COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY: DWG/XRP X-CELLENT RATED PRODUCTIONS PUBLICDOMAIN/SHAREWARE/FREEWARE P.O. BOX 544 DEARBORN HIEGHTS MI, 48127 Archon II : Adept€  For The€  Commodore-AMIGA!€  Getting Starting€: Plug a joystick into port 2 for a one player game, or plug joysticks into port 1 and 2 for two player games. joystick 1 controls Order and joystick 2 controls Chaos. Using the Main Menu:€ Use the koystick to move the onscreen pointer and make selections from the main menu. Press the jotstick button when the pointer is on the correct choice. You can from the following player options for each side. Human:€ You make all the moves for your side. Cyborg: €You control your icons on the strategy board and€the computer controls combat on the battleground. You can override the computer by pressing the joystick button when prompted, before the battle begins. Computer:€ The computer makes all the moves for its side. Handicapping: €Before starting your game, select your play level; BEGINNER,STANDARD,or ADVANCED. Beginners start with more magical energy, Advanced players start with less. The lower a player's level, as compared to an opponent's the slower the opponent's icons, missiles, and attacks will move.€In the case of Adepts, missiles not only move slower, they'realso harder to control. Choose Advanced for the skillful player to obtain the maximum possible handicap. Start the Game:€ Select the START option for the side you€want to move first. If you wait for a little while without making any menu selections, the computer will begin playing agame against itself. Press Q to interrupt a computer-against computer game. Note: Because the player who moves first has an€ advantage, the player who moves second receives additional€ energy to maintain evenly balanced play.€  Winning!€  You win if you occupy all six power points at once or ifyou triumph in the Apocalypse (evocable with a special spell). You also win if your opponent runs out of magical energy or icons. THE BOARD!!€  The maine board is composed of four bands representing the classical elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire. Additionally there are four squares which are not part of anyband. Two are black, neutral squares representing the Void. The other are citadels, the home squares of Order and Chaos. While the Void squares can be occupied by icons just like anyposition in the four bands, the citadels remain empty throughout the game. There are 6 flashing power points. Two are the Void squares. The other 4 move from turn to turn through the outermost corners of each of the four elements. Occupation of the 6 power points is the major goal of the game. MOVEMENT!!€  If the frame is on your side, it's your turn. Use your joystick to move the frame atop the icon you want, and push the button. Next use the joystick to move the icon to your intended destination and press the button again. Elementals and Demons...€ Side freely along the element they are on. You may slide them as far as you like with two resteictions: they cannot pass another icon and they cannot end their move atop a friendly icon. Alternately, you may jump them from one element to an adjacent one on a turn. No icon may slide and jump on the same turn. Adepts...€ Can teleport anywhere on the board, but it costs them a bit of magical energy to teleport from one element to another. MAGIC SPELLS€  Instead of a move, on any turn an Adept can cast any spell it has enough energy for. Simply select the Adept with the frame, press the button, and then press then press the button again. Instead of canceling your Adept's move, this action produces the message "SELECT YOUR SPELL€". Move the joystick forward and backward to produce the different choices. Press the button to select the one you want. If you change your mind and decide you would rather move the Adept instead, select "CANCEL SPELL". To cancel a spell after you've already selected it with a button push, move the the frame over your citadel and press the button again. Magic lies at the heart of the action-and so does the fact that it costs. The amount of magical energy you have varies throughout the game. You gain energy from each power point you occupy and for the first few turns only from your home citadel. Moving icons mostly free, but it takes magical energy to€maintain each Demon and Elemental on your side and substantial amounts to cast spells. the cost of different actions is shown by the mark which appears next to the energybar as you explore your options. You will not be allowed to take actions you do not have enough energy for. The effects of the are limited to the element the conjuring Adept is on. Adepts cannot cast spells from a Void square and Adepts are immune to all spells except HEAL. SPELL LIST!!€  SUMMON...€ This is far and away he spell you will use most often. When you select it you may choose among 4 Elementals and 4 Demons by moving the frame from monster to monster. The cost in energy goes up as you move up the column€of choices. Remember, Adept magic works only within the element of the conjuring Adept. An Adept in Fire cannot, for instance, summon an icon to band of Earth. You may summon an icon and directly attack an opposing icon, but it takes extra magical energy to do so. And Adepts are immune from such attacks. For them, you must use icons already on the board. HEAL...€ This spell cures half of an icon's wounds and all paralyis. WEAKEN...€ Use this to cut an energy icon's current lifespan in half. BANISH...€ Very expensive to cast. On the other hand, an icon you can't defeat can be very expensive to try to live with. And occupied power points elements without Adpts make very tempting targets. APOCALYPSE...€ This spell begins a battle that ends the game. In that apocalyptic battle, your icons lifespan, missile power, and missle speed depend on your magical energy, icons remaining, and Adepts left, respectively. Use to put a hopelessly overwhelmed enemy out of his or her misery or as an act of suicidal deperation. HOPE THESE HELP!! Made by Cobra Leader.