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SET-UP AND SEQUENCE OF PLAY
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AFTER  BOOTING  THE  DISK, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE
SUMMARY RULES OR GO ON TO SELECT ONE OF 3 GAME PLAY OPTIONS. ONCE  YOU
CHOOSE  A  GAME  PLAY  OPTION,  YOU WILL BE ASKED TO INPUT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PLAYERS.  THE GAME WILL THEN START WITH YEAR  (TURN)  1  AND
EACH  PLAYER  WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER A COMBINATION OF TRANSACTIONS.  AT
DECISION CENTRAL YOU WILL BE ON-LINE TO FIVE CORPORATE DATA BANKS  FOR
READY ACCESS TO: 

(1) WORLD FINANCIAL STATUS (2) CORPORATE STATUS (5) PERFORMANCE CHARTS

ANY  TRANSACTIONS DESIRED MAY BE ENTERED THROUGH (3) ROCKROY FINANCIAL
CENTER OR (4) ACQUIRE A COMPANY. ONLY WHEN YOU ARE READY TO  END  YOUR
TURN  SHOULD  YOU  PRESS KEY # (6). WHEN THE LAST PLAYER COMPLETES HIS
TURN FOR THAT YEAR, THE ROCK-ROY COLOR LINE GRAPHS  WILL  OVERLAY  THE
PROGRESS  OF  ALL PLAYERS FOR THE LAST 6 TURNS. IF A PLAYER'S PERSONAL
EQUITY EXCEEDS $1 BILLION THE SCORE WILL GO  "OFF  THE  CHARTS"  IN  A
STRAIGHT  HORIZONTAL  LINE  BUT  ALL QUANTITIES WILL BE CALCULATED AND
DISPLAYED IN OTHER DATA BANKS. WHEN THE GAME ENDS (SEE  GAME  OPTIONS)
AN AWARDS CEREMONY WILL DECLARE THE WINNER. 


              GAME RULES
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THIS  IS  A  GAME OF CORPORATE CONQUEST IN THE WORLD OF CONGLOMERATES.
EACH  PLAYER  CREATES  HIS  OWN  COMPANY  (BY  NAME),   SELELCTS   ITS
INTERNATIONAL  HEADQUARTERS  AND  STARTS  WITH  $20 MILLOIN IN ASSETS.
INITIALLY, EACH COMPANY HAS $10 MILLION IN CASH  AND  $10  MILLION  IN
CONTROLLED  CAPITAL  STOCK.   THE  CAPITAL  STOCK  VALUE OF 10 MILLION
REPRESENTS 1 MILLION SHARES AT $10 PAR VALUE.  THE  COMPANY  ALSO  HAS
BASE  EARNINGS OF $2 MILLION PER YEAR (TURN) WHICH REMAIN CONSTANT FOR
THE ENTIRE GAME. GIVEN THESE RESOURCES, YOU MUST INCREASE THE  EARNING
POWER  OF YOUR MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION BY ACQUIRING OTHER COMPANIES
KNOWN AS SUBSIDIARIES.  WHEN BUYING A SUBSIDIARY, LOANS TO  A  MAXIMUM
OF  50%  OF  THE  PRICE  ARE AVAILABLE TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE. ONCE A
SUBSIDIARY IS ACQUIRED, THE AMOUNT OF FIXED EARNINGS FROM THAT COMPANY
ARE ADDED EACH TURN TO THE BASE EARNINGS  OF  YOUR  CONGLOMERATE.  ANY
SUBSIDIARY  THAT  IS AQUIRED MAY NOT BE RESOLD-FORCING PLAYERS TO LIVE
WITH THEIR DECISIONS.  EACH YEAR (TURN) THE PRIME  RATE  WHICH  RANGES
FROM 7 TO 30% CHANGES RANDOMLY AND CAUSES THE BANK RUN BY THE COMPUTER
TO  COLLECT THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST DUE FROM EACH PLAYER'S COMPANY. THE
BANK WILL ALSO PAY INTEREST ON DEPOSITS AT A VARIABLE RATE  LESS  THAN
THE PRIME RATE WHICH PROVIDES EXTRA INCOME


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