ALEX THE MAGNIFICENT AND CAPTAIN NEMO

PRESENT

SPARTACUS: THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM

the war and adventure game

please read this before You begin to play
You also can find this text in «read me» file of the first folder of «zipped»
pack.     

1. What is this game ? 

This game is some different from Civilization - II scenarios which You know. 
We tried to make an independent war-adventure game is based on the 
Civilization-II battle program. And so You must know SOME MAIN RULERS without
 which You can not play.

2. Quests and a plot

First of all this game contains from the chain of quests. There are a some 
quests in each part of scenario. They  all together form a plot. Each next
 quest directly depend from previous and if You did not fulfill previous 
quest You must not (and have not the such possibilty) to begin another. 
Sometimes You have some quests in one time. Strong recommendation: Do not
 change nothing in «events» and «rules» files or if You very want do it only
 from MPS «editor» but not manually from «txt» files.  

3.  How I know up what I must do ?.

Very simply. There are many personages (units) in the game who have 
«characters». It is a Spartacus, his comrades -in- arms such as Anomai,
Artorix , Farnak and many others including the Roman warlords. They will to
talk with each other, give advises  and You will see texts on the screen.
Some times You will get letters from Your spies. This is a main information
and direct orders (quests) to You : where to move  troops and which city to
capture and how many turns You have to do complete this missions. Always
follow this texts specially the Spartacus’s orders.  

4.  Spartacus and others.

Spartacus present in the game as a most strongly foot unit. You may use him 
in any purposes but remember what he must not be killed. If You loose this 
unit, YOU LOSE THE GAME. It is the main rule. And so use him carefully. 
Another special unit is Artorix - the Spartacus’s spy, a single spy in Your
army. He has all
spy abilities, can investigate Roman cities and strongholds,  stab enemy 
units etc. And it is a single «immortal» units. Being «trapped» by Romans he
 however always will appear in Your camp again because he too «smart» to be 
captured . But beware. One moment he can say what he tired from espionage 
and want to be a Your counselor in a headquarters. After it he disappears 
from the map. Our recommendation - DO NOT LET HIM TO DO IT. It will not
 destroy the plot but deprive You a possibility to obtain one new unit in 
the Part-Y. 

5. Turn limit

Each part and each quest (except Part-YII) is limited by turn quantity. You 
mast to complete ALL YOU NEXT MISSIONS in definite turn interval. You can 
not begin a new mission until You not finished the previous quest. In any 
case You destroy the game and do not get no new units no new events. The 
limit of each part You can see on the introduction text on the screen, 
when the first turn of each part will begin. 
If You fought well and  get free time before a turn limit have come, to
 use it to conquer of the new roman cities map.   Totally main plot 
(Parts 1-6) conclude about 200 turns. Parts 7 (the last) is unlimited. 
    
6.  «Key» cities  and «Impregnable» cities

There some «key» cities in the each part. They are the key cities. You
 must capture them in any way if it follow from You current quest.  Some
 city can not be captured in definite Parts. This is mean what it is the
 key cities for next Part. We protected these towns with special tricks 
and they can be captured only with «CHEAT MODE» but DO NOT DO IT. Follow
 Spartacus’s orders. If he say what You must no spent time on siege of 
Cunne now and must go to Asculum first - do exactly as he ordered. 

Here is a list of cities which You must not attack:

Buksent - until part 2
Cunnae  - until the fell of Asculum   
Kanusium - untill part 5
Tarent - untill part 7   

To say truth we are sure what You will not have no time no enough forces to
 do it before definite moment, an moreover - it is almost impossible, but 
just in case keep it in meand.


7. TECHNICAL  RULE: VERY IMPORTANT !

How to launch the game ?  When You unzip game  files You will find 7 separate
 folders with contents. To do next steps. 
First create a new folder in the Your Scenario section. For example «Spartac»
Then open the Folfder 1. It have inside many files , units, scenario file, 
terrain, «events», and others. To place all this materials to «Spartac» 
folder, then to launch as a usual scenario.

Follow text instruction on the screen until You will see the note «NOW LAD 
PART-II» At the same moment You must stop the game, activate the CHEAT MODE 
and use command «SAVE AS SCENARIO». Choose already existing name for this  
- «Spartac».
Then close the game screen. Open Folder II with unzipped materials and load 
ALL ITS CONTENT into You «Spartac» scenario folder. After this launch 
scenario again. You will begin new part from previous turn. For example if
 You was in the turn 32 at the end of previous part You will prolong the
 game from this moment and will find all You units on their old positions. 
Repeat all this steps with each of 7 Parts. It is not difficult. 


     
 

    
   
   

  
