User Guide

CHANGING GOVERNMENTS

By now, you have established a small, but thriving, civilization. You are doing well, but you

could do better. The last thing you’ll learn in this tutorial is how to improve your civilization

by switching to better forms of government.

Open New York’s CITY DISPLAY. Note that the city is currently generating six grain, five

arrows, and four shields (assuming that the trade route with Little Bighorn is generating one

arrow. Your actual number of arrows might vary slightly.) Close the CITY DISPLAY.

Now, it’s time to change governments. Select the REVOLUTION! option from the KINGDOM

menu and confirm your choice to overthrow the government. Within a few turns, a

menu appears listing the systems of government currently available to you. Choose

MONARCHY and click OK. Your civilization is now ruled through a Monarchy. The TAX RATE

window appears, giving you the opportunity to reset your division of trade between taxes,

luxuries, and science. Note that your maximum rate is now capped at 70 percent and

close the window. Now, you’ll make discoveries more quickly.

Let’s take a look at the effects of the government change. Open New York’s CITY

DISPLAY. Look at the production changes. The city’s grain production has increased from six

to eight. Note that the Grassland-Shield square you irrigated earlier is now generating three

grain instead of two. The other extra grain is coming from the city square itself (it is

automatically irrigated when the city is built). Trade has also increased as a result of the

change in government. The Whale square is now generating one additional arrow. This has

the effect of increasing the number of beakers from three to four. Shield generation has

remained the same because none of the terrain currently in use around New York is

capable of producing more than two shields under the present circumstances. If you look

at the CITY DISPLAY for Washington, you’ll notice similar increases in that city as well.

CONCLUSION

So ends the tutorial. You should now be familiar with many of the basic concepts of

Civilization II. Feel free to continue playing the tutorial game and see how you do, or go

back and start a new game on a randomly generated world. Remember, you have only

scratched the surface when it comes to learning the game. Use the rest of this manual and

the on-line CIVILOPEDIA in the game to help you with new concepts as you encounter them.

Have fun, and good luck! May your reign be long and fruitful.

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