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Defender of the Crown
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How to play and win!
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by The Byter
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Defender of the Crown is undoubtedly one of the best games to be released
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for the Apple IIGS, second only to Alien Mind. Digitized sound, good music,
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and incredible graphics make this game an excellent showpiece for your
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computer. Game play includes a strategic wargame with tactical battles
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(although both are simplistic), arcade sequences, and animated scenes to
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watch. This file will guide you to victory at Defender of the Crown. It is
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not a cheat, so you will have fun playing, and this file will alleviate some
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of the frustration new players are certain to find.
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It would be beneficial to print out this file, as well as the SHR
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picture: DOTC.MAP, to use as aids while playing the game. Use any painting
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program to print the map, and any word processor (or Proterm/Mousetalk) to
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print the file.
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Scenario
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~~~~~~~~
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The King is dead. The six knights (chosen from 9) are now fighting to
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determine which one of them shall become the replacement. Three of them are
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Saxons (including you), and three are Normans. You have an advantage: You
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have Robin Hood as your ally, and he will help you out in three crucial
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battles, as well as harassing Normans from time to time.
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Politics
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The Saxons are your allies, and you may pass through their lands (colored
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blue) safely, if you choose, or you may attack them. The Normans (earth
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colors) are your joint enemies, and to win you must occupy each of the three
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Norman home castles.
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Extra-Curricular Activities
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Whilst playing the game strategically, juggling the political balance to
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best suit your ends, you also have the chance, from time to time, to attend or
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hold a Jousting Tournament, Raid an enemy (or allied) castle, and rescue a
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beautiful ward of one of your allies from the hands of the enemy kidnappers.
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These events will have an impact on the rest of the game, but it is not
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essential to do well in them.
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Jousting
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If you hold a Tournament, or attend one that another noble is holding,
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you will be treated to some nice graphics and animation. You will then be
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given the choice to joust for land or fame. If you are doing well with your
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land holdings, you may choose to try to expand them, and this is a nice
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friendly way (ie: you won't go to war) of getting land from your allies. If
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you are short on land, it would be better to go for fame.
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When you first begin playing Defender of the Crown and jousting, you
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will need a bit of practice jousting. Hold tournaments often, and choose
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Wolfric the Wild as your character, as he'll give you the best jousting
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advantage.
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The game will switch to an overhead view of the entire tournament.
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There is a lot to look at here, although none of it is important. You will
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see your horse trotting from the left to the right, and you can speed it up
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to a canter by repeatedly hitting the mouse button. At this point, the game
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switches to a side view of the two knights approaching one another.
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When you get close enough, the view will switch again and show you a
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first-person view of your opponent heading towards you. Use the mouse to
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direct the point of your lance over onto the shield of your opponent, as close
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to the center of the "X" as possible. When you get close, press the mouse
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button to strike.
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The third person view comes back on the screen, and you see the result
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of the bout. If you hit successfully, you will see your opponent (the blue
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knight) knocked off of his horse, and you will win leadership, fame, or land.
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If you did not successfully hit, and your opponent did, it will show you
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getting knocked off, and you will lose the land (if that's what you bet) and a
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point of leadership. Often, neither knight will hit, and the horses will come
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around for another pass.
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Do not inadvertently aim for your opponent's horse, be it head or body.
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If you hit the horse in the joust, you will kill it and big trouble will
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befall you. You will lose all of your land, many of your soldiers and
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knights, your leadership will drop to bottom, and you will be banned from all
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future jousting events.
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The fencing simulation is very poor in this game (I should know, being a
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veteran fencer), and is accomplished as follows:
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Move the mouse right or left to move the fencer right or left.
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There is a spot in the middle which will keep your character
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stationary, but don't count on using it.
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Press the mouse button to extend your blade. Releasing it will
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return to en garde position. Waiting will bring your blade up
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in a defensive position.
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Finish off the guard who attacks you quickly, pushing him towards the
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left end of the courtyard. Every hit he scores on you, and every hit SCORED
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ON YOUR BACKUP will remove one of your "hit points", measured on a grey bar at
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the bottom left of the screen. The bottom right holds your opponent's score.
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When you kill your guard, no more touches on your backup will be scored
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against you, and he will continue to engage the remaining guard as you sneak
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into the castle proper.
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Once inside, you will be face-to-face with the captain of the guard.
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You shadow flickers on the back wall as he advances down a short flight of
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step to assault you. Hurry up and meet him on the bottom step, and push him
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back up the stairs and kill him.
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Now the part you've been waiting for. How do you kill the guards? It's
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simple, if you know the trick. I keep pushing forward, attacking every 1/4 of
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a second, with a 1/4 second break after every third attack. Count "LEX-I-CON"
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in your mind, and break after each "CON", if you want to do as I do. You will
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loose one hit point for about every two that your opponent looses. Keep up
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the attacks with regularity, or you will probably get captured.
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Once you kill the second guard, you will advance into the treasury of the
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castle and loot it, taking 1/2 of the castle's assets. If you are attempting
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a rescue rather than a raid, there is a different outcome.
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Some time early in the game, if your allies have not been killed off
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yet, you will be given a chance to rescue the ward of one of the other two
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Saxons. This is a regular fencing battle, as described above, except the
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prize is a romantic interlude (with pretty good graphics) of the maiden falling
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in love with your character, and eventually, marrying. This is a good thing,
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because the maiden's guardian will be so indebted to you, that he will turn
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over all of his lands to you, which is very advantageous strategically. You
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will see the icon of your wife on the right side of the map from now on.
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Castle Siege
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When you desire to take over an enemy stronghold, or a territory with a
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castle, your army must bring along a catapult. At this point, you will begin
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a 7-day siege of the castle. Armed with your trusty catapult, you will begin
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throwing an assortment of projectiles at the enemy fortress.
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Boulders - Used for knocking holes in the outer wall, thus reducing the
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defensive effectiveness of the castle.
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Greek Fire - Used to torch the tower. Kills about 10% of enemy forces.
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Disease - Toss this through a hole you've knocked with boulders in the
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wall. This will make the enemy sick, and kill about 20% of his
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remaining soldiers and knights.
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As always, the control is the mouse, but this time, just the button.
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Push and hold the button in and the catapult will crank backwards. There are
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some handy markers on the catapult rope, which will help you lob the cargo at
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the right place. Releasing the button throws the projectile at the target.
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Below, I will give a diagram of how far to pull the catapult back for using
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each type of weapon. Usually, you should watch the rope carefully, and
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release the button as the notch BEFORE your target notch is covered up.
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Top of 'pult
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= ___ Lob fire from here.
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- ___ Throw first boulder here.
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= ___ 2nd, 3rd boulders, Disease.
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- ___ 4th, 5th boulders
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Bottom
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In other words, pull the catapult back until only the top notch on the
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rope is showing to throw fire. Pull it back until the second notch is covered
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to throw your first boulder, and second notch uncovered for your second and
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third boulders. After you've tossed a couple boulders at the wall (and hit),
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you can toss your disease ammo in (historically, these "care packages"
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contained sewage and corpses).
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It is usually best to knock a few holes in the wall, throw in the
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disease, throw in a fire, and then knock a few more holes in the wall. If you
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don't knock any holes, the enemy will be well-fortified and you may see your
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superior force cut to ribbons. If there is only one soldier guarding the
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fort, don't bother with using the catapult, but just go directly to "Start the
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Battle".
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Battle
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When you enter into battle with an opponent, you will be shown a little
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battleground with your forces dressed in blue standing on the left side of the
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screen, with the enemy's red forces on the right side. Your soldiers will be
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lined up in front, and your knights behind. The larger the forces, the more
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characters are shown on the screen.
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On the right, there is a box showing the statistical sizes of each
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force, counted in soldiers, knights, and catapults. On the left is your
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"tactics box", which gives you a choice of tactics to follow as the battle
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progresses. They are outlined below.
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Stand and Fight: Essentially you do this when you have equal or slightly
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superior forces. You just hack at each other until you change tactics.
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Knight Charge : Your knights will charge the enemy lines and do a lot of
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damage. Make sure you have more knights than your enemy before you do this,
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and you can do A LOT of damage.
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Outflank Enemy : If you've got superior forces (about 130% to 150%+ of the
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enemy), you should use this tactic. This surrounds your enemy, and they
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lose soldiers quickly this way.
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Catapult Attack: If the enemy is still in a castle, you can lob rocks at them
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and make them easier to hit. If you're on a field, you can throw fire into
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their masses and do some damage. The problem is that your defense goes down
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when you use the catapult, and you can take a nice loss.
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Defensive Hold : Not aggressive. You sit there and let the enemy attack you.
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This is best to use when you're in a castle, or you have lesser numbers and
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want to do as much damage as possible before you die.
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Wild Retreat : Rout. Your forces run for it. You should do this if you
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are up against insurmountable odds, and you want to save some part of your
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army or garrison.
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If you've got superior forces of soldiers, use flank attacks and
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standing attacks. If you've got more soldiers and some knights to boot, do
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flank attacks and knight charges. You can decimate an enemy easily this way.
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If the enemy is obviously going to slaughter you (or is already doing so),
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give it up. Do a wild retreat, and save some forces.
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Strategy
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This is what will win the game for you. The strategic aspect. When
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playing to win the game quickly and easily, don't worry about jousting and
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raiding castles, but simply take over as much land as you possibly can. Use
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Sir Cedric of Rotherwood or Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe for their leadership
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abilities.
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In all cases, it is best to put all of your initial soldiers into your
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army, and go out in search of land. As you take over more land, you'll get
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more soldiers, and money to boot. Once all the free land is taken, or if an
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enemy (not an ally.. they won't attack you unless you box them in so they
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can't attack an enemy) gets close, spend all of your collected cash on foot
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troops, and buy a catapult soon too. Don't worry about knights yet. Print
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out this file, or at least the statistics at the end, and also print out the
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SHR picture: DOTC.MAP, which will show the various provinces as you see them
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on the screen, with the addition of their gold and vassal values and names.
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If you start in the province of Cumbria (dark blue, uppermost castle)
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you should immediately move your forces to Lancashire to the south, and the
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next turn, to Yorkshire at your northwest. From there, battles will begin
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forming, and you should prepare to help medium blue fight off yellow and
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orange attackers if they get too close.
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If you start in Nottingham (medium blue), in the middle of the map south
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of Sherwood Forest, you should go for Lancashire (northeast) first, then
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Leicestor (directly south of Nottingham) then Linconshire (coastal shire to
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the west), if Dark Blue doesn't have it yet. From there, you'll have to be
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ready to fight off orange and brown attacks on Leicestor, and yellow attacks
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on Linconshire. It's best to let dark blue get Linconshire and fight Yellow
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for a little while, while you build up troops, then go in and take it from
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Yellow.
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If you start off in Clwyd (light blue, east England), you should take
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your forces to Gloucestor (southwest) first, then to Gwynedd (northeast), then
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on to Glamorgan, then get your forces back home. You will lose Gloucestor
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quickly, as it will be a big target for both Orange and Brown, and ultimately,
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this is the key land in the early game. Build up your army, then attack
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Gloucestor after Orange and Brown have wasted most of their armies taking it
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from one another.
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From here, you will have to watch what is going on to decide what to do.
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It is nice to take territories that give a lot of gold and vassals, but more
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important is keeping a defensible empire together. Do not have lands way out
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in the middle of enemy territory you can't more troops to quickly. Keep your
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allies above water. If they're threatened by a big force, strike at some of
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the attacking force's undefended territories.
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As soon as you can, pick up a catapult. When you get enough forces, and
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some land near an enemy stronghold, go in for the kill. Get Robin's help if
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they have a lot of forces. Attack the stronghold, and if it falls, all of the
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enemy's lands become yours. If an ally of yours attacks you, gather a nice
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force together and enter his lands. Keep asking for safe passage until you
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get to his stronghold, and take it over. You'll get all the traitor's lands.
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It is best to take out an enemy castle early in the game, just to make it
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easier on yourself later. Early in the game, the computer does not defend
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its castles very well.
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As far as forces go, in the early game, build up on foot soldiers. If
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you can get a lot of foot soldiers, you can always do flanking attacks on the
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enemy and win nearly every battle. When you've got a sizable empire, but have
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enemies attacking in multiple places, start building castles. Building a
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castle in an internal (non-border) territory is a waste of 20 gold. Build a
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vesting in knights. A good-sized troupe of knights will steamroll
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forces of up to 10 times their size. It's good to carry along at least one
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foot soldier for every three knights later on, for protection.
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To get ahead fast in the game, take over enemy strongholds, and gain all
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their lands. It will be hard when they are in the middle of a bunch of minor
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castles, so try to hit one up early in the game. Go for Yellow or Orange,
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because Brown is too tough to get, and is usually the last enemy you have to
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kill. One underhanded tactic is to help your allies along, then backstab them
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and steal their lands. It works, but it isn't very chivalrous.
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Statistics
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All of these statistics can be found in the game (save for my strategic
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values for the territories, which I determined), but I'll type them up
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here so you can print and use them, which is a lot easier than using them from
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the game proper.
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Character Name Race Leadership Fencing Jousting Total
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-------------- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----
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Sir Geoffry Longsword Saxon ****** ********* ****** 21
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Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe Saxon ******** ****** ******** 22
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Sir Cedric of Rotherwood Saxon ********* *** ******** 20
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Sir Wolfric the Wild Saxon ****** ****** ********* 21
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Sir Roger of Falconbridge Norman ***** ********** ******* 22
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Sir Edmund the Grim Norman ******** ********* ******** 25
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Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeof Norman ******* ****** ******** 21
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Sir Phillip Malvoisin Norman ********** ******** ***** 23
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Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert Norman ******** ******** ********** 26
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Territory Name Income Vassals Strategic Location
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-------------- -------- ------------ --------- --------
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Cumbria *** zero * North-NE
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Yorkshire ** ****** *** North-NW
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Lancashire **** ****** ** NorthEast
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Nottingham ** zero *** North
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Linconshire *** ****** **** Northwest
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Gwynedd ** **** * Far East
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Clwyd *** zero *** East
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Leicestor ** ***** **** Centre
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Cambridge ***** ****** ***** West
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Norfolk ****** zero ** Far West
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Glamorgan * **** * East-SE
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Gloucestor ******* ************ ***** SouthEast
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Buckingham ******** zero **** South
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Essex ****** ******** *** SouthWest
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Cornwall ******** zero * Far Southeast
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