User Guide

CAESAR II

GAME TIME

Caesar II takes place in real time: your city and

province will begin to grow and change on their own

as soon as you place structures down. If you build a

group of houses, for example, and their neighborhood

becomes more desirable in some way, those houses will

improve in quality and size. Conversely, they will

decline and shrink if the neighborhood drops in value.

In this way, you will watch your city and province

grow, change, or deteriorate in an almost organic

fashion. And remember, changes will occur

simultaneously on the City Level and the Province

Level, so keep your eye on both.

To pause the game at any time, just hit the <P> key on

your keyboard. Hit <P> again to resume the game.

While the game is paused, you may still look around

your City and Province, and you may still build things,

clear things, issue order, and so on.

The following descriptions assume that you have

chosen to play a “Full Game” that includes the

campaign, or strategic, dimension. If you should

choose City Building Only on the Game Setup

screen, your game will consist of only the City Level

and will not include combat or the Province Level.

INTRODUCTION