User Guide

MOVEMENT

There are two basic methods of moving units a square or two at a time: by keyboard

commands or (if you have enabled mouse movement) by mouse clicks. The keyboard

method uses the eight edge keys of the numeric keypad. The

key in the center is

inactive; think of it as your unit’s position. The keys surrounding the

represent the points

of a compass. For example pressing

sends your unit northwest, while pressing

sends

your unit east.

The mouse method involves placing your mouse cursor near the edge of the unit in the

direction you want it to travel. When the cursor turns into an arrow pointing in the

appropriate direction, click the left mouse button to make the unit move. Note that this

method works only if you turn on the MOVE UNITS W/ MOUSE optioninGAME OPTIONS. You can

also use the GOTO order to send a unit over long distances, as we explain in detail under

GoTo Orders.

Units can move up to the limit of their movement factors, with a few caveats. The most

important exception is that a unit can always move at least one square in a turn, regardless

of the movement point cost of the terrain. Are we saying a unit can always move? Not quite.

An enemy unit or city’s presence can hamstring any unit with the zone of control restriction,

as you’ll see in a moment. There are other, common-sense restrictions on where units can

move and where they can’t, which are elaborated under Movement Restrictions.

Back to movement factors. A unit with a movement factor greater than one must

compare its movement factor with the movement point cost of the terrain square you wish

it to enter. The unit pays the movement point cost (subtracts the movement point cost from

its remaining movement factor) for each new square it enters, until you choose to stop

advancing, or the unit’s movement factor is smaller than the movement point cost of the

terrain square. There’s a small chance that a unit can enter a square, even if its movement

factor is lower than the movement point cost of the terrain, which is why sometimes

Chariots can cross Mountains squares, and sometimes they can’t. When an army is unable

to complete a movement order because it doesn’t have enough movement points to

proceed, its movement is finished for the turn. The map then centers on the next active

unit.

Roads and railroads speed the movement of ground units. They do this by lowering the

movement point cost of the terrain over which they are built. Any terrain square with a road

across it costs just one-third of a movement point to cross. Any terrain square with a

railroad costs no movement points to cross — zero! Cities automatically have roads in their

city squares, so entering a city square always costs one-third of a movement point. Once

your civilization discovers the Railroad advance, city squares are automatically upgraded

to railroads, so your units can slide through them for free.

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