RTW_PC_UK_32599.260.UK_MG1_SEGA 30/1/06 10:44 Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ave! Welcome to Rome: Total War™ . 3 Installation . 3 How to Install Rome: Total War . 3 CD Keys . 4 So You Don’t Want to Read the Manual? . 4 Experienced Total War™ Players Start Here! . 4 Starting Play . 6 The Main Menu . 6 The Single Player Menu . 6 Multiplayer Menu . 7 Load Game Menu . 7 Options Menu . 8 The Prologue . 9 Advisors . 9 Asking for Advice . .10 Campaigns . .10 How to Get Started with the Imperial Campaign . .10 How to Get Started . .11 How to Play a Turn in the Campaign Game . .14 How to Deal with Messages and Events . .16 The Marius Event . .16 How to Use Armies . .17 Moving . .17 Selecting the Next Piece . .18 Terrain . .18 Ambushes . .19 Attacking . .19 Attacking with Supporting Armies . .20 Multiple Attacks . .20 Merging Armies . .20 Splitting Armies . .21 Merging Units . .21 Unit Experience . .22 Generals and Governors . .22 Captains . .23 Recruiting Mercenaries . .23 Building Forts and Watchtowers . .23 How to Run Settlements . .24 Settlements and the Control Panel . .25 The Settlement Scroll . .26 Who Gets to be Governor? . .28 Building Construction . .28 Repairing Buildings . .29 The Building Information Scroll . .29 The Settlement Details Scroll . .29 The Trade Scroll and Province Resources . .30 The Building Browser and the Technology Tree . .31 Wonders of the World . .31 Trouble in Settlements . .31 1 RTW_PC_UK_32599.260.UK_MG1_SEGA 4/1/06 16:10 Page 2 Changing Your Mind . .31 How to Train Units . .32 The Recruitment Tab . .32 How to Besiege a Settlement or Fort . .35 Conquering Settlements . .36 How to Break a Siege . .36 How to Use Fleets . .37 How to Use Spies . .39 How to Use Diplomats . .39 How to Use Assassins . .41 How to Auto-Manage Settlements . .41 How Not to Go Broke . .42 How to Manage Your Faction . .42 Retinues: Ancillary Characters . .45 How to Deal with the Senate . .46 How to Get Help . .47 How to Change Game Options During Play . .47 Battles . .48 The Battle Deployment Scroll . .48 Attackers and Defenders . .48 How to Deploy Your Troops . .49 How to Use the Battlefield Control Panel . .50 How to Control the Battlefield Camera . .54 How to Move and Attack . .55 Changing Unit Formation . .57 Changing Unit Facing . .57 Waypoints . .57 Unit Activity . ..