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Caravans.) Normally, either the attacking unit or the defending unit (and all other

units stacked with it) are destroyed when the combat is resolved. Victorious

attacking units with movement points remaining may continue moving and even

attack again.

During this movement phase you may pause to perform all other management

tasks for your civilization. For example, you may wish to consult with your

advisors concerning the state of your civilization’s scientific research or check the

attitude of your population. You can examine any or all of your cities to adjust

their work force placements or production. This is the time to change tax rates,

governments, or examine the state of international affairs.

When all active units have been moved, your game turn is over and the next

civilization moves.

End of Turn

Once all active units have been moved, your game turn may end. At this point

a blinking “End of Turn” message appears in the unit identification window.

(This is part of the status window in the Windows version.) So long as this

message remains visible you may still examine cities, consult advisors, etc. To end

your turn, press the Enter key. Once you choose to continue, you cannot examine

cities, etc., until the next turn.

The End of Turn message may be toggled on or off. In the DOS version, open

the Game menu and choose “Options” to open the Options menu. In the

Windows version, the Options menu is reached from the File menu. One of the

options on the Options menu is “End of Turn.” There is check mark next to the

option indicating that it is on and that the End of Turn message will appear at the

end of each turn. To turn off the message, choose the “End of Turn” option and

the check mark disappears.

Even when the End of Turn message is turned off, it still appears during any

turn in which you have no active units.

When the End of Turn message is off, you receive no warning that the turn is

about to end. At the moment you move your last unit, your turn is over and the

next civilization begins to move.

Growth: If the city produces sufficient surplus food, it grows by one population

point. This added population is put to work on the city map.

Civil Disorder: If the number of unhappy citizens exceeds the number of happy

citizens after population growth or the destruction of a city improvement by

disaster, your city goes into civil disorder. You receive a message reporting this

condition.

If this is the first turn of disorder, you jump to the affected city’s display so that

adjustments can be made to return the city to order. If the situation is not

corrected, in following turns you are notified that disorder continues.

Maintenance: Taxes collected from the city are added to your treasury and then

the maintenance costs for improvements in this city are deducted. If you don’t

have sufficient funds in your treasury to pay the maintenance costs, one

improvement in this city, chosen randomly, is sold.

Note that while your civilization as a whole may have a revenue surplus for the

turn, you can still lose an improvement when your treasury is low. High

maintenance costs for the first cities checked may deplete the treasury and force a

sale before later cities contribute their cash surpluses.

Scientific Research: The research contributed by this city, measured by the

number of light bulbs it produces, is added to the total so far accumulated by

your civilization. If this total is sufficient to acquire the technology that you have

instructed your scientists to study, then you receive a message informing you that

you have obtained this new technology.

Movement and Combat

After each city has been checked, you have the opportunity to

move your active units. While a unit is moving it may engage in

combat.

Each active unit is designated for movement, one after

another. Each unit has the option of moving, not moving, or

delaying its move until later in the turn. For more detailed

information on moving your units, see Movement, page 85.

Combat occurs when a unit attempts to enter a map square occupied by a unit

or city of another civilization (see Combat). (Exceptions: see Diplomats and

Construction

(Masonry & Currency)

Aqueduct

Colosseum

Fortress

(see p. 37)

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