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Starting a New Game

To play X11 Xconq, just type `xconq'. You will get the default game, which has you and a single AI as the two opposing players, in a randomly generated 60x30 area that is mostly unexplored. The game design in effect is called `standard'. It is a generic "Empire" type game, with cities, armies, airplanes, and ships of various types.

If you're new to Xconq, and find that `standard' is too complicated and/or confusing, try the introductory game `intro' instead; type `xconq -g intro' to get it. `intro' is generally like `standard', but it has fewer types of units and terrain, you start with only one city, the one city is preset to build armies, there is more land, and the other player starts closer. Note that some of these changes mean that luck plays a larger role in determining whether you win or lose; so if you find yourself losing, it may only be because your starting position was poor. Success in the standard game, however, depends almost entirely on skill, so play it when you're more experienced with Xconq.

By default, the X11 interface opens up windows on the display named in the environment variable DISPLAY, and connects it with the first side and player in the game.


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