User manual GAMES PC DARKLANDS

[. . . ] The Fantasy Role-Playing Game of Medieval Germany MPS Labs USA MicroProse S o f t w a r e 180 Lakefront D r i v e Hunt Valley, MD 21030 (410) 771-1151 All rights reserved Copyright (c) 1992 by MicroProse Software, Inc. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or xerox or any other means withinout permission, with the exception of quoting brief passages for the purposes of reviews. Printing: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Darklands is a trademark of MicroProse Software, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. [. . . ] Old warriors may have superior skills, but are very brittle, with less endurance and strength than younger men and women. Remember also that while adventuring can increase your skills, there's almost no way to permanently improve attributes; Therefore, a younger, stronger, but less experi- cr53A Land of Myth and Legend we for farming. Typically, the lowlands and flatlands were cleared Germany is a land rich in folk stories and fairy tales. Some can first, while the hills and mountains remained tree-covered, a be traced to the pre-Christian age where barbarian Franks darkly ominous presence that overlooks fertile valleys. In Germany skies are overcast more than clear, with worshipped northern gods like Odin and Loki. The Dark frequent storms from the North Sea. The colder air causes Ages spawned the Siegfried myth: an invincible dragonslaying hero doomed by an ancient curse he carelessly ground fogs that cloak valleys and lowlands with a white nored. Many of the fairy tales collected by `the 19th Century blanket. Steep roofs arc preferred, brothers Grimm come from the Middle Ages. Their random so heavy snow slides off, rather than collapsing the building. The geest of Friesland, peopled by the Wends, is much violence, capricious events, and conflicts between material, like the heath and moors of Scotland or Nova Scotia. The wealth and propersocial station echo popular concerns of the land is very flat, tabling slowly into the North, Sea. The late medieval and early modern eras (1400 to 1700). coastline i s a h u g e wetland with large tidal marshes that GEOGRAPHY: The Greater Germany of Darklands has a wide variety of geography. Except for the geest (heath) along disappear beneath the sea, during high tide. Cold, biting the North Sea coast, the entire area was originally dense winds off the North Sea discourage trees, so the ground cover forest. Open land only exists because man cleared the forest is mostly grass a d brush. n Conversely, along the Baltic coast and to the east of the Oder, the land is flat but heavily forested. The original Slavic peoples, now heavily mixed with German colonists, are still sparse. Many future centuries will pass before this region, becomes known as "the North German plain. " In this see the brooding Eastern forests evoke visions of barbaric savages raiding Christian farmsteads, even if the reality is more likely to be a troop of Polish lancers charging battered, doomed, but still defiant Teutonic Knights. Central Germany, between the Rhine and the Elbe, south of the geest and north of the Danube, is a fertile land dominated by the Thuringian Wald (forest) and the Harz. Both are low mountains covered with dense forest. [. . . ] SPEED IMPROVEMENTS: Some parts of Darklands may seem to run slowly. Darklands runs better on machines with a higher MHz rating. It also runs better on advanced microprocessors. We recommend an 80386 or 80486 running at 20 MHz or faster. [. . . ]