User Guide

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Now, back on the map, the Phalanx is flashing. In order to protect the city, the Phalanx
must remain inside Washington. Units provide the best protection when they are fortified.
Fortify the Phalanx by choosing F
ORTIFY from the ORDERS menu, or by pressing the
F
key. Fortified units remain in their defensive position until you manually reactivate them.
For now, the Phalanx should be left alone to guard Washington.
INTERIM
Because you have so few units and cities early in the game, there are often periods of time
that pass without your having to take any action. After fortifying your Phalanx, press
e
two times. At this point, your wise men discover Horseback Riding. In addition to allowing
the research of several new advances, Horseback Riding allows you to build Horsemen,
fast-moving military units that are great for exploration.
Choose Code of Laws as the next advance to research. For the purposes of this
tutorial, our goal now is to develop Trade. In order to do so, you must research both Code
of Laws and Currency. Code of Laws also leads to Monarchy, a more advanced form of
government that helps to increase your productivity. Continue pressing
e
.
About six turns later, you are notified that Washington has completed the Settlers it has
been building. Choose the ZOOM TO CITY option on the notification menu to open the CITY
DISPLAY. Once there, change production so that Washington is building a Horsemen unit.
You’ll be using the Horsemen to do some more exploration as soon as it’s built.
You’ll notice that Washington’s population has dropped to one. That is because Settlers
units represent citizens that leave the city in order to improve the surrounding terrain or to
establish a new city. Also, one of the three shields generated by the city is now being used
for support. That is because, under Despotism, any units beyond the size of the city’s
population require one shield each turn to support them. Right now, you have two units,
but only one citizen. At any rate, the FOOD STORAGE BOX shows that the population is about
to increase again, so these situations are only temporary. Close the CITY DISPLAY.
EXPANDING YOUR EMPIRE
Now it’s time to expand your empire. Move your Settlers directly west until they reach
the sea coast, then move them one square to the southwest. Use the BUILD CITY
command on the ORDERS menu, or press
B
to build a new city. Again, you can name the
city anything you want, but we’ll refer to it by its default name, “New York.”
When New York’s CITY DISPLAY opens, you’ll notice a couple of differences from
Washington when it was first built. Although New York is generating just as much food as
Washington did, raw materials and trade goods generation are both significantly lower.
That’s because there are no special resources, like Whales, to take advantage of within
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