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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