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Writing: Makes available the Diplomat unit which has many good uses (see

Diplomat); makes available the Library improvement, which speeds scientific

research. (Requires Alphabet advance.)

Monarchy: Allows the new government of Monarchy which can increase harvests

of food and resources. (Requires first Alphabet and then Code of Laws advances,

plus Ceremonial Burial.)

Ceremonial Burial: Makes available the Temple improvement which is important

for keeping order in cities that grow to populations of 4 and 5, or more.

Alphabet: Leads to other important advances including Writing, Map Making,

and Monarchy.

Exploration

In the early stages of a new game, attempt to explore as much of the continent

you occupy as you can. The specific goals of exploration are to find good sites for

future cities, locate the coasts of your continent, and find rival civilizations.

City Sites: Good city sites are at least four or five squares away from your first

city. At this distance the radius of each city does not overlap the other. The actual

city square should be a Plains square, Grasslands square with resources (shield

symbol visible in the square on the map), or a River square. For a more detailed

discussion about choosing city sites, see Placing New Cities.

Locate Coasts: Locating coasts reveals the boundaries of your continent, and aids

in the planning of future expansion and city placement. When you know the exact

extent of your continent, you can plan new cities to take maximum advantage of

the available land. If you place cities without locating coasts, you may discover that

the coast is just one square away, leaving it and several coastal squares beyond the

radius of your cities. Placing cities on coasts makes it possible to build ship units

there later in the game. Ships are necessary for exploration overseas, intercepting

enemy invasion forces, and transporting ground units by sea. Locating coasts also

helps identify the direction in which other civilizations might be found. If you have

explored the entire continent without finding rival civilizations, you can grow and

expand without their interference, at least for a while.

Locating Other Civilizations: On Earth, the continents are large. Even though

you selected only three civilizations total for this tutorial game, the other two

civilizations are probably not that far away. Locate them as soon as you can and

When play starts, watch the light bulb in

the status window change color as turns

pass. Eventually, your advisor returns to

announce that you have learned the

technology of Pottery. At this point, the

Civilopedia entry for Pottery opens with

information about this advance and what

benefit it provides. Knowing Pottery, for

example, means that you can now build

the Granary improvement in your cities and that the Hanging Gardens Wonder of

the World can be built (if no other civilization has built it). Both of these items

are now added to the Production menu for your cities.

The technologies available in the game are all listed in the Civilopedia. Pull

down the Civilopedia menu and choose the option “Civilization Advances.” This

opens a menu of all advances listed alphabetically. Choose any advance to learn

more about it. A Civilization Advances Chart is included on the back page of this

manual. Shown with each advance are the names and icons of any units

or improvements that become available with the advance. In addition, civilization

advances are briefly described in side bars placed in alphabetical order throughout

this manual.

The following technologies are especially helpful to new civilizations. For each,

a brief discussion is included that explains why they are of use early in the game.

Pottery: Makes available the Granary improvement which speeds the population

growth of any city having one; protects against Famine disaster.

Bronze Working: Makes available the Phalanx unit which is the best defensive

unit for the cost for many years; allows construction of the Colossus Wonder,

which increases trade for its city.

The Wheel: Makes available the Chariot unit which is an excellent military unit

for war; the Chariot is fast and has an excellent attack factor.

Map Making: Makes available the Trireme ship unit; with Triremes you can

plant cities overseas, explore coasts, and transport military units. (Requires

Alphabet advance.)

Civilization Advances Menu

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