User Guide

Number of Factions
Selecting New Game brings up a
second menu, which asks you to select
the number of Factions you will face in
the game.
1 Faction (easy)
This is a Royal Castle
2 Factions
and port on the island
of Anglesey, off the
northwestern tip of
W&S.
3 Factions
4 Factions
5 Factions(hard)
The more Factions the computer con-
trols, the tougher the game becomes-
although the computer-controlled fac-
tions will compete against each other
just as fiercely as they compete against
you. The Roll of Honor rewards victory
against large numbers of Factions with
greater glory.
Difficulty Level
A third menu asks you to set one of
two difficulty levels:
Allocate Blind (hard-you place first)
After Computer (easy-you see
where all other Factions have placed
their forces before you place yours)
Allocate Blind forces you to place
your Nobles on the map in ignorance of
the actions of the computer-controlled
Factions.
If you select After Computer, you
see the computer-controlled Faction(s)
appear on the map before you make
your own dispositions. This allows you
to see which Royal Heirs are most at
risk of capture by your opponents, and
where the enemy are strongest.
Advanced Options
You are next asked to set or reject two
Advanced Game options-Advanced
Weather and Advanced Plague-and
the level of Autohelp. The Advanced
Game options affect the way the game is
played, although neither adds to the dif-
ficulty. Use the buttons to toggle these
options on or off.
Advanced Weather is checked at
the beginning of the player’s turn. The
computer determines whether this is to
be a Fair Weather or Bad Weather
Turn. In Fair Weather, the game pro-
ceeds as normal. In Bad Weather, the
following restrictions apply:
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