Xconq
The Penultimate Strategy Game
Version 7.0.1
August 1995
Stanley T. Shebs Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Stanley T. Shebs
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Welcome to Xconq!
Xconq is a powerful multi-player game system. With Xconq you can build empires, fight wars, relive history, and adventure across fantastic worlds. You can play computerized board games, or be Godzilla rampaging through Tokyo.
Xconq runs on many computer systems. It features several different user interfaces, for character terminals ("curses"), the X Window System, and the Apple Macintosh(tm). Although all share the same basic design, the "look and feel" of each interface matches the system you're on. The details of a particular Xconq game depend heavily on its game design, which defines the pieces in the game and its rules of play. So, to understand everything about a game you're playing, you need both this manual, and documentation for the game design in effect. Fortunately, most games don't use every feature of Xconq, and the user interfaces will usually offer plenty of online guidance.