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places where you will access most of the information you have accumulated, and
make visible the world as you have thus far discovered it to be. Click (your mouse
button) on any icon. You can view lists of the important characters of your kingdom
and what they have been up to. You’ll see all the communities that are either under
your just rule, or have been discovered by your spies and legions. Your councilors
will have their reports ready for you showing what transpired on the last turn. You
can view the game map in various levels of detail, you may access reference materials
such as charts, rules, and past turns. Additionally, you will wish to create messages
for other players, hoping to form temporary alliances and exchange information, and
to read such messages written by others and sent to you.
The Map
B.
The Map. The map depicts a large part of 5th century Western Europe centered about
Gaul and Germania. The map is visible in three levels of zoom, each available as a
button on the top menu bar. The most zoomed out view of the map is called the
strategic view, used to get the big picture. Players will spend most of their time in the
operational view, where most commands are issued. In the operational view, the map
displays a hex grid, which regulates movement. Each hex is also referred to as an
“area”. The zoomed in view of the map is called the tactical view and shows a single
area, thereby providing the most detail. All the various assets and pieces in play that
you are aware of will be visible on the map, each with its unique icon. Holding your
mouse cursor over a given asset causes a brief description of the asset to appear in the
information panel at the bottom of the screen. In the operational and tactical view,
players issue commands to their forces by right clicking on them, which will produce
a pop-up menu of the various orders that they can attempt to carry out. Players then
choose from these options, and frequently will then be asked to click on the target of
the selected command. Left clicking on a hex in the operational view also causes the
view to zoom to the tactical view for that area. Left clicking again returns the view to
the operational view.
The World and Regions
4) THE WORLD and REGIONS
The world of Fall of Rome is divided into twelve regions of important political
consequence. The names of these regions can be seen on the strategic view of the map,
and they appear in the Kingdom screen from the top menu bar. Each region is comprised
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