| The Lost City |
Goal Accumulate 3000 or more knowledge, in as few turns as possible. You gain knowledge by exploring different locations, completing quests, and handling emergencies. |
Basic Game play Select one of the buttons on the right of the display to explore that location. Each location (except the city itself) has a cost which you must pay to explore it. For example, to go into the catacombs, you would have to use a torch. If you can't pay the cost, the location will be shown, but you won't be able to go to it. At the start of the game, not all locations are revealed to you, and their spot on the list at the right shows up as '???'. Once you discover a location, its name will then be displayed as normal. |
Resources Gems: Use these to increase your luck of finding things, especially helpful for finding rare things. You can have as many gems as you want, but can only use 3 on a turn to increase your luck. Gems add all their luck bonuses together if you use them at the same time. Scrolls: Magical and mystical energy is stored in the scrolls. Highly valued by seekers of knowledge. Herbs: Useful plants which can cure poison and disease. Rope: Need to climb around somewhere? Use rope. Torches: Light up the dark places. Food: When you must travel a short distance, food is required. |
Tips Randomness: Try to remember which items came from where, and how often you found them. Uncommon and rare things: There are some things which occur 1 in every 100 rolls. They will appear in Bold when they occur. Other things occur 1 in 1000 times. They appear in this large font when they occur. Quests: People in the city often need your aid, and you will get a knowledge reward for helping them. You complete a quest when the percentage change by its name equals 100%, but there is usually a small chance of this happening before then. Special Problems: Sometimes a special problem will occur at a location. When this happens, a new cost and button will be shown on the location list. Pay the new cost to solve the problem. These give good rewards of knowledge and items. Sandstorms, and so forth: Other times, a location will become impossible to get to, due to special circumstances, such as a sandstorm. In such a case, you have to explore elsewhere for a short while until the situation changes. |