@LEADERNAME
@width=300
^^Please Enter Your Name.
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_
@options
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@DIFFICULTY
@width=190
Select a Difficulty Level

Discoverer
Explorer
Conquistador
Governor
Viceroy


@PICKNATION
@default=1
Select a European Power

England
France
Spain
Netherlands


@PICKLANGUAGE
@default=1
@options
English
Français
Deutsch


@BEGINMENU
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@y=80
@x=140
^^{COLONIZATION} V%STRING0 %STRING1
^^Copyright 1994-95 Microprose Ltd.
^^{%STRING2}
@options
Start a Game in NEW WORLD
Start a Game in AMERICA
CUSTOMIZE New World
LOAD Game
View Hall of Fame
EXIT Game

@NATION0A
@width=300
^^ENGLAND
^^_
__The Age of Expansion coincided with a period of {religious
strife} in England.  The Church of England--theoretically a
Protestant denomination but maintaining many Catholic traditions--faced
a series of challenges during the colonial period from would-be
reformers, or {Puritans}.  The English monarchy shifted its support
between pro-Catholic and various Protestant factions from generation to
generation, and the English Civil War (1640-49) resulted in the execution
of Charles I and a period of Puritan rule (1649-60) under Oliver Cromwell.
With so much religious conflict at home, the English government had
neither the desire nor the ability to enforce religious conformity in
its colonial possessions.  The colonies became havens of
{religious freedom} for groups (e.g. Puritans, Anabaptists, Quakers) who
faced persecution in the Old World.

@NATION0B
@width=300
^^ENGLAND
^^_
To reflect the great flow of religious immigrants into English
colonies, the English player requires only {2/3} the normal number of
"{Crosses}" to generate immigrants.


@NATION1A
@width=300
^^FRANCE
^^_
__Latecomers to the New World, France established her first
secure American colonies in {Canada} along the St. Lawrence river, where the
harsh northern climate proved more suitable for the {fur trade} than for
large-scale agricultural endeavors.
The French found the
{Great Lakes Indians} to be ideal partners in the fur trade and formed
long-term trading relationships with the Hurons, Algonquins and other
tribes.  Though French forts, missions, and trading posts soon dotted
the Great Lakes region, French settlements were generally small enough
to operate in relative {harmony} with the local native population.  Although
this relationship was not entirely without incident, the French were often
able to cooperate profitably with the natives.  This cooperation occasionally
extended into the military realm.



@NATION1B
@width=300
^^FRANCE
^^_
To reflect the superior ability of the French to cooperate with the
native population, the French player's colonies and units cause {alarm} among
the Indians at only {half} the rate of other European powers.


@NATION2A
@width=300
^^SPAIN
^^_
__In 1492, the same year that Columbus discovered America, the Spanish
completed their centuries-long "reconquista" of the
Iberian peninsula from the Muslim Moors.  This victory left Spain with
a generation of {military men} spoiling for a new avenue of expansion and
more eager than ever to bring Christianity to the {heathen} at the point
of a sword.  The New World and its unsuspecting natives provided exactly
such an opportunity, and the history of the first century of Spanish
expansion in America is the history of the conquest, plunder, and destruction
of countless Native American civilizations.  The Spanish were the first
Europeans to encounter the 'Indians,' and the otherwise mighty {Aztec}
and {Inca} empires proved psychologically unprepared for the arrival of an
alien power armed with muskets and thirsty for conquest.  Conquistador
{Hernan Cortes} arrived at Veracruz in 1519 with a few hundred men and,
within two years, brought the Aztec Empire to its knees.

@NATION2B
@width=300
^^SPAIN
^^_
To reflect the strategic surprise which Spain achieved over pre-Columbian
American civilizations, the Spanish player receives a {50%% combat bonus}
when {attacking Indian villages}.


@NATION3A
@width=300
^^NETHERLANDS
^^_
__The Protestant Dutch provinces gained their independence from Catholic
Spain during the Age of Expansion.  A maritime country of {fishermen}
and {merchants}, the Dutch Netherlands operated large merchant and fishing
fleets in the North Sea and the Baltic.  Upon achieving political
independence in the early seventeenth century, this tiny nation found itself
ideally poised to expand its {overseas trade} into lucrative new markets
in the Far East and New World.  Unlike their rivals and sometime enemies
the Spanish, French, and English, the Dutch were ruled by their merchant
class.  This unique arrangement led them to focus all aspects of state
diplomatic, military, and economic policy around the {interests of trade}.
Their strategy proved quite successful, and the Dutch economy
and merchant fleet expanded so rapidly that the other European powers felt
compelled to take drastic measures against the Dutch in order to prop up
their own less successful enterprises.

@NATION3B
@width=300
^^NETHERLANDS
^^_
__To represent the strength of the Dutch economy, as well as Dutch
achievements in shipping, commerce, and banking, the Dutch player
receives a bonus when trading with Amsterdam.  {Commodity prices} in
Amsterdam {do not collapse} as quickly as in other European ports and
they {recover} more quickly.

@LOADGAME
@width=190
Select Game To Load

@LOADGOOD
@width=190
Loaded %STRING0 successfully.

@LOADNOT
@width=190
%STRING0 is not a valid save file.

@LOADOLD
@width=190
%STRING0 is an obsolete save file.

@LOADSIZE
@width=190
%STRING0 does not match the current map
size.  It cannot be loaded at this time.

@LOADERROR
@width=190
Error loading game %STRING0.

@VICEROY
@width=78
@x=232
@y=21
^
^^Year of Our Lord
^^1492
^
^^An Audience With
^^The King of %COUNTRY
^
"For the greater glory of %COUNTRY,
we dub thee Viceroy of the New World.
Go and explore this new land. Settle
it and bring wealth and glory to
yourself and our nation."

@VICEROY2
@width=78
@x=232
@y=21
^
^^Year of Our Lord
^^1492
^
^^An Audience With
^^The Stadtholder
^
"For the greater glory of %COUNTRY,
we dub thee Viceroy of the New World.
Go and explore this new land. Settle
it and bring wealth and glory to
yourself and our nation."

@END
