User manual GAMES PC KINGMAKER

[. . . ] Quick-Start Reference Folder Installation/Loading Amiga Playing from Floppy Disk: 1. Note: If you have two drives and enough memory, then insert Disk 2 onto DFl:. From your Workbench screen choose "New Drawer: and name the new drawer "KING". To play, open up the "KING" drawer and double-click on the "KING" icon. Instructions Disk DFO:. [. . . ] If a Noble is summoned to two separate locations by virtue of (for example) his Title and his Office, he goes to the first location named by the Event. Nobles in besieged castles, at sea, on an island or in Calais cannot respond even if they have a Ship close at hand. Smart Moves Events can play a large part in a winning strategy--or in a sudden reversal of fortune. parts of the country, Beware Embassies and Raids; they can drag key members of your Faction off to distant Storms At Sea Storms drive all Ships at sea into the nearest Port at once (obviously, if a Ship is already in Port, there is no effect), a friendly one if possible, a neutral one as a second choice. A Ship forced into a neutral or hostile Port may have difficulty leaving again, . If the Advanced Weather option (see Page 11) has been selected, a Storm at Sea may sink-rather than drive ashore-ships. In this case, the ship, and all passengers aboard it at the time, are lost. Even worse, Storms occur with more frequency. perhaps dividing your forces info groups small enough to be destroyed piecemeal. The sudden shift of a large Amy to a decisive battlefield can change the course of the game in yourfavor. 31 Embassy News of the arrival of an Embassy causes the King to move at once to the place where the meeting is to take place. Any Nobles accompanying the King when the Embassy is announced must move to the meeting-place with him. If the King is besieged in a Town or Castle, or if he is at sea, on an island or in Calais, he cannot respond even if he has a Ship close-at-hand. Fresh Horses Factions may receive Fresh Horses. These are recorded in the icon on the control panel. This noble castle in Yorkshire belongs to the Roos Family. q Number indicates fresh horses available Fresh Horses allow a single Army to move twice in a single Turn. If your Faction has sufficient Fresh Horses, you will be offered the option to use them, and to move four extra areas. 32 Parliamentary Summons A Faction which includes the Chancellor may receive a Writ of Parliamentary Summons. The Faction retains this Summons, and can play it at an appropriate time to summon a session of Parliament. (See Parliament, page 54. ) If a Faction loses control of the Chancellor, all the Summonses they hold are discarded. Their use also is described in the section on "Parliament" (page 54). t the beginning of your Turn, the Area map centers on one of your Nobles. If two or more Nobles are grouped together in an Army, only the most senior is shown. THE MOVEMENT PHASE A Inspect Basic intelligence about most items can be gathered by clicking on them with the Right Mouse Button. You can look at different parts of Britain using the large-scale map in the top right window. Click the pointer on any part of this map, and the main Area Map centers on the selected area. Click on the button in the bottom left corner to bring up the All-Britain Map. If you click on that map, the display returns to the detailed view. This town on the Welsh border is an "Open" Town. However, while occupied by any Army, the citizens will provide a 200 man garrison to help defend the Town. Mercenaries Go Home Finally, a Faction's foreign Mercenaries may be called home. This affects all Mercenaries, except the Scots and Irish. 33 Smart Moves Get used to the different garrisons of Towns, Nobk Castles and Royal Castles. In the opening phases of the game, your ability to capture Royal Heirs depends on you having a large enough army to defeat the garrison that protects them. [. . . ] Those who are familiar with the original may wish to make note of the following deviations, as they can aff c strategy. The following is a brief summary-in no particular order--of these: et 1) If a noble is killed (through battle o r plague), upon return to play they will always be placed at their home castle, even if that castle is currently controlled by another faction (they are considered outside the castle in this instance). 2) If summoned by piracy or raid, the Admiral of England and/or the Warden of the Cinque Ports are not accompanied by their ships. 3) Upon being summoned, a" affected noble that is called to two o r more places (due to titles, offices or bishoprics held) is automatically assigned to the last location mentioned. [. . . ]