"Big Strategy Game" is a war
simulation game based on the theme of modern warfare, where forces
from up to four countries fight in a battlefield composed of various
terrain. The game will feature about 400 modern weapons from the
1960s.
Players will be in charge of one specific faction out of
the four factions colored by Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow (the number
of factions differs from 2 to 4 depending on the scenario map). Then,
they will produce their own units on the battlefield called maps, and
will compete with enemy camps for hegemony while instructing each
unit to move, attack, occupy, replenish, and transport.
Finally,
when you have occupied all the capitals of the enemy side on the
battlefield map, you have cleared the map. Conversely, if your own
capital is occupied by enemy forces, you will lose. There are 60
types of maps in all.
The game progress is similar to Shogi. For
example, if there are two camps, each side will take action
alternately with the front and back. In the case of a battle of 4
camps, the Blue camp, the Red camp, the Green camp, and the Yellow
camp will act in order, and this will be repeated until a victory or
defeat is decided.
The action times of one faction are called
“PHASE”, and the time until all factions finish one phase
at a time is called “TURN”. Each faction phase consists
of two phases of supply and action. The number of turns is limited to
a maximum of 99 turns.
1. The battlefield map is not yet displayed
in the initial game screen. First, execute the [File]> [New Game]
menu to display the [Open] dialog and select the map data you want to
play.
* At the bottom of the dialog, it is represented by the
“map name” of the selected map data, the reduced map, the
“turn limit” number (maximum 99) until the victory
condition is satisfied, the “message” touching the map
contents, and the class. “Difficulty” and “Number
of buildings” for each faction are displayed. At this time, the
contents displayed in the reduced map can be switched with the
[Image] and [Building] buttons in the “Switch Display”
field.
2. Next, in the [Condition
Settings] dialog, set the game play conditions for each faction. The
details are as follows. It is recommended that you keep these
settings unchanged unless you are playing against an email.
■
[Condition setting] dialog
● Participation: Select [NOT] if you
do not want the faction to participate in the play, select [USER] if
the human player is responsible, and select [COMP] if the computer is
responsible. On a map set for 3 factions, you can choose not to
participate in only 1 faction. Also, on a map that is set up for 4
factions, you can choose not to participate in 1 or 2 factions. In
this case, the building originally owned by that faction will be
changed to a neutral building and the map will start.
When
setting up an email match, set 2 or more factions to [USER]. It is
recommended to play with the default settings except when playing
against email.
● Factions: Each faction can have any name.
●
Production: You can change the production type of the weapon that the
faction will produce. There are 8 types of production: Japan, USA,
Russia, Germany, UK, France, Israel and China.
● Fund: At the
start of the game, the faction will be possessed
The military
budget can be changed in the range of “0” to “999999”.
Funds are provided at the beginning of each turn during the supply
phase, and a certain amount comes from the cities and factories of
the camp, but they are consumed during the production, replenishment,
repair, and ammunition supply. Funds that could not be used in each
turn will be carried over to the next turn.
● Fuel: At the
start of the game, you can change the stockpile fuel that the faction
will have in the range of “0” to “999999”. A
certain amount of fuel comes from the self-owned capital or refinery
during the replenishment phase at the beginning of each turn, but is
consumed when troops move or refuel. Fuel that cannot be used in each
turn is carried over to the next turn.
● Alliance: If you check
the other faction color in the “Alliance” column, it
means that both sides are in an alliance relationship. The alliance
is a relationship that does not attack each other. Players cannot
directly control the units of the alliance camp. The alliance has the
following effects and influences.
★ You cannot attack allied
faction units or occupy allied faction buildings.
★ You can see
the search range of the allied faction.
★ Alliances cannot be
destroyed during the game.
★ A faction that meets victory
conditions and its alliance faction will be joint winners.
3.
Click the [OK] button to start the game.
4.
The supply phase of turn 1 will be visited. During this phase,
replenishment, repair, and replenishment are performed for units that
can be replenished, repaired, and replenished.
5.
At the end of the Supply Phase, the Action Phase will come. Since
there are no units on the battlefield map at first, [Production] is
performed first.
6. The produced units
are already actionable that turn and can take no action. For the time
being, when all units have been produced, use the [Command]> [End
Turn] button to touch the other side's phase.
7.
When all other factions have finished, the next turn's supply phase
will come, followed by the action phase.
● The player gives
each unit instructions such as movement, attack, occupation,
boarding, etc., aiming at occupation of the building on the
battlefield map or destroying enemy units. You can also produce
additional units.
-Each unit is composed of 10 aircraft (one or
two large aircraft, warships, etc.). Each unit is equipped with
ammunition necessary for combat and fuel necessary for movement, and
each aircraft has its durability set.
∙ Fuel and
ammunition is consumed during movement and battle, and if damage is
caused by battle, the durability of each aircraft will decrease, and
in the worst case, the number of units in the unit will be lost.
●
If you occupy an enemy camp or a neutral building, you will have more
replenishment, repair, and replenishment bases, and you will be able
to earn money and supply fuel. Occupied buildings also expand the
search range required to discover nearby enemies.
8.
When you have finished giving orders to the unit during the Action
Phase, use the [Command]> [End Turn] button to touch the other
side's phase again. From then on, the phase and turn will continue
until the winning or losing conclusion is reached.
Actual play in this game is done on the game screen centered on the battlefield map. The game screen consists of the following elements.
1. Menu bar
Save data and set preferences
[File], display various information windows [Information Table],
change the display range of the screen [Display], switch on / off
various information panels [Information Panel] Menu items such as
[Command] to display troops and buildings in sequence, end a turn,
and [Option] to change the map display method are displayed.
2.
Battlefield map
It is a battlefield map where the units of the
own side and the enemy side can actually exchange battles.
To
move the display area of the battlefield map, click the
desired location on the HQ panel or drag the white frame, or use the
scroll bar.
3. HQ panel
The entire
battlefield map is zoomed out. The white frame is the area currently
displayed on the map screen.
In the initial state, a reduced map
of [Overall] is displayed regardless of the search range, but there
are 6 types of buttons at the bottom of the HQ panel: [High Sky] [Mid
Sky] [Low Sky] [Ground] [Sea] [Sea]
[Underwater] Clicking on any of them will display the search range
for that "altitude hierarchy".
At the bottom of the HQ
panel, the current “number of turns” and the color of the
faction that is currently in the player phase are shown.
The HQ
panel will be turned off when the [VIEW Unit Information] panel is
displayed.
4. Information panel
Each
information panel of [VIEW unit information] [unit information]
[armament information] [terrain information] [camp fact information]
is displayed. These can be turned on and off in the [Information
Panel] menu. However, when the [VIEW Unit Information] panel is
displayed, the other panels are automatically turned off.
In this game, you can execute most commands by
clicking or dragging menus, buttons, and icons with your mouse.
However, the keyboard will be used together when entering some
characters.
Note that the operation method for executing
commands such as [Move], [Resize], [Minimize], [Maximize], [Close],
and scroll for the application window and document window is Windows
XP / Me / 2000/98. It conforms to the basic operation method of / 95.
For details, refer to the WindowsXP / Me / 2000/98/95 manual.
The environment of the entire game is set in the [Preferences] dialog that is displayed when the [File]> [Preferences] menu is executed. Click the [OK] button after completing the settings.
• “Battle display” setting
Set
the display method when a battle is performed.
★ [Display
battle scenes]: If checked, the battle history will be displayed in
one of the following two ways when a battle occurs.
★ [Real
Fight Display]: Battles related to your side are displayed in
detailed animation.
★ [Simple Battle Display]: Battles related
to your side are displayed in the Simple Battle dialog.
★
[Display battles in other countries]: If this is checked, battles
other than your side will be displayed in the detailed animation or
simple battle dialog.
• Map display
settings
Set how to display unit icons on the battlefield map.
★
[Display the number of aircraft on the map]: When checked, the number
of remaining units of the current unit will be displayed on the left
side of the unit icon.
★ [Display animation on the map]: If
checked, an explosion animation will be displayed on the unit icon
when the unit is destroyed in battle.
•
“Refill” setting
★ [Confirm when replenishing]: If
checked, you will be asked to confirm whether you can replenish for
each target unit when you receive replenishment during the
replenishment phase. If unchecked, the target unit will be
automatically replenished.
• Sound
settings
Make settings for background music and sound effects.
★
[Sound Music]: Check to play BGM.
★ [Sound effect sound]: Check
to play movement sound effects when selecting a unit, firing and
landing sounds during combat, and explosive sounds when destroying a
unit.
★ [Sound chime]: If checked, you will be notified by a
chime when the turn of your camp turns.
To save game data that has been played halfway,
execute the [File]> [Save Game as Overwrite] menu or the [File]>
[Save Game As ...] menu while playing, Displays the [Save] dialog.
Enter any file name here and click the [Save] button to save it.
Once
you have saved the game data, you can save it with that file name
simply by executing the [File]> [Save Game as Overwrite] menu. If
you want to save the file with a different file name, execute the
[File]> [Save Game As] menu.
If you want to resume the game by loading the game data saved in the middle, execute the [File]> [Resume Game] menu to display the [Open] dialog. After selecting the game data you want to resume, click the [Open] button.
If you want to interrupt the current game and switch to another map data or a game with saved game data, select [File]> [New Game] menu or [File]> [Resume Game] menu. Please practice. To end the game, execute the [File]> [Exit] menu.