Civ II Multiplayer Gold Edition manual?

[Davor]

Hello all. I have after all these years found my Civ II multiplayer gold edtion CD. I installed it. I can't find the manual for it. I am just shocked I found my cd. I can't rememeber. Was there a manual for it?

If there is do I really need it? I have installed it on the computer for my 9 year old to start playing it. Civ IV is too hard to explain to him so I don't let him play it, but he seems to be loving Civ II right now. Damn I miss those advisors lol.

Is there a place where I can get the manual? Do I really need it? Where can I go to find releated hints and tips for Civ II for my son.

Bless his little heart, he is not complaining about old graphics at all. He is into it right now, and I am forgetting alot of things, so I would like a manual for him to read so he can help himself. This way he is learning how to read, and what words he dosn't understand, I help him with.

 

[Prof. Garfield]

Is the manual you are thinking of large and very thick? If so, I remember it as having lots of details about the various scenarios that came with the Gold Edition, and information about scenario creation. I never owned the manual myself, but my local library had Civ 2 Gold Edition and with it the manual.

The manual isn't really necessary. When my parents gave me civ2 classic for Christmas, it came only with a CD and the advances chart. There is, I believe, a manual on the CD, however. You can check and see if there is a manual on your Gold Edition CD.

In any case, the game provides you with the civlopedia as a reference source. The civlopedia won't make a great strategist out of you, but it does explain how the game works. There are a few errors in the Civlopedia: Republic gives the same trade bonus as Democracy (something I didn't realize for years until one day I switched to republic by accident). Also, the Wonder Copernicus' observatory actually doubles science production in the city, while Isaac Newton's only improves the effectiveness of other science improvements, and the wonder JS Bach's Cathedral actually works on all continents.

The game also contains tutorial advice, which isn't great but might be helpful to someone who hasn't played at all.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

I only own the classic version and I can tell you that the manual is absolutely unnecessary. Have him read civilopedia. It is a lot more informative too.

 

[Peaster]

Agreed. The manual is junk and the Civilopaedia is pretty good. The poster is very useful for planning advances; if you don't have that, it might be worth searching the net. I think NetHog's site might have one you can DL [?]. Also, there is a good thread here called "Tips and Tricks for New Players" you might consider.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

You can find the manual on here:

http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?520.list.2.20.download_name.ASC

If the right list doesn't show up it's on page 27 under PC games.

 

[Ace]

The Gold manual has 3 basic sections: Gold data, how to use the editor, and a scenario section. The scenario data is mostly repeated on the intro to each one when playing, and the editor is not used unless you are creating scenarios. That leaves just the section on Gold itself, and almost all of that is either in the civilopedia or worthless nuguts of non-information. There is a very small amout of real info in the manual, but it is not really needed to play Civ2 and could probably be condensed down to 5 pages or less of useful data not available on the CD or charts.

You can get much more useful info by reading the old threads that are stickied in the S & T , GOTM, and Gen Discussion threads in the civ2 forums.