User Guide

CITIES

The economic and industrial centers of your civilization are its cities. They are

the residence of the population, the source of tax dollars, the home of your

scientists, and the sites of your industrial production. Each city organizes the

development of the area surrounding it, harvesting the nearby agricultural land,

natural resources, and potential trade, and converting these materials into food,

industrial production, technology, and cash.

One measure of the success of your civilization is the number of cities it

encompasses and the size of each. Larger cities collect more taxes, conduct more

technology research, and produce new items faster. Small civilizations, both in

numbers of cities and the sizes of each, risk being overrun by larger and more

powerful neighbors. Falling too far behind in the arms race, both in quality and

quantity, may result in an early exit from history.

The management of your civilization involves the founding of cities, their

management, and their protection. New cities can be built from scratch or

captured from rivals. Managing a city requires maintaining a balance of food,

industry, taxes, luxuries, and improvements that keeps the citizens content and

productive.

Rival civilizations are a constant threat to the security of your cities. After taking

steps to protect them, consider conquering the cities of your rivals. This reduces

the threat they pose and is often an inexpensive way to expand.

New Cities

New cities can be acquired in three ways: they

can be started from scratch, a minor tribe

discovered by your armies may elect to join you

as a new city, or your armies can conquer the

cities of your neighbors.

Founding New Cities: When an active Settlers

unit is on a map square where you wish to

build a new city, choose the option “Found

New City” from the Orders menu or press the

B key. If you have accidentally pressed this key and built a city by mistake, you

can undo the command. For the IBM/DOS version, press the Escape key

immediately.

Explosives

(Gunpowder & Chemistry)

Write Replay to Disk: Choosing this option saves a text file of the replay to your

hard disk. A dialog box lets you specify the file name. As part of the replay

information, a map of the world is also saved. This map shows all land masses and

the location and nationality of all cities. It also shows where destroyed cities were

located. After you have exited the game, you can view and/or print the file in a

word processing program.

Engineering

(The Wheel & Construction)

CIVILIZATION