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        F1 - How to Play

        F2 - Decisions

        F3 - MAIN MENU

        F4 - Options Submenu

        F5 - Utility Submenu

        F6 - Movement & Combat

        F7 - Quit

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1 How to Win
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VGA Civil War Strategy is a 1 or 2 person strategic level game of the
American Civil War. You win by getting "victory points" for:

 (1) capturing cities        --- big cities are worth more;
                                 50 point bonus if CAPITAL city

 (2) capturing enemy armies  --- 25 points

 (3) winning battles         --- 1 point each

 (4) special events          --- varies

The South wins by default if not crushed before mid 1865

If your score is one of the top 5 scores for the side played, you name
and score are entered into the high score file.

2 Display
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The main game screen is a map of the eastern U.S. along with the Main
Menu from which you choose most of your options. Above the menu is a
flag showing the side is currently selected, Union or
Confederate. In the upper righthand area is a bar graph which
shows how the current side is doing, along with victory points
and level of difficulty.

Use the "up" and "down" arrow keys to move the cursor. Press 'Enter'
to select the currently highlighted option. Usually, you may exit from a
menu without selecting any option by pressing the "escape" or "esc" key.
In a few cases you must select an "EXIT" option to leave the menu
without selecting any option.

The 40 small colored circles on the map display represent cities or
other key locations. Blue circles are Union controlled; gray ones are
Confederate controlled. Red circles are neutral cities (not controlled
by either side). The two circles marked by small yellow crosses are
CAPITAL cities. Connections between the cities is be shown by dashed
lines.

Circles surrounded by a HOLLOW BLACK box are is a FORTIFIED (FORT+)
locations; circles surroundeded by a SOLID BLACK box are HEAVILY
FORTIFIED (FORT++).

A small box appears in the right of the display with the letters 'PHIL'
underneath. This represents the port of Philadelphia. The city of
Philadelphia itself is the right most circle at the top of the screen.

Small flag icons appear next to some cities. Each flag represents an
army. Mountain and rivers features are also shown on the map.

4 Sequence of Play
==================
Play proceeds in the following sequence for each game turn
(representing 2 months):

  A. Decision Phase
      Side 1 Decisions (Union if 2 players ; Human if 1 player)
             1. Recruit
             2. Naval Actions (Resolved Immediately)
             3. Move Orders
             4. Other Decisions (Combine, Fortify, etc.)
      Side 2 Decisions (Rebel if 2 players ; Computer if 1 player)
             1. Recruit
             2. Naval Actions (Resolved Immediately)
             3. Move Orders
             4. Other Decisions (Combine, Fortify, etc.)
  B. Move & Combat Update Phase
             (Move Orders Carried Out)
  C. Turn Update Phase
             Income Updated Based on Cities Controlled
             Unit Supply Updated

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1 Movement
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Armies move from city to city. Any number of friendly armies may stack
in a city. Armies that move to a city occupied by an enemy army must
fight the enemy, and either drive off the enemy (to capture the city)
or be forced back themselves.

Moving an army into an enemy city that is not occupied by an army
results in automatic capture of the city. Moving into a neutral city
automatically captures the neutral city. The city will change colors to
indicate you have gained control.

Capture of a fortified city will reduce the fortification by one level.
(Thus, a FORTIFIED+ city would be reduced to an unfortified city.)

2 Armies
========
Armies have several attributes of importance. These will change as
the game progresses, and it is important for you to understand how they
influence the outcomes.

STRENGTH   - the number of men in the unit; the prime attribute in
             combat
LEADER     - ability score of the unit leader, from 1 to 10. Greatly
             affects the unit's effectiveness in battle and movement.
EXPERIENCE - the number of battles the unit has won (0-10). More
             experienced units are more effective in combat. Each battle
             won increases the experience level by 1.
SUPPLY     - the current state of food and equipment (0-10). Units
             use 1 unit of supply each turn, except in summer and autumn
             harvest months. Capturing cities and capturing enemy armies
             increases supply. Moving and fighting accelerate use of
             supplies. Units that are 'out of supply' (supply level=0)
             fight at 50% effectiveness, and move more slowly. Armies
             in port cities are always in supply if the city is not
             blockaded.
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1 Main Menu
===========

                     ╔═════════════╗
                     ║    Main     ║
                     ╠═════════════╣
                     ║ Recruit     ║
                     ║ Ships       ║
                     ║ Army Moves  ║
                     ║ ≡NEXT TURN≡ ║
                     ║ Reports     ║
                     ║ OPTIONS     ║
                     ║ UTILITY     ║
                     ║ Files       ║
                     ║ Help        ║
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This menu shows the primary decisions you can make. At the bottom of
the menu are symbols indicating which setup options are active.
When graphics are turned ON, the connection links between cities are
shown.

8 Recruit
=========
Allows you to recruit new armies or build up existing armies. Each
recruitment requires 100 money units. If you do not have enough money,
you cannot recruit.

You will be given one or more randomly selected cities where you may
recruit (only ones that your side currently controls). If the city is
vacant, a NEW army is placed there, along with a commander and his
corresponding abilities. Adding recruits to an existing army increases
its strength, but does not change the commander.

Each side has 20 named commanders available to lead separate armies. As
the game progresses, the number of available commanders will be reduced
as commanders are captured or are occupied leading other units.

Newly created armies MAY NOT move this turn, while they train and
organize. Existing armies that are increased in strength CAN MOVE in
the current turn.

At the balanced play level, newly created stand alone armies are 7,000
men. Additions to existing armies are 4,500 men. Experience level of
recruits will be low (varies slightly, with slightly better levels for
Rebel armies).

NOTE: Once you have begin to recruit, you should NOT change sides or
      number of players, since the cities to recruit in are already
      selcted for that part of the turn.

2 Ships
=======
Allows you to build and move fleets and bombard enemy cities. Each side
has one fleet, consisting of 1-10 ships. Ships can be added to the fleet
only in friendly port cities. Each new ship requires 100 money units.

Ships can be moved to any port city. This means ships may move much more
rapidly than armies, but their effect is different.

If the two fleets meet in a port, they will engage in combat. During
each round of combat, the attacker has the option to press the attack or
retire. Each ship can take 10 enemy hits before it sinks. The current
number of hits remaining is shown below the ship icon. Combat continues
until one fleet either retreats or is eliminated. At the end of the
turn, there can be only one fleet in a given port.

Ships do not transport armies, but can bombard enemy cities to damage
defending armies or fortifications, or to drive the city to neutrality.
If the city has an enemy army, the bombardment will damage the enemy.
The fleet will also blockade the enemy army in the port, reducing his
supplies. Fortified cities may have the forts damaged or reduced.
However, forts may sink attacking ships.

Unfortified cities not occupied by a defending army may become neutral
as a result of the bombardment.

The human player cannot move to a port and attack the port on the same
turn. However, the computer opponent is allowed to do this.

  INVASIONS : The Union player only may invade neutral cities if (1)
  there is more than one ship in the invading fleet and (2) there are
  still available Union commanders. The fleet size will be reduced by 1
  and the new army will seize the neutral city. The invading army is
  small (3500 men) and vulnerable to attack. However, the captured city
  is eligible for possible recruiting later.

3 Move Orders
==============
Allows you to select an army to move and where to move it. A menu will
cycle through all your armies that are able to move this turn. Armies
that already have move orders, or that have been combined this turn, or
that have built fortifications this turn, or newly created armies are
not eligible to move in the current turn.

Once you select the army to move, the choice of all possible connecting
destinations for that army are shown. Selecting a destination will
result in a white dotted line from the selected unit to the destination.
Note that the army does not move immediately. Rather, it will attempt to
move during the move and update phase.

If an army with move orders is attacked during the move and update
phase, there is a chance that it will not be able to carry out those
orders. If it is defeated, it must retreat, but even if it wins it may
have its orders cancelled.

During the month of January, you may not carry out any land campaigns
(i.e., attack enemy or neutral cities). You may move armies to friendly
cities, fortify, or conduct other land operations. Naval operations are
unaffected by the January restriction.

4 Next Turn
============
When you have completed your decisions for the current turn, select this
option to continue with the game sequence. Note that once the game
sequence progresses, you cannot back up. Thus, when you select this
option, you will be asked to confirm before the turn actually
progresses.

5 Reports
==========
Several different reports are available. There is no cost for any
of the reports.

6 Options
==========
See Options Submenu.

7 Utility
==========
See Utility Submenu.

8 Files
========
Allows you to load or save games and to quit then program. There is only
one saved game file, named "CWSTRAT.SAV". If you wish to maintain
additional saved game files, you must use DOS commands (e.g., COPY and
RENAME).

When the game is started, the base game is automatically initialized,
configured according to the current CWS.CFG settings.

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1 Options Submenu
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                     ║ Cancel     ║
                     ║ Fortify    ║
                     ║ Combine    ║
                     ║ Supply     ║
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2 Cancel Orders
===============
Allows the move orders for unit selected (menu with eligible units will
be displayed) to be cancelled - in case you change your mind before you
go to the next turn.

3 Fortify
==========
If ALL the following conditions are met, you may fortify a city:
     city is occupied by a friendly army
     city is not already at DOUBLE FORTIFIED++ level
     you have at least 200 money units

4 Combine
==========
Armies may be combined to create larger and more powerful forces up to
a maximum of 125,000. In order to combine, armies must start the
turn stacked in the same city. Stacked armies are indicated by a small
yellow circle on the flag icon. Selecting 'Combine' will result in a menu
of candidate cities in which armies are stacked. Selecting a city will
cause all armies in that city to attempt to combine, up to the maximum
level.

5 Supply
=========
On occasion, you may need to manually allocate additional provisions to
units that are out of supply. Each unit manually supplied requires .001
money units per 1,000 men (which cheaper that automatic resupply).
However, the unit received the maximum amount of supply that can be
provided.

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1 Utility Submenu
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                     ║  Utility   ║
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                     ║ Redraw     ║
                     ║ Side       ║
                     ║ Solo       ║
                     ║ Graphics   ║
                     ║ Sounds     ║
                     ║ Display    ║
                     ║ Balance    ║
                     ║ End Cond   ║
                     ║ Events     ║
                     ║ Vary Start ║
                     ║ Jan Cmpgn  ║
                     ║ Aggress 1  ║
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2 Redraw
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Allows you to redraw the display map.

3 Side
=======
Toggles between the Union and Rebel side for the 1 player game only.

4 Solo/2-Player
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Toggles between 1- and 2- player game

5 Graphics (Toggle)
===================
When ON, graphics show connections between cities and provides displays
for battle and significant events, such as capture of capital and
surrender of armies.

6 Sound
========
Toggle between Sound & Music, Sound Only, and Quiet.

7 Display
==========
Sets display speed for messages displayed, from fast to very slow.

8 Balance
==========
Set Play Balance from Rebel++ (large Rebel advantage) all the way to
Union++ (large Union advantage). Play balance affects the relative
resources allocated, along with the handicap received in combat.

9 End Game Conditions
======================
Shows the conditions that will determine when the game is over. These
are specified in the input file CWS.INI, and can be changed by changing
that file. Up to 5 different conditions may trigger the end of the game:

                Time (Month & Year)
                % Cities Controlled by Either Side
                % Income for Either Side
                Capital Capture By Either Side *
                Ratio of Total Army Strength

Active conditions are marked with an "√".

* Note: If BOTH sides lose their capital in the same turn, the game does
  NOT end even if this condition is active.

10 Events
=========
Option to enable/disable the random events feature. When random events
are enabled, a check mark "√" will appear beside the option.

11 Vary Start
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The initial game conditions can be varied using this option.

12 January Campaigns
====================
Allows you to permit/prohibit January campaigns.

13 Enemy Aggression
===================
This option applies only for 1-player game. By repeated selecting this
option you may cycle through enemy aggressiveness levels from 0 (least
aggressive) to 5 (most aggressive). The default level is 1. At the lower
levels, the enemy will be more cautious and defensive, preferring to
build forts and make attacks only when the odds are favorable. At the
higher levels, the enemy will attack more often, perhaps even to the
point of foolhardiness.

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1  Computer Decisions
======================
If you are playing a 1-player game versus the computer, you will see the
computer decisions being made. The computer does not 'cheat' by taking
advantage of knowledge of the moves you have selected.

You will be prompted to "press any key for month /year events". During
the update phase, the message "UPDATE" will appear in the lower right of
the map area. The computer will move the armies, provide information on
battles, state of supplies, and so on. From time to time the display
will pause to give you time to read the messages. You can press any key
to move on.

2 Army Movement
================
When you see the message "press any key for (current month and year)
events", the move and update phase has begun. During this phase both
sides have their move orders carried out. When enemy armies meet in the
same city, combat occurs. After combat, only one side will continue to
occupy the city. The side that was driven off loses the battle.

The order in which armies move depends on (1) ability of the leader
(better ones tend to move first), (2) supply (out of supply units move
last) and (3) a random factor. Armies carry out their orders one at a
time. The flag icon will move from the starting location to the
destination city.

3 Combat
=========
If combat occurs, a set of statistics will appear on the right of the
screen giving important information on how the battle will be resolved.
The information for both attacker and defender begins with a base
calculation, which goes through a series of adjustments to arrive at a
final value for this battle.

   Item       Meaning
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 Base       Base combat strength, obtained by dividing unit strength
            by 10,000 and rounding up. Thus, an army with 23,000 men
            has a base combat strength of 3. The base for defenders is
            increased to account for their reduced exposure to fire.

 Ldr/Exp    Base combat strength, adjusted for leadership and experience.
            Armies outmanned by more than 5:1 will usually not receive
            this adjustment. However, elite armies with experience
            levels of 8 or more automatically receive a bonus, even if
            hopelessly outnumbered.

 Small      Adjusted strength after penalizing for very small forces
            (i.e., small force has less than 1,500 men).

 Outman     Additional adjustment if the opposing army is much larger
            than this army proportionately. This occurs for the attacker
            if outnumbered by more than 5:1 or for the defender if
            outnumbered by more than 10:1.

 Supply     Additional adjustment if unit is out of supply (will be
            in contrasting color). Out-of-supply units fight at half
            strength.

 Difclt     Additional adjustment based on difficulty level.

 Fort       (FOR DEFENDERS ONLY) - Additional adjustment if location is
            fortified and defender has not moved or fought previously in
            this turn. NOTE: Occasionally an exceptional commander will
            get the fort bonus even if he has fought previously in the
            turn.

These adjustments are sequential, and the final result is the one
actually used in the combat calculations.  The final result for both the
Attacker and the Defender is shown in a highlighted box. The final
values can never be less than 1 nor more than 20. A calculation of the
odds of an attacker victory are also given as A GUIDE ONLY. The computer
actually resolves the combat separately from this calculation of
attacker odds, but it should provide a good indicator of who is likely
to win the battle.

The actual results of the battle will be displayed after you press a
key. The winner is announced at the bottom of the screen. Casualty
information (numbers and percentages for each side) are shown at the top
of the screen. Notice that an army can win the battle but suffer greater
losses than the enemy.

The loser attempts to retreat to an adjacent friendly city. If there
are no retreat options, the loser will surrender. Even if there is a
retreat option, a unit may be shattered and choose to surrender. When
units surrender, their commanders are PERMANENTLY removed.

If there is more than one defending army in a city, the attacker must
defeat each defender one at a time until all defenders are driven out
before occupying the city.

4 Income Update
================
After all combat and moves are resolved, the supplies are distributed,
and income and victory points are updated based on present game
situations. Note that the Union side always receives income from other
parts of the country outside the region shown (e.g., Boston, New York,
Chicago, etc.) Thus, the Union in effect has an income bonus. Supplies
are distributed based on cash remaining, to the armies in numerical
order.
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