User Guide

Towers
Build Towers to bring a little offense to your defensive
walls. Towers are manned with guards who are trained
by the Recruiter to hurl javelins on any enemies brave
or foolhardy enough to come within range.
Provided the Wall is wide enough for them to walk on,
Towers also send out sentries to patrol the length of
the Wall and rain arrows on approaching enemies.
Towers must be built into Walls that are two layers
thick. They also require road access, employees and
sentries from a Recruiter’s office.
Gatehouses
As comforting as it may seem, you cannot complete-
ly encircle your city with Walls. To let immigrants and
merchant trade caravans in, you must have
Gatehouses.
Build Gatehouses directly over the major access roads
to your city. While you are holding the mouse cursor
over the desired location, press “R” to change the
direction the Gatehouse is facing. Once placed,
Gatehouses will automatically attach to any adjacent
Walls. If attack is threatened, guards
will close the gates to keep out the
enemy.
Like Roadblocks, Gatehouses permit
destination walkers free passage but
turn roaming walkers back.
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The Military, Combat and Defense
repair to send the ship back to the Shipwright for
repairs. The ship’s captain will bring his ship to the
Shipwright on his own if the hull is severely dam-
aged. The hot key for this command is “R”.
Return to Wharf.
Click on this button to send the
transport ship back to its wharf. The hot key for
this command is “W”.
Hull Strength
Info-click on the transport ship to ascertain its hull’s
strength and the status of any companies which may
be on board. Hull strength is a measure of the ship’s
seaworthiness. A damaged hull makes the transport
ship more vulnerable in the event of an attack.
DDeeffeennssiivvee SSttrruuccttuurreess
The army and navy defend the city after enemies have
penetrated its borders. Building defensive structures
may prevent enemies from ever setting foot on the
city’s soil.
Walls
The most basic defensive structure is the Wall. To
build Walls, choose them from the Military Structures:
Defensive Structures list. Click and drag the mouse to
build large sections of a Wall at one time.
Walls that are a single layer thick only slow down ene-
mies a little. To best defend your city from attack,
build Walls several layers thick. It takes enemy soldiers
much longer to break through a thick Wall.
Walls are built from ordinary stone, so no stone needs
to be quarried or imported to build them.
Gatehouse