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    WARVONG: PLEASE READ THE ENCLOSED CONSUMER FORMATION War ‘AND PRECAUTIONS BOOKLET CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR i in Phases of War... ‘ttlfeld Commands Unie Markers. Topographical Map. hs When the Bate End rnsnssnnn ReveReNce Gute Great Daimyos ofthe Warring States Period. istorcalBackgro0td ne Important Bates... Glossary of Game Terms. Solutions to Common Prablen Woramy. Your Task Asa dalinyo tn the dangerous Wacrng States Pod of Japa, yur pos st unify all the ffs nto one powerful atin. Inthe fst Scio, you have 17 Hels o congue, unifying cenit pan. In the ther scenatis, the entire Japanese nation, divided ino 30 fits, mist be conquered WARRING STATES OF JAPAN. ‘THE TIME [Nobunapa's Ambion takes place during hipan’s cv war period, fom 1467 to 1600. The wars boyan with the fll of Shogun Ashikaga YYoshimasa in 1467. Wihout leader. the government fll par and daimyosfoug amongst themselves fr the rghit to be the new Shot of Japan, This continued for ove 100 yea. THE SETTING “The situation in pan was sf but instead of Being ives ito only North ad Se divided imo hundreds of feudal sates, Fach state, o el was ruled bya powerful lord calle. “dalmyo,” Every daimyo rule his el ike {ie country, and every daly believed he was the most quad tbe Shogun, Without any central goverment, hos rule the land Daimyos con stanly waged war on each other, always irying 10 yin more pow. ‘Daimyos that were victorious became power-crazed tyrants Revol anal uprisings among peasants soldier, and even monks became emmonplace Daim that were not vedas were se. The ‘Saunty was throw nko violent confushon. CONTROLLING THE GAME HOW TO USE THE CONTROLLER ‘© Skip through the inteducton 1 game setup, Bation A Select highlighted commands and items ‘@ Answer YES wo yes oF no questions. ation B Cancel selections “@ Answer NO to yes or no questions. (4 Fa the commana tu. LEFTRIGHT Buttons ‘# Switch berwen Main Command Window and Full Map Display. “# Access the War Command Menu during a battle: Cowrmot Pan 4 Direct th cursor across the map aru roa smmand mens. + Seal hough sts oF Mp though pss of inlomatio, How 7o use THE Mouse ET Ne. GE Mec Fn belt Mouse Baton “© Select highlighted commands and Wsms. © Answer YES i0 ye or no questions © Performs same functions 3s Button Aon contol Right Mouse Button © Cancel selections. # Answer NO to yes ar no questions. Fd the command tum, -# Performs same functions as Button 1 on contr. “© Access the War Command Menu during battle ‘Mowing the mouse -# Dirct the cursor across the map and wo command merius. ‘A chart willbe displayed from which you can create name for your daimyo. Move the curser to access each character. Erase a character by movingthe cursor io ‘Delete’. Aer you've created your nam, ‘move the cursor to’Dome’ and then press Atofnalize. Aname may hha a maxim of 10 characters INPUTTING Nunens: [CONTROLLER Pres et and rghon the Control Pad to select the Gig and up and dow to Incretse or devtease the amount MOUSE Move the monse to solect the ct and use the ff and igh buttons to increase oF decrease the amount 1, Make sure the pom s(urned OFT, 2. Inset the NOBLINAGA'S AMBITION game pk 3. Tum the game yystem ON, 44 The introduction ll begin. Push START 10 slp to ‘pame ser up. STARTING A NEW GAME 1. Select your method of contro by pressing any button on either the ‘mouse ofthe controller a select thst method. 2 Answer YES wher asked, “Will you play ew me?” 3. Select the scenaro you would ike r play. 4. Answer NO when asked, "Wook you ik to wate utes you ate ‘ot directly involved in?” to avold viewing conics beween other warring states 5: Dectde the numberof players. fom 1108, ‘6. Move the cursor across the map and choose fl to rule. Each fel has speci ier associated with it, Confirm the ruler and fet youthave chosen, 8. Set your ably eves as they are random pened, 9. Selecta Skill evel to determine game ificuly. 1 the easiest 5 1s the most ical. 10. Verify your scectons. you select YES, the game wil begin, NO sul alow you to change the set-up. DEMONSTRATION You can yeh 2 computer-un demo by selecting 0 players. Press the [RESET button wo end the demonstration at any time. SCENARIOS, ‘Mere are 4 semanas You can che you hore Base fra 170 50 Aileen fe: The amount tetris sat tha the cond tho ofthe flys acco ote home base, he scenario and thejame ve 1 Battle forthe East (1560) 17 Mets 2 Daimyo Power Strugles (1560) 50 fiefs {3 Ambition Untamed (1371) 50 fiefs 4, Road Towards Unification (1582) 50 fits EXAMPLE PLAY GAME START “oye state quickly, choose the fist scenario, Play the role of ‘Oda Nobunaga by choosing Ow fe no, 17. Sct your tes at 45%, urbe re vei oro the people yay INCREASE RICE AND GOLD Before you star ining aiomal terriers, you want wo give your Ihome tenis aston economic Base fro whieh to expand. You ince to increase the amount of rice and gol coming fo your provinee. Cultvate your land to Increase prauctiviy ard raise the ‘mount of rie you provice Increase your fxd protestion that typhoon damage wlll be minknized. frvest in your town 0 increase ‘weal INCREASE POPULAR SuPPoRT aya population wt work harder, produce more rice and pay thelr taxes more willing Therefore Is very important ve yout peo Plesnd tops reason 10 suppeet you mich ss posite. You can Increase support by gving rice or gold to ether group, When lovalty Is above 290, the amount of ice and gold you collect jn the fall will Increase substantially Seu. Rice {When your land potty hgh our wil ery bum hare uf ce: fe hp o ae sup ie wh he mecha fai the capital rege w mata yur prone. Keep a eye on the marker rates When youve foto he snd the sling te Ing scllsore otha ex fe orale Your fod Supp EXPAND ARMY ‘You wo st very far in your attempt ro unify apan if you de suave a strongarmy fo back you up. Hive soldiers to increase the size ‘of your army Das forget w ra them and main their morale vith rewards orice are gold. War As your home province gs, you wil want fo expand your sphere ‘of pow. Spy on your neighboring es, and atack ane of your weak ‘eros. ing enough men and ce tothe battle. and poston your Strongest unit as cose to the enemy command uni as posibie. Be Sune to protect your command unt fom pote attacks, as destruc: tion ofthe command unit means defeat AFTER WAR “The spuils of war are rewarding bur you can lose nevsy acquired Janel quickly f you don act wisely. Choose wo rule the conducted et- ritory Yoursel,o dleyate the responsibility by alving the lef a pener- al policy by whic wl be governed. Hine nee soars to replace those lost in atl, and maineain the loyal of your ev subjects! DipLomacy [iy the time you gan vassal territories. your va aimyer are key to Jrave expand thelr tertores 35 Wel If your nekghboring daimyo is poverfula non-dggrssion pact or stalegl marrage sone way 0 ‘your county. ALihe same tine, you can weaken ava Sinyo by sendimg ning spy i persuade the people of val tdamyo to betray thelr ond, orto destroy iver ark of the rval let ower its aod contol UNiry JAPAN Glory wil be yours when you conquer al he ands onthe map - 17 Fels \n Sonar {und 30 fen Scenarios 23, and RESUMING A SAVED GAME Anowerno when asked, “Will you pay a new game? then sclect ‘which game you wish 16 continue (163). The game wl start from where Ws ast ved MAIN SCREEN DISPLAYS MAIN DisPLAY THE OPTIONS MENU EY ee ors Quir Save “This the view ofthe seen as you © rem year and sesson Avan ime the man commana moe you cam save up to 2 game. © Conard Men Theat sora cap! es oa he ict Loan Game othe pris fs govemed under est ana ply a ved game © Market Rass END Game Map Use his comma io end the ame yo Have the option of watching the computer continue play Toryou. he Press the 1 or button 1 vew the game map of lapan |g ad oo ‘ BP) sernncs ANmismiow BE) sch the anoation papi on oe ol. Mrssace (Choose the ton engi at which the messayes wl be dlsplayed. hs the shortest, 10 the longest. Barrir Dispiay ‘Decide whether you wish fo watch bates you are nor directly Involved in by selecting [View or IDon't Vice DAIMYO ABILITIES Music ‘Switch the background ausic on ex of cm Switch beeen using the meuse or the conirlr ja AGE Every springeach daimyo grows one year oder. An ekdenly daimyo whose health is eak may de at this me high health vale ea Jensen your daimyo’ tie. ‘HEALTH The healthier your daimyo, the less kely he Ito become ik Since there are some comands sck daimyo cari give, its for your daimyo to he as healtty as possible. Health values wll decrease every sping and anytime there bs an epidemis. yout Hiealh reaches evo, your daimyo wil die! Drive ‘This vale represents how ambitious your daimyo i n his pursuit of uniting fsa Your drive wil increase every time you win ba oer Luck As ial ges. the hacker you are, the ete your ccc ae of ‘winning ck wl ects whenever mange nepal “Tete ae o sormnandsya avew nerease sae (CHARM ‘This vlc represents your danyo's popula. The eater this ‘alu, the mae eval your Um ean expt ftom hs peasans $n oldlem Thi vill evese when ou gee ce Or go 19 jour puss or wen you naa I il decrease when Iramage repeats fa INTELLIGENCE Your asimyo’s ineligence nluences dhe elses of many ca sands Ineignce Wil ncease hen you win a Ele al Jetetse thon you ioe FrEF CONDITIONS essay GOL BEI Nex: f your gol cores or eat tance in the fall. The amount of god you celect usally depends on the value ofthe town and the degree of peta! loyalty, Yau ean also quite gx by rr {ng fom merchants or by selling ce. DEBT Debts the tual amount of gold you owe the merchant Paymien of oan willbe automatically taken out of {your gold supply in the fal TOwN VALUE “The val of the to represensthe prespeity of your fief. Town value influcnves the amount ol taxes you collect nfl! your ability to borrow gold. Rice cei collect along with gold each fall as part of your tes. To nai this amount, kp you fo ductivity, peasant loyalty and tax rae high. You can also buy ne fom or sel ice to the meszciais: Rice ce fee oa dy pace and a you out of ie darn tl os a Kay et Propuctivity “This valve reflects the amount of ice you can produce. ‘The DEVELOP-Produce corned yl lczease your fists output, but wall ower your peasant loyalty sand dams valve. Sickness and typhoons will decease {Your productivity Dams “The Dams value represents how eliestve yous lo ‘nitro rom 0-100%. If your Dams vale i igh there isles of chance that your Lind wil be flooded boy fyphoons in summer Loyanry Loy represent ow kya our peasant Yo Ahad hgh va mene hey wl ge you ore Aeeandgold ntl tale ers teeth | might be pln ote int ou. Yu ase by Ale the command CVE but loyal wl fal You acess nes or oduct ‘Wealth represents the prosperity of your peasamis I alec the amount of 30s you collet and your peas ‘ant loyal. You cam increase wealth by sing the GIVE command MEN ‘Men shows the number of skier units in your army. ach solder unit represents 1000 men. You muy. Increase the size of your army yh the RECRUIT ‘command, Your army's moral, sil evel and arms level wil go own every ne you take In fresh reer. Morale. ‘Marae shows the loyalty level ef your soins. igh ‘vale means your solders wil gladly ight to the ‘eath for you, However, low morale may cause soldi to doo to your enemy during war oc rebel ‘aptinst you ding peace. You may increase wollker ‘orale With the command GIVE. SKILL Sill refs the raining vel of your soles. f your Skil valu s high you might beable to defeat a anger my during bale, Use the TRAIN command to raise ‘your soles’ ll level ARMS Alpe ml amy can an ft a a fron equipped one. Tertore you shoul! heep your bch wll egg andl si. Buy ms irom the merchant when hes town, MAIN Display COMMANDS Hn eee Use this command to stack a neighboring el See WAR page 32 for tals You may not be able to attack W your daimyo fsck. Move Use this command to move your soles or your daimyo to one of your neighboring els. Your dams must he moved vith at east one Lit of men, and cannot mene when he il. Recrurr Use this command to recut solders. Soldiss are rere in groups. ‘of 1000 men. When you recrak, your morale, ski, and arms values ‘nll yo dawn. You must ayaa feed your soldiers cach fla yx ‘annot ela them from the army ance you have hired them. NINIA Use this command fo reer inj. Une soldiers. the sie min are hired for one specific miss and must be sent eu immediacy, Urns Your ninja wil spread nasty rumors amortr fef 0 lower peasant loyalty and try tostart an uprising. ‘Your ninja wil impart damaging reporis among the soldiers in another He! to lower morale amd try to stam a mitary revel Destroy Your ninja will ty to blow up dams in a sval's fet. ‘Your ninja will try to assassinate one of your tivals. Dalmyos witha lange army oe high 1Q.are difficult to assassinate, but even It they can withstand your auack, i's Ukely ‘that their health will decrease ‘Your ninja wil tr 10 set fe to rival's own, {Use his command o dill your met im shape and aise their sil eve. Tari your soldiers doesnt cost ald, nor does u ruse any other values ARRANGE ach daimyo's army is made up of three infantry urits, ane cavalry it ant ils nt Use this command! 0 we disperse your men among these units. The command infantry unit cannot be decreased to zor, and the sles unit can’ be greater than rwenty percent of your army your ARMS unit lo higher ARMS valle willow Fu to seaign me than 20% 16 the rile Unit To reassign ten, use the LEFT aid RIGHT arrows on the cont pa 0 choose the unt ‘you want wo change, den use the LP row to Increase the me In ‘hat unitand the DOWN atau to decrease. Remember you must ‘eres at east one uni’ size before you can inrease the size of any other unit. Press Botton A when you ate finished. Fp: hap cancori our ss by asin al skier othe Comemand tO) thc vay Unt the ais Unt Seto Ries 0 he on a Ase ths comma et your tat een a 10 percent ‘But remember you ask fr too much, your peas loyalty wl dow and they may achally give You Bess (Tip: Most provinces wl remain loyal you place Te aves De ween 35 tn 8 ponent 43 Kaul) 2 se be ‘SEND Use this command to send rice andor gold to one of your ether iets. There ts limit to hove many ofeach a ef can hold which varies according 10 several fe conditions | DEvELoP hase an are ofthe economy o veo see Moe ee eee homer erume aces Propucr Use this command to neeave your fs ouput by: valing new nee fc Growin ive decreases your dams value and your peasant loyalty. ‘Devslpng your fea dae Blancing ac Whe ou ‘the an ncreas jor roto, you food ot ‘EcteanTe img of your dewsopscn on bs crc, thee freee tt cel your dasa the rn. ‘Rive the cn season an velop out puts the Site 1p foe the al have and anna ie allt ‘TRADE ‘hice merchants ate always avenge are mt anys in every pe The ony ets where You can aay merchans are Yamaha and Sets Lowy The merchant lends you gold depending on your town value. A higher town value wil lo you to receive 4 tyge lan. You ray jive another command alct receiving lo. Fons wll auorastically be pant of the {all you have enough money. See “The Basics of Borrowing Money” page 25. Repay Pay off debt partially orn fall. SELL-RICE Sell rice to the merchant Buy Rice Buy ce from the merchant [Buy ARMS uy weapons from the mer THE BASICS OF BORROWING MONEY ‘The nexium amount you can ever tomo cul the tov ve Romer ough uty acs ert on ‘he an! Theat! amount that yu ceive yur acount ony pt ‘TOTAL LOAN = AMOUNT BORROWED + INTEREST ‘TOTAL LOAN MAXIMUS c= TOWN VALUE Se eary the itr te when is very hh ‘of gaining some extra gold may nat be worth the potential large debt BREAKDOWN OF DEBT Rate 1.5 1 5 [Bh Amount paid as terest S ~ Aoune Actually Vortoned ALLIANCE BY PACT your teritvien ther tertanes Gal ‘Ga Ea Ea When you miake an alliance with a val extory, the allance does not extend tothe home Base or ther temtores held by the same rival ur Giving pol oF ie othe peasans of men wil ncease thet loyalty and wealth an will also fneease your eharm, Be cve RicEP Give Ree tothe People RicteS Give Rice tothe Soldiers Goww=P Give Gok tothe People Gow=S Give Gold tothe Soldiers meee Use hese commands | Pact Ask smother datryo wo ally with you, When you ask, your rva wil tether ask you to pay cert amount o! yok er reluse your request you pay the gold. you well have a pct, However this pact does completely gustaice that you wort be attacked by your aly. Every ‘ear your eaty will bcos weak, uni yeaches 8 pln when Sher you oe your va ray ea ALLIANCE BY MARRIAG yourterritories other eriaries a ary hs daughter. he ets you amy he, you will have a stoner aun than with a pact Because {he wil be pat of your family Thisallance, like a pat, may also be broken overtime BRIBE Bs #377 eon units fg. This py i se sme of your odo lure peasants fom: rv tint your own fie I your spy succeeds, the peasant Svalty in that rival fet will decrease and some is ‘peasants nil move ino your fet =a When your daimyo home hase makes an alianse by manage wlth aval caimyo's home base, the alllace extend to al he terns in bovh daimyo realms of power ‘ote: Ts ns the amount tenors you cafe ‘Look at data for othe es ‘Tererronins View all the fiefs that you control, Hose View your home base data. onme Send out a spy for ten units of yok to look at information about any one fief in Japan. DELEGATE “Transfer command ofa many vassal els as you lke the computer AULConTROL —_Delegate command ofall your vassal fiefs to the comput cancer Cancel all delegations, and take con: trol for yoursell Mixep CoxTROL Change the type of control given to each of your vassal states, “There are five optns forthe types of doen a vassal state could have. ‘Tape BEER) 11 compare: wil develop your town value and peasant ity Murany The compute wil Increase army's sz, soles? marae, sand arms level Baraneeo The computer wl develop industry, fring and mitary power equally oe Sua decane meen = ao Hon Base By x anno dete cont othe whe your day pissed Pi Rest Allow 1-10 seasons to pass. Rest wll improve your daimyo health, ‘GAME EVENTS ‘SEASONAL EVENTS Every year cei events eseur wth rpulaty AGING Every spring each daimyo grows one year older an al health values dccrsase by one point Couecrine Taxes Every fal you collet taxes from your people asthe price for your pro- ‘ection The amount of nce and gold collected wil depend on your ‘e's lee! of proictivity, town valve, weslth and peasant loyalty. Disrrmure To TRooPs Every fal you must distribute foe! and god to your tops H your ‘ef can not support these men. they wil desert. NATURAL DISASTERS These events oceur randomly. TYPHOONS: “Typhoons aeive only in summer, Your output wil decrease after a typhoon. Keep your dams vale igh to avo! some of the damage

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