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@@ -65,70 +65,121 @@ but may not completely cover rulesets which are very different from the classic
 [help_strategy_and_tactics]
 name = _("Strategy and Tactics")
 text = _("\
+NOTE: For a well formatted version of this page, see \
+https://longturn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Playing/how-to-play.html \
+"), _("\
 While every game is different, there is a basic strategy which most players follow, especially at the start \
 of the game.\
 "), _("\
 These steps may vary depending upon the server or ruleset options, but in general, the steps are: \
 "), _("\
- 0. Choosing the first city site.\n\
- 1. Mapping the countryside.\n\
- 2. Defending the cities.\n\
- 3. Deciding which units to build first.\n\
- 4. Improving the land.\n\
- 5. Deciding where to build cities.\n\
- 6. Taking care of the cities.\n\
- 7. Interacting with other players (diplomacy).\n\
- 8. Exploring the world.\n\
- 9. Things to keep in mind.\n\
-10. Making your own strategy for the game.\
-"), _("\
- 0. Choosing the first city site.\
-"), _("\
-Start the game by wandering around BRIEFLY to find a good place to build the first city. Do not feel tempted \
-to investigate any yellow roofed villages yet, they might contain Barbarian tribes. Build the city close to \
-Resources and perhaps close to fresh water (River or Lake). Keep in mind that the first city you build will \
-be your capital! The idea is to balance the quality of the site you find against getting your first city \
-established as early as possible.\
-"), _("\
- 1. Mapping the countryside.\
-"), _("\
-After the capital city has been built, it will start producing a Warrior unit by default. These units can \
-be used to walk around exploring the countryside, especially if you do not have any Explorers. Remember, it \
-is risky to leave a city undefended, so perhaps keep the first Warrior in the city, and use the following \
-one to explore. If you started the game with an Explorer unit, use that to explore and open up the map.\
-"), _("\
- 2. Defending the cities.\
-"), _("\
-At this point, defend your cities by always leaving a Warrior unit in them. As your civilization develops \
-and new units become available, replace the obsolete units with new ones to ensure your cities have \
-sufficient defense. The units most often used for defense are (in order of strength): Warrior, Phalanx, \
-Pikemen, Musketeers, Riflemen, and Mechanized Infantry.\
-"), _("\
-Keep in mind that with some types of government, military units inside or outside cities can reduce or \
-create unhappiness. Also remember that when a land unit is inside a city, it gets a 50% defensive bonus, as \
-if fortified. This happens automatically. When a new city is built, the city starts to build the best \
-available defensive unit from the above list.\
-"), _("\
- 3. Deciding which units to build first.\
+ 1. Choosing the first city site.\n\
+ 2. Selecting your first five city locations.\n\
+ 3. Selecting your technological advance.\n\
+ 4. Mapping the countryside.\n\
+ 5. Defending the cities.\n\
+ 6. Deciding which units to build first.\n\
+ 7. Improving the land.\n\
+ 8. Deciding where to build cities.\n\
+ 9. Taking care of the cities.\n\
+ 10. Interacting with other players (diplomacy).\n\
+ 11. Exploring the world.\n\
+ 12. Things to keep in mind.\n\
+ 13 Production phase.\n\
+ 14 Annihilation of your opponents.\
+"), _("\
+ 1. Choosing the first city site.\
+"), _("\
+Start the game by wandering around BRIEFLY to find a good place to build the first city. Do not feel \
+tempted to investigate any yellow roofed villages yet, they might contain Barbarian tribes. Build the \
+city close to Resources (fish, wheat, wine, or buffalo) and perhaps close to fresh water (River or Lake). Keep \
+in mind that the first city you build will be your capital! It is advised not to place your capital on the \
+coast. That can open you up to losing it from an attack from the sea. \
+"), _("\
+The idea is to balance the quality of the site you find against getting your first city established as early \
+as possible. You will find that balance becomes a key aspect of playing Freeciv21. \
+"), _("\
+ 2. Selecting your first five city locations.\
+"), _("\
+In the Classic ruleset, you start the game with 5 Settlers, 6 Workers, and 2 Explorers. Once you have planted \
+your first city as your capital, you need to find a place for your Settlers as quickly as possible. This \
+initial expansion phase of the game is important to establishing your base cities. Cities are everything in \
+Freeciv21. The more cities you have the more of every type of resource you can produce. Winning in Freeciv21 \
+is a factor of your nation's ability to out produce your opponents.\
+"), _("\
+As mentioned in \"1. Choosing the First City Site\" above, you want to try and place your Settlers so they \
+will create cities that have Resources available to them. These tile enhancements give bonuses to help your \
+nation grow. Refer to Terrain --> Resources for more information. Another thing you want to look for is \
+sources of fresh water (River and Lake). Placing a city on or adjacent to sources of fresh water allow you to \
+build a cheap Aqueduct/River or Aqueduct/Lake city improvements. An Aqueduct allows your cities to grow larger \
+than size 8. If you do not have access to fresh water, you will have to learn the Construction advance to \
+build the more expensive Aqueduct.\
+"), _("\
+ 3. Selecting your technological advance.\
+"), _("\
+With your first city built, your nation will start to produce scientific output called Bulbs. Bulbs are used \
+to study technological advances. As your nation learns new technologies, new units, city improvements, and \
+wonders become available to build in your cities. \
+"), _("\
+There are too many scenarios of which technological advance path to take, so make your best judgement. You \
+will probably want to learn a new form of government. You start the game in Despotism in the Classic ruleset. \
+Monarchy or The Republic are good early targets. As soon as you have researched a new government type, start \
+a revolution (See the menu Civilization --> Government --> Revolution) and change over to it. Cities operate \
+much better as Republics than they do under Despotism, but note that it is much harder to keep military units \
+outside of city limits under a Republic. Also, do not forget to recheck your tax rates after you have changed \
+governments, as the maximums vary for each type.\
+"), _("\
+Depending on the amount of fresh water you have available, you might need to make a push for Construction so \
+you can get your cities larger than size 8. If you are on an island (see 4. Mapping the countryside.), you \
+might need to expand. Learning Map Making will give you the Trireme unit that can set sail to find new lands \
+(see 11. Exploring the world).\
+"), _("\
+4. Mapping the countryside.\
+"), _("\
+After the capital city has been built, it will start producing a Warrior unit by default. These units can be \
+used to walk around exploring the countryside. However, the Classic ruleset gives you an excellent unit \
+to explore with. Aptly named the Explorer. Remember, it is risky to leave a city undefended, so perhaps keep \
+the first Warrior in the city, and use the Explorer to explore.\
+"), _("\
+You will come across Huts on the game map. There is a risk / reward with walking your Explorer into one of \
+these Huts. The rewards can be great: gold, free units, free Settlers, and even free technology advances. \
+However, the risk is that you loose Barbarian hordes that swoop through your new, undefended cities like a \
+hot knife through butter. You have been warned.\
+"), _("\
+ 5. Defending the cities.\
+"), _("\
+At this point, defend your cities by always leaving a Warrior unit in them. As your civilization develops and \
+new units become available, replace the obsolete units with new ones to ensure your cities have sufficient \
+defense. The units most often used for defense are (in order of strength): Warrior, Phalanx, Pikemen, \
+Musketeers, Riflemen, and Mechanized Infantry.\
+"), _("\
+Keep in mind that with some types of government, military units inside or outside cities can reduce or create \
+unhappiness. Also remember that when a land unit is inside a city, it gets a 50% defensive bonus, as if \
+fortified. This happens automatically. When a new city is built, the city starts to build the best available \
+defensive unit from the above list by default.\
+"), _("\
+ 6. Deciding which units to build first.\
 "), _("\
 After building one or two Warrior units, start building Settlers. Settlers take city population, but if you \
 picked a good city site, your city should be big enough by now. The amount of population that it takes to \
-build a Settler is ruleset dependent, so read the help item for Settlers as part of initial growth planning. \
+build a Settler is ruleset dependent. In the Classic ruleset it takes 1 population to build Settlers. \
 Settlers are best put to use building new cities, while they can also build infrastructure improvements (see \
-the next section), it is better to use Workers for this when available. It should be noted that unlike \
-Settlers, Workers do not consume food from their parent city. Keep in mind that a large population increases \
-both the amount of productivity and your civilization's research rate, not to mention that cities secure \
-land for your empire, so building new cities should be a high priority in the early game.\
+the next section), it is better to use Workers for this when available. You start the game with 6 Workers \
+in the Classic ruleset. It should be noted that unlike Settlers, Workers do not consume food from their parent \
+city. Keep in mind that a large population increases both the amount of productivity and your civilization's \
+research rate, not to mention that cities secure land for your empire, so building new cities should be a \
+high priority in the early game.\
 "), _("\
- 4. Improving the land.\
+ 7. Improving the land.\
 "), _("\
 Each city has an area of land around it that can be used for growing food, producing goods, and generating \
-trade. This output can be increased by using Workers (or Settlers) to improve the land close to your cities. \
-The land can be improved with Irrigation (increasing food output), Roads (allowing units to move faster and \
-increasing trade), and Mines (increasing production), among other improvements. The ability to do some \
-improvements on some tiles may require technology.\
+trade. This area is called the \"Working Radius\". This output can be increased by using Workers (or \
+Settlers) to improve the land close to your cities. The land can be improved with Irrigation \
+(increasing food output), Roads (allowing units to move faster and in some cases increasing trade), and Mines \
+(increasing production), among other improvements. The ability to do some improvements on some tiles may \
+require a technology advance to be learned by your scientists.\
 "), _("\
- 5. Deciding where to build cities.\
+ 8. Deciding where to build cities.\
 "), _("\
 The best location for a city is a matter of taste. A city which is placed near the sea is easier to spot by \
 opponents, but can also serve as a port for seagoing units. They also usually need a Coastal Defense city \
@@ -139,47 +190,50 @@ map tiles that the city's population can manage as it grows. Many land tiles wil
 (called Resources) that give food, production, or trade bonuses. Use the middle-click on your mouse to see. \
 The more resources a city can utilize the better.\
 "), _("\
- 6. Taking care of the cities.\
+NOTE: The online version of this page at https://longturn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Playing/how-to-play.html \
+has a lot of images showing different ways to plan city placement.\
+"), _("\
+ 9. Taking care of the cities.\
 "), _("\
-Every city has a group of citizens. The number of citizens depends on the city's population. When you click \
-on a city, you can see how the land around the city is being managed. You can assign the city's citizens to \
-manage the land, or they can be specialists that contribute to your civilization in other ways. Especially \
-at the start of the game, care should be taken to ensure that the citizens are employed so that they \
-maximize food, trade, and then production.\
+Every city has a group of citizens. The number of citizens depends on the city's population. When you click on \
+a city, you can see how the land around the city is being managed. You can assign the city's citizens to \
+manage the land, or they can be specialists that contribute to your civilization in other ways. Especially at \
+the start of the game, care should be taken to ensure that the citizens are employed so that they maximize \
+food, trade, and then production.\
 "), _("\
 If too much food is being generated, a citizen can be taken off the land by clicking on the occupied land \
 tile. This citizen can then be transferred to a specialist. There are three specialists: Taxmen (collect \
 gold), Entertainers (create happiness), or Scientist (create bulbs). By default, Freeciv21 will add an \
 Entertainer when you take a citizen off the land.\
 "), _("\
-If you click on the central tile of the land (the \"City Center\"), the citizens will be rearranged to \
-maximize food production. You will also want to look at the level of food in the Granary and the amount of \
-surplus food the city is producing each turn. The city will lose excess food at turn change. For example: \
-The Granary in the city has 18/20 food (needs two food to grow to next city size) and the city is currently \
-producing +4 food surplus each turn. This means that at turn change you will lose 2 food as waste at turn \
-change. This is a good opportunity to move the citizens around to get food to +2 surplus. This could \
-be accomplished by taking a citizen off a tile producing 2 food and turn it into a Taxman for a turn to get \
-gold. At turn change, open the city and restore the citizen to farming. This kind of individual city \
-management style is called \"micro-management\" and is a very powerful mechanism of game play.\
+If you click on the central tile of the land (the \"City Center\"), the citizens will be rearranged to maximize \
+food production. You will also want to look at the level of food in the Granary and the amount of surplus food \
+the city is producing each turn. The city will lose excess food at turn change. For example: The Granary in \
+the city has 18/20 food (needs two food to grow to next city size) and the city is currently producing +4 food \
+surplus each turn. This means that at turn change you will lose 2 food as waste at turn change. This is a good \
+opportunity to move the citizens around to get food to +2 surplus. This could be accomplished by taking a \
+citizen off a tile producing 2 food and turn it into a Taxman for a turn to get gold. At turn change, open the \
+city and restore the citizen to farming. This kind of individual city management style is called \
+\"micro-management\" and is a very powerful mechanism of game play.\
 "), _("\
 The golden rule of taking care of a city is that there should be at least as many happy citizens as unhappy \
 citizens. A city where this is not so falls into disorder. Such cities are labeled with a raised fist or a \
 lightning bolt (depending on the tileset). Take care not to let this happen to any of your cities, as cities \
 in disorder produce nothing, and are prone to revolt.\
 "), _("\
- 7. Interacting with other players (diplomacy).\
+ 10. Interacting with other players (diplomacy).\
 "), _("\
 When one of your units first meets a unit of another nation, or finds one of their cities (or equally if \
 they find you), a basic contact is established between the two nations. This provides each with basic \
-intelligence about the other, which can be accessed from the 'Nations' view.\
+intelligence about the other, which can be accessed from the 'Nations and Diplomacy' view.\
 "), _("\
 This communication will lapse after a ruleset defined number of turns with no contact. Establishing an \
 embassy will give a more permanent communication channel, as well as more advanced intelligence such as \
 details of technology. Embassies are one-way, the nation hosting the embassy receives no benefit and once \
 established, cannot be revoked.\
 "), _("\
-If you are in contact with another player, then you can arrange a diplomatic meeting. From the 'Nations' \
-view, this is done by selecting the nation with whom you wish to meet and clicking 'Meet'. If the entry \
+If you are in contact with another player, then you can arrange a diplomatic meeting. From the 'Nations and \
+Diplomacy' view, this is done by selecting the nation with whom you wish to meet and clicking 'Meet'. If the entry \
 under the embassy column is not blank and the other player is connected (or is a server AI) then a treaty \
 dialog will pop up.\
 "), _("\
@@ -206,31 +260,46 @@ the treaty.\n\
 city are also transferred, except those sitting in other cities. So make sure the other player is not \
 getting a better deal than you expect.\
 "), _("\
- 8. Exploring the world.\
+ 11. Exploring the world.\
 "), _("\
 After you have fortified your cities with troops, build Triremes in the cities near the sea. Use the \
 Triremes to map the world in search of your opponents and new lands. If you are on an island, you should \
 spend less on military and more on expansion. Or if you are located close to an opponent, it is truly a good \
 idea to make a Peace treaty and share the advances you have made. Diplomatic units are very useful here, and \
 WILL pay off later.\
 "), _("\
- 9. Things to keep in mind.\
+ 12. Things to keep in mind.\
 "), _("\
   - What the next advance you will need is.\n\
   - What your tax, luxury goods and research rates are currently set to.\n\
   - Treaties are often broken, so do not neglect defense!\n\
   - Some wonders can be made obsolete by a new technology.\
 "), _("\
- 10. Making your own strategy for the game.\
+ 13. Production phase.\
 "), _("\
-These basic concepts will allow you to play the game pretty well, especially in the beginning of the game. \
-To improve, you need to study the various units and advances, and PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Freeciv21 \
-has many twists, so if you have not played a similar game before, try consulting the Freeciv21 \
-documentation pages at:\
+At some point you will have a large number of cities and your nation has learned many technologies. As you \
+move into the industrial age you can build Factories and Power Plants in your cities. You want to get as much \
+production as possible out of each city. Pollution becomes a problem. As soon as you can, try to research \
+Mass Production for Mass Transits, and Recycling so you can build Recycling Centers. Once you have got all \
+your cities going strong, you must build military units.\
 "), _("\
-  https://longturn.readthedocs.io/\
+NOTE: If you come into contact with another player, you should immediately build a few attack units, and at \
+least one defense unit per city.\
+"), _("\
+When you want to begin thinking about attacking someone, set science to 0%, and raise taxes as high as you can \
+without provoking disorder. Remember, money can build units too!\
+"), _("\
+ 14. Annihilation of your opponents.\
+"), _("\
+This can happen at any time, but it is more fun with the advanced weapons.\
+"), _("\
+Pick a relatively weak enemy, and send over a few ship loads of troops. Take over their cities, and use them \
+to build more units to take out the rest of them with. Show no quarter! To the death!\
+"), _("\
+Repeat as often as necessary!\
 "), _("\
-You will find more tips for playing, and details of how to contact other players.\
+For pacifists: Freeciv21 also allows a player to win by building and launching a spaceship which arrives at \
+Alpha Centauri before anyone else. It is known as the Space Race victory.\
 ")
 
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