User Guide

Advanced Battle
This a castle near Dur-
ham belonging to the
Neville family.
At any time in the game, you may
fight a battle using the Advanced Bat-
tle rules. Simply select “Control” when
the option to attack or defend is offered
to you. Instead of the normal resolution
of the conflict, you are taken to the bat-
tlefield, to take command of your army
personally.
By superior generalship and good
fortune, you may find that you can
achieve a greater level of success than
the normal resolution brings.
The Plan of Battle
Before the battle, you must allocate
your forces, under the command of the
Nobles you have in that army, to their
places on the battlefield.
Your army will consist of two lines, a
Front Rank and a Reserve, and each
line is divided into a Right Wing, Cen-
tre and Left Wing, according to the
accepted military practice of the period.
The Nobles in your army (along with
any Royal Heirs and Mercenaries) are
listed in the Information Box. Select
them one-by-one and place them in one
of the six “slots” available. You might,
for example (and this would be normal
practice), place your most senior Noble
in the Center of the Front Rank. Con-
tinue to do this until all your forces
have been allocated to a place on the
battlefield.
As you allocate your Nobles, their
shield appears in that position, and the
box underneath records their Troop
Strength. Mercenaries, likewise, add
their strength to that “battalion”. A
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