Welcome to the Civilization II Scenarios!

----IMPORTANT: Read This----

When you install the scenarios, the files for each are put into separate
directories. They absolutely MUST stay that way. If you move files around,
there's no telling what might happen, and Customer Service might not be able
to fix it.

**** Do not move the scenario files.****

The same goes for any scenario games you save. When you save a scenario game
(even if you do so using the Autosave function), that save file goes into
the directory with that scenario. When the time comes to load the file, look
for it in the scenario directory, not in the normal Civilization II directory.

For example, if you play the Civil War scenario halfway through, then save,
you must put the save file in the directory scenario\civilwar. Otherwise,
bad things happen.

This brings up one more important rule. If you copy a scenario save file to
use with Civilization II on another computer, make sure that you copy the file
into the correct scenario directory.

----Playing----

Once the automated installation and set-up are complete,
the scenarios are ready to play. To start:

(1) If you want to see and hear the uninstalled video and
    multimedia portions of the game, make sure that the
    Civilization II Scenarios CD-ROM is in the drive. (Remember,
    if you did not install the Recommended files when you
    originally installed Civilization II, there will be no
    sound effects regardless of whether the CD is in the drive.
    There will be some music.)

(2) If it is not already running, start Windows.

(3) Now simply double-click the Civilization II icon (or click
    Civ2 on the Windows '95 Start menu) to start the game.

----A Quick Review----

Although every Civilization II player has surely read and reread
the manual several times, your mind might have wandered a little
over the brief mentions of scenarios. Just in case, let's go through
a quick rehash of how you load scenarios for play and what it means
to win one.

----Loading a Scenario----

The first menu you see when the game starts up doesn't have a name.

* Click the radio button next to Begin Scenario.
* Click on the OK button.

Now you need to choose the scenario you want to play. The selection
window works exactly like a typical Windows file selection window.

* First, double-click on the directory named scenario.
* Next, double-click on the directory of the scenario you want.
* Finally, double-click on the name of the scenario file itself.

The MicroProse scenarios are each in a separate directory:

Scenario		Directory	File
----------------------------------------------------------
Alexander the Great	Alexandr	alexandr.scn
Alien Invasion		Alien		alien.scn
American Civil War	CivilWar	civilwar.scn
The Crusades		Crusades	crusades.scn
Age of Discovery	Discover	discover.scn
After the Apocalypse	Apocalyp	apocalyp.scn
Jihad, Rise of Islam	Jihad		jihad.scn
The Mongol Horde	Mongol		mongol.scn
The Age of Napoleon	Napoleon	napoleon.scn
War for Independence	Independ	independ.scn
The Great War		WW1		ww1.scn
World War: 1979	WW79		ww79.scn

The Best of the Net scenarios are all in sub-directories of the
directory named NetBest:

Scenario		Directory	File
-----------------------------------------------------------
Atolon			Atolon		atolon.scn
The Cholera of Zeus	Zeus		zeus.scn
Conquest of Britain	Brit1011	britain.scn
Cross and Crescent	CrosCres	croscres.scn
Fall of Great Kesh	Kesh		kesh.scn
Persian Gulf War	GulfWar	gulfwar.scn
East, Wind, Rain	EastWind	eastwind.scn
Native Rebellion	Rebel		rebel.scn

Once you've chosen a scenario, you see the introductory text, which
explains the situation you're getting yourself into. Click OK when
you've finished reading it. Now, you go through the normal decisions
for the beginning of a Civilization II game.

(1) Choose the civilization you want to lead. Every scenario includes
    empires that are interesting to play and those that are not. Some
    nations are only included for historical accuracy or to spice things
    up; they're not really fun to play.

(2) Select a Difficulty Level. The default is Deity, since we assume
    scenario players are already somewhat experienced.

(3) Enter the name under which you rule.

(4) Choose the gender you want other civilizations' emissaries to use
    when referring to your ruler.

After that, the scenario begins in earnest.

----Objectives and Winning----

In some scenarios, scoring and winning are the same as in any normal game.
However, most scenarios use the Objectives system instead. In this case,
success and failure are measured in terms of who has how many objective cities
(and sometimes wonders) under their control at the end of the game.

One civilization in each Objectives scenario is considered the protagonist
nation. It's always the same nation (noted in the introductory text), regardless
of which one you choose to play. The designer of the scenario has marked certain
cities as objectives. (To tell which cities are objectives, select Find City
from the Kingdom menu.) Some cities are Major Objectives; these count for 3 times
as much as normal objectives.

The only object of the scenario is to capture and hold as many objectives as you
can. This and this alone determines the outcome. If some of the Wonders of the
World are also considered objectives, each objective wonder you capture also
counts toward the total.

There are four possible results of any Objective scenario. The number of
objectives required for each is a pre-set characteristic of the scenario. The
protagonist nation can:

   Win a Decisive Victory,
   Win a Marginal Victory,
   Suffer a Marginal Defeat, or
   Suffer a Decisive Defeat.

Whatever the outcome for the protagonist, every other civilization gets the
corresponding, opposite result. Thus, for example, if you're the protagonist
and you win a Marginal Victory, all your opponents get a Marginal Defeat.

----When You're Done----

When you quit or finish a scenario, you return to that unnamed first menu.
You can begin another scenario (or a regular game) if you wish. If you prefer
to leave Civilization II, click Cancel.

----Last Minute Updates----

(1) The advice given to you by the High Council is almost never relevant or
    correct during a scenario game. Ignore it.

(2) The Civilopedia has been updated to reflect the changes for each MicroProse
    scenario. The updated Civilopedias, however, are text only.

(3) Last minute changes to the Scenario Macro Language are in the file macro.txt.

(4) After you install the scenarios, you might notice a new file in your civ2
    directory -- 'civ2orig.exe'. This is a backup copy of the original civ2
    executable. The scenario installation copies an updated version into this
    directory, but saves the original as a backup.

(5) The new civ2 executable file includes all of the previously posted patches
    for the original civ2 (and more).

--END--
