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Topic:   Civ2 manual Format for Better Printing
bigboss
Settler
cuyahoga falls, ohio, usa
Oct 1999
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hi everyone!

I know this is a long shot.. but I have to ask anyway.
Is there anywhere available to get a pdf or similar of the Civ2 manual/poster? I still have my book and poster but my roommate managed to leave his behind when we moved in here. It would be helpful if he could just alt-tab over to look at the poster, etc.

thanks in advance.. i know its not likely though.

Legman
King
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar 99
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I saw a scan of the poster on the Net a while back. It was divided into four separate scans and the scanned poster was very worn, but the scans were of decent quality.

Unfortunately, I lost the link to the URL when I suffered a hard disk crash, so I'm sorry I can't help you with a direct link to it. But it's out there - try doing a search on Altavista or a similar search engine and see what it'll come up with.

Good luck.

Father Beast
Warlord
American Fork, UT USA
Feb 2000
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I don't know where you can get the manual, but the poster is available at the civ fanatics center at http://civ.strategy-gaming.com/

go to the downloads section and you should be able to get it.

hope this helps
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Empress
King
cause markos wont let me be queen
Apr 2000
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oh cool, I had no idea you could download the poster!
Oldman
Prince
Rainier III of Monaco
Apr 2000
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I wasted an afternoon at work one day glueing all of the 4 smaller sections of that map together!!! So i've got a huge version, i could did it out if anyone is interested...
bigboss
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cuyahoga falls, ohio, usa
Oct 1999
posted August 16, 2000 11:12   Click Here to See the Profile for bigbossClick Here to Email bigboss  send a private message to bigboss
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Just wanted to thank everyone for the replies. I had already found that poster earlier. It is a rather low quality scan of a really low quality poster.
Thanks all and keep up the posting!
DaveV
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USA - EDT
b.02-15-99
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You might also try the Freeciv site - www.freeciv.org

Their documents cover their rules, which are "mostly" the same as Civ2, and you won't have to worry about infringing any copyrights.

Thunderfall
Chieftain
Civilization Fanatics' Center
b.02-15-99
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quote:

Originally posted by Oldman on 08-16-2000 05:21 AM
I wasted an afternoon at work one day glueing all of the 4 smaller sections of that map together!!!

You don't really need glue it yourself. There is a link to the entire chart just above the links to the 4 smaller sections.

yeah the quality of the poster is only so so because I scanned it 2 or 3 years after I buy the game... If anyone has a new poster and scan it, that would be great.

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tonic
Prince
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 2000
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Originally posted by DaveV on 08-16-2000 11:33 AM
You might also try the Freeciv site - www.freeciv.org

I have found that the poster and a lot of the techtrees based on the same format (usually by scenario makers) are not particularly helpful in giving quick info on prerequisites and actual pathways. If you're interested in the Techtree for reference purposes I've found the Freeciv Techtree made by David Pfitzer an ideal reference. Despite the "spaghetti" type of linking, it is surprisingly easy to trace the techs. I have found it indispensible in my OCC games.
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MacUser
ACS Civ2 Mac Webmaster
Olathe, KS, USA
Jul 1999
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I recently bought the Civ II single player in a game bundle and the manual is on the CD as a 2MB PDF! While this is the Mac flavor, I would think that 99% of the text is relevent to both platform. I'll try and email it to you. Failing that we could try ICQ FTP.

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MacUser
ACS Civ2 Mac Webmaster
Olathe, KS, USA
Jul 1999
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Bigboss, I tried to email the PDF manual, but your email address in your profile kicked it back as undeliverable. If you would like to try again or try FTP either email me or post a reply.

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