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|\ /\ |\ __ \______ ____ ____________/ \___ ____ ___________ \ \ \/ \ / / \ \ / \ / \ | \ \______ \ \/ / \ \ / \/ \ | \ | / / \ / / \____/ \ \ / \ | / / ____ \ \____/ / / \ ____ \_ \____/ _ \ | \ \ / \ / |\ \ / \ / \\ \ | \ ______ \__/ \ | \ \__/ \ \ | \ \ / |\ / | |\ / / |\ / / | / \___________ \ ______ | \ ____________ \ ___________ / \ / ______ \ / \ / \ / \/ \/ \/ \/ The Docs For Genesia (Mindscape) Brought to You By The Fucking Best: - BASER EVIL/BACKLASH - Marking My Return to Amiga Docs - It Won't Be The Last, This Time Mega-Thanks to Coif for Supplying Me This Manual! Greetz to the Rest: The Loons, Nut & Bolt, Universal Soldier, Scooter All Docs Producers Are Invited to Call The Courts of Chaos - Just For Chat About This Work. Also Call If Your Group Wants FAST & RELIABLE 0-DAY Docs, Typed On Demand to Go With Your Release By The Fucking Best & Fastest, All You Need Is A FAX and Some Docs. See End of Doc For the Number. CREDITS ~~~~~~~~~ Original concept: Thomas Zighem Product Director: Elliot Grassiano Product Manager: Olivier Grassiano Designers: Thomas Zighem, Olivier Grassiano, Laurent Plu, Franck Quero, Philippe Villain, Valerie Perruzza Lead program: Thomas Zighem (Amiga), Jean-Paul Mari (PC) Graphics & animation: Thomas Zighem, Antoine Rodelet Cover artwork: Philippe Mandilas Sounds and Music: Thomas Zighem (Amiga), Alexis Montighies (Amiga), Claude Abromont (PC) Story-board & Manual: Olivier Grassiano, Valerie Perruza Press relations: Olivier Grassiano =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 01 ]===== GENESIA USER'S MANUAL CONTENTS PASSWORD .................................................................. 4 PART I GETTING STARTED IN GENESIA ......................................... 5 Chapter 1 - A few words on Genesia ........................................ 5 Chapter 2 - Instalation and loading instructions .......................... 6 Chapter 3 - Object of the game ............................................ 6 Chapter 4 - Cmpeting forces ............................................... 7 Chapter 5 - The different maps ............................................ 8 Chapter 6 - Using the mouse ............................................... 8 PART II THE ECONOMY ....................................................... 8 Chapter 1 - The Inhabitants of Genesia .................................... 8 Chapter 2 - Trades ....................................................... 11 Chapter 3 - Managing the trades .......................................... 14 Chapter 4 - Seasons and vegetation ....................................... 17 Chapter 5 - Buildings .................................................... 18 Chapter 6 - Construction ................................................. 26 Chapter 7 - Production and storage ....................................... 29 Chapter 8 - Money ........................................................ 31 Chapter 9 - The balance sheet ............................................ 32 PART II THE ARMIES ....................................................... 34 Chapter 1 - Different types of armies .................................... 34 Chapter 2 - How to recruit an army ....................................... 35 Chapter 3 - Characteristics .............................................. 36 Chapter 4 - Moving around ................................................ 37 Chapter 5 - Movement bonuses ............................................. 38 Chapter 6 - Formations ................................................... 38 Chapter 7 - Captures ..................................................... 39 Chapter 8 - Emblems ...................................................... 39 Chapter 9 - Lands ........................................................ 40 Chapter 10 - Colonisation ................................................ 41 Chapter 11 - Battles ..................................................... 42 Chapter 12 - Alliances ................................................... 44 =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 02 ]===== PART IV INVENTIONS - GENERAL INFORMATION ................................. 45 Chapter 1 - Introduction ................................................. 45 Chapter 2 - Conditions ................................................... 46 Chapter 3 - The table of inventions ...................................... 47 PART V INVENTIONS - THE LIST ............................................. 49 Chapter 1 - Some information ............................................. 49 Chapter 2 - Interactive inventions ....................................... 50 PART VI THE JEWELS ....................................................... 54 Chapter 1 - How to discover the jewels ................................... 54 Chapter 2 - Prospecting .................................................. 54 Chapter 3 - The tavern ................................................... 54 Chapter 4 - Guarding the jewels .......................................... 55 Chapter 5 - Capturing the jewels of another captain ...................... 56 PART VII THE SCREENS ..................................................... 56 Chapter 1 - The main screen .............................................. 56 Chapter 2 - World screen ................................................. 57 Chapter 3 - Workshop ..................................................... 58 Chapter 4 - Barracks ..................................................... 58 Chapter 5 - Temple ....................................................... 59 Chapter 6 - Tavern ....................................................... 60 Chapter 7 - Warehouse .................................................... 60 PART VIII SAVING - LOADING ............................................... 61 Chapter 1 - Saving ....................................................... 61 Chapter 2 - Loading ...................................................... 61 PART IX OPTIONS .......................................................... 61 PART X ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS .............................................. 62 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................................................ 64 =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 03 ]===== License contract This software and this users manual are legally potected. All rights are the property of Microids S.A. No part f this software or of this manual can be cpied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior authorisation of Microids S.A. PASSWORD Despite your many qualities and the confidience that the people of GENESIA have in you, some question whether youa re truly an heir to the ancient Prince. To ease their doubts, identify your version as the original. Use the manual to find the code requested at the beginning of the game. The program wil give you a page number and a line number. You must give the first word of the line. Open your manual to the corresponding page. Count the number of lines to the number given by the computer starting from the top of the page (titles count as a line). All you have to do is type the first word (which appears in the line in question on the keyboard followed by RETURN. Example: Question: Give the first word of line 4, page 6. Answer: TURN. Type the word on the keyboard, then RETURN. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 04 ]===== PART I: GETTING STARTED IN GENESIA Chapter 1 - A FEW WORDS ON GENESIA Once upon a time, blinded by love, the Prince of the land of Genesia defied the all-mighty Gods. For the love of a treacherous woman, he had the tomb of the God Neort opened and the sacred jewels removed to adorn his beloved. But the wrath of the Gods fell on the country and its inhabitants. Today, three of his descendants are returning to the beatiful land of GENESIA. But only one can obtain forgiveness from the Gods by recovering the jewels of Neort. Chapter 2 - INSTALLATION AND LOADING INSTRUCTIONS ATARI AND AMIGA The AMIGA and ATARI versions of GENESIA require at least 1 MB of RAM. The ATARI ST must be a 1040 at least. - Amiga and Atari, without hard disk Turn off your computer, then turn it back on. Insert the GENESIA "Configuration" diskette and follow instructions. On Amiga, if your computer has two floppy disk drives, you must disconnect the second drive so that Genesia can run smoothly. If you want to continue a game where you left off using the same data (e.g., number of players, map number, etc. stored on a diskette), turn your computer off, insert diskette 2, and turn the computer back on. If you want to load configuration ptions, load GENESIA from the Configuration diskette. - Amiga with hard disk Turn your computer off and insert the configuration diskette or diskette no. 2 if you want to play with the same options. Follow the instructions. - Warning! If your Amiga is equipped with just 1 MB of RAM and a ROM 2.0, you cannot play with the additional soundtrack (See PART IX, Options). - Saving * If the game is installed on the hard disk, you must save on the hard disk or on a diskette. * If you are using diskettes, you must save on a diskette formatted with the name =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 05 ]===== GENESAVE. The program will ask you to insert the disk when needed (see PART IX, SAVING - LOADING). PC and compatible (hard disk is mandatory) * Turn on your computer according to the usual procedure. * Insert diskette 1 in the 3"1/2 drive and type the name of the drive (A or B) followed by ":", then press RETURN. * Type INSTALL, then RETURN. * Follow the instructions on the screen. Starting up the game: Once GENESIA is installed on your hard disk: * Under DOS, type CD GENESIA and RETURN * Type GENESIA and RETURN. Chapter 3 - OBJECT OF THE GAME YOUR MISSION Before you start out on thsi adventure, remember that GENESIA needs only one master, the greatest strategist of all times: YOU. In the world of GENESIA you must demonstarte your superiority at all times: - You must have the strongest armies to expand your territory. - You must be able to guide your people and make sure they lack nothing. - You must be the best in managing technological progress. You must expand at the smoothest possible pace. To do this, you must take into account several paramaters, such as nature (e.g., the weather, water resources and wood) and the morale of your population which will have an impact on its productivity. You can use the skills of several trades to build thsi new world, including farmers, woodsmen, blacksmiths, soldiers, carpenters, and others. Of course, none of this will come easily. Even as you work, the other captains are striving on their own lands. * The ultimate goal Bear in mind at all times that you must find the 7 jewels. You can achieve this thanks to =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 06 ]===== the development of your economy, your military strength and technolgical skill. Before we move on to more detailed explanations, let us give you a word of advice: a jewel won can be lost again. HOW TO WIN GENESIA is not simply a race against the clock. There are sveral ways to win. In this paragraph we will examine the eaisest way to start out. As you grow more familiar with the game, you will develop your own strategy. Be the first to recover all 7 jewels. To do this, you must develop your economy and build up considerable resources to recruit several men to find the jewels as soon as possible. Moreover, you must protect the jewles and thus build up necessary defences. Lastly, you can decide to attack the zones on which your enemies store their own jewels. Be the only player left. This consists of eliminating all of your adversaries. This can be done in several ways: - By capturing all of a player's lands (see PART II, Chapter 8 - CAPTURING A LAND) - By crushing him militarily - By ruining him financially (e.g., by destroying his stocks, see PART II, Chapter 5 - The warehouse). DEFEAT You have lost the game if: - All of the jewels have been found by one of your adversaries - You hve no land or armies left. Chapter 4 - COMPETING FORCES NUMBER OF PLAYERS When you start up the game, the program asks the number of players. 1 to 3 people can play. At the beginning of each game there are always 3 players. INDICATE THE NUMBER OF HUMAN PLAYERS * Click on 1 if you are playing alone. In this case, you play the first captan and the two =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 07 ]===== other captains are played by the computer. * Click on 2 if two people are playing. Player number 2 plays the second captain and the third captain is played by the computer. * Click on 3, if three people are playing. Each one plays a captain. Enter the names of the players on the keyboard and press RETURN to confirm. CHARACTERS PLAYED BY THE COMPUTER The captains played by the computer have the same goal as you. However, during the game some captains played by the computer can stress economic strategies, while others can be far more aggressive (see PART I, Chapter 3). Chapter 5 - THE DIFFERENT MAPS You can choose between five different worlds. Depending on the world you choose, the computer will apply a specific plicy and the game's configuration will be different. We recommend starting with world no. I (the computer's choice by default). Each map (i.e., world) has its own strategy. Chapter 6 - USING THE MOUSE SCROLLING ON THE GAME SCREEN To scroll down the map, point the mouse arrow in the direction you want on the edge of the screen. MOUSE BUTTONS Clicking on the mouse buttons has a different impact depending on the screen zone. We will look at the different effects and functions. PART II: THE ECONOMY Chapter 1 - THE INHABITANTS OF GENESIA YOUR POPULATION Like any society, your people will evolve. In the following chapter, we will see that the inhabitants of GENESIA have different =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 08 ]===== trades. For the first time in this type of game, the inhabitants have their own lives. They work, pay taxes, get married, have children, age, etc. And they are vulnerable to various illnesses. You start out with a small population made up of settlers who each live in their own hut. You must take care to provide them with work as soon as possible. Rule no. 1 Each inhabitant of your land must have a house. If one of your inhabitants does not have a home, he will revolt, refuse to work and is liable to turn your people against you or desert your territory. Time As in real life, time in GENESIA is measured in years. Each year is divided into four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). A season represents one turn. The game begins in spring. Morale This is the inhabitants' main feature. It is measured on a scale of 0 to 7. When an inhabitant has a morale of 0/7, this is disastrous: he either deserts the territory or dies. In contrast, a morale of 7/7 makes this inhabitant an excellent, particularly productive woker, and a great soldier. You can easily see that morale has a determining impact on several factors of GENESIA, including productivity, military strength, the desire to start a family, the number of births, etc. Births Increasing the population is also extremely important. One way to do this is to increase the number of births. To do this, you need: - A land with abundant water and food. - Homes capable of containing at least two people (see PART II, Chapter 5 - Houses). - A man and woman living in the same house. If these three conditions are met, you will soon have the pleasure of celebrating the birth of a beatiful baby! He will soon be counted in your population when he grows old enough to work, i.e., when he reaches the age of 16. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 09 ]===== Note: to make the game easier to play you do not have to wait 16 turns (i.e., years) before you can employ this new recruit! Remark: One home can include at most 2 inhabitants. Age From year to year, your inhabitants age. - At 16, they are included in the available workers when they become old enough to work. - Between 20 and 30 they tend to get married. This is the period during which they are the most efficient. However, their morale can decline and increase rapidly because they have not reached full stability. - Between 30 and 40, they become vulnerable to viruses and other diseases, but their morale is also less volatile because they have achieved a certain stability. - Over 49, they die of old age. Diseases Several diseases can strike your population (we will not list them here so that you can discover them as you play). These diseases have various features: - Some of them are only contagious in a given season. - Some go away by themselves. - Some are very contagious. - Others are deadly. They all have something in common: * When one of your inhabitants is struck by a disease, he can no longer work, and he doesn't pay taxes anymore. However, he tends to consume more food and water to fight his infection. ** When an inhabitant is sick, by the end of his convalescence, he will have aged one or several years. *** The only way to fight the various illnesses is to discover vaccines to immunise your people (see inventions). THE POPULATIONS OF OTHER PLAYERS The inhabitants live in enemy territory and evolve in the same way. You can lure the population of other players onto your own land by capturing virgin territry in the vicinity of =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 10 ]===== enemy lands, then by developing an important production site. NOMADS Nomads are men and women who live on no land. They travel over the lands of GENESIA in search of a province or land on which to settle. Nomads are essential because their strong morale makes them excellent workers. To lure them onto your land you must have: - A vacant home. - Enough water and food in stock. - An average morale of over 5. - No edpidimics. - No battles underway in your land. Chapter 2 - TRADES OUTDOOR TRADES These are the trades that are performed outside the home. It is important to differentiate them from other trade categories (indoor trades) when shifting a worker from one trade to another (see PART II, Chapter 3 - Changes of trade). When a worker begins his work in the course of season, he will not be available again until the following seas. The season affect the yield of these trades (see PART II, Chapter 4 - The impact of seasons). Farmers Farmers are crucial for your economy. Thanks to them, and mostly to their crops, you will be able to increase the number of inhabitants on your land, guarantee the morale of your population, meet the needs of other territories, prevent famine, etc. To work, a farmer needs a field to till. When the game starts you have none. To create a field, go to the construction window (see PART II, Chapter 6 - Constructions) and click on Field. In the window representing the type of construction being built, you will see the drawing of a field appear. Click on the site on the game screen on which you wish to place the field. Choose a plain, and if possible, close to home. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 11 ]===== On your following turn, you will see a farmer tilling the field. A farmer cannot farm more than one field. You need as many fields as you have farmers, if you do not have enough fields, the extra farmers will not work. If you have no warehouse, your farmers will store no food, everything that is produced will have to be consumed right away and any surplus will be wasted. To prevent this disaster, make sure you build a warehouse quickly to store your food and avoid a famine (See PART II, Chapters 5 and 6). Learn to use your farmers in the most productive seasonssuch as spring and, especially, autumn, when the harvest is optimal. In winter, your farmers (and your woodsmen and carpenters) do not go out because of the harsh weather. Remember to store enough food to keep your inhabitants alive during this period in which there are no cops. The balance sheet (see PART II, Chapter 9, the balance sheets) will give you an indication of how long your supplies will last. Example: Food = 3 seasons -> Explanations: Supposing you have no crops, you will have food for the three following seasons. However, if the number of inhabitants increases or declins, th forcast will change as well. Woodsmen Wood is an important raw matrial in GNSIA because it is needed in all constructions. But before you can use wood in your constructions, you will ned to employ woodsmn to cut down trs. The woodsmn will choose which forests to xploit. ach woodsmn will cut down his own tree. You will se thm cutting th tree, it will take on woodsman a full season to cut down a tree. Once the work is done, each tr is replaced by thre trunks. The amount of wood availabl to the carpenter will vary depending on th woodsman's moral. When he is done with one tree he will move on to the next. Warning! Be careful not to cut down an entire forest, which would b ecological diasater (See =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 12 ]===== PART II, Chapter 4) To prevent this disaster, remember to keep an eye on the condition of the vegetation in the balance sheet. If you are in the red, immediately stop the activities of the woodsmen (see PART II, Chapter 3). In winter, the woodsmen do not work. Carpenters Once a tree is chopped down, it is replaced by three trunks. The next job is for your carpenter. The carpenter helps the woodsman. The amount of wood prepared will depend on the carpenter's morale. For a carpenter to be active, all he needs is an available chopped down tree. Once the carpenter's task is finished, the wood is stored in one of the warehouses located on your land (assuming one exists). Carpenters do not work in winter. Architetcs Architects will build different constructions (see PART II, Chapter 6 - Constructions). They can build several types of constructions depending on what you order. Unless you give them specific instrcutions, they will build additional homes for your people. You will be able to see your architects construct buildings and monitor the various stages of construction. To see the building of an architect under construction, place the mouse cursor on the building and click with the right-hand button. A window will appear with information. Architects are the only people that work outdoors even in winter. Each architect works on his own building. For all outdoor trades, click with the right-hand button on a worker to find out about his trade (farmer, woodsman, carpenter or architect) and other characteristics (such as his sex, morale, function and age). The information will appear in a window, INDOOR TRADES The advantages of indoor trades is that, contrary to outdoor trades, they can be performed all year round (even in winter). Inventors Inventions will play a particularly crucial role in helping you fulfil your mission. Your inventors will create machines that can help you win. But to recruit inventors, you must supply them with a workshop. The workshop must be built by an architect. When the workshop is finsihed, you can hire one or more inventors. If you only have one workshop, but several inventors, all of your inventors are represented on screen by their chief. With several inventors, however, your inventions will progress far more rapidly. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 13 ]===== Similarly, the morale of the inventor has an enormous influence on the speed with which he performs his task. Blacksmiths The blacksmiths help the inevntors. They build products designed by the inventors. But to create the tools you have ordered, they need raw materials - and money to increase their motivation. Like the inventors, several blacksmiths will be represented on the screen by their chief. A team of blacksmiths is more efficient than a single blacksmith. The blacksmith can only build certain types of inventions such as wagons, boats, cannons and balloons. Specialists The activities of specialists are performed indoors. At first sight, you may think that specialists are of little importance compared to other workers. But you will soon realise that they are very important. Each land of GENESIA has a specialty such as: culture pearls, fruit, pottery or fabrics. Specialists increase the market value of the land. You can sell your speciliaties to the shopkeeper (See PART II, Chapter 6, the shop) and collect a tidy profit. When you recruit specialists, they will produce and stock the local speciality. Moreover, the specialist is the only person capable of producing fabric which is necessary to manufacture wagons, boats and balloons. THE IMPACT OF MORALE ON YIELD The morale of your inhabitants has a determining impact on their productivity. Morale is measured on a scale of 0 to 7. The higher the morale, the more productive the labour. Chapter 3 - MANAGING THE TRADES CHANGES OF TRADE Why change the trade of an inhabitant? Throughout the game you will have to change the trades of your people. The inhabitants of a land are few and you must carefully adjust their numbers to have the right trades at the right moment. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 14 ]===== You need to know the following: * To recruit soldiers you need settlers (these appear in the settler column of the trades window). * You can place a settler in the trade square that interests you. * If you have just created farmers, woodsmen, or carpenters, they will not become active until the next season. * When an inhabitant is inactive, a 'ZZ' symbol appears in the window (he's asleep!). Working Conditions - In winter, farmers, woodsmen and carpenters do not work. - You must have as many fields as you have farmers. - You must have enough trees for your woodsmen to cut and thus work. - Trees must be cut into logs so that the carpenters can take over. - Sick inhabitants do not work. When can you change trades? - Take advantage of the quiet of winter to recruit your armies and explore the territory in search of the jewels. - If you have few inhabitants, make one of them a woodsmen for one season and the next season you will have logs instead of a tree. Before the end of the season, change your woodsman to a carpenter. This way, he can start to chop the logs as of the following seas, supplying the architects with wood. Warning! The chopped wood is stored in the warehouse located on your land. If you have no warehouse, all of the work will be lost. TRADE CHANGE WINDOW Appearance The trade window contains 8 columns. - Each column represents a trade. - Each column contains 2 squares. - Each square can be occupied by one inhabitant. The figure displayed next to the words 'fields' 'logs' and 'trees' represents the total amount of each respective item. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 15 ]===== Instructions - To load the trade window, click on the flag in the centre of the field. - To exit the trade window, click with the right button of the mouse. - To change the trade of an inhabitant, position the cursor on the inhabitant of your choice and select by pressing and holding down the left button of the mouse. Keep the button pressed and slide the character into the trade column of your choice. Example: You decide to make an inventor a blacksmith: -> Press and hold the left-hand button of the mouse on one of the inventors shown in the inventor column. Then, slide the inventor into the blacksmith column and release the mouse button. * When you make on eof your inhabitants a farmer, woodsman or carpenter, the character is represented by the 'ZZ' symbol. In the following ses, if the character is working, the 'ZZ' symbol will be replaced by an icon representing the trade. * With the mouse, position the cursor on the block occupied by an inhabitant. The character's morale level appears in the bottom center f the trade window. * Soldiers are represented in the settlers window. In the screen on the previous page, the soldiers are represented in the settlers' column by two figures on the second line. * In the above example, assuming you have barracks on that land, you will not be able to recruit more than two new soldiers since you only have two available settlers. The settlers are shown in the 'SETTLER' column by the two figures on the upper line. * Newcomers in a land automatically sppear in the settlers window. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 16 ]===== Chapter 4 - SEASONS AND VEGETATION As in the real world, there are four different season in a year. Depending on the season, rain or snow falls on the land of GENESIA. This will affect the behaviour of the people. Seasons have a particularly strong impact on trades. SEASONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN GENESIA Summer GENESIA starts in summer. This is the seson of het and atmospheric pressurema and hence of storms and lightning. The problems caused by lightning are the following: - Fires: when lightning falls ons trees, it sets fire to the vegetation. - Scorched land: the fires spread and burn everything, especially crops. Once a parcel of land is burnt, it will no longer grow plants. To repair the damage select the DESTRUCTION icon (see PART VII, Chapter 1, Definition of the icons). The following incidents happen in summer: - Summer is not a good season for crops and farners are not optimum in their work. - To prevent damage from lightning, invent the lightning rod (See PART IV and PART V of the manual). - Summer rain storms help replenish underground water supplies. Autumn This season is particularly productive for farmers since it is when the crops are harvested. In autumn, food resources improve considerably. This is when the earth is most productive, and when the underground water supplies are the most plentiful. Winter Winter in GENESIA is extremely harsh, and all outdoor activities (farming, lumber and carpentry) automatically come to a stop. Also, the inhabitants tend to catch colds and more serious diseases that can be very contagious. Note: - Quickly invent vaccines to protect the health of your people (see PART IV and V). =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 17 ]===== - In winter, many people are inactive (farmers, woodsmen and carpenters). You can take advantage of this period of inaction to enlist the sttlers in your army. But be careful: their morale is likely to be a little low which means that your soldiers will have few life points. Spring Spring raises the mood of your people and raises their morale points, which is fortunate because spring is also when the taxes are levied. The vegetation grows back and Nature awakens. Spring is also the season when babies are born. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROUGHT Drought and the depletion of underground water resources is a catastrphe because this prevents any renewal of natural resources. * case no. 1 - Too many wells -> depletion of underground water sypplies -> no crops. solution: You must destroy certain wells (See PART VII, Chapter 1, Main Screen, definition of icons, destruction icon), then wait for the rain season for the underground water reserves to be replenished. * case no. 2 - too many woodsmen -> too many trees cut down -> no rain -> depletion of water supplies. solution: Go to the trades window to stop the work of the woodsmen as of the following season. As long as you have at least one tree, nothing is lost. If the earth is rich enough, new trees will sprout and the vegetation will return. Chapter 5 - BUILDINGS ACTION BUILDINGS Action buildings are buildings in which you can act. To enter oone of these buildings, place the cursor of the mouse on the chosen building and =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 18 ]===== click on the right-hand button. For information on the building click with the left-hand button. The barracks In the barracks, you can: Change the taxes Tell the administrator who is always in the barracks to collect the taxes. You can increase or decrease the taxes. Choose 5%, 10%, 20% or - if you are in a particularly generous mood - 0%. Avoid raising taxes too much. At 20%, your people could revolt rapidly. Taxes are collected at the end of winter and the amount collected appears at the beginning of spring on the taxes sheet. To change the taxes: - Go to the main screen. Place the cursor on the barracks and click the right-hand button to enter the barracks. - Click on the administrator, which is the character sitting behind the table (see PART VII, Chapter 4 - The Barracks). (Place the cursor on the adminstrator and click.) Three messages will appear: - Change the tax rate. - Recruit an army. - Offer an alliance. - Click on tax message. Several percentages appear. -Click on the tax rate you want. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 19 ]===== Recruit armies: The barracks is the only place you can recruit an army. As you advance in the game, you will have the choice between different types of armed forces, but in the beginning of the game, you have only one type of army, made up of ordinary soldiers. (See part III, Chapter 1 of this manual for further information on armies). Warning! You can only enlist inhabitants who are not working outdoors and who are not sick. Once your men have been recruited, they will wait for you in front of the barracks. The warehouse Warehouses are a critical factor for the success of your land. You must own at least one on each of your lands. The warehouse stores food, drinking water, wood, metal, stone, fruit, pottery, fabrics and rare pearls. A warehouse has a storage capacity of 500 units. Warning! Each of your lands are independent, i.e., land A and land B each have their own stocks. To enter a warehouse, position your cursor on the warehouse and click on the right-hand button. You can move the contents of your warehouses. To do this, the inventors and blacksmiths of your land must have invented and built at least one wagon. You can sell the contents of the wagon to the shop (see PART II, Chapter 5, The shop and PART II, Chapter 7 for more information). =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 20 ]===== The workshop This is where your inventors and blacksmiths invent and build tools. You must have a workshop for your inventors and blacksmiths. Inside the workshop, you can invent and build. To invent, you need one or more inventors and a workshop. To launch and invention: - On the main screen, place the cursor on the workshop and click on the right-hand button. - A window appears providing information on the type of invention being produced. - Clicking on ENTER, to enter the workshop. - Position the cursor on the inventor - i.e., the character standing before the workbench - a message appears to inform you whether your inventor is available. If he is not available, he can inform you of the state of his research. - Click on the inventor with the left button to display the invention sheet. (see PART IV, Chapter 3 - Inventions). Warning! The inventors of the same land work together on the same project. Example: If you have three inventors on land A, and you order them to invent something, all three will work together on that project. You cannot ask all three of them to work on separate projects. To build a product which has been invented, you need one or several blacksmiths and a workshop. - On the main screen, place the cusror on the workshop and click on the right-hand button. - A window appears providing information on the type of invention being produced. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 21 ]===== - Clicking on ENTER to enter the workshop. - Place the cursor on the blacksmith (the character holding a hammer and standing before the anvil). - If your blacksmith is available, he will suggest a list of products (cannon, wagon, boat and balloon). - Click on the object you are interested in. The blacksmith will give you a list of raw materials needed and will tell you how much it costs to make the product. The blacksmiths of the same land work together on a single project. Example: If you have three blacksmiths on land A, and you order them to build something, all three will work together on that project. You cannot ask them to work on seperate projects. The tavern The tavern is where the adventureres hang out. This is where youc an obtain information on the jewels. At certain times, you may find sinister looking individuals seated at the tables. Adventurers are greedy men who like gold, but they can help you in your quest. If you buy their information, you may learn where the jewels are. When you ask as adventurer for information, he will ask you how much you are willing to pay. Depending on the amount you give, the infromation you receive will be more or less precise. - On the main screen, with the mouse, position the cursor on the tavern and click on the right-hand button. - If you see any adventurers (characters sitting at the tables), position the cursor on one of the adventurers and click on the left button. A message will appear, asking you how much you are willing to pay. Click on the desired amount. - A map of GENESIA will appear. The tavern is at the center of the map and the jewels are represented by a lather bag. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 22 ]===== Warning! GENESIA is represented at a 45 degree angle while the map the adventurer shows you is viewed from above. The information may be very vague. The higher the sum given, the more precise the information you receive will be. The temple The temple is a sacred place. In the temple, you can: - Make an offering. - Deposit the jewels. * It is very umportant to make an offering. Depending on the size of the offering, it will lift the morale of your people more or less (those living on the land on which the temple is located) and increase the lands fertility. - From the main screem, position the cursor on the temple with the mouse and click with the right button. - Inside the temple, position the cursor on the Master who will ask you how much you are prepared to offer. Position the cursor on the desired amount and click on the left button. * The temple is the only place in which you can store and keep the jewels you find. When you find a jewel, a window appears asking you in what temple you want to store it. If the temple is destroyed by the enemy, all of the jewels stored inside will be left outisde, and accessible to anyone! You can build several temples, but it is unnecessary to have more than one temple on a single land. In contrast, if you have temples on other lands, this will - Boost the morale of your people. - Enable you to spread the jewels you find around and thsu protect them more efficently. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 23 ]===== The shop The shop can help you increase your revenues. But to be able to benefit from the "generosity" of the shopkeeper, you need a wagon (See PART IV, Chapter 2 - Interactive inventions). Bring your wagon to the front of the warehouse (See PART II, Chapter 5 - The warehouse), load it with goods, and bring your wagon to the shop. The shopkeeper will buy whatever is in the wagon. This will help you considerably: * Your income will increase. * If your warehouse is too full, you can remove some of your goods. If you wish, you can also sell raw materials to another player. Example: If player 2 has a lot of money but very few raw materials (such as stone, wood and metal), you can load your wagon and bring yoru goods to the other player's shop. The goods in the wagon will be available in the other player's warehouse and you will receive a sum of money. These exchanges can only take place if there is mutual confidence. If you do not feel completely safe, we suggest having your wagon escorted by armed soldiers to protect your goods. Drills Drills are crucial to the economy since they are the only way to obtain stone and metal. Without drills you cannot build anything. Contrary to the other buildings, you cannot go inside. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 24 ]===== A single drill can extract both stone and metal (see PART II, Chapter 7 - Production). But if you want to produce more stone than metal, position the drill at the top of a mountain, and preferably on a rock. If you place a drill at sea level, it will produce more metal than stone. To position your drill: - Open the construction window. - Select the drill command. - You must have an architect available. - Position the cursor with the mouse to choose a production site on the game screen. - Click with the left button to get your architect started on the construction of the drill. Warning! Once installed, a drill cannot be placed elsewhere. HOUSES Houses are where your inhanbitants live. You are not in charge of managing their construction and your architects will decide what types of houses to build. Depending on the type of house, your architects will get the materials they need from your warehouse. Warning! Your population cannot increase ulness you have vacant homes. You must thus let your architects freely build the homes of their choice. However, you can interrupt the construction of a house. To do this, pen the constructions window and select the type of building you want. The house that is being built will be cancelled and will be replaced by your order. Different types of houses: * Huts and cabins Huts and cabins are the most primitive of hosuing. As long as your land is still as a primitive stage of development, your architects will build this type of house which requires no raw material input. The drawback is that they can only house one person. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 25 ]===== * Small farms, Houses and Inns These are better quality lodgings that can house two people, making marriages possible and therefore a larger population. DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS These buildings protect you from an enemy attack. They must be built by your architects. Stone walls You can build stone walls around towns, sites, or buildings that you feel need special protection (for example, a temple). Building a wall will cost raw materials as well as some money. Portcullises Once you have built a rampart (i.e., 2 walls side by side) you can install a portcullis. This is a major advantage since by clicking on it with the mouse, you can open the portcullis to let your armies in or out. Click again on the portcullis to close it and prevent enemy armies from penetrating your land. Chapter 6 - CONSTRUCTIONS INSTANT BUILDINGS So-called "instant" buildings are those that involve no work by architects. These include roads, wells and fields which can be created simply by clicking on the mouse. There is no construction delay. However, these constructions will cost money which will be automatically taken from your coffers, as well as raw materials which are needed for wells and roads. Instant buildings are represented by an "I" in the construction window. General rules concerning instant constructions - To launch a construction, open the constructions window. - To do this, click on the anvil icon in the window at the bottom of the screen; a window with the list of constructions will appear. - The figure on the right is the cost of the building. - Place the cursor on the construction you are interested in. The cost of the construction in raw materials will be displayed. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 26 ]===== Click with the left-hand button of the mouse to confirm your choice. - The chosen construction will appear in the "in progress" window (see main screen). - Once you have chosen the cnstruction you want to build, select where you want the construction to be placed. Position the cursor on the game map and click with the left-hand button to confirm the position. - You must own the land on which you plan to build (see main screen). Example: To build a road, open the construction window; using the mouse, place the cursor on "Road". A new window will appear which will indicate the cost in raw materials. Click with the left-hand button to confirm. Roads When you travel in GENESIA you use up travel points (see PART III, Chapter 5, Travel points). Roads make it easier for your armies or wagons to get from one point to another, by cutting in half the number of travel points needed. Roads have one main advantage: they facilitate exchanges between your lands. Thus, if you own several lands, connecting them with roads and crossroads saves your travel points. It is impossible to build roads over mountains or over the sea. Wells Wells provide drinking water which is drawn from the underground reserves. If you dig too many wells, yu risk drying up the underground water supplies. Warning! Too many wells will tie up the underground water reserves (see PART II, Chapter 4 - Sesons and vegetation). Fields These enable farmers to grow crops. You must have at least as many fields as farmers. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 27 ]===== COMPLEX CONSTRUCTIONS Contrary to instant constructions, complex cnstructions require the work of an architect. Ordered Buildings These are the buildings that you must specifically order (e.g., barracks, drills, etc.). The architect will follow your orders and will build the constructions you ask for. If no architect is available, a message will appear on the screen. General rules concerning building oredrs placed with an architect: - First open the construction window. - To do this, click on the icon representing an anvil in the window at the bottom of the game screen; a window will appear with the list of buildings. - The buildings cost is indicated on the right. - To know the cost in raw materials, place the cursor on the building of your choice, a window will appear indicating the consumption of raw materials for each unit. - Click on the left button of the mouse to confirm your selection. - The icon representing the building you have chosen will appear in the window (see main screen). Warning! You must have an architect available: - Once you have chosen the type of building, choose the location by moving the cursor on the game map to the point on which you want the building constructed and clock on the left-hand button to confirm. - You must own the land on which you plan to build. The following buildings require an architect (see PART II, Chapter 5 - Buildings for a detailed description of each type of building): barracks, workshops, taverns, shops, warehouses and stone walls. Autonomous buildings These are the buildings that the architects build on their own, i.e., houses. An architect will build houses if the following conditions are met: - Economic conditions are favourable. - The warehouse contains enough raw materials. - The architect is healthy. - No other construction order has been given at the beginning of the season. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 28 ]===== THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT Type of Price of Wood Metal Stone building building Consumed Consumed Consumed ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Barracks 1,214 8 8 12 Drill 1,020 8 8 8 Temple 719 15 8 20 Workshop 639 8 8 12 Tavern 545 12 8 15 Shop 425 8 8 10 Warehouse 315 8 5 6 Stone Wall 206 0 0 5 Portcullis 103 1 5 3 Well 84 2 2 3 Road 33 0 0 1 Chapter 7 - PRODUCTION AND STORAGE Production and storage are the keys to victory. Your inhabitants will produce the supplies and materials you need to develop your economy. PRODUCTION Note: See also chapter on trades. Food and water * Your families cultivate your fields and store the fruit of their labour themselves in the warehouse. * When you dig wells, these draw water from underground water resources. Drinking water is stored directly in the warehouse. The inhabitants of the land draw the amount of food and water they need. If there is a famine, a message from your inhabitants will appear on screen. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 29 ]===== Raw materials * Wood ~~~~ To produce wood (a necessary component of all buildings) you need to call in your woodsmen and carpenters. Your woodsmen will choose which trees to cut down. Once their task is accomplished, the carpenters will work on the tree trunks. When they are finished, the wood is stored directly in the warehouse where it becomes available for your architects. If you run out of wood, a message will appear on the screen. * Stone and metal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Production of these materials is determined by the position of the drill. Both are produced with a drill. If you want more stone than metal, place your drill at the top of a mountain, preferably on a rock. If you place your drill at sea level, it will tend to produce more metal than stone. All materials extracted are stored in the warehouse. If you run out of stone or metal, a message will appear on screen. Specialties Specialists work at home. They produce pottery, pearls, fruit and fabrics. Stocks of these items in your warehouse will increase at the end of each season. Pearls, pottery and fruit can only be sold in the shop. Fabric has other uses. It can be: - Sold like another speciality to the shopkeeper. - Stored to produce certain inventions like the balloon (see PART V, Chapter 2 - The balloon). Each land has its own speciality. This can be pottery, pearls, fruit or fabric. The specialist will produce twice as much of the lands speciality than of the other three Specialities. Example: The speciality of your land is fabric. If at the end of the season, if your specialist produces 3 units of fruit, three units of pearls and 3 units of pottery, he will produce 6 units of fabric. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 30 ]===== STORAGE Warehouses As you have already guessed, to store the output of a land you must have at least one warehouse. Each warehouse has a storage capacity of 500 units. When you enter the warehouse, the figure in the top right hand corner indicates the units used up. With each new warehouse you build, your overall storage capacity increases by 500 units. Example: If you have two warehouses on a land, your Total Storage Capacity (T.S.C.) will increase to 1,000 units. The warehouse is emptied as: * Raw materials are used up for construction. * Food and water are consumed by inhabitants. * Some goods are carried out by the wagon. Be careful not to overstock When a warehouse is full, any surplus production i slost. This means your farmers, woodsmen and carpenters work for nothing. Solutions: - de-stock goods using the wagon - build a new warehouse - stop producing Chapter 8 - MONEY As in any game, economic strategy plays a critical role. It is very important to manage your money. You have to keep track of what you spend and what you earn. YOUR EXPENSES Your capital diminishes with each of the following developments: * Cost of constructon: Each time you launch a construction, a certain amount is deducted from your capital. * Purchasing goods from another player: If you have a shop and another players sells his =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 31 ]===== goods in one of your stores, your stock increases, but some money will be deducted. * Paying your blacksmiths: This happens every time something is invented. * Making an offering to the temple: This increases the morale of your people and the fertility of your land. * Buying information on the jewels: These are the bribes you must pay the adventurers in the tavern. YOUR REVENUES * Taxes: At the beginning of the spring, the inhabitants of your land pay their taxes. The more inhabitants, the more taxes. * Selling goods to the shop: Selling goods to the shopkeeper increases your revenues. * Selling goods to another player: First negotiate with another player to sign a trade pact. * Bonuses: In the world of GENESIA, one can receive a bonus for a remarkable deed. Chapter 9 - THE BALANCE SHEET The balance sheet is divided into two parts. The sheet called BALANCE 1 provides visual indications represented by gauges. The sheet called BALANCE 2 provides the same indications, but stated in figures. BALANCE 2 also provides the average performances of each land, including water and food reserves. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 32 ]===== - for each land: this shows your position for each of the components of your land (water, wood, metal, etc.) - the average of your lands: in Balance 2, click on 'Average'. - forecasts: you can easily manage your water and food needs based on the indications provided by reserves (see Balance 2) Example: - Food = 4 seasons -> This means you have enough food to feed your people during the next four seasons. - Drinking water = 2 seasons -> This means you have enough drinking water for the next two seasons. These indications are very important because they tell you if yur reserves of water and food are sufficient or if you must produce more. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 33 ]===== PART III: THE ARMIES Chapter 1 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARMIES What You Need to Know: Armies vary according to: - Potential action points. - Potential attack points. - Potential defense points. - Ability to use projectiles. SOLDIERS Soldiers are the smallest unit of army. At the beginning of the game, before you have invented anything, your soldiers have no additional attack or defense points. As the game progresses (with the help of your inventors), you will strengthen your soldiers by supplying them with very sophisticated weapons and protection. ARCHERS Once you have invented projectiles, you will be able to hire archers. Several types of launch weapons can be invented (see PART V, Chapter 1, Inventions). Archers have the considerable advantage of being able to strike the enemy at a distance. To fire a projectile: - Place the cursor on the archer. - Click the right button of the mouse, a multiple-choice window opens. - Select the "FIRE" option. - Place the cursor on the target. - Click to confirm. Warning! When you shoot a projectile, sction points will be deducted (See PART III, CHAPTER 4, Action points). HORSEMEN Once you have invented the strap, you can move about on horseback which has the =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 34 ]===== advantage of using only one action point per field square (instead of two movement points for soldiers and archers). Horsemen move twice as fast as foot soldiers. KNIGHTS Knights are the most efficient troops, since they travel on horseback and are also better protected (because of their coat of mail - which you have to invent). They also have a greater attack potential than other troops. Chapter 2 - HOW TO RECRUIT AN ARMY WHERE TO RECRUIT AN ARMY To recruit an army: - You must have available settlers (See PART II, CHAPTER 3). - You must have barracks. - You must have a sufficient number of gold coins to pay for their enlistment. If these conditions are filled: - Click with the right mouse button on the barracks. - Click on the administrator, the person seated behind the table. (Position the cursor on the administrator, then click the right button of the mouse) Three messages will appear on the screen: - Change the tax rate. - Recruit an army. - Offer an alliance. Click on "Recruit an army" The administrator will then ask what tupe of army you wish to enlist. - Select the desired type of army (soldiers are always available even at the beginning of the game). - According to the number of settlers you have on the field, the administrator will offer a certain number of men available for enlistment. - Click on the desired number. - A certain amount of money will be asked to pay the recruits. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 35 ]===== - Click on the message "Here are your gold coins." - If you do not have enough money, click on the message "I do not have enough gold coins." WHO CAN BE ENLISTED? You can enlist only the inhabitants of your own land, providing they are in good health. HOW TO DEMOBILISE A SOLDIER Place the soldier(s) on the square next to the barracks in which he (they) was (were) enlisted. - Click on the right button of the mouse, a multiple choice window will appear. - Select "DEMOBOLISE". - You will find your ex-soldiers amoing the settlers. Chapter 3 - CHARACTERISTICS LIFE POINTS Your armies are made up of men and women. Their life points depend on their morale. Example: You have decided to recruit a farmer with a morale of 6 out of 7 (6/7). Open the trades window and place the figure of the farmer with the 6/7 morale in the sttlers column. The soldier you will latter recruit will have thereafter six life points, in proportion to his morale as a farmer, then as a colonist which was six. ATTACK POINTS Attack points determine the amount of damage done to an adversary when he is hit. If the attack potential is of three, these destruction points will vary from 1 to 3 when youstrike your adversary. In GENESIA you will find that your soldiers - according to their class - will have different attack potentials. At the beginning of the game, your armies will only have daggers and nothing to protect them. As you progress in the game and more specifically in the development of your inventions, you will be able to increase the attack potential of your troops. Thus with more effective weapons such as the sword, the rapier, and in particular the broadsword, the soldiers' attack potential will increase considerably. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 36 ]===== DEFENSE POINTS Defense points follow the same principle as attack points. The only difference is tha they determine the extent to which your armies are protected from attacks. By inventing armours such as the breast plate, the coat of mail and the armour, you will greatly increase your armies' defense potential. Chapter 4 - MOVING AROUND To Move a Unit: - Click on the desired unit with the left button of the mouse. - Place the cursor of the mouse on the dsired destination. - Click with the left button on the mouse to confirm. Warning! The distance must represent no more than your total action points, otherwise it is not taken into account. MOVEMENT POINT For a unit to move, it must use movement points. These points will be deducted from the action points displayed on the sign (See PART VII, Screens). Action points allow the movement of both military and civilian units, such as carts, cannons, boats and balloons. At the beginning of a turn, a certain number of action points are given for each unit. When a unit's number of action points is used up by a movement, a message will let you know. Wait for the next turn (the following season) to move again. DISPLAY OF MOVEMENT POINTS The number of movement points absorbed depends of the type of terrain on which your units are travelling. The best way to move units is to use roads. Plains should be crossed because of the low demand on movement points. Mountains and sand (beaches) require the most movement points. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 37 ]===== Forests Demand 3 movement points to enter but offer the strategic advantage of camouflaging your armies by making them invisible to the enemy. Warning: the opposite is quite possible. To find out if an army is hidden in the forest, simply move a unit to the edge of the forest. The Sea With the invention of the boat, you can move on the seas and save many movement points. The Air The skies will be accessible with the invention of the balloon: the ultimate weapon, as well as a means of espionage and movement in GENESIA. Chapter 5 - MOVEMENT BONUSES During the game you will have several opportunities to gain extra movement points. EXPERIENCE How you play GENESIA will be assessed as the game advances. Thus when you successfully carry out certain actions, if your expansion is well managed, if your people are happy with their king, if..., certain experience points are given. The experience points are represented on the screen by pieces of the Abora Globe displayed on the game screen. With every new piece of the globe, you will receive movement, money or raw materials bonuses. INVENTIONS (see PART IV, Inventions) Inventions are crucial to increase the number of your movement points as well as to make your armies more efficient, more aggressive and more resistant. We suggest you consult the chapter on inventions to study closely the correlationbetween certain inventions and their advatages for your armies. Chapter 6 - FORMATIONS A formation is made up of several units which have been brought together to be more agressive during a battle. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 38 ]===== MERGING SEVERAL ARMIES To merge several units you must place them on adjacent squares. Click on one of the units with the left button of the mouse. A window will appear with the option "ENLIST". Select this option to merge the companies. Advantages of a formation: - The movement of several small units grouped into one bigger units becomes more efficient. - The life points, the attack points and the defense points of all the units are combined. The formation becomes an important attack entity. BREAKING UP A GROUP OF ARMIES To break up a formation of units click on the formation with the left button of the mouse. A window will appear with the option "DIVIDE". Select this option to break up a formation. Drawbacks of a formation: - You cannot spread your men. - The damage from enemy projectiles (arrows, cannonballs...) will be more extensive on a formation than on individual units. Chapter 7 - CAPTURES UNITS YOU CAN CAPTURE You can capture enemy units and take them over. You can only capture wagons and cannons. HOW TO MAKE A CAPTURE To do this, you must surround the enemy unit with two of your own units. Chapter 8 - EMBLEMS MEANING OF EMBLEMS An emblem is the flag located in the centre of a land. To conquer a land, you must position one of your armies on an adjacent square. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 39 ]===== COLOURS To identify the (potential) owner of the land you wish to conquer, place the cursor on the area and glance at the colour of the flag represented at the top of the game screen next to the mini-map (see PART VII, Chapter 2 - World screen). Depending on the colour of the flag, you know who controls the land. White corresponds to player number 1. Yellow, to player number 2. Blue, to player number 3. Chapter 9 - LANDS REPRESENTATION OF LANDS GENESIA'S various maps are displayed om the screen at a 45 degree angle. The large map The main map shown at the beginning of the game (or by clicking on the "planet" icon on the playing screen) shows the world in which you will find yourself, with its mountains, its plains and its seas. The players' territories are represented by the colour of their emblems. When you press one of these emblems, you will be placed on its land. All the maps of the world are divided into 64 squares, 8 squares high by 8 squares wide. Each square represents a land with plains, mountains, forests, lakes, seas, etc. The map of the game screen (see PART VII, Chapter 1) This map represents the main field in GENESIA: it is your area of activity. It represents a portion of a land. Each area is divided into 256 squares, 16 squares high by 16 squares long. In each of these squares, you can find a square of plain, or a tree; you can place a field or erect a building. The mini-map of the game screen (see PART VII, Chapter 1) This mini-map is placed at the top of the screen. It gives a general view of the world. Clicking on the button at the edge of the mini-map opens or closes the information mode. When the information mode is open, the boundaries of each land are displayed and the name of each object is given. Example: If you place the cursor on a tree, a message will tell you if it is a palm, a poplar or a fir tree. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 40 ]===== The mini-map is also very useful for moving from one land to another. Example: You are on a land placed on the upper left hand corner of the mini-map, you would like to see a land placed in the lower right hand corner. Position the mouse cursor on the mini-map and click on the desired land. The main game screen will display the land you are interested in. Note: The white area shown in the mini-map is the area displayed on the main screen. Your land is represented on the mini-map by the colour of your emblem. TO CONQUER A LAND Unclaimed Land By definition, unclaimed land belongs to none of the players. To take over unclaimed land, place one of your troops on a square adjacent to the emblem of the land you wish to conquer. Click on the army which is next to the emblem with the right button of the mouse. A window will appear with several options including "CONQUER TERRITORY" and "COLONISE". Choose "CONQUER TERRITORY." You have acquired a new land. (See PART III, CHAPTER 10, Colonisation). Land conquered by another player When the land belongs to one of the other two players, matters become more complicated because you will have to confront the adversary who owns the land. To take the land, place one of your troops on the square next to the emblem of the land. Place the mouse cursor on the soldier next to the emblem then click the right button of the mouse. Chapter 10 - COLONISATION DEFINITION Colonisation is the step following the conquest of an unclaimed land. By colonising a land, you can develop its economy. When one of your troops is placed on the square next to the land's emblem, click with the left button of the mouse on the soldier. A window is displayed offering the choice between "CONQUER TERRITORY" and "COLONISE". =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 41 ]===== Click on COLONISE The colonising army immediately turns into an architect. This architect builds a hut and moves in as soon as the hut is finished. Once he has a home, the architect moves out of his original land into the new land. He is no longer part of the population of his former land. ADVICE FOR COLONISATION - As soon as your architect has built his house, you should build a warehouse. - Let at least one architect build houses to attract possible travellers who can become settlers. - Colonise a land where the land is fertile, the vegetation lush and the water table high. - Colonise land next to your land with a large population and stockpiles. Your architects will go build houses themselves on the new colony. Chapter 11 - BATTLES During the battle, you have no control over the actions of the troops, but you can measure the strength of your adversary by placing the mouse cursor on the enemy army and clicking the right button of the mouse. If you decide to attack, evaluate your chances of winning. HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT Hand-to-hand combat is represented by a cloud of dust and battle sound effects. Place the cursor on the square on which the battle is taking place. This displays a battle table with infrmation on the forces present (type of unit, total troops, total number of life points, etc.). Engaging combat To engage hand-to-hand combat, place an army on a square adjacent to that of an enemy unit. Click on your army with the left button of the mouse and select 'ATTACK'. Difference between attacker and defender The advantage of attacking is important since you maintain the option of "RETREAT". Place the mouse cursor on the square on which the battle is taking place; click with the left button of the mouse. Click on "RETREAT" when it is displayed and you will leave the battlefield, saving the men who are still alive. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 42 ]===== The battle - During the battle the adversaries strike one at a time until one of the two parties dies or runs off. - When an army launches an attack, it inflicts a certain amount of damage to its adversary. - The attack is represented by a fist which appears in the attacking party's section of the table. A figure shows the amount of damage done. - After that, the army which has received the attack gets to strike back. A unit made up of several men has as many life points and attack points as the total of the men that compose it. Example: A soldier with 7 life points and 2 soldiers wih 5 life points each, will make three soldiers with seventeen life points. Description of the battle table The battle table displays the array of forces, distinguishing soldiers, archers, horsemen and knights. Each group has a specific area displaying the number of men (Example: 2 soldiers, 1 archer, 2 horsemen, 0 knights). On the lower right hand dside of the table is a gauge reprsenting the total number of life points. COMBAT AT A DISTANCE This includes attacks by archery units. Whenever an enemy unit enters the action area of one of your archery units, you can fire an arrow. This is an important advantage since you can damage the stock of life points and possibly destroy them without being hit. Thus, if the enemy is not destroyed and at the next turn he decides to go hand-to-hand, he will be considerably weakened. Warning! Firing an arrow will deduct action points in proportion to the distance of the shot. Steps to follow: - Click on your archery unit with the left button of the mouse. - Place the mouse cursor on the target. - Click with the left button of the mouse to confirm and fire. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 43 ]===== Warning! The distance of the shot must not be greater than your number of action points. - Archers are capable of fighting hand-to-hand, but they are less effective than other troops such as soldiers. - If a battle is not going well for your men, and if your archers are near the battle square, they can fire arrows onto the square. Thus you can cause damage to the enemy fighting hand-to-hand, although your men run the risk of being hit in the crossfire. REINFORCEMENTS If a battle is not going well and you have other units nearby, you can bring them to the battle as reinforcements. They will appear in the numbers on the battle. Steps to follow: - Establish the battle square on which one of your enemies is fighting. - Move the unit you want to send into battle (for movement, follow the standard procedure). - When your troops are on the adjacent square place the mouse cursor on the unit, click on "ATTACK" with the left button of the mouse. Chapter 12 - ALLIANCES PRINCIPLE GENESIA is played by three people. Often, one of the three becomes stronger than the other two. When it seems that one of the other two captains is becoming dangerous, a player can propose an alliance with the third player. You can approach any player to suggest an alliance, regardless of whether the character is played by the computer or by a person. An alliance includes: A non-aggression pact: - The allies may neither engage in combat nor conquer each other's land. - A player will not capture cannons or carts belonging to the ally. A commercial pact: - Allies can eaisly do budiness together (you can send a wagon into allied land without the risk of it being captured). =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 44 ]===== Duration of the pact: - An alliance is valid for a certain number of seasons (usually 8). - If one of the allies does not respect the agreements above, the alliance is immediately broken. TO PROPOSE AN ALLIANCE * You must have barracks: - Click on the barracks with the right button. - Click on the administrator. - Click on the message that says "OFFER AN ALLIANCE". - Indicate the player with which you want to strike an alliance by clicking on the cursor corresponding to his flag. -> At the end of your turn, the player you have approached will give you his answer. PART IV: INVENTIONS - GENERAL INFORMATION Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION ADVANTAGES OF INVENTIONS As you have probably guessed, inventions open the way to victory. With invention your basic soldier becomes a brave and powerful warrior, new units (archers, horsemen, knights) join your armies, you will find vaccines to fight epidimics, Wagons, boats and balloons will carry you across the world of GENESIA. PRINCIPLES OF INVENTIONS To create inventions, you must employ inventors who will study the Great Book of Knowledge to discover valuable secrets. Over 70 inventions can be developed. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 45 ]===== Chapter 2 - CONDITIONS THE WORKSHOP There must be at least one workshop in a land (See PART II, CHAPTER 5, The Workshop). The more workshops there are in the same land, the more your inventions will progress rapidly. If you have several lands, and you have built workshops in them, you can diversify the development of your inventions. Example: The inventors of the workshops in land X are learning "WOODWORKS" while those in land Y are learning "METALWORK". When the inventors in X discover woodworks, it will be accessible to the workshops in land Y, even though they have not discovered it themselves. An invention created in one land is valid for all lands. THE INVENTOR The more inventors you have, the more rapidly inventions will progress. The morale of an inventor is taken into account. An inventor with a morale of 7/7 will find his inventions faster than an inventor with a morale of 3/7. To launch an invention, see PART II, CHAPTER 5, The workshop. Reminder: - Click on the workshop of your land. - Click on ENTER on the displayed window. - Click on the inventor in the centre of the workshop. - Click on the invention in the list that you want. REMEMBER: the discoivery of an invention is valid for all territories. Example: You have just invented the sword in land X. You control lands A, B and C. All soldiers in lands X, A, B and C will be equipped with swords (provided each of these territories have barracks). =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 46 ]===== THE BLACKSMITH Blacksmiths can only build wagons, cannons, boats and balloons. Like inventors, the more blacksmiths there are, the faster their work is done. Blacsmiths require raw materials and gold coins. If you have invented the cannon, the blacksmiths will buidl one, if you ahve what they require. There will be a delay for the construction. The length of the delay depends on the number or workshops and blacksmiths, as well as one their morale. To place an order with the blacksmiths, see PART II, CHAPTER 5, The Workshop. Reminder: - Check in the population window to see if you have at least one blacksmith. - Click on the workshop in your land. - Click on ENTER in the displayed window. - Click on the blacksmith at the anvil to see if he is available or not (if not, he will tell you what he is building). The blacksmith will describe what he can build (name of the construction , price, necessary raw materials), a previous invention. If you are not satisfied with what he has to offer, click on the message at the bottom of the workshop: "OTHER". If another construction is available, the blacksmith will offer you something else. If there is something to your liking, click "YES" at the bottom of the workshop. If there is nothing you like, or if you do not have the means to make what you wish, click "NO". Chapter 3 - THE TABLE OF INVENTIONS DESCRIPTION The table lists more than 70 inventions. There is a general index at the end of this manual, but you should refer to it only when you have played GENESIA long enough. Thus, you will discover your inventions along with your inventors. There are two categories of inventions. When you load the inventiosn table, you will be on the "CRAFTS" page. When you click on the right button of the mouse, the "SCIENCES" page will appear. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 47 ]===== Example: Before inventing the cannon (in metalwork), you will have to have invented gunpowder in "SCIENCES" (See CHEMISTRY branch, after explosives). READING THE TABLE You can only discover: - New inventions derived from previous ones and within a same branch. - Inventions which do not require another, intermediate invention. Once something has been invented, it is crossed out. While something is being developed, a yellow light bulb appears over it. Once an invention is available, its name becomes apparent. Inventions that are not yet available are in grey. ORGANISATION Organise your inventions in the most strategically effective manner possible. Example: You control lands A, B and C. You need an invention which requires three steps. Ask the workshops in land A to develop step 1, those in land B to develop step 2 and those in C to develop step 3. Thus the work can be divided to obtain your invention as quickly as possible. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 48 ]===== PART V: INVENTIONS - THE LIST Chaper 1 - SOME INFORMATION * Disocvery of the microscope and the test tube Epidimics can decimate your people. By inventing the microscope, you can identify the several viruses and, with the test tube, you can develop vaccines. These vaccines will immunise the populations of all your territories. * Invention of the telescope and the compass These are essential inventions for building boats and balloons. They will enable your troops to see (telescope) and navigate (compass) better, which saves movement points. The telescope can also help your spies. * Discovery of metals With the science of metals and alloys, you will discover 4 different metals, each will be essential for further inventions. * Invention of fertilisers and of the lightning rod Fertilisers will greatly enhance crops, but will dry the soil and lower the water table. The lightning rod will protect against lightning, which will invariably strike your territories during the summer. * Invention of the bomb The bomb will destroy any construction belonging to the players and can be dropped from balloons. * Invention of the sling, the arc and the crossbow The invention of one of these weapons enables the enlistment of archers. * Invention of the blade, the sword, the rapier and the broadsword According to the weapon invented, your troops will be more or less effective in combat. * Invention of the strap The strap enables you to enlist horsemen. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 49 ]===== * Invention of the breastplate, the coat of mail and plate armor These inventions are of the utmost importance in your campaigns. If you already have the strap, the coat of mail enables you to enlist knights. Chapter 2 - INTERACTIVE INVENTIONS Interactive inventions are the only inventions your blacksmith can make, as well as the only inventions you can work on yourself. THE WAGON Once you have invented and built a wagon, you can use it to: - Supply one of your warehouses on any of your land to increase your stock of food or raw materials. - If you own a shop, you can increase your supply of gold coins by selling some of the supplies stored in your warehouses. - If you have a non-aggression pact with another player who owns a shop, you may trade with this player by selling your supplies. Using the wagon: - Click on the wagon with the left button of the mouse. - Place the cursor on the destination. - Click with the left button to confirm. Warning! The distance travelled cannot exceed the number of action points you have. Using the wagon with the warehouse You can use a wagon to sell supplies stored in your warehouse to a shop or to re-supply another warehouse. Place the wagon in front of the warehouse, enter the warehouse by clicking with the right button of the mouse. - Load supplies stored in your warehouse onto the wagon. Place the cursor on the goods you wish to load onto the wagon and click with the left button of the mouse. The number of units in the wagon increases as the units stored in the warehouse diminish. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 50 ]===== - Unload the contents of the wagon in the warehouse. Place the cursor on the goods you wish to unload from the wagon into the warehouse and click on the right button of the mouse. The number of units in the wagon diminishes as the number of units in the warehouse increases. When the wagon is full you can leave the warehouse. Click on the wagon with the right button, a window describing the freight carried by the wagon appears. Using the wagon in front of the shop Place the wagon in front of the shop and click on the shop. The shopkeeper will buy the contents of your wagon. A full wagon can be driven to another land or its contents unloaded onto a ship (if you own one). THE CANNON One shot of a cannon is usually enough to entirely dstroy the target. You can thus level walls, annihilate trops, etc. Advice: If you spot a cannon approaching one of your formations grouped onto one square, quickly split into several units so the cannon can only hit one unit at a time. Using the cannon * To move the cannon from one place to another: - Click on the cannon with the left button of the mouse. - In the menu: select "MOVE". - Position the cursor on the desired destination. - Click with the left button to confirm. Warning! The distance travelled cannot exceed the number of action points you have. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 51 ]===== * To fire the cannon: - Click on the cannon with the left button of the mouse. - In the menu: select "FIRE". - Position the cursor on the desired destination. - Click with the left button to confirm. Warning! The distance of your shot cannot exceed the number of action points you have. THE BOAT A boat will enable you: - To travel quickly. - To attack your enemy from the coast, provided you have placed troops on board. - To bomb the enemy with a cannon on board. - To explore islands which are inaccessible without a boat. Using the boat Click on your boat with the right button of the mouse, a window will appear, informing you of the state of the vessel as well as its cargo. Everything on board is represented by a symbol. If your boat is empty Place the cursor on the boat using the mouse. Click on the boat with the left button of the mouse. This puts you in movement mode. - Click on your boat with the left button of the mouse. - Place the cursor on your destination. - Click with the left button of the mouse to confirm. Warning! The distance of your voyage cannot exceed the number of action points you have. Putting a unit aboard a boat - Place your boat on a beach (the square of sea adjacent to a square of land). - Move the unit to the square of beach next to the boat. - Click on the unit with the left button of the mouse. - On the menu, select 'EMBARK'. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 52 ]===== - Click on the left button of the mouse to put the unit on board. If an army, wagon or cannon are brought on board: Click on the boat with the left button of the mouse; a menu will appear with the following options: MOVE, FIRE, DIEMBARK. - FIRE: fire the cannon as explained above. - DISEMBARK: after selecting this option, choose the unit which you wish to disembark. THE BALLOON The balloon is the ultimate weapon in GENESIA. It requires the fewest number of points for the greatest distance of travel. Nothing can be brought on board a balloon, however, if you have invented the bomb, you can bomb the enemy. If you have not invented the bomb: To move a balloon from one place to another: - Click on the balloon's shadow with the left button of the mouse. - Place the cursor on the desired destination. - Click on the left button of the mouse to confirm. Warning! The distance of travel cannot exceed the number of action points you have. If you have invented the bomb - Click on the balloon's shadow with the left button of the mouse. -> A menu appears with the following options: "DROP BOMB" or "MOVE". - Select "DROP BOMB" with the left button of the mouse to bombard the enemy. -> The bomb falls directly bellow the balloon and hits what is in the balloon's shadow. To move your balloon, select "MOVE". =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 53 ]===== PART VI: THE JEWELS Chapter 1 - HOW TO DISCOVER THE JEWELS You must recover the 7 jewels. The jewels will be found by your armies. To take possession of the jewels, you must first find them, then place soldiers on a square adjacent to the one with the jewels. Once the unit is next to the jewel, click on the army with the left button. A window appears containing the following option 'TAKE JEWEL'. Once your army is near a jewel, a message will appear on screen. All you have to do is place your group in the vicinity of the jewel. Chapter 2 - PROSPECTING Before you have the joy of discovering the jewels, you will have to send troops to the four corners of GENESIA to explore as many territories as possible. Recruit soldiers among your settlers, then send them as far as possible. Chapter 3 - THE TAVERN Description of the tavern The tavern will be of great help to you in your search. Many adventurers go there for food and drink. Most are nomads who belong to no land in particular. If a jewel is in the vicinity of the land on which the tavern is located, they can give you valuable information in exchange for money. Procedure: - Click with the right-hand button of the mouse on the tavern. (you must previously have built one on your land - (See PART II, Chapter 5 - CONSTRUCTIONS - The tavern). - Click with the left-hnd button of the mouse on an adventurer (i.e, the characters seated at the table. Caution: they are not in the tavern at all times). -> To the question: "That all depends on your purse", click on the message corresponding to the amount you wish to pay at the bottom of the screen. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 54 ]===== Two solutions are possible: 1) There are no jewels in the area. The adventurer will tell you this but only after he is paid. 2) The adventurer knows where to find the jewels. In this case, a map centred on the tavern will be displayed with the position of the jewels. Depending on the amount you pay, the information you receive will be more or less accurate - or completely false. Advice You own lands A, B and C. A tavern is located on land A. If you learn from an adventurer in your tavern on land A that there are no jewels in the vicinity (assuming the information is true), but remember to build taverns on lands B and C and to question the adventurers of these lands. Chapter 4 - GUARDING THE JEWELS The temple is the only place where you can store your jewels: YOU HAVE NO TEMPLE As you prepare to take a jewel, if you have no temple, a mesage will appear on screen to inform you that you cannot take the jewel. You can always leave an armed unit near the jewel to protect it from an enemy. Build a temple as soon as possible on one of your lands to put the stone in a safe place. YOU HAVE ONLY ONE TEMPLE You own land A and you have built a temple on it. When you take the stone, a window will appear indicating that the stone will be stored in the temple on land A. YOU HAVE SEVERAL TEMPLES You own lands A, B and C and have a temple on each. When you take the stone, a message will appear asking where you want to store the stone you have just discovered. You have the choice between temple A, B or C. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 55 ]===== Chapter 5 - CAPTURING THE JEWELS OF ANOTHER CAPTAIN The other way to get jewels is to take those of another player. IF THE OTHER PLAYER DOES NOT HAVE A TEMPLE Spot the troops which are likely to be guarding the jewels. Send a sufficiently well-armed unit to capture the jewel. IF THE OTHER PLAYER HAS ONE OR MORE TEMPLES This is somewhat trickier: you must first find the temples likely to contain jewels. Then you must destroy the temples. This can only be done with a cannon or a balloon (using bombs). Once you have dstroyed the temple with jewels, you will find the jewels somewhere on the land. It will be easy to take them. The other way is to conquer the land on which the temple is located. The temple then belongs to you along with the jewels it contains. PART VIII: THE SCREENS Chapter 1 - MAIN SCREEN DEFINITION OF ICONS * Disk: Save and load games. * World: load overall view of game map. * Statistics: Load statistics from different lands. * Destruction: Click on this icon, then use the mouse to place the cursor on the square you wish to destroy. Click with the left button to confirm destruction. * Construction: load construction window. Search icons are followed by an asterik (*). Search icons: * Combat: Finds battles in which your armies are engaged. Click on this icon to locate a battle. In some versions of GENESIA, the combat icon represents a fist holding a sword. * Armies: Finds military units. Click on this icon to locate an army. * Wagon: Finds your wagons. Click on this icon to locate a wagon. * Boat: Finds your boats. Click on this icon to locate a boat. * Balloon: Finds your balloons. Click on this icon to locate a balloon. * Markers: (only on PC version): Click with the left button on any of the ~~~~~~~~ three markers. Then click on the zone you wish to select (e.g., a workshop). By clicking on the marker with the right button of the mouse, you will position yourself in the selected zone. The mini-map: * Information: activates or de-activates the information option (e.g., displays land borders and the squares through which the cursor passes). * Activate zone: the land displayed in the game area. * Game area: the main screen on which the game takes place. * Building selected: shows the type of building the architect is going to make. * Action points: displays a unit's action (or travel points). * Hourglass: displays time spent for each turn (i.e. season). * Stop: click on stop button on top of the hourglass to interrupt your turn. Chapter 2 - WORLD SCREEN The screen of the world is used to visualise the map of the entire game. The flags displayed show which captains the lands belong to. Click on your colour to zoom in on your own land. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 57 ]===== Example: - Player 1 clicks on white. - Player 2 clicks on yellow. - Player 3 clicks on blue. Chapter 3 - WORKSHOP * The inventor: Click on the inventor to access the table of inventions. * The blacksmith: Click on the blacksmith to launch the construction of the wagon, the cannon, the boat and the balloon once these inventions have been designed. * Exit: Click on the door to exit the workshop. Chapter 4 - BARRACKS * The administrator: This is the person in charge of changing the tax rate, of enlisting armies and of proposing alliances. * Exit: Click on the door to exit the barracks. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 58 ]===== Chapter 5 - TEMPLE * The magician: Click on the magician to make an offering and thus increase the morale of your people and fertility of your land. * The jewels: the jewels stored in the temple will appear in the upper right-hand corner. * Exit: Click on the door to exit the temple. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 59 ]===== Chapter 6 - TAVERN * The adventurers: You can question the characters seated at the tables to obtain information on the jewels. * Click on the door to exit the tavern. Chapter 7 - WAREHOUSE =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 60 ]===== Using the mouse, place the cursor on the products shown in the illustration above and the quantity of items stored appears. Click on EXIT to leave the warehouse. PART VIII: SAVING & LOADING Before you save a game, you must create a storage diskette especially for GENESIA. You must name the diskette GENESAVE when you format it. To do this, see the users' manual of your computer. If your computer is equipped with a hard disk, you can save your games directly onto it. To access the save screen, click on the icon representing a diskette on the main screen. Chapter 1 - SAVING Click on the icon representing a diskette on the main scren. If you save onto a diskette, insert the GENESAVE diskette in the drive when the program asks you to. Click on the 6 zones of the screen and type the name under which you wish to save that particular game. Click on Exit to return to the main screen (follow the instructions on the screen). Chapter 2 - LOADING Click on the icon representing a diskette on the main screen. If you want to load a game from diskette, insert the diskette containing the game in the disk drive when the program asks you to. Click the name of the particular game you wish to resume. PART IX: OPTIONS THE OPTION SCREEN The option screen appears at the beginning of the game. This is where you determine the number of players by clicking on the corresponding figure (1, 2 or 3). You also choose from one of the 5 world maps. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 61 ]===== On Amiga only * Specify whether you are playing from a diskette or hard disk. When you want to resume a game using the same options, load GENESIA from the diskette even if it is installed on the hard disk. If you want to change configurations, load GENESIA from the diskette called 'Configuration'. * On models with just 1 MB and a ROM 2.0, answer NO to the question: "Do you want to play with additional sound effects?". Click on NO. On PC only Click on RETURN TO DOS to quit GENESIA and return to DOS. Option keys on PC Press CTRL plus the appropriate key for the following commands: CTRL + S activates or de-activates the sound. ESC: return to DOS CTRL + C return to DOS PART X: ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS The following advice corresponds to one of the strategies experimented by us and which will enable you to achieve maximum growth in the world of GENESIA. This is not the only solution. There are many other ways of reaching the ultimate goal. However, you must follow certain rules when you face your adversaries. There are three essential goals in the very beginning of the game. These are: 1) Building a warehouse to store the materials you will need throughoutthe game. 2) Pumping enough drinking water from underground reserves to satisfy the needs of the population. 3) Hiring at least one farmer with a moral of 6 or 7 and giving him a field. 4) Since you still have very little stone and metal, you need to drill to construct other =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 62 ]===== buildings. Hire a woodsman and once he's finished cutting down a tree, make him a carpenter so he can supply you with food. 5) As soon as possible, construct barracks to ward off danger. Once you reach this stage, you must make certain decisions: If you want to expand rapidly, let your architects build homes (but be careful that they do not carelessly use up all of your raw materials). As a result, your population will increase rapidly. You can then send a large number of troops to fight the enemy. To enlist inhabitants as soldiers, you must have enough cash because enlisting is expensive. Without money, you will no longer be able to defend yourself efficiently, which spells imminent defeat. If you start the game near another player, you must build up a strong defense as quickly as possible because your enemy can lay hold of your land. This means you must build stone walls and place troops at strategic areas. If you are far from your rivals, you have enough time to increase your population by focusing immediately on the construction of homes. As for inventions, we recommend inventing the bow or the sling as quickly as possible to protect yourself from enemy attacks thanks to projectiles. If you are focusing on inventions you need to mobilise inventors and thus reduce the number of men ready to fight. If you decide to favour growth through inventions, take care not to fall prey to enemies with bigger armies. But by inventing more powerful swords, a cannon or an armour, your armies will be particularly efficient. Invent vaccinations as quickly as possible to prevent your men from being rendered incapable of working or of defending your land. Last but not least, remember to build a temple as soon as possible since this is the only place in which you can store the jewels you find. We still have plenty of advice to give you, but we will stop here to leave you the pleasure of discovering GENESIA and of applying your own strategy. We hope you will spend as many pleasurable hours in the company of GENESIA and we thank you for your confidence in choosing a MICROIDS product. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 63 ]===== TECHNICAL SUPPORT Should you experience any technical problems with this game, such as it failing to operate, please contact our Technical Services Department. Technical Services Mindscape International Ltd Priority House Charles House Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9PQ England Telephone: +44(0)444 239600 (09:30 to 6:30 Monday to Friday) Fax: +44(0)444 248996 We regret that we cannot offer game hints and tips, as the service is provided for technical difficulties only. =====[ Genesia Manual ]======================================[ Page 64 ]=====