User Guide

CAESAR II
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Once you have selected a unit or units to command,
you may issue any of the following orders:
Formations: You may order your units into a number
of formations. You may want to change troop
formations as the two armies move around each other.
A Line is a row in which each soldier faces the
enemy at the start of the battle. The Line is an
attack formation, i.e. troops in a line
formation will have an attack bonus in battle.
A Column is a row of soldiers aligned toward
the enemy forces at the start of the battle. The
Column is an attack formation, i.e. troops in a
Column formation will have an attack bonus
in battle.
A Tortoise is an exclusively Roman formation in
which all the troops on the outside of a
rectangle use their shields to form a protective
wall for the whole unit. The Tortoise is a
defensive formation, i.e. troops in this
formation will have a defend bonus in battle.
If you issue the Pursue command, the selected
unit(s) will break formation and attack the
nearest enemies.
COMBAT