User Guide

Scoring
Completing a Civilization II game can take many hours, especially if you are playing at
one of the tougher levels of competition. There are several ways to get a general idea of
how you’re doing along the way.
THRONE ROOM
As your civilization achieves certain
milestones, some of which are keyed to
numbers and sizes of cities, attitude of
population, and civilization advances,
your citizens spontaneously show
their approval — first by building and
subsequently by offering to make additions
to your THRONE ROOM. Periodic reports notify
you of these events.
Do you have to take the time to direct
the additions to your throne room? No. If
you choose to, you can completely ignore it
with no repercussions. Turn off THRONE
ROOM on the GRAPHICS OPTIONS menu, and
you won’t even know it’s there.
However if, like most of us, you enjoy
making improvements to your seat of
power, click once to see the schematic
overlay. The colored elements of the
overlay represent areas that you can
change. Each element has four different looks, representing the increasing decorative
sophistication of your people. Once you have indulged your tastes in interior decor to their
fullest, your people update the various objects d’art scattered about your chamber. You
can view the current state of your throne room at any time by selecting the VIEW THRONE
ROOM option from the VIEW menu.
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A typical throne room
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