, then move the arrow in the directin you
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want that portion to goto. ** IN some cases, and tactics you can not move
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portions around in this manner ** If you get a responce that shows that
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you can not move that portion of the Legion, you need to move your
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commanding Officer closer to that portion (The Commander is the Single
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calvery man) You may also Realease your Legion or a portion of your
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legion. To release your entire legion you click the right mouse button
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once, the battle scene will freeze, select the 'MELEE' Icon. to Release a
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portion of your legion click your arrow on the portion you want to
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release, it will show you the current path of movement, then go to
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'MELEE', it will then say "Releasing XXXXXXX," where XXXXXX is the
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Portion's Legion number.
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You can retreat, then release your troops as many times as you want, but
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be carreful, if a portion of your legion moves off of the screen, they
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will not come back. To release your legion (let them fight as they will)
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click your mouse/keyboard on the MELEE icon.
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MOVING LEGIONS TO A FLEET OF SHIPS
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You can move a legion to a Fleet if that fleet is in the Boundaries of the
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province your legion is in. You must have around 40-50 ships in the Fleet
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to hold all of your legion, otherwise you will have to leave some of them
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behind. After you have moved you legion to the fleet, and you reached the
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destiny of your choice, you can move your legion OFF of the ship by
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pressing you RIGHT button on your Mouse (on the Keyboard you press your
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RETURN/ENTER key)
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TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS
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While in battle, it is smart to get your troops in a straight line and
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WAIT for your enemy troops to come to you. This way you are prepared and
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start swinging your weapons before they can get into position.
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It is not a good idea to Make a fleet of ships until you get somewhere
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around 500-1000 Talents. This way you can form somewhere around 40-50
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ships. Most of the Enemy Fleets consist of about 100 ships. If you master
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the art of Sea Battle, you can easily defeat a Fleet twice as big as
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yours.
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In the begining stick to just a few Legions (Around Two), until you get up
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to the Ranking of Legatus. this way you can Form Calverys instead of just
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a small infantry. If you can make it, stick with just a few legions until
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you reach the Ranking of General. This way you can skip Upgrading and go
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straight to a Consular Army (The Best army to have)....
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