User Guide

sold or lost increase output 50 percent (not 100 percent) until the Factory is rebuilt.

The same loss of bonus applies to the Bank & Marketplace combination and to the

University & Library pairing. City Walls are cheaper and no longer cost maintenance.

Aqueducts are now required for cities to increase beyond size eight; they used to be required

above size ten. The full details are listed in the C

IVILOPEDIA entries for each improvement, so

be sure to check them out.

NEW TERRAIN CONCEPTS

Redrawing the squares as isometric diamonds doesn’t affect the gameplay in

Civilization II. However, there were some elements of terrain that we decided could be

jazzed up, including new special resources and upgrades for city squares.

RIVERS

In Civilization, rivers were considered their own terrain type. Now, they are features that

can be found running through almost any terrain, making their appearance more true-to-

life. To simulate the beneficial effect rivers had on trade, especially in ancient times, any

ground unit can follow a riverbed (either upstream or down) for a cost of only one-third of

a movement point per square. The presence of a river in an adjacent terrain square still

indicates access to water for irrigation, if that adjoining terrain can be irrigated. Rivers still

convey a defense bonus of 50 percent, and squares through which they run can still be

worked for trade goods in addition to the yield of the basic terrain.

NEW SPECIAL TERRAIN

To spice up your world, special terrain resources have been re-allocated in Civilization II.

Now each terrain type (except Grassland) has two associated special resources, each with

its own developmental bonuses. Each special resource has an icon that rests on top of the

basic terrain square. To allow for these new resources, some of the special icons with which

you are familiar have been renamed and adjusted — for instance, the special resource for

Swamp used to be Oil. This resource yielded an extra four shields, along with the one food

that basic swamps could generate. Now the Peat resource allows workers to produce four

extra shields. In addition, Swamps might also be enhanced by Spice, which allows citizens

working them to produce four extra trade arrows, but does not yield any shields. The

Special Terrain Chart on the Poster summarizes all special terrain resource icons,

names, and statistics.

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