@SCENARIO
@width=500
@title=%STRING0
^^Length: %STRING1 to %STRING2
^       The year is 850.  After a period a chaos surrounding the fall of Rome, 
^Europe has settled down to a period of several hundred years of relative peace and 
^stabillity.  All that is about to drastically change.  The Vikings have begun a two  
^hundred year period of pillaging and conquering that will leave almost no part of 
^the West untouched.  Historically at one time or another they conquered most of 
^the cities in England, Ireland, France, Germany, European Russia, Sicily and even 
^looting as far as Africa, Constantinople and the Caspian Sea. By the time they 
^finally settled down after converting to Christianity they had profoundly changed
^history.  The trouble was, they had great difficulty holding onto the areas they 
^conquered, and were unable to use their military prowess to forge a large empire.
^Can you learn from their mistakes?
^        The game has also been just as throughly designed and playtested for the 
^human player to be either the Abbasids or the Byzantine Empire.  It would be a bit
^iffy playing the Holy Roman Empire or Franks, but might still work. The
^Independents or Hungarians should definitely not be chosen as the human civ.
^
^^SPECIAL NOTES:
^See the file "Readme.txt" for a detailed description of how this scenario works.
^It is recommended that this scenario be played with the capabilities available 
^with the Scenario CD-Rom, but it can be played without them (though not as well).
@end -- this line must be here!

