PROGRAM NAME      = DISTANT DRUMS

PROGRAMMERS NAME  = MALCOLM BAMBER
                    LEE BAMBER

A VERY BIG THANKS GO TO LEE BAMBER
FOR THE GREAT END SCREEN ANIMATION AND FOR PLAY TESTING TOO

THIS PROGRAM WILL WORK FROM WORKBENCH OR CLI

THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE WITH THESE PRODUCTS

                BLITZ BASIC
                DPAINT
                PROTEXT V4.3
                AMIGA A500 WB 2.4
                A VERY BIG A590 HARDDRIVE WITH 20 MEG AND 2 MEG FAST RAM
                A VERY SMALL BRAIN AND VERY BAD AT SPELLING TOO :=(
                ONE BABEL FISH
                LEE BRAIN WHICH IS ONLY GOOD FOR
                AMOS AND PC PROGRAMMING
                LOTS OF KFC ( 3 PIECES OF CHICKEN AND LARGE FRIES )
                TIN OF DOG FOOD  
                TIN OF SPAM

THIS PROGRAM WAS TESTED ON THE FOLLOWING AMIGAS AND
SHOULD WORK ON ANY 1 MEG AMIGA WITH WORKBENCH 1.2 OR ABOVE

A500 WORKBENCH 2.4 1 MEG NO HARDDRIVE   0 MEG RUN FROM FLOPPY
A500 WORKBENCH 2.4 3 MEG  + HARDDRIVE  20 MEG RUN FROM HARDDRIVE
A500 WORKBENCH 2.4 3 MEG  + HARDDRIVE  20 MEG RUN FROM FLOPPY DISK
1200 WORKBENCH 3.0 2 MEG  + HARDDRIVE 120 MEG RUN FROM FLOPPY
1200 WORKBENCH 3.0 10 MEG + HARDDRIVE 120 MEG RUN FROM FLOPPY

THIS PROGRAM WILL RUN FROM A FLOPPY DISK OR A HARDDRIVE
YOU MUST KEEP ALL THE FILES TOGETHER.

START DATE        = 1/5/96 
END DATE          = 10/7/96

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HOW DO I START THE GAME ?

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE GAME WORKBENCH ICON OR RUN THE GAME FROM CLI
WHEN YOU RUN THIS GAME YOU WILL
FIRST SEE A TITLE SCREEN
AND THEN SOME GAME CONTROLS SCREENS
NEXT YOU WILL SEE A SCREEN WITH 4 SMALL MAPS
YOU CAN PLAY ANY MAP IN ANY ORDER YOU LIKE.

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WHAT IS DISTANT DRUMS ?

WELL DISTANT DRUMS IS A SMALL WAR GAME.
YOU HAVE 4 WORLDS TO FIGHT AND EACH WORLD HAS 21 TOWNS.
THIS GAME WILL NOT TAKE LONG TO FINISH,
IT WAS MADE FOR SHORT GAMES ONLY
JUST TO PASS A FEW HOURS AWAY,
NOT TO TAKE WEEKS OR A FEW MONTH TO PLAY.
MAY BE WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS GAME 
YOU MAY WANT TO PLAY OTHER WAR GAMES?

F1 LICENCEWARE HAS A WAR GAME CALLED FORTRESS
MADE BY LEE BAMBER IT HAS ONLY ONE WORLD TO PLAY ON
BUT I LOVE PLAYING IT.

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HOW DO I WIN A GAME OF DISTANT DRUMS ?

WHAT YOU MUST DO IS CAPTURE ALL 21 TOWNS ON ANY WORLD.

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HOW DO I CAPTURE A TOWN ?

YOU CAPTURE A TOWN BY ORDERING YOUR ARMY TO ATTACK A TOWN.

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HOW DO I ORDER MY ARMY ?

FIRST THING YOU NEED TO IS CLICK ON A BLUE TOWN
AND YOU WILL SEE A PANEL WITH:

    ( ORDERS )
    ( MAKE )
    ( MISS A TURN )
    ( BATTLE INFO )
    ( QUIT )

CLICK ON  ( ORDERS )
THEN MOVE THE AMOUNT OF SOLDIERS OR HORSE SOLDIERS AND CANNONS TO 
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THE PANEL.

YOU CAN ONLY GIVE ORDERS WHEN THERE IS A ARMY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 
PANEL.
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WHAT ARE THE ORDERS I CAN GIVE ?

ON THE ORDERS PANEL YOU WILL SEE:

    ( MOVE )
    ( ATTACK )
    ( JOIN )
    ( POPULATE TOWN )
    ( CALL TO ARMS )
    ( QUIT )

THE ( MOVE ) ORDER.
JUST MOVE A ARMY FROM ONE BLUE TOWN TO ANOTHER BLUE TOWN.
THE ARMY WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ORDER PANEL

THE ( ATTACK ) ORDER.
LET'S YOU ATTACK ANOTHER TOWN. ( NOT BLUE ONE'S )

THE ( JOIN ) ORDER.
THIS IS JUST LIKE 'MOVE',
BUT THE ARMY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ORDER PANEL.

THE ( POPULATE TOWN ) ORDER.
THIS ORDER WILL CALL ON PEOPLE FROM NEARBY BLUE TOWNS TO YOUR TOWN
ANY BLUE TOWNS WITH A ENEMY TOWN NEXT TO IT WILL NOT SEND ANY
PEOPLE TO YOUR TOWN.

THE ( CALL TO ARMS ) ORDER.
THIS IS JUST LIKE THE POPULATE TOWN ORDER
BUT SOLDIERS AND HORSESOLDIERS AND CANNONS ARE SENT.

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HOW DO I MAKE A ARMY ?

FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IS TO CLICK ON A BLUE TOWN.
YOU WILL THEN SEE A PANEL WITH:

    ( ORDERS )
    ( MAKE )
    ( MISS A TURN )
    ( BATTLE INFO )
    ( QUIT )

JUST CLICK ON 'MAKE' AND ANOTHER PANEL WILL APPEAR,
YOU WILL SEE:

    ( MONEY )
    ( MEN )
    ( SOLDIERS)
    ( HORSESOLDIER )
    ( QUIT )

IF YOU HAVE ANY MONEY
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR ARMY BY CLICKING ON THE SOLDIER BLUE BOX OR
THE HORSE SOLDIER BLUE BOX.

A SOLDIER COSTING 1 UNIT OF MONEY.
HAS A KILL RATE OF ONE ENEMY SOLDIER FOR EACH SOLDIER.

A HORSE SOLDIER COSTING 2 UNITS OF MONEY.
A HORSE SOLDIER KILL RATE IS TWO ENEMY FOR EACH HORSE SOLDIER.

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WHAT IS BATTLE INFO ABOUT

WHEN YOU CLICK ON BATTLE INFO
YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE TOWN AND ATTACKING ARMY SIZE WAS BEFORE 
THE BATTLE TOOK PLACE.

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MORE INFO ABOUT MY GAME

EVERY 4 TURNS ALL THE MEN IN A TOWN IS INCREASE BY TWO,
UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 5000 MEN.

TO QUIT GAME
MOVE MOUSE POINTER TO TOP LEFT CORNER AND CLICK ON RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON.

WHEN TITLE SCREEN APPEARS KEEP RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON PRESSED
TO MISS CONTROLS GUIDE.

REMEMBER YOU ARE THE BLUE ARMY.

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PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS GAME

MY NAME AND ADDRESS IS

    MALCOLM BAMBER
    170 INCE GREEN LANE
    HIGHER INCE
    WIGAN
    LANCASHIRE
    ENGLAND
    WN2 2DA

I DO NOT CARE IF YOU ARE A BAD SPELLER ( I AM NOT A VERY GOOD SPELLER ) :@(
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NEAT.
IF I CAN'T READ YOUR LETTER THEN IT'S NO GOOD TO ME.

A VERY BIG THANKS FOR BUYING MY GAME HOPE YOU LIKE IT :+)

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR TOWEL IS ?

**** I HATE WRITING DOC FILES ****
