Romance of the three kingdoms XI Game Manual

First Time Players

P.12

Government Facilities

P.14

Technique Points

P.13, 18

The Art of War

P.20 - 29

Officer Data

P.31 - 32

TUTORIAL & GLOSSARY

Contents STARTING A GAME GAME

● Tutorial To play through the Tutorial, select “Tutorial” from the Main Menu (P.2).

This is recommended for first-time players of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, as it teaches you about the game format and how to play.

Domestics and the techniques of war can be remembered by through practice and play. ● Glossary If you click on a command that is labelled with a “?” mark during play, an explanation of the term will appear.

The Glossary can also be selected by clicking on the “?” mark in the upperleft of the game screen.

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Main Menu, Starting a New Game, Registering an Officer, Edit Officer Data, Basic Settings

GAME SCREENS

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Main Map, Bases / Facilities / Units, Map

PLAYING THE GAME

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Objectives, Game Progress, The Course of a Year, How to Play a Game

CITY COMMANDS

14

Development, Equipment Production, Technique Research

THE ART OF WAR

20

Preparing to March, Tactics, Military Facilities, Terrain / Strategies, Duels

PERSONNEL

30

Search, Employ, Officers

DIPLOMACY

33

Alliances, Ceasefires & Exchanges, Solicit Surrender, Request Reinforcements, Debates

STRATEGY

36

Disrupt Relations, Collaborate, Rumor

SOVEREIGN

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Districts, Ranks

COMMANDS

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Base Commands, Units

INFORMATION

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Shortcut Key List

45

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● Hints By clicking on the “?” mark in the upper-left of the game screen and choosing “Hints”, useful advice will appear on-screen.

STARTING A GAME Main Menu On loading the game the Main Menu will appear.

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Force Selection

After selecting a Force (1-8) from the map, clicking “Confirm” in the lower-left of the screen will display the Options screen (P.5). Selecting multiple Forces will lead to a multiplayer game.

*See the Start-up Manual for instructions relating to operation prior to the Main Menu.

Load Data

Resume a previously saved game.

New Game

Begin a new game.

Tutorial

Learn about the game and how to play it.

● Create Officer (P.3) Create and edit original characters.

Quit

● Reference ● Music

The in-game music can be listened to here.

● Options (P.5)

Settings can be adjusted here.

After setting your Options (P.5), click “Confirm” and the Confirmation screen will be displayed.

Select “Confirm” once more and the game will begin.

Registering an Officer Select “Create Officer” from the Settings Menu (P.2) to register and create an Officer.

Scenario Selection

Create Officer After clicking “Confirm” at the Create Officer screen, changes will be saved. Please be sure to click “Confirm” once you have finished.

When you select “New Game” from the Main Menu, the Scenario Selection screen will appear. Select a scenario to begin.

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Officer Assignment Screen

This is displayed when a Created Officer is available. If you do not want to use a Created Officer, just select “Confirm”.

Dispatch Officer

First, dispatch officers that will appear in your scenario. Then, create a new force and assign locations to the officers. * If you do not select "Dispatch Officer," your created officers will not appear in the game.

Create New Force

Form a new force led by one of your original officers for the selected scenario.

1. Select a Force (from “New Force 1” to “New Force 8”).

2. Select “Create”, choose a Sovereign from the list, then select a Main Base on the map.

3. If you wish to control cities outside of your Main Base, select “City”, then choose the cities you wish to control from among the empty City spaces.

4. Select Force Colours, Titles, and Countries. (It is not essential to select these).

Assign Officers Reset

Starting a Game

End the game and return to Windows.

Starting a New Game 1

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Assign your officers to cities. If you do not specify a city, they will be automatically assigned a city. If the city is under your control, you must decide whether to employ them. If you choose not to employ them, they become Free Officers.

Create Officer Edit Officer Delete Officer Edit Births Output Shared Officer Load Shared Officer Delete Shared Officer

STARTING A GAME

STARTING A GAME

Settings

The following can be viewed here: Chronology, Officer Encyclopedia, Terminology & Event Stills.

Selecting “Switch View” will enable you to choose a Force from the list.

Create up to 150 officers.

When you select “Auto”, only the following Officer features can be determined: sex, face, name, character model, and ability type (there are four ability types to choose from).

Change the data for an already created officer.

Erase an already created officer.

All selected officers will be adjusted to have the same birth year.

Created Officers are output as Shared Officer files. (The file name will be ‘Officer Name.S11’) Load the data of a Shared Officer.

Delete Shared Officer files. Once deleted, these files cannot be retrieved

The output/load folder for Shared Officers is located at My Documents/Koei/RTKXI/TPrsn

Restores all force and officer settings to default.

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Edit Officer Data Basic Settings

Birth Select the year the character was born. Characters appear in the game once they turn 15 years old.

Options You can adjust the game settings in the menu when starting a new game or from the "Menu" icon in the top left of the screen during the game.

Lifespan Lifespan settings determine at what age characters are likely to die.

Father, Mother Officers that are at least 14 years older than you can be selected to be your parents. A mother can be selected only when there is a female officer within the proper age range.

Game Settings Game Level Battle Deaths

Spouse A historical or created officer of the opposite sex, existing during the current era, can be selected as a spouse.

Ability Change

Close Friend

Surname, Forename Input surnames and forenames. A maximum of 12 characters can be input here.

STARTING A GAME

Model Select the character model that is used in places such as duels (P.28) and debates (P.34).

Ability Settings

Sworn Siblings, Liked Officers, Disliked Officers Sworn Siblings and Liked Officers will cooperate in various scenes, while Disliked Officers will not work well together. *Officers who are already Sworn Siblings, such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, cannot become Sworn Siblings again.

Base Abilities The officer's abilities (P.31).

Growth Period Select the development type of the officer.

Ability Persistence Selecting "Long" will allow the character to maintain a level of base abilities longer once they are met.

APT (Aptitude)

Face Change

Adjust the frequency with which officers can die in battle or in duels.

If turned on, the officer's abilities will be affected by age. The abilities for each Officer can grow until they reach their Base Ability level; when Base Abilities are reached, these will gradually diminish as the Officer’s age increases.

If turned off, officer abilities will stay the same throughout the entire game.

If turned on, the face portraits for certain characters will age over time.

Sorcery / Lightning If turned on, you will be able to use "Sorcery" and "Lightning" tactics.

Female Officers Events

By selecting "Historical," female officers such as Diao Chan and Da Qiao will appear.

If you select "Event," then characters such as Diao Chan and Da Qiao will appear only in event scenes.

Select “Show All”, to watch all historical events and general events. *Events such as Dong Zhou's Rise and the Battle of Chi Bi are based on historical fact. *General events are connected to your Subordinates and are features of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI.

Fictional Settings

These settings can only be set at the beginning of the game.

These settings can only be set at the beginning of the game. The officer's life span, familial relations, personal relationships (sworn siblings, liked officers, disliked officers), their close friends, personality (obligation, ambition, loyalty to the Later Han, etc.), and the city where the officer was recruited can be adjusted. "Historical" will be based on the Three Kingdoms Adaptation and the Three Kingdoms History, while "Fictional" will have random settings.

STARTING A GAME

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Change Face Select the officer's portrait.

Choose an Officer to be your Close Friend.

Friendship with other Officers will depend on your choice of Close Friend.

For example, if you are a friend of Cao Cao, in the Three Kingdoms Adaptation your affinity with Cao Cao’s own Officers will also improve.

These settings can only be set at the beginning of the game.

If you select “Advanced”, the initial resources of the computer Forces will increase, while your diplomacy success rate will be lower than it would be at “Beginner”. Additionally, the computer has an advantage during duels.

Aptitude for each type of equipment (P.31) can be set here.

Skills Officer Skills (P.32) can be set here.

Options Duel / Debate Scroll Type

Character Settings

Scroll Speed

Settings can be changed during play.

You can choose whether or not to display duels and debates.

If you select “Auto”, the screen will scroll when you move the cursor to the screen’s edge.

Alternatively, if you select “Manual”, you can drag the cursor to scroll the screen.

Set the Scroll Speed.

The camera can be set to rotate in tandem with the map displayed at the bottom-right of the

Rotate Radar Map screen.

Character, Voice, Tone These factors affect how characters fight in battle, as well as their Fury during Debates (P.35).

Court, Aspiration Decide whether to set the Later Han Court as being important. Aspirations affect Officers’ obligation and ambition.

Log Help Balloons Message Pause

Change the information displayed about the various Forces. By selecting "Simple," only crucial information will be shown.

If turned on, a ”?” mark will appear when selecting commands, explaining their function.

This sets the display speed of messages, with a larger number indicating a slower display speed.

If you select 100, messages will not advance until you click on them.

Bio Write a mini-biography for your Officer (optional).

System Settings

Settings can be changed during play.

Graphic quality, as well as music, sound effects and voice volume, can be set here.

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GAME SCREENS Main Map Action Points, Technique Points (TP)

Map Controls Scroll Map Zoom In / Out View Info

Current Season, Date, Player Force

● Action Points (Max 255)

● Technique Points (TP)

Required to execute commands.

Recovered for each turn. Executing commands causes it to decrease.

Needed for Reserch (P.18) and Mediate (P.40). Increase as commands are performed.

One turn lasts 10 days. One month passes every three turns.

When Scroll Type is set to “Auto”, the screen will scroll when you move the cursor to the edge of the screen. In “Manual”, you may scroll the screen by dragging the cursor.

Move the mouse wheel backwards/ forwards.

Highlight a base/unit with the cursor, then right-click.

Map Viewpoint Change

Hold down the right mouse button and drag to change viewpoint.

Give Commands

Point with the cursor then left-click to issue orders.

Advance, Info, Load & Save

Right-click on a location where there are no facilities, bases or units to access this menu.

*For information on keyboard controls, please see P.45.

Clicking here will display the techniques you possess.

Research Status is displayed on the Technique Bar.

General Info Displayed when you place the cursor over cities and units.

Menu Map Display (P.9)

Info (P.42)

to close, and click

to open.

Options Menu

Units (small diamond shapes)

● Save

The area indicated on the Main Map

Save the current game.

● Load Load a previously saved game.

● Options

Cities (large squares)

Options and System Settings (P.5) can be changed here.

● Return to Title Screen

Harbors and Barriers (very small squares)

Return to Title Screen.

● Quit

● Map Info Button

End the game and return to Windows. You can also leave your Force under computer control and watch the outcome of events.

Choose whether or not to display Harbors and Barriers on the Radar Map.

Help

Toggle Squares Button Choose whether or not to display the Topography squares on the main map.

● Glossary Explains commands and terms.

● Hints Game hints are detailed here.

● Evaluation Determines the Officer most suited to you.

● Version Information View version information for Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI.

Advance Button Click to progress to the next turn.

GAME SCREENS

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GAME SCREENS

Radar Map This mini-map of the Chinese continent shows the Cities belonging to each Force (these are colour-coded). When you click on a location, you will jump there. Click

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Jump List Clicking on a name will jump to the location of the Unit or Officer. Click to open, and click to close.

Display Base list. The Sovereign’s present base is at the top of the list.

Display Officer list. The Sovereign is at the top of the list.

Display Unit List. When marching, the Sovereign’s Units are displayed at the top of the list.

Topography currently highlighted by the cursor (P.27) Facilities that can be established are noted here.

Toggle Unit Info Button Log Window Click to close, and to open. Drag the top of the window to adjust its size.

Choose whether to see all, part, or none of the Unit information available.

Shows information on the player’s Force and other Forces. Click on the information to jump to the location.

Shows Strategists’ advice and Officers’ reports.

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Bases / Facilities / Units

Facilities

Click on Bases and Units to execute commands. Right-clicking will display related information.

Government facilities increase a city's income and recruit more troops, while military facilities, obstacles and traps increase offensive and defensive possibilities.

Government Facilities (P.15)

Base

Military Facilities / Obstacles / Traps (P.25)

Military Facility HP The gauge will decrease if the facility is attacked.

If it reaches 0, the facility will be destroyed. Use Repair (P.41) on a facility before its HP reaches 0.

Officers and Units shelter inside these buildings. There are Cities, Harbors and Barriers.

City Status Marker

Alliance

Ceasefire

This displays the location of the Emperor, as well as the diplomatic relations of your Force.

Base commands (P.38)

Location of the Later Han Emperor

Troops Soldier numbers will decrease if you are attacked or if your Food supply drops to 0.

If it reaches 0 through an attack, the base will be taken.

Base HP Effects of commands When you gain are displayed with TP, this will be displayed arrows. on-screen.

Action Points

Gold

Total gold in the city.

Food

Total food in the city (this is consumed with each turn).

Order

The level of stability in the city / Maximum order

Facilities

Current number of Facilities / Total possible Facilities

Will Equipment

Will of Units as they leave Cities and march into battle / Maximum Will Amount of equipment (P.17) being stocked by Cities

Number of Officers ready / Total number of Officers Number of prisoners in Cities or Prisoners with Units

Officers

Free

Number of Free Officers in Cities

Units on Auto have an "A"

Speciality

A city's Speciality denotes equipment which is cheaper than normal to produce. Additionally, developing the facilities related to it will automatically produce the equipment each month (excluding weaponry and vessels).

Large city. Holds up to 150K troops (regular cities are limited to 100K).

Spear

Horse

Pike

Weaponry

Crossbow

Vessels (ships, warships, etc.)

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Status Ailment (P.27)

Money to be received in the following month

Food to be acquired during the Harvest next season

Rate

Market price of food. Food can be traded with merchants (P.38).

Troops

Unit Command (P.41)

Will Ailment caused by strategies. Use the Settle command (P.27) to recover.

Necessary to use tactics (P.22) and strategies.

Double-click on units after moving them to display.

Map Click

Revenue

Movement Range

If food reaches 0 or if attacked, this number will decrease. Once it reaches 0, the unit is destroyed.

Units of Forces under ceasefire

on the Main Map to display.

Base & Unit Information

Diplomatic Ties The colour of □ Cities, ◇ Harbors & Barriers, 凸 Units shows the relation between Forces. ● Blue: Allied Force ● Yellow: Force under ceasefire ● Red: Hostile Force

Displayed when you move the cursor over □ , ◇ and 凸 .

Scene Toggle the Background Map.

Display

Number Input Screen Input values for merchant transactions and Marching.

Shows the amount of food remaining. If remaining food falls to less than 30 days’ worth, it will flash red.

Units of Allied Forces

Current HP / Max HP

Troops Number of soldiers

Food Marker

Units that have not moved have an empty square Units that have moved have the same square with a check mark in it

Base Information (Cities)

HP

When you order Units to march, their range of movement will be displayed. The distance each unit can travel depends on the unit.

GAME SCREENS

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GAME SCREENS

Base HP increases automatically with each turn. If you are attacked, it will decrease. If it reaches 0 through an attack, the base will be taken.

Units

Choose whether to be displayed or not on the map.

Background Legend Events When using the slider, drag the knob or click on any part of the slider to adjust the value.

Values can also be entered via the keypad.

View cities where disasters have occurred, or check the present location of the Later Han Emperor.

後漢皇帝 Later Han Emperor

いなご

Locusts

Plagues 疫病

豊作

Plenty

The background legend is displayed here.

□ Cities, ◇ Harbors & Barriers, 凸 Units

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PLAYING THE GAME Objectives The object of the game is to unite the lands of China.

Conditions for Victory & Defeat Victory

Defeat

All Forces other than your own are destroyed through war, or subjugated through “Solicit Surrender” (P.40).

The year turns 351.

Not all of the empty cities need to be occupied.

P

All serving Officers in your Force die.

You accept a “Solicit Surrender” (P.40).

Main District

N

T

Issue commands to officers and units per turn!

Why can't I issue commands to my base?

Action Points are required to carry out commands.

This may be due to one of the following reasons.

Action Points recover after each turn!

There's no officer to carry out the command.

There's not enough AP or Gold.

There's an enemy unit within 2 squares of the base.

2nd District

Base A

Base B

Viceroy

Officers

Prefect

Base C

Officers

Officers

automatically

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Force

Sovereign

‫ڎ‬Selected

O

The number inputted for the command exceeds its limit.

‫ڎ‬

‫ڎ‬

Obtain bases through battle

Necessary Action Points.

Subdue with "Solicit"

Enemy Forces

The Course of a Year One year in the game is made up of 12 months and 4 seasons. One turn covers 10 days and 3 turns equals a month. At the beginning of each month you will collect gold and pay your officers. You must also be on the lookout for bandit attacks. The following are seasonal events.

PLAYING THE GAME

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PLAYING THE GAME

Each month, you will be given three turns to execute your orders (1 turn = 10 days). On your turn, select a base where you wish to give orders and improve Domestics, send instructions to units, and so on. If you control more than one city, you will give orders to each city separately. Press the Advance button once you’ve finished issuing commands. The turn will end and other Forces will execute their commands.

You lose all Cities that were under your control.

Forces The Sovereign controls the bases (cities, harbors and bulwarks) as well as the officers within his force. If you only have one district, then your force will be your district.

If you have more than one district, you can delegate control of the others to a Viceroy.

Game Progress

Beginning of the month: bandits attack, receive gold, and pay officers

Officer Types Officers

Officers, including the Sovereign, currently in your force (except prisoners).

Viceroy

Can be selected from among the Prefects when organising a District. Will manage military and domestic affairs.

Prefect

Selected from among the Officers (only in locations where no Sovereign or Viceroy is present).

Strategist

An advisor to the Sovereign. Appointed with the Strategist command (P.40).

Intelligence must be at least 70.

Prisoner

Officers that have lost duels, had their unit eliminated, or lost the base in which they were stationed.

Free

Officers that are not committed to any particular force. You can employ them through “Employ Officer” (P.30).

* Prefects, Viceroys and Unit Commanders are decided in the following order. ① Sovereign, Viceroy →② Number of soldiers commanded (decided by rank) →③LDR value →④ WAR value →⑤ Deeds value.

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Spring

January - March

Summer

April - June

Autumn Winter

January: Officers increase in age, officers are introduced, Locusts, Plague, Harvest April: Locusts, Plague, Harvest

July - September July: Full harvest, Locusts, Plague October December

October: Plague, Harvest

Disasters Locusts

Food and Order decrease and the locusts may also ruin the harvest. These effects will naturally subside.

Plague

Troops and Order decrease. Officers may get sick as well. These effects will naturally subside.

Bandits

Bandit citadels will appear outside the cities. Bandits destroy facilities and are more likely to appear when Order is below 80. Defeating their citadels will drive them away.

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How to Play a Game

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For the benefit of newcomers to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, below are some key points and explanations of the game system. Please refer to these as you play.

Order Enhancement & Development of Facilities

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Details: P.14

On beginning the game, first aim to increase Order to 90 or above by conducting City Inspections (P.38). Be careful because when Order is low, Bandits will appear and attack Facilities that have been built. When Order is high on the other hand, gold income and food income will rise.

Without Facilities, it will be impossible to stock gold/food, employ soldiers, or arrange equipment (such as pikes, spears etc.). If you lose track of what you should be developing, simply follow the order listed below.

Market / Farm

Cities receive gold from Markets and food from Farms.

2

Mint / Granary

3

Barracks

Developing Barracks enables you to employ soldiers.

4

Smith / Stable Workshop / Shipyard

Diplomacy

The Importance of Equipment Strategies can be used Attack Power will increase Attack Power of Swordsmen

Mints increase the effectiveness of adjoining Markets by 50%, and Granaries increase the effectiveness of adjoining Farms by 50%.

Developing these Facilities enables you to produce equipment.

Strategies can sway the outcome of battle

Attack Power of Spears

There may be situations where Debates will occur, so be prudent in your selection of Envoy.

PLAYING THE GAME

If There Are 10 Development Plots

How to Conquer Bases Gold / Food Revenue Stability!

Develop 3 Markets and/or Farms surrounding a free plot.

P O I N T

2

Develop a Mint in the free plot surrounded by Markets, and a Granary in the free plot surrounded by Farms.

Develop Barracks after receiving gold income on around your 3rd to 5th turn.

Using weaponry

Placing a Unit within 2 squares of a Base

Bases will surrender or fall when soldiers or HP reaches 0.

When soldier numbers are low, use Towers and Catapults; when HP is low, use Rams and Juggernauts.

If you place a Unit within 2 squares of a Base, the Will of the Base will not recover, and the number of soldiers will decrease with each turn.

Develop a Smith to produce equipment.

10 Development Plots could comprise 3 Markets, 3 Farms, a Mint, a Granary, a Barracks, and a Smith.

Strengthening Military & Attacking Other Forces

Equipment details: P.16, Military Facility details: P.25

After completing the development of Domestic Facilities, soldiers will increase, equipment will be produced, and the Military as a whole will be strengthened. In order to increase Will, which is required when using strategies, don’t forget to conduct Drills. In addition, when you “Build” (P.41) Military Facilities, your Force will benefit greatly. Such facilities can buy you time when under enemy invasion. Make certain to build with the goal of strengthening your borders and protecting your government facilities in the face of enemy attack.

When Gold is low, limit the varieties of equipment being produced!

Initial Military Facility Recommendations

Camp First, be sure to allocate equipment among all soldiers. Using such equipment makes a big difference.

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Enter battle once you have fortified and protected your Cities. When Units march into battle (P.20), make certain to provide them with equipment. It will be impossible for mere Swordsmen with no equipment to gain victory in battle. In addition, no matter how much you fortify your Cities, they will be in danger if multiple enemies unite to attack. If you are worried, use Diplomacy (P.33) with your enemy before war begins.

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Archer Turret

When HP is high, incoming attacks When the enemy approaches it will be met with counter-attacks. will be attacked by Archers.

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Technique Points

TP is necessary for raising the technological abilities of a Force. It increases when you develop Government Facilities and execute commands. If you conduct Research (P.18) after building up TP, various advancements will become possible, including stronger soldiers and the possibility of building new Military Facilities.

PLAYING THE GAME

ゲ ー ム の 進 め 方

1

Battle details: P.20-29, Diplomacy details: P.33

Diplomacy & Attacking Other Forces

Details: P.18 Current TP

Conclusion While you are still becoming familiar with the game, repeat steps 1 through 4. Once you’ ve become accustomed to the game, try developing other Facilities and progress through steps 1 and 2 simultaneously. Even if you choose not to play in this manner, you should still be able to expand your territory with the correct resources and strong personnel. The most important thing is to enjoy Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI by playing in your own style.

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CITY COMMANDS By developing government facilities, you can manufacture weapons and learn new techniques for your force.

This is the key to building a strong nation and powerful military.

Government Facilities The number of barracks, smiths, stables, workshops and shipyards is directly proportionate to the amount of production. (i.e. If a city has 3 barracks, then you can draft troops up to 3 times in one turn.)

Market

Develop - Build a Government Facility

The Importance of Gold and Food

Without food...

Construction cost: 300

CITY COMMANDS

Construction cost: 300

2

Select a Facility and Officers to be in charge of development. The cost and time necessary for development will be displayed. You can choose up to 3 officers. Officers executing the command will be unavailable for other commands. With sufficient AP, officers, and funds, multiple facilities can be developed at once.

3

Select "Confirm" and the land to be developed will be displayed. The number of development plots vary by city.

4

Development will begin when you click on a development plot. Advancing a turn will cause construction to begin. If you click on a structure and click on "Remove," the structure will be removed.

HP: 800

Higher "Politics" (POL) ratings will lead to faster development.

When building mints and granaries, leave plenty of space around them to build other facilities.

Time reduced!

HP: 800

Builds ships and warships.

Destroying enemy shipyards will yield gold.

Construction cost: 400

HP: 1000

Increases the prosperity of neighboring markets by 150%.

Destroying enemy mints will yield gold.

Pheasant Tower

Granary Construction cost: 400

Only when there are adjoining farms or markets will the facilities be effective.

HP: 800

Mint Construction cost: 300

P O I N T - 2

Construction cost: 300

Produces rams, towers, catapults and juggernauts.

Destroying enemy workshops will yield gold.

Produces horses. Destroying enemy stables will yield gold.

Shipyard

P O I N T - 1

Produces spears, pikes and crossbows. Destroying enemy smiths will yield gold.

Workshop Construction cost: 300

Development Plots

HP: 800

CITY COMMANDS

都 市 内 政

Select "Develop" under the "City" menu.

Cao Cao, Xun Yu and Xun You take 20 days.

HP: 800

Stable

1

HP: 500

Generates food. Destroying enemy farms will yield food.

Drafts troops. Destroying enemy barracks will yield troops.

Development Methods

Cao Cao alone takes 30 days…

Construction cost: 200

Smith

Barracks

Certain orders cannot be executed.

Without payment, your officers' loyalty will drop.

Troops will not be fed while stationed at a base or while marching, and they will leave your force.

Note this figure

HP: 500

Increases a city's revenue.

Destroying enemy markets will yield gold.

A government facility will increase a city's resources, manufacture weapons, and perform other useful tasks.

Without gold...

Farm Construction cost: 200

HP: 1000

Increases the harvest of neighboring farms by 150%.

Destroying enemy granaries will yield food.

Construction cost: 1500

HP: 1300

Requires the item "Bronze Pheasant". Increases TP every month.

Facilities built along rivers or near enemy cities are in danger of an attack.

When government facilities are attacked...

When “POL” is low, even a large group of people will take 60 days.

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It is difficult to be ready for attacks by ships, so it is better not to place facilities near the coast.

Send out a unit and try to lure the enemy away from the facility. If a Prefect is present and there are no enemies around, the facility will recover its strength with each turn. But, if it is attacked and its HP drops to 0, the facility will be destroyed and you will lose valuable TP and funds to rebuild it.

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Equipment Production −Strengthen your units− To succeed in battle, you must produce equipment for your troops. Units without equipment will be Swordsmen and will use "Boats" in naval battles. With equipment, it becomes possible to modify units and increase their Attack Power and Defense Power (P.21). In addition, they will be able to use powerful strategies (P.23).

Before units march into battle, make certain to carry out preparations and produce equipment.

Equipment Production Methods In the "City" menu (P.14), under "Develop," select to build a smith, stable, workshop or shipyard.

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After development, you will be able to select “Outfit” in Cities and choose which equipment to produce. Juggernauts, catapults, and warships will be available for production once you have researched the necessary techniques (P.18). With multiple officers and facilities, and sufficient AP and gold, you will be able to produce more equipment at the same time.

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Items from the smith and stable are produced right away, but workshop and shipyard items are completed when their production time has elapsed (1 unit will be manufactured with each Outfit turn).

CITY COMMANDS

This is recommended as the Smith produces spears ［鍛冶］ で槍や戟 and pikes. を生産するのが オススメ。

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Production with 3 people who have low Intelligence.

If you build the relevant Facilities, Speciality equipment (except for Weaponry and Ships) will increase every month without any Gold expenditure.

Some officers excel at the production of certain equipment. Appoint them to the production that matches their skill.

Horses

Skill

16

Rams, catapults, towers, juggernauts

Shipbuilding

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Turns your unit into crossbowmen.

Turns your unit into cavalry.

Juggernaut

Ram Cost: 1500

Turns your unit into a ram unit.

Cost: 1700 POWER UP

A stronger version of the ram. Turns your unit into a juggernaut unit.

Catapult

Tower Cost: 1600

Turns your unit into a tower unit.

Cost: 1800

POWER UP

A stronger version of the tower. Turns your unit into a catapult unit.

Warship A small, swift moving ship.

Cost: 2000

POWER UP

A stronger version of the ship.

The effective utilisation of skilled Officers is essential for production.

Production time decreases

Invention

Cost: 700

Cost: 1800

Production output increases

Breeding

Cost: 700

Ship

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Turns your unit into pikemen.

Horse

Crossbow

If the Equipment you are producing corresponds to the city’s Speciality, you will be able to build it more cheaply.

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Cost: 700

Turns your unit into spearmen.

It’s best to build Smith first. 最初は ［鍛冶］ を 1 one つ建てればよい。

When the Intelligence of the Officer in charge is high, production time at Workshops and Shipyards will decrease!

Production with 3 people who have high Intelligence.

Pike

CITY COMMANDS

都 市 内 政

When the Intelligence of the Officer in charge is high, production numbers at Smiths and Stables will increase!

Spears, pikes, crossbows

Spear

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Skill

Technique Points (TP) (P.18) and the Deeds of the officer increase when production is complete and Intelligence may increase as well. In addition, depending on the Techniques researched, enhanced versions of the item may become available and, in turn, older versions become unavailable.

Cost: 700

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Efficacy

Equipment

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Technique Research − Set your force apart from the rest Research various topics, such as how to strengthen your troops or build new military facilities. Researching your technology before the enemy will give you an advantage in battle.

Technique List Technique Points Necessary :

1000 →

2000 →

3000 →

5000

Cost

1000 →

2000 →

5000 →

10000

*Some forces already have certain techniques available from the beginning of the game.

Technique Research Method 1

Build up TP in order to allow you to conduct Research.

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Once sufficient TP is gained, you will be able to select “Research” in Cities, then choose an item and officers. The first technique level for each item must be researched before the following level becomes available. The time and cost will vary depending on the item being researched.

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Spear

Pike Once research on Drill Spears is completed...

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Crossbow

Set Research of your most used equipment as a priority.

TP Increase

Research of Advanced Techniques requires many Technique Points.

Be warned that other Forces will also be researching Techniques.

● Execute commands. ● Succeed at Diplomacy, Strategy, Employment, etc. ● Units are destroyed. ● Bases fall. etc.

Cavalry

TP Decrease ● Your Force loses Bases. ● Research is conducted. etc.

Without knowing it, your enemies could take the initiative …

Command

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Invention

Choose the proper officers to carry out your research and shorten research times.

Technique

Ability needed to shorten research time

Spearmen / Pikemen / Leadership (LDR) Crossbowmen / Cavalry Battle ability (WAR) Command Defense

Politics (POL)

Invention / Fire

Intelligence (INT)

*Officers that possess the special skill "Pedagogy" will cut research costs in half.

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Defense

When not contributing to Domestics, Officers with high LDR and APT can be used to shorten Research times.

Fire

Drill Spears

Increases the fighting ability of the spearmen.

Attack Provisions

Every time you attack with spears, the enemy’s provisions will decrease and spear provisions will increase.

Surprise

If your spearmen attack from a forest, they will not be counterattacked.

Elite Spears

Increases the attack strength, defense and movement of your spearmen.

Drill Pikes

Increases the fighting ability of your pikemen.

Withstand Arrows

30% chance of avoiding damage when attacked with arrows.

Great Shields

30% chance of avoiding damage when attacked by normal enemy attacks.

Elite Pikes

Increases the attack strength, defense, and movement of your pikemen.

Drill Crossbows

Increases the fighting ability of your crossbowmen.

Counter Fire

Counterattacks when attacked by arrows.

Powerful Crossbows

The range of your crossbows will increase by 1 square.

Elite Crossbows

Increases the attack strength, defense, and movement of your crossbowmen.

Drill Cavalry

Increases the fighting ability of your cavalry.

Horse Breeding

Increases the movement of your cavalry.

Horsebows

Your cavalry can attack with arrows.

Elite Cavalry

Increases the attack strength, defense and movement of your cavalry.

Veteran Soldiers

Maximum Will (P.22) increases.

Adept March

Pass through shortcuts and shallows (P.27) without damage.

Military Reform

When assembling your unit, the number of troops your officer can command increases.

Yunnan Ladder

Attack strength against bases increases.

Reinforce Axles

Increases the movement of your weaponry.

Stone Construction

Build stone walls and Eight Pillars.

Develop Catapults

Produce catapults, warships and build catapult platforms.

Thunder

Increase range of catapults

Train Engineers

The amount of HP that bases and facilities recover on each turn increases.

Reinforce Facilities

Build outposts and crossbow turrets.

Reinforce Ramparts

Build forts. Maximum strength of all your bases increases.

Reinforce Defenses

The counterattack strength of your bases increases.

Develop Juggernauts

Produce juggernauts.

Fire Stratagem

Use fire up to 3 squares away.

Gunpowder Training

Set Fires and Inferno Balls.

Explosives Training

Set Hell's Embers and Hell's Fireballs. The strength of your fire increases.

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都 市 内 政

CITY COMMANDS

..."Attack Provisions" can be chosen for research.

The new technique can be used when the research period is up.

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THE ART OF WAR “Defeat a large army with only a few soldiers”. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, you will be able to experience this kind of warfare as soon as you begin playing.

The following is an explanation of battles, which make up the core of the game.

Sortie Preparation

Don’t worry…

Unit Abilities Comprises the Will, Tactics and Abilities of units. Abilities vary depending on the unit’s APT (P.31), Leader, and Deputies. Additionally, the presence of sworn siblings, spouses and Liked officers will increase abilities (P.32).

ATK

The force's level of attack. Determined by the Leader’s and Deputies’ WAR and APT, and the unit’s Attack Power.

DEF

The force's level of defense. Determined by the Leader’s and Deputies’ WAR and APT, and the unit’s Defense Power.

INT

Higher INT levels will lead to higher strategy success rates.

BLD

The force's speed of construction.

MOV

The force's speed of movement.

Selecting a Destination for a March What shall we do, Zhuge Liang?

Meng Huo’s army has reached our City of Cheng Dou!

We’re certain to be victorious.

Happily, Meng Huo’s army doesn’t have enough weapons, so his soldiers are only fighting with swords.

*What is “ZOC”? “ZOC”, or “zone of control”, will temporarily halt your units when they are adjacent to enemy forces or Military Facilities (even if movement ability remains). Officers with the ability “Ignore ZOC” can pass through the zone of control without problems.

Unit Type Wh…what happened to the horses?

Well, Ma Chao, let’s destroy the Barbarians with our Cavalry!

Units without equipment are little more than mobs.

It was all too easy…

WAAAH !

Ma Chao is a General with excellent LDR and WAR…

If we make him Leader, the unit’s Attack Power and Defense Power will increase dramatically.

And so, Cheng Dou was saved!

When an enhanced unit becomes available by means of Technique Research (P.18), the previous unit will become unavailable. Firing range may also increase. *Unit commands such as “Attack”, “Surround”, “Build” and “Repair” cannot be executed with weaponry such as Rams, Towers, etc. If an enemy force attacks, it will be impossible for Rams and Towers to counterattack.

This was all thanks to Zhuge Liang!

Swordsmen

Preparing to March Officers

Unit Abilities (P.21)

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Juggernaut

Resources

DEF:E MOV:M

Spear

The equipment, gold, food and soldiers remaining at a Base when units have gone into battle.

Swordsmen

Spear

No weakness

Cavalry

優 劣

ATK:C DEF:C MOV:M

BLD:A DEF:D MOV:L

Boat

ATK:E

DEF:E MOV:L

A boat can attack the square next to it, or an enemy 2 squares away with arrows.

Uses the tactic "Incinerate"

ATK:A DEF:A MOV:M

Pike

Uses spear tactics.

Cavalry

ATK:S

DEF:B MOV:H

Uses cavalry tactics.

Tower

An enhanced version of the ram.

Use the tactic "Blaze" to attack and set fire to units and buildings.

Cannot use without Will.

Base Stock

Soldiers, gold and food. The maximum number of soldiers is determined by the Rank (P.37) of the Leader.

Soldiers will desert if there is no food.

ATK:E

Attacks with arrows up to 2 squares away. Uses crossbow tactics.

Choose one of these to form units automatically.

Equipment / Vessels Select equipment created from the city's "Outfit" command (P.16).

Without enough equipment, the unit will become Swordsmen.

Crossbow

Auto Settings

You can have up to 3 officers per unit. The commander and subofficers are selected automatically.

Commanders are ranked by the following criteria: 1. Sovereign or a Viceroy 2. Number of troops 3.

Leadership (LDR) level 4. WAR level 5. Deeds level.

Crossbow

Pike

*ATK: Attack strength (S>A>B>C>D>E), DEF: Defense (S>A>B>C>D>E), MOV: Movement ([H]igh / [M]edium / [L]ow), DST: Destroy (A>B>C>D)

With no equipment, troops will be Swordsmen.

Make preparations for battle by clicking “March”, under the “Military” command.

● Unit Effectiveness

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Liu Chan

Zhuge Liang

Select "Confirm" once preparations have been made, and the distance your unit can move in 1 turn will be displayed as green squares. When you highlight a square within range with the cursor and select a unit command (P.41), the unit will head towards that square. If you click on a distant base or unit, the unit will head towards the target to attack (P.41).

BLD:D DEF:E MOV:M Use the tactic "Incinerate" to set fire and attack up to 2 squares away. Effective against soldiers in bases. Cannot use without Will.

Ship

ATK:B DEF:B MOV:M A boat with better attack ability and mobility. Uses the tactics "Incinerate" and "Clash"

ATK:B

DEF:S MOV:M

Uses pike tactics.

Ram

BLD:B DEF:D MOV:L Use the tactic "Smash" to lay waste to enemy buildings.

Cannot use without Will.

Catapult

BLD:D DEF:D MOV:L

An enhanced version of the Tower. Use the tactic "Catapult" to attack up to 3 squares away. Effective in greatly diminishing the HP of soldiers in bases.Cannot use without Will.

Warship

ATK:A DEF:A MOV:M

An enhanced version of the ship. Uses the tactics "Incinerate", "Clash", and "Catapult"

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Tactics

Tactics list

Sun Ce

Tactics do not succeed all the time, but when they do, it will result in effects such as pushing units back a square or setting something on fire. Plus, the range of some tactics will increase with skills.

KEY

Unit: A land-based unit, Building: Base or facility, Will: Cost in Will points, Target: Objects that can be used as targets :Enemy, :Self, → :Movement due to tactic, :Attack range

Spear Tactics

Zhou You, let us now attack Jian Ye in our bid to conquer Jiang Dong!

We should depart for the front with spears, Sun Ce.

Thrust Zhou Yu

The unit’s Attack Power has increased and it can use advanced Tactics.

Sun Ce’s Spears APT is ranked ’S’.

Will

15

Will

20

Will

25

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

Drives the enemy back 1 square. Spears APT must be B or higher.

The territory of Jian Ye

Well, what shall we do about our enemy, Taishi Ci?

Immediately after an attack, the enemy unit will be confused. Spears APT must be “A” or above.

Rake Will

15

Will

20

Will

30

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

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An omni-directional attack. Pikes APT must be “S”.

Crossbow Tactics

Incinerate Will

Target

10

Penetrate Will

Target

15

Shower Will

Unit / Weapon / Target Ship / Building / Trap

Unit / Weapon / Target Ship / Building / Trap May set fire to the target. Crossbow APT must be B or higher.

Ah!

Any units, buildings or traps between you and your target will suffer damage.

Crossbow APT must be A or higher.

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Unit / Weapon / Target Ship / Building / Trap Any units within 1 square of the target unit will also suffer damage. Crossbow APT must be S.

Cavalry Tactics

WAAAH !

Onslaught Whoa! We inflicted great damage with our Tactic and Fire!

Sun Ce will launch an assault!

A simultaneous attack by your unit, directed at the 3 squares in front. Pikes APT must be “A” or above.

We should use a Tactic!

If we can combine Traps and Tactics well, we will defeat all of our enemies, even the strong ones.

Taishi Ci

I will build “Embers”.

Whirlwind

Sideswipe

If we join together, we will be twice as strong…

Just like our friendship, eh, Zhou Yu…

Charge

Breach

Will

15

Will

20

Will

25

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

Target

Unit / Weapon

Drive back the target one square. May result in a duel. Cavalry APT must be B or higher.

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If we fight fair and square, we’ll sustain too much damage…

Immediately after an attack, the enemy unit will be pushed back 2 squares.

Spears APT must be “S” or above.

Pike Tactics

Lures the enemy towards you. Pikes APT must be B or higher.

I’ve got it!

Zhou You, we’ll travel together – bring another unit!

Assault

Rush

Confused

Drive through the target. May result in a duel. Cavalry APT must be A or higher.

Drive back the target two squares. May result in a duel. Cavalry APT must be S.

Weaponry Tactics

Smash

Tactics You can perform powerful attacks by selecting the unit command “Tactic”, but be aware that Will is depleted when these are used. If Will reaches 0, it will become impossible to use tactics. There are also certain forms of terrain (P.27) where tactics cannot be used.

When the unit’s Aptitude (P.31) is high, many tactics can be used.

Will

10

Target

Building / Trap

Will

*Allied Forces and Allied Bases can also sustain damage if caught in a Tactic.

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Will

A tactic for the catapult, inflicts heavy damage by hurling rocks at the target.

Target Unit / Weapon / Ship / Building / Trap

10

Clash Will

10

Target

Ship

A tactic for ships and warships, the target will be driven back one square. Naval APT must be A or higher.

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10

10

Target Unit / Weapon / Building / Trap A tactic for the juggernaut. May cause the target to catch fire.

A tactic for the tower. May cause the target to catch fire.

Naval Tactics

Offensive / Defensive Advantages of Tactics ● Major damage can be inflicted by ensnaring enemy forces in traps. ● Drive the enemy back and into another unit, trap, base, facility, etc., dealing even more damage by using Thrust, Assault, and Clash.

Will

Unit / Weapon / Target Ship / Building / Trap

A tactic for the ram, this delivers heavy damage to bases and facilities in front of it.

Incinerate

Blaze

Catapult

Incinerate Catapult

Will

10

Target

Unit / Weapon / Ship / Building / Trap

A Tactic for Boats, Ships and Warships. The target may catch fire. Naval APT must be B or higher.

Will

15

Target

Unit / Weapon / Ship / Building / Trap

A tactic for ships and warships, the target will be driven back one square. Naval APT must be A or higher.

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Military Facilities

What are you doing, Xu You?

It’s unlikely, but if Cao Cao attacks from the river, we’ll launch an automatic counter-attack.

We’re building Archer Turrets around Bai Ma to prepare for Cao Cao’s invasion.

Yuan Shao

Really? What will it be this time?

Right! Let’s have a showdown with Cao Cao! He worries too much – well, I mean he’s very cautious…

Xu You

Of course, Facilities can also be built in enemy territory.

Military Facilities Military Facilities cannot be built on land that is within two squares of bases or other military facilities, or land that is already occupied by a base or other government or military facility. When you become able to build enhanced Facilities by means of Technique Research (P.18), you will no longer be able to build the previous Facilities, Obstacles, or Traps.

(Buildings already in place will also change to the enhanced versions.)

Camp

Cost:1500

HP:1100

Decreases damage taken and food consumed by adjacent allies. Launches POWER UP a counterattack when attacked.

Archer Turret Cost:600

HP:700

Archer Turrets are now surrounding the Embankments.

It’ll take a long time to destroy those Turrets.

I want to attack something…

I wonder if there’s something we can do, like “Attack Facility”.

Let’s use them to our advantage.

Increases the damage inflicted upon the enemy by allied units within 2 squares.

EmbankmentCost:300

HP:400

Prevents the enemy army POWER from advancing. Most UP effective if used to surround military facilities.

I can’t believe it – he’s already gone! He doesn’ t listen to advice…

Troops

Be sure to have enough gold when building your facilities.

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Band Platform Cost:800

HP:1000

Requires the Technique Develop Catapults. Attacks enemy within 2 squares on each turn.

Eight Pillars Cost:1200

HP:800

HP:1000

Requires the Technique Stone Construction. May confuse enemy units standing next to it. After an attack, the damage you can inflict on the enemy unit will increase.

The Will of allied units within 2 squares recovers on each turn.

Stone Wall

Cost:200

“Repairs” are performed automatically until the building is completed.

When these repairs are finished, the facilities themselves will be able to carry out any further maintenance.

Units will wait at the building location once construction is complete.

Gold

Take at least 200 days’ worth of food.

Food

The force's speed of movement.

Cost:300

HP:400

An enhanced version of the embankment. Requires Stone Construction.

Embers

March your units out to a place where you can build military facilities and select “Build”. If you want to build in a far off location, highlight the location with the cursor and select “Build”.

Equipment

An enhanced version of the Archer Turret. Requires the Technique Reinforce Facilities. Range increases to 3 squares.

Surround your facilities with obstacles.

Build these where there are no bases or government/military facilities. Cannot be built within 2 squares of a base.

Organise the appropriate units with the “March” option under the “Military” base command.

Repairs will occur faster for officers and deputies with higher POL ratings.

Equip your units in case of possible attacks while carrying out repairs.

Catapult PlatformCost:800

HP:700

HP:1100

Traps

Preparing to Build

Officer

Crossbow TurretCost:600

Cost:1500

An enhanced version of the outpost. Requires the Technique Reinforce Ramparts. Decreases damage and food consumed by allied units within 3 squares.

Build these where there are no bases or government/military facilities. Cannot be built within 2 squares of a base.

You need to have the Facilities built before the enemy forces can launch counter-attacks! Build in collaboration with our army…

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HP:800

Fort

HP:1100

Obstacles

Wait!

Speed is of the essence when you build Facilities in enemy territory!

Right, well, I’ll start building straight away!

Drum PlatformCost:500

Cost:1500

An enhanced version of the camp.

Requires the Technique Reinforce Facilities. Decreases the damage POWER UP taken and food consumed by allied units within 2 squares of it.

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Attacks any enemy within 2 POWER squares on each turn.

UP

Outpost

You cannot build in the areas displayed above.

HP:200

Cost:200

Confusion

HP:200

Will trigger the strategy, POWER UP Fire Stratagem, or the tactics Incinerate or Blaze, when a unit lands on it.

An enhanced version of Embers. Requires Gunpowder Training.

Fireball

Inferno Ball

Cost:200

HP:200

Will trigger the strategy, POWER UP Fire Stratagem, or the tactics Incinerate or Blaze, when a unit lands on it.

Confusion

Fires

Cost:200

Cost:200

HP:200

An enhanced version of Fires. Requires Explosives Training. May confuse surrounding units.

POWER UP

Hell's Fireball

HP:200

An enhanced version of Fireball. Requires Gunpowder Training.

Hell's Embers

Cost:200

HP:200

An enhanced version of Inferno Ball. Requires Explosives Training. Will also pass through facilities.

POWER UP

Pyre Ship Cost:200

HP:200

Will trigger the strategy, Fire Stratagem, or the tactics Incinerate or Blaze, when a unit lands on it. Can only be set in rivers and seas. May confuse surrounding units.

KEY

: Self,

:Trap

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Topography and Strategy

I can’t execute some of my commands. This is terrible...

Guo Jia

Terrain * Tactics: Tactics available when an enemy unit is in the terrain.

Grassland, Earth, Road Yes

Tactics

Spear, pike, crossbow, cavalry, weaponry

Wasteland Tactics

I’ll strike while they are not in collaboration with Yuan Shao.

No

I see! Flooding the Castle, eh?

The Dam will soon be broken!

With this...

Facilities

Plankway

Facilities

Yes

Crossing Tactics

No

Shallows

Spear, pike, crossbow, weaponry

Tactics

Head for higher ground!

Retreat!

Yuan Shao’s reinforcements have arrived from Bei Hai!

Let’s hide Yue Jin in the forest to carry out an “Ambush”!

Facilities

Tactics

No

Cliff

That’s typical of Guo Jia… he’s so clever!

Facilities

No

No

No

No Units are unable to pass.

Shortcut Tactics

Spear, pike, weaponry

Cannot use Incinerate or Arrow Attacks.

Facilities

No

Spear, pike, crossbow, weaponry

Exists in the lands of Shu. Move through with Adept March

* Terrain on fire is harder to traverse.

Strategies

Yes! The Castle’ s HP has fallen quite sharply!

The enemy is using Cavalry … Units in forests cannot be attacked with Tactics, so we cannot utilise our power.

Ambush !

Various strategies can be performed by using the unit command Strategy (P.41). Will is required for the execution of Strategies. Your unit's Intelligence affects the chance of success. The extent of a strategy depends on its content, and the skills of your officers.

Fire

Set fire to any unit, base, facility, or terrain adjacent to you (excluding water). 10 Will necessary.

Put out a fire in your unit's square or within 2 squares of your

Extinguish unit. 10 Will necessary.

The use of Traps can have a great bearing on the outcome of war.

When you break a Dam, neighboring Cities will be flooded.

Settle

Boulders Units positioned at the base of cliffs will be damaged with a boulder attack.

Render the enemy force's actions useless by confusing them. This can be used against enemy forces within 2 squares. 15 Will necessary.

Returns an allied unit within 2 squares under the effects of Misinform or Perturb back to normal. 10 Will necessary.

Ambush

Attack an adjacent enemy force and reduce its Will. Only available in the forest. Cavalry and Weaponry cannot be used. 10 Will necessary.

Blunder

Trick enemy units adjacent to you into fighting. Cannot be used

by Weaponry. 20 Will necessary.

Sorcery

Force enemies to retreat or become confused. Cannot use against enemy units within 2 squares. Also affects squares surrounding the target. 50 Will necessary.

Cause a lightning strike. Can start a fire which could engulf your

Lightning unit as well. Use against enemy units within 2 squares of you.

Also affects squares surrounding the target. 50 Will necessary.

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Force an enemy unit within 2 squares to return to its base. 15

Perturb

Dams

Status Ailments

Misinform Will necessary.

Building Traps on the Map

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Facilities

Tactics

Troops decrease. Exists near Jian Ning and Yun Nan.

Tactics

Facilities

Spear, pike, crossbow, cavalry, weaponry

Move through with Adept March.

Spear, pike, crossbow, weaponry

Forest

No

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Poison

Facilities

Spear, pike, crossbow, cavalry, weaponry ─

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Er, but…

The Castle has high HP.

No

Mobility and troops decrease. Exists near Han Zhong and Zi Tong.

─

Tactics

Facilities

Spear, pike, crossbow, weaponry

Tactics

Pike, crossbow, cavalry, weaponry

Swamp

Pyre Ship only

Naval Only vessels can pass.

Spear, pike, crossbow, cavalry, weaponry

Sand Tactics

Cao Cao

Facilities

Facilities

Tactics

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Well, hiding in the Castle is not the best idea.

Because if I just place units within 2 squares of the city like so …

Hmm, Liu Bei is holed up in Xia Pi. How can I trick him, Guo Jia?

River / Sea

Facilities

Causes the unit to become static. Recover with Settle.

Misinformed

Forces the unit to return to base. Recover with Settle.

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Duel

Try not to get so caught up in the moment like you usually do!

Hmm… you missed with your Mortal Blow, but you’re not without skill.

Out of the way, peasant!

Duel Screen During battles and events, you may be challenged to a duel. If you win a duel during a battle, you may capture the enemy officer.

Spirit Bar

Spirit will increase as the duel progresses. If you attack or set your course of action to “Spirit Stance”, the Spirit Bar will increase.

Spirit 100

Spirit 200

Spirit 300 (Max.)

HP

Shut up! I’m going to use an Attacking Stance!

You lose the duel if it reaches zero.

Guan Yu is here!

Zhang Fei, let’s change over!

The heart of the duel. You can change commands at any time. Using one command will increase the likelihood of a critical hit.

Duel Commands That’s a little optimistic.

Okay then... a special move using the Spirit Stance!

Zhang Fei

Guan Yu

Stance Attack Stance

Hmm... this could be trouble...

Lu Bu

Critical Unleash successive attacks.

Defense Defense will be strengthened at Neutralises enemy Stance the expense of reduced attacks. attacks over a fixed time.

Spirit Stance

Retain balance between attack and Spirit noticeably increases. defense, while building up Spirit.

Fury Stance

Releases a powerful attack, albeit with a low success rate.

Unknown.

Special Commands

Confirm (Change/Stop) Button

Use stored Spirit to deliver a special move. Spirit can be used when it reaches a determined amount.

I can't stand by while my sworn brother is in trouble!

Liu Bei

No! Brother!

If you are defeated, we will lose this Duel!

Our brother, Guan Yu will soon defeat Lu Bu! Quickly, change with him!

Liu Bei, the head of our sworn brotherhood will come to your aid!

Mortal Blow

Deliver great damage to the enemy.

Shout

Attack ability increases.

Iron Defense

Defense ability increases.

Retreat

Flee from the duel.

Strike Vitals

Deliver great damage to the enemy and injure them. 200 Spirit necessary.

Musou

Deliver great damage to the enemy and disable enemy moves such as Shout. 300 Spirit necessary.

Throwing Knife

Requires the item, Throwing Knife. Inflicts a good deal of damage on the enemy and stops them using Special attacks.

Feign Retreat

Requires the item, Bow. Delivers relatively heavy damage to the enemy and injures them.

AAARGH !

Starting and fighting duels

Swords

First, decide on a course of action. Battle will commence when you click “Confirm”. You can change your duel command during a fight, but using a single command increases the likelihood of a "critical" attack.

Replace an Officer

Winning Conditions

If your officer is in trouble, it is easy to swap in a new officer. Sworn siblings and spouses are even easier.

You can always swap an officer again later in the duel.

The first officer whose health becomes zero loses, regardless of whether their substitute officers have health remaining. It’s a draw if the health is even.

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Increases the success rate of fleeing the duel and prevents the enemy from fleeing.

Increases the rate at which Spirit increases.

Throwing Knife

Can use the special command, Throwing Knife.

Bow

Can use the special command, Feign Retreat.

Long Spear Attack ability increases.

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To swap a new officer in, click “Change Officers” and select the new officer.

Equip items to help you during the duel.

Elite Horse

The Rules of Dueling

Stop time and check the progress of a battle. Other officers can also be swapped in.

THE ART OF WAR

THE ART OF WAR

Damn that coward!

Content Defense Power will decrease and Spirit will hardly increase.

Crescent Halberd Further increases attack ability.

Serpent Blade

Blue Dragon

Easier to score critical strikes.

You are given more turns to attack than the enemy.

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PERSONNEL Officers are the backbone of a force. Recruit as many talented officers as possible or steal them from other forces. It is also essential that you know and understand the officers under your command.

Search − Find new officers to join your forces.

1

Use the “Search” within “Personnel”. Search any base (city, bulwark) where you have an officer stationed.

2

Choose an officer to carry out the search. The Strategist will recommend officers ideally suited for a job. The POL rating of the officer will determine your chance of success.

3

Once you select Confirm, the officer will begin a search. If somebody is found, try to convince them to join you. You may be challenged to a debate (P.34).

If a command is executed effectively, abilities will increase.

3

LDR

Affects Inspection results and units’ Defense.

WAR

Affects Drill results, units’ Attack Power, and Attack Power in Duels.

POL

Affects the results of equipment production, all Strategies, unit commands “Misinform”, “Perturb”, “Blunder”, “Sorcery” and “Lightning”, and Debates. The INT of the unit as a whole is also affected.

Affects the results of Development, Diplomacy (except for “Solicit Surrender”), Merchants, and Personnel Searches.

CHR

Affects the results of “Solicit Surrender”, “Recruit”, and “Officer Employ”.

INT

Select “Employ Officer” from “Personnel”.

Select the officer you wish to employ and the officer to carry out the orders. The Charisma (CHR) of the executing officer determines the chance of success. The affinity with your forces and the officers under your employ may also affect the officer's decision.

Once you select Confirm, the officer will begin recruiting.

In cases where officers from other cities are employed, it may take some time for them to appear. If you are successful in your recruitment, the officer will join you.

Other Information Loyalty can be checked in the “Status” tab of “Officer Info”, while Health and Energy can be checked in “Individual”.

Loyalty As your allies multiply, your enemies will become weaker. In effect, you can kill two birds with one stone.

P O I N T - 1 Employable Officers

Officers of other Forces; Prisoners of your own Force; Free Officers in cities under the control of your Force; Free Officers in empty cities.

Unemployable Officers

Sovereigns of other Forces; Free Officers in cities under the control of other Forces; Officers in your own Force who are currently in battle and have requested reinforcements; Officers with Sworn Siblings or Spouses in other Forces; Officers whose Loyalty is 100

P O I N T - 2 Officers with the skill Enlister have the ability to find all of the available officers.

Possessed by officers such as Xun Yu.

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PERSONNEL

Employ − Convince an enemy officer to join you.

2

Officer abilities increase when you award Ranks (P.37) and when officers execute commands. If you set “Ability Change” to “Enabled” on the Options screen (P.5) before beginning the game, abilities will fluctuate as Officers age. Officers may become weak even though they are still young, while some older Officers may maintain their abilities.

Abilities

You may also be able to find gold.

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Health

Energy

Shows the extent of an Officer’s Loyalty to the Sovereign (max. 100). Loyalty can be increased through Rewards (P.39).

There are Good, Weakened, Struggling and Critical levels of Health. Health can decline through battle or disease. If an Officer loses his Health, his abilities will also temporarily decrease, although this will be automatically restored with time.

This refers to strength in Duels. After a Duel, Energy may decrease, although this will be automatically restored with time.

Aptitude (APT) This value has an effect on the Attack and Defense power of units, and is ranked from S to C (S, A, B, C). If either the Leader or Deputy has high Aptitude, the unit will become strong. With high APT, the number of Tactics available to the unit will increase, as will the success rate of Strategies.

Note this figure:

For Guan Yu’s S-ranked Spears, Strategy success rate will be high.

If you perform a Rush, the other Force will likely become confused.

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DIPLOMACY

Skills Some Officers have Skills. A Skill refers to an Officer’s ability in various fields, such as Domestics, Diplomacy, and Battle. Normally, an Officer has just one Skill, but there are also Officers who have no Skills. To check an Officer’s skill, right-click on a City under your control; choose an Officer from the “Own Officers” menu; then click the “Individual” tab and check the “Skills” section. You can also look terms up in the Glossary.

Most Useful Three Skills to Use at the Start of the Game Enlister

Xun Yu, Gu Yong, etc.

If there are Free Officers, you will always find them. Does not use up a turn.

Wealth

Mi Zhu, Lu Su

Monthly gold income will increase by 50%, so you can develop Facilities quickly.

Guo Huai, Wen Pin, etc.

If you have a military strength of less than 3,000 and send units to battle, there is a 50% chance that they will take no damage. Useful when you have few soldiers.

Fortitude

Examples of Officers & Skills Xiaohu Yuan

Escort Officers in the same unit will not be injured or killed in battle.

Raid Provides a 50% chance of avoiding counterattacks when attacking on land.

Lu Meng

Guan Yu

Divine Right

God's Command

When Spear/Pike Strategies are successful, a Critical Attack will occur and inflict severe damage.

After a normal attack or Strategy (except for Weaponry and Navy) is launched successfully against units whose Officers who have a lower military power than yours, a Critical Attack will occur and inflict severe damage.

Zhou Yu

Beguile After an attack, 15% of the injured soldiers of an enemy unit will become part of your Force.

Zhang Fei

Lu Bu

Divine Fire

Flying General

Fire strategies will always be successful against units that have lower INT than your own, and your power will double as a result of this. You will also be protected from damage by fire.

Allows the unit to ignore enemy units’ Zone Of Control on land. In addition, after a normal attack or Strategy (except for Weaponry and Navy) is launched successfully against units whose Officers who have a lower military power than yours, a Critical Attack will occur and inflict severe damage.

fought with words can move the heavens as much as any sword.

Alliances, Ceasefires & Exchanges − A temporary truce 1

Select a Target Force and choose an Envoy.

2

Decide how much gold the Envoy should carry. In case of a Ceasefire, the Ceasefire Period can also be selected; you can also confirm details of Prisoner Exchange.

3

The Envoy will depart when you click “Confirm”. It will take some time to know the results since the officer will be leaving for another city. There may also be a debate (P.34).

Solicit Surrender − A brilliant tactic for taking land without fighting 1

Select a Target Force and choose an Envoy. It will be easier to achieve success if the Envoy has high CHR, and if there is a difference in military strength between the two forces.

2

The Envoy will depart when you click “Confirm”. It will take some time to know the results since the officer will be leaving for another city. There may also be a debate (P.34). If successful, you will gain all of the officers and bases of the other force.

Request Reinforcements − Use the Strength of Another Country 1

Select a Target Base. Allied Bases with more than one Officer can be selected.

2

Select a Base to capture. Reinforcements can be hired for half a year (18 turns).

3

Select an Envoy. The Envoy’s POL, Diplomacy, etc will have an effect on the outcome.

4

The Envoy will depart when you click “Confirm”, but may need several turns to reach the target city. Depending on how talks progress, a Debate (P.34) may occur. If you are successful, Reinforcements will be provided.

Liked Officers & Disliked Officers This displays officers’ friendships and attitude to your Force. In the Three Kingdoms Adaptation, for example, Liu Bei’ s subordinates, such as Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan, were friendly with Liu Bei’s Force.

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Such relations are also based on the Three Kingdoms Adaptation, so Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang are on bad terms, as are Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, and so on.

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PERSONNEL

Dian Wei

Make peace with those far away and attack those close to you. Wars

Reinforcements arrive.

▼

▼

Zhuge Liang and Guan Ping's Spears have an Attacking Power of 2000. Unit AP is proportional to Officer WAR, however…

Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan’s Spears also have an Attacking Power of 2000. Wei Yan has higher WAR than Guan Ping, but Wei Yan’s unit’s Attacking Power is inferior.

Liked Officers

Disliked Officers

When Liked Officers are part of the same unit, its Ability will increase.

Disliked Officers cannot become Sworn Siblings or Spouses.

It will be easier to conclude Diplomatic Relations and manage Employment.

Diplomacy and Employment will be difficult.

P O I N T - 1

P O I N T - 2

There are 5 5levels of relations within 外交の友好度は 段階。親密＞好意＞ M 立＞ diplomacy: Trusted, Friendly, Neutral, Poor, 不和＞険悪。悪いほど攻め込まれやすくなる。 and Hostile. The relations you have with a force determines the likelihood of an attack from them.

Famous Heroes such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, etc will mostly decline any “Solicit Surrender”.

Diplomatic relations can take two forms: an Alliance, or a Ceasefire whereby the enemy cannot attack.

Practise Goodwill so as not to make too many enemies.

It could be quicker to execute an aggressive attack…

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Debates − Words can be as powerful as any weapon During diplomacy and recruiting officers, you may be challenged to a debate. Officers with the “Negotiator” Skill will make it easy to begin Debates during Diplomacy (except when using “Annul Alliance” or “Goodwill”).

Furious Status When the Anger Meter is full, you can perform a special attack. The type of attack depends on the personality of the officer.

Debate Screen Psyche Meter

Current Topic

Decreases when attacked. If it reaches zero, you lose.

Displays the current topic.

When both parties present different topics, those with the great number will win and the debate will turn to the topic of the winning side.

Topic

Platform The platform corresponds to the Psyche Meter and will crack when it falls below a certain level. You lose if the entire platform breaks.

Guile Cards

The loser's Psyche Meter decreases and the debate proceeds to the next turn.

The winner puts down the next card.

If the Psyche Meter reaches zero, the platform will break and the one left standing wins.

Bold

Reckless Your anger will explode, causing heavy damage to your opponent.

This attack can kill.

Officers possess different debate cards. If an officer has the item, Writings, then they will be able to use all of the debate cards.

Choose a card from Logic, Fact, or Time. You can also set a Guile card.

The card that matches the topic wins. When two cards of the same topic are played, the one with the highest number wins.

A strong trait. As one would expect, keeping cool is necessary during a debate.

Debate Cards

Topic Cards

Flow of Debates

All cards will be played at the moment of Fury.

Logic Fact Time

Debate issues of logic. The order of strength is: 3, 2, 1.

Ignore

Ignore the words of your opponent. The most powerful debate command. Your opponent’s Anger Meter will increase.

Bellow

Beats all cards other than Ignore. Inflicts severe damage on your opponent and increases his Anger Meter.

Sophistry

Debate issues of fact. The order of strength is: 3, 2, 1.

Debate issues of time. The order of strength is: 3, 2, 1.

DIPLOMACY

DIPLOMACY

Debate Commands

The strength of cards will increase for a number of turns.

You will also be able to use Renew each turn.

Block your opponent's Guile cards.

1 to 3… any topic… it doesn’t matter!

The currently selected topic card is displayed here.

Your Intelligence (INT) determines the possible commands available to you. Commands are replenished with each turn.

Cool

When you reach Furious Status, release all of the topic cards at your opponent.

For a number of turns, your cards will always beat your opponent’s (although they will lose to “Ignore” and “Bellow”).

Anger Meter Increases if you are attacked, draw or use Frenzy.

Timid

Beats all cards other than Ignore and Bellow and deflects opponent’s attacks.

Can also change the debate topic.

Settle

Decreases your opponent’s Anger Meter greatly. If used while your opponent is furious, it will calm him down. You cannot use this while you are furious.

Frenzy

Increases your Anger Meter greatly. If used while your opponent is furious, it will calm him down and sent you into a fury instead. You cannot use this while you are furious.

Renew

Exchange all of your cards. After you use it once, you can only use it again once your platform cracks and you are in a disadvantageous position

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Match the Topic

If the topic is Logic, Logic (1) will defeat Fact (3) or Time (3). If each party plays a card which is different to the current topic, the higher number will win (if the numbers are equal, the outcome will be a draw).

Card Strength

The order of strength of the cards goes from Ignore > Bellow > Topic Card > Settle > Frenzy. Strong cards will disable the effects of weak cards, but Settle and Frenzy will show their effects after the opponent's attack.

Card Types

Officers that excel at debates have access to a greater variety of cards.

Additionally, with the item, Writings, you are able to use all of the debate cards.

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Be sure to save Frenzy and Settle for a state of emergency.

At the moment of victory, you can inflict great damage…

If you show mercy, your TP will increase. If you push on, your INT will increase.

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SOVEREIGN

Achieving victory without battle is the ultimate strategy.

In order to become sovereign, one must have firm control over his

Disrupt Relations − Force two enemy forces to fight

subordinates and know when and what resources to use.

Districts

1

Select “Disrupt Relations” from the “Strategy” menu.

2

Select Target Force and Object Force from the Map or from the List and an officer to carry out the order.

The odds of success will be greater if the INT of the two Forces’ Sovereigns or Strategists is low; or if relations between the two Forces are poor.

3

Choose Cities and a Viceroy will be selected automatically (P.10).

Select “District Policy”. Under “Settings”, you can set equipment production and attack permissions.

3

Force Capture

Focuses on building arms and preparing to attack another force.

City Capture

Focuses on building arms and preparing to capture a target city.

Auto

Select “Collaborate” from the “Strategy” menu.

2

Choose a City from the Map or the List and an officer to carry out the order. The odds of success will be greater if the city has an ambitious Prefect and his level of loyalty is low.

3

Once you select Confirm, the officer will carry out the command.

It will take some time to receive the results since the officer will be leaving for another city. If successful, the enemy Prefect will break off to form his own force.

Ranks 1

Select “Ranks” from the “Sovereign” menu. The Officers from your own Force will be displayed.

2

Drag an Officer’s name and drop it in the “Officers” field to assign a rank.

P

Rumor − Decrease Order and Loyalty 1

Select "Rumor" from the “Strategy” menu.

2

Select a Base from the Map or from the List and an officer to carry out the order. The odds of success will be greater if the Officer of the Target Base has INT with a low peak value.

3

Once you select Confirm, the officer will carry out the command.

It will take some time to receive the results since the officer will be leaving for another city. If successful, Order and the Loyalty of the officers at the base will decrease.

Entrust Policy to the Viceroy.

*After clicking on a Base set to “Auto”, you may use “Transport” if inactive officers are present.

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Strategies are more likely to be successful if the INT of the Officer carrying out the order is high.

This is also true if the INT of the target Force’s Sovereign and Strategist is low.

Be sure to check enemy information before commencing.

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An officer's Deeds determine the rank that can be assigned to them.

An officer can increase his Deeds by carrying out orders, successfully completing missions, such as recruiting or diplomacy, and by winning in battles, duels and/or debates.

Titles By completing certain conditions, the Imperial Court may give you a title. With a higher title, there are more ranks you can give to your subordinates.

Emperor

P

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SOVEREIGN

STRATEGY

Select “District” from the “Sovereign” menu, and then select “Establish”.

2

Once you select Confirm, the officer will carry out the command. It will take some time to receive the results since the officer will be leaving for another city. If successful, relations between the two forces will worsen.

Collaborate − Isolate the enemy Prefect 1

1

Must have at least 24 cities and support the Later Han Emperor.

Regent

Must have at least 20 cities.

Duke

Must have at least 18 cities.

Baron

Must have at least 14 cities.

Grand General

Must have at least 12 cities.

Field Marshal

Must have at least 8 cities.

General

Must have at least 6 cities.

Governor

Must have at least 4 cities.

Lt. Governor

Must have at least 2 cities.

*Yellow Turbans cannot receive titles, but they are able to command a larger number of troops.

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COMMANDS

Personnel Move

= Items that increase after executing the command.

You must have Action Points (P.11) in order to carry out commands. ▲ ▼ = Items that decrease after executing the command.

City Time

Yes

Cost

Depends on facility

AP

20

# of officers

up to 3

Create government facilities. Officers used for construction cannot perform additional commands until development is finished. You cannot develop when an enemy is within 2 squares of your city. ● Using officers with high POL ability will decrease development time. ▲ TP / Officer's POL ability / Deeds ▼ Land available for development

Recruit

Time

─

Cost

300

AP

20

# of officers

up to 3

Recruit additional troops. Requires barracks. If there is an enemy unit within 2 squares of your city the amount of troops recruited will be lower. ● The recruiting officer's CHR determines the number of troops you can recruit. ▲ TP / Officer's CHR / Deeds ▼ Order / Will

COMMANDS

Time

Yes (Weaponry, Vessels)

Cost

Depends on equipment

AP

20

# of officers

up to 3

Produce equipment for your troops. Requires a smith, stable, workshop or shipyard. ● The officer's INT will determine the equipment you will be able to produce. In case of weaponry or vessels, you will produce them faster. ▲ TP / Officer's INT / Deeds.

Inspections

Time

─

Cost

100

AP

20

# of officers

up to 3

Raises Order. Bandits will not appear as long as Order remains at 80 or above. This command can only be used once per turn. An enemy within 2 squares of your city will affect the rate at which Order increases. ● Your officer's LDR rating will determine the rate at which Order increases. ▲ TP / Officer's LDR rating / Deeds

Merchant

Time

─

Cost

Depends on deal

AP

20

# of officers

Time

Yes

Cost

Depends on technique

AP

50

# of officers

up to 3

Use TP to research new techniques. You cannot perform this action when there is an enemy within 2 squares of the city. ● The research period depends on the content being researched and the abilities of the officers (P.18). ▲ Officer's Deeds ▼ TP

Summon

Military Time

─

Cost

─

AP

20

# of officers

up to 3

Train your troops. Training increases Will, which is necessary to use Tactics and Strategies. You can only train once per turn. ● Your officer's WAR rating determines the increase of Will. ▲ TP / Officer's WAR rating / Deeds

March

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

10

# of officers up to 3 per unit

Form a unit and march (P.20). Only officers that have not undertaken any commands can march. There is no limit to the number of units that can march. While marching, your troops will consume more food than when stationed at a base.

Transport

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

10

# of officers up to 3 per unit

Organise Transport Units for the transportation of equipment, gold, food, etc. These units are able to supply equipment, gold and food. Food will be consumed during Transport (though not as much as during battle). Transport units have little offensive/defensive ability, so they are not very effective in battle. After completing orders, you can have the Officers of Transport Units halt or return to base (only possible in the player’s District).

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20

# of officers

─

Time

Yes

Cost

─

AP

20

# of officers

─

Gather officers from other bases. Choose the officers from a list. If you summon all of the officers from another district, that district will be disbanded. If there is an enemy unit within 2 squares of a base you will not be able to summon its officers.

Search

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

20

1

# of officers

Search for available officers within a base. Try to employ officers that are found. You may be challenged to a debate in order to get the officer. Items and gold can also be found on occasion. ● The officer's POL rating determines the chance for success. If the base is the hometown for the officer, the results will be even better. ▲ Officer's POL rating / Deeds / TP (if successful)

Employ Officer

Time

Yes

Cost

─

AP

20

1

# of officers

Attempt to recruit officers from other forces or officers from unoccupied bases. ● The CHR rating of your officer and the Loyalty rating of your target determines your chances of success. The relationship between the two forces also plays a factor. ▲ Officer's CHR rating / Deeds / TP (if successful)

Reward

Time

─

Cost

100G / person

AP

5 / person

# of officers

─

Give gold to your officers to raise Loyalty and prevent them from turning against you. Rewards can be granted in any City, with each officer able to be rewarded once per turn. Officers who are on the march with their units cannot be rewarded. ● You may reward more than one officer during a turn.

Award

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

10

# of officers

─

Give an Item to an officer to raise Loyalty. The higher the value of the Item, the greater the increase in Loyalty will be.

Diplomacy Goodwill

Time

Yes

Cost

1000

AP

30

# of officers

1

Donating gold to a force will improve diplomatic relations with that force. ● Your officer's POL rating determines the relations with other forces. The relationship between the officer and the other force (close friends, liked officers/ disliked officers) also has an effect. ▲ Diplomatic Relations / Officer's POL rating / Deeds

Alliance Drill

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1

Buy and sell food. Drag the slider to the left to sell food and to the right to buy. You cannot perform this action when there is an enemy within 2 squares of your city. ● Your officer's POL rating determines how favorable the deals will be. ▲ Officer's POL rating / Deeds

Research

Cost

COMMANDS

コ マ ン ド 一 覧

Outfit

Yes

Move officers to another base. You can select the base from the map or from the list. You cannot move officers if there is an enemy within 2 squares of the city.

Base Commands

Develop

Time

Time

Yes

Cost

1000 to 10000

AP

30

# of officers

1

Form an alliance with another force. During the term of your alliance, you will not be able to attack each other. You will also be able to Request Reinforcements. ● The diplomatic relations and the POL rating of your officer determines your chance for success. The relationship between your officer and the other force's Sovereign (close friend, liked officer/disliked officer) and the amount of gold you offer also has an effect. ▲� Diplomatic Relations / Officer's POL rating / Deeds / TP (if successful) ▼ Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful)

Annul Alliance

Time

Yes

Cost

─

AP

30

# of officers

1

Disband an alliance. ▲ Officer's POL rating / Deeds ▼ Diplomatic Relations / TP (of the force that proposed the disbanding)

Ceasefire

Time

Yes

Cost

Higher amount increases chance of success

AP

30

# of officers

1

Agree to a ceasefire with a force other than one of your allies (2 to 24 months). While under the terms of the ceasefire, you are unable to attack each other. ● The POL rating determines your chance of success. The relationship between your officer and the other force's Sovereign (close friend, liked officer/disliked officer), the proposed time span and gold also has an effect. ▲ Officer's POL rating / Deeds / TP (if successful) ▼ Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful)

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Solicit Surrender

Time

Yes

Cost

─

AP

30

# of officers

Exchange

Time

Yes

Cost

Higher amount increases chance of success

AP

30

# of officers

1

Recover your officer being held by another force in exchange for a prisoner you are holding. ● Your officer's POL rating determines your chance of success. The relationship between your officer and the other force's Sovereign (close friend, liked officer/ disliked officer), the abilities of the prisoner and the amount of gold offered also has an effect. ▲ Officer's POL rating / Deeds / TP (if successful for both sides) ▼ Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful).

Request Reinforcements

Time

Yes

Cost

Higher amount increases chance of success

AP

30

# of officers

1

Request Reinforcements for your force (time period is half a year). Reinforcement units will be dispatched when you are successful. You may not make more than one request at a time. ● The chance of success increases with a high POL rating and good Diplomatic Relations. Relations between officer and target Sovereign (close friends, liked/disliked officers), the military strength of the force receiving the request, and the amount of gold all have a bearing on success. ▲ Officer’s POL, Deeds, TP (for both forces if successful) ▼ Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful).

Yes

Cost

200

AP

30

# of officers

1

Time

Yes

Cost

200

AP

30

# of officers

1

Isolate a Prefect or Viceroy from another force. ● Your officer's INT rating, the Ambition of the Prefect or Viceroy, and their Loyalty determines the chance of success. ▲ Officer's INT rating / Deeds ▼ Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful).

Rumor

Time

Yes

Cost

200

AP

30

# of officers

1

Lowers the level of Order in a force and the Loyalty of the officer to his force. ● Your officer's INT rating and the INT of your opponent’s Strategist, Prefect and Sovereign determines the chance of success. ▲ Officer's Intelligence rating / Deeds ▼ Order / Loyalty (if successful) / Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful).

Sovereign Council

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

─

# of officers

up to 6

Hold council and decide on upcoming strategy (when the Sovereign is in the base). Up to 6 members can participate in a council. Your subordinates will carry out the decisions when the council is dismissed.

District

Time

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Cost

─

AP

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# of officers

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“Establish”, “Edit” and “Dissolve” Districts. ● “Dissolve” causes all cities in the district to return to the Sovereign’s district (No. 1 District).

Strategist

Time

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Cost

─

AP

─

# of officers

─

Appoint a Strategist who will advise when issuing commands. Nominate an officer who has an INT rating of 70 or higher. ● Your Strategist's advice will improve with a higher INT rating.

Ranks

Time

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Cost

─

AP

─

# of officers

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Appoint ranks to subordinates based on their Deeds. Giving them a rank will increase their abilities and the number of troops they can command. The title of your Sovereign (P.37) determines the level of ranks you can give out.

Mediate

Time

─

Cost

─

AP

─

# of officers

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Have subordinate officers become Sworn Siblings or marry. 500 TP required. ● Sworn Siblings: 2 or more Officers of the same gender, with Deeds greater than 500, are necessary. Marriage: a male and female Officer, each with Deeds greater than 500, are necessary.

Banish

Time

─

Cost

Release subordinate officers from service or free prisoners. ▲ TP (release prisoner) ▼ TP (release one of your own officers).

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Unit Commands Wait Attack

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AP

─

# of officers

─

Tactics Duel Strategy Build

Halts a unit until further orders are given.

Attack neighboring units. Use bows to attack enemies that are further away.

Surround an enemy and carry out a combined attack. Units participating in combined attacks cannot move until the next turn.

Utilize tactics enabled by the use of equipment (P.23). Requires Will.

Issue a challenge for a duel (P.30) to an adjacent unit. You may be turned down. Winning the duel will increase your Deeds and TP and your WAR rating may go up, as well. The loser may be taken prisoner or even killed.

Engage a strategy (P.27). Requires Will.

Build a military facility or trap (P.25). Requires gold. Some buildings may take several turns to complete. Each structure requires gold to build. The unit will wait for further orders after completing construction.

Repair

Repairs damaged facilities. Only applicable to facilities adjacent to you. When military facilities return to full strength, their function will be restored. The Build rating of the unit determines the quality of their job. No gold required.

Supply

Supply soldiers, gold, equipment and food to units. Only Transport Units can perform this operation.

Retreat

Return the unit to its home base.

Long-Term Automatic Orders Units can be given long-term orders (Auto). When you click on empty Bases, and enemy Bases and Facilities that are beyond the movement limit of the current turn, the unit will head off to the desired point, arriving there over the course of several turns .When you click on your own force’s Bases that are beyond the current movement limit, units will return there over the course of several turns. When you click on allied units, those units will be followed. In addition, if you click on allied facilities, Defense and Repair will be undertaken (only for Military Facilities with diminished HP).

When you right-click the map and select “Auto Unit Action”, Auto Units will be mobilized (only in No.1 District) before you Advance a turn. Units will wait in position after their Auto Action.

Long-Term Automatic Commands Click on a square beyond the limits of

Move Build

Move to the square.

Build Military Facilities, etc on the square.

Click on Enemy Forces

Annihilate Attack until enemy unit is defeated.

Expel

Attack until enemy unit leaves your territory.

Supply Units only. Click on Allied Units.

Follow Follow allied unit.

Supply Supply resources to allied units.

Facility Commands Remove

Demolish a government or military facility. Click on Facilities to display this option. Demolishing structures requires TP and 10 Action Points.

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COMMANDS

Time

Disrupts relations between two forces. ● The INT rating of your officer, and of the two forces' Sovereigns determines the chance of success. Diplomatic Relations between the two also have an effect. ▲ Officer's INT rating / Deeds ▼ Diplomatic Relations (with both forces if unsuccessful).

Collaborate

Select a unit and click on a green square to move to that square. Click the unit once again to display Unit Commands. Highlighted text shows commands that you can perform.

Surround

Strategy Disrupt Relations

Units

1

Demand surrender. If successful, all of the enemy bases and officers will be yours. ● The enemy force's WAR ability and your officer's CHR determines the chance of success. The relationship between your officer and the other force's Sovereign (close friend, liked officer/disliked officer) also has an effect. ▲ Officer's CHR rating / Deeds / TP (if successful) ▼� Diplomatic Relations (if unsuccessful).

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INFORMATION Various information can be accessed by clicking . Clicking on City or Force names from the lists will display more detailed information.

The amount of gold and food the city currently stores. It can hold up to 100,000 gold and 1,000,000 food.

Gold / Food Facilities

Surplus (Gold / Food) Sufficient (Gold / Food)

Your current assets + income - expenditures.

If your balance is in the red, it will be marked with an " × ".

Government Facilities in Cities. Blue figures include Facilities that are still under development.

The number of cities adjacent to the city, its number of development plots, etc.

Click to change the information displayed.

Click to sort the information by this field.

Geography

Front Line

If you are adjacent to another force, it will be marked with an "

Free Land

The number of available development plots without a facility.

Citadel

All Officers − Officer Information Forces, Cities, Districts; current status, etc.

Service

Prefects are chosen based on rank (P.37) and abilities. The Prefect officer is marked with a " ".

Loyalty

The officer's loyalty towards his Sovereign. Max is 100.

Deeds

The officer's current Deeds. The officer's rank (P.37) is determined by the level of his Deeds.

Abilities

Officer’s Abilities (P.31); Items owned; Health condition, etc.

Skills

Any Skills (P.32) that the officer possesses.

APT

APT (Aptitude) for the Officers of each unit. There are four grades: S (highest), A, B & C. The orders currently given to the officer. You can only see orders for officers within your force.

Orders

Target Time Action

Individual

Pay Character

Kin

Status Military Equipment Gold / Food Disasters

The time span for the orders to complete.

The number of troops the officer can command. Determined by the rank of the officer.

The bulwark's food and gold. Gold and food are only gained when cities in the same vicinity as your own Base are under the control of your Force. Can hold up to 10,000 gold and 100,000 food.

Surplus (Gold / Food) Sufficient (Gold / Food)

Your current assets + income - expenditures.

If your balance is in the red, it will be marked with a "

If a disaster occurs, it will be marked with a "

Country Status

Equipment that can be made cheaper than normal. By developing the necessary facilities, that equipment will be made automatically each month (excludes weaponry and ships). Large Cities can hold up to 150,000 troops (normal cities can only hold 100,000).

Will

The fighting spirit of the city's troops. Will is necessary when marching and using Tactics or Strategies (P.27).

HP

The city's current strength. If it reaches 0 due to an enemy attack, the city will fall.

The equipment that the city currently possesses. You can hold up to 100,000 of each type of equipment.

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".

".

The name of the force.

A Sovereign’s title (P.37). This can be received from the Imperial Court when you have a large number of cities under your control.

Current TP (Technique Points) The city containing the Han Emperor is marked with a " the Han Emperor, you will receive TP each month.

". If you are ruling in place of

The number of cities, troops, officers, etc. within the force.

The equipment that the force currently possesses.

Degrees of friendship with other forces (Trusted > Friendly > Neutral > Poor > Hostile); Relations (Alliance > Ceasefire); Ceasefire Period The force's current gold and food.

Gold / Food

Surplus (Gold / Food) Sufficient (Gold / Food)

Your current assets + income - expenditures.

An “×” denotes that you have insufficient resources for a City, Base or Unit.

Facilities

Government Facilities of your Force.

Research

Any techniques currently being researched, how long before they are done, and which officers are doing the research.

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The officer's character. Affects characteristics in speaking, fighting, and debates.

The number of troops, officers, etc. in the city.

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Equipment in stock. Up to 30,000 of each type can be possessed.

The force's current status, its Strategist, etc.

The salary the officer receives each month.

Shows the force in control of the city, its Prefect, Order, etc.

Military

Number of troops, Will, HP, etc. Can hold up to 30,000 troops.

All Forces − Force Information

Officers that have already moved during the current turn are marked "Done."

Displays Father, Mother, Siblings, and Spouse.

Speciality

Forces served, Viceroys, etc.

The target of the orders.

All Cities − City Information Status

".

All Bases − Information on Bases (Barriers and Harbors)

The officer's rank, age, sex, etc.

Command

If a disaster occurs, it will be marked with a "

".

INFORMATION

情 報 説 明

INFORMATION

Prefect

Disasters

If a bandit citadel exists within the city, it will be marked with a "

".

Researched techniques will be marked with a "

".

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All Districts − District Information The district's number of cities, officers, troops, etc.

Status

Equipment

Viceroy

The district's commander. The Viceroy is decided automatically based on ability and rank (P.37).

Policy

District Policy (P.37). The Viceroy acts according to this Policy.

Target

Current capture Target (P.37).

Facilities

An explanation of all the skills.

Surplus (Gold / Food) Sufficient (Gold / Food)

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c

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Your current assets + income - expenditures.

An “x” denotes that you have insufficient resources for a City, Base or Unit.

Government Facilities in all Districts. Blue figures include Facilities that are still under development.

The districts and sub-officers that make up the unit.

Abilities

Unit Abilities (P.21). This changes depending on the abilities of the Leader, Deputy and Unit as a whole.

Military

The number of troops in the unit, its Will, gold, food, etc.

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L

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Shortcut Key

Screen scroll

Up, down, left, right

Numeric keypad (8, 2, 4, 6), W, S, A, D

Diagonal

Numeric keypad (1, 3, 7, 9)

Camera rotation

Up, down, left, right

Arrow keys (up, down, left, right)

Left, right

Q, E

Zoom in/out

Page Up/Page Down or numeric keypad (+/-)

Send message

Enter

Accept

Y

Refuse

N

Move to Player Sovereign’s home territory

H

Align Map North

Home

INFORMATION

INFORMATION

Skills

S

Service

Orders

List of Ranks and number of soldiers able to be commanded. Also displays monthly pay and effect on officer’s abilities.

Operation

All Units − Unit Information

Equipment

Ranks

The equipment that the district currently possesses.

The district's quantity of gold and food.

Gold / Food

List of officer’s titles and the Forces they serve.

The equipment that the unit currently possesses.

The unit's objective and target, etc. You cannot view the orders of other forces.

All Items Elite Horse

Bow

Will always be able to flee from duels.

Can use Feign Retreat during duels.

Music

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Swords

Writings

Increases Spirit during duels.

Can use all Debate Commands during debates.

Long Spear

Imperial Seal

Increased Attack Power during Duels. Includes Crescent Halberd, Blue Dragon, Serpent Blade etc.

Receive Technique Points every month.

Throwing Knife

Bronze Pheasant

Can use Throwing Knife during duels.

Can build the Pheasant Tower (P.17).

Based in Los Angeles, active as an arranger and bassist. In recent years Ike has worked as a musical director and composer in a wide range of settings, including movies, stage shows, TV shows, game music, and so on.

Ike has many friends who are composers in Hollywood, and it is hoped that his work will be a great success outside of his native Japan. http://www.ike-yoshihiro.com/ Package illustration

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