TaxE User Manual
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1. TaxE User Manual 1 Introduction Trains Across Europe is a competitive turn based two player game that involves planning and routing trains between different European cities The aim of the game is to make strategic use of given resources in order to achieve the most goals in the available number of turns 2 System requirements Microsoft Windows e TaxE will run on Microsoft Windows Vista 7 8 8 1 with at least 1GB of RAM and a recent Intel or AMD processor Apple OS X e TaxE will run on Apple Mac OSX Lion Mountain Lion Mavericks Yosemite on any Apple manufactured device with an Intel processor e TaxE does not support PowerPC e TaxE will run on all versions of Linux with at least 1GB of RAM and an Intel or AMD processor e A GUI environment Gnome XWindows etc must be installed and running All operating systems e Java must be installed and up to date e TaxE may not run with a version of Oracle Java less than 8u25 3 Starting the game To start the game open up the executable Java file taxe jar on your Java ready machine Once presented with the main menu select Start game with your mouse and the game will commence immediately E Start game 4 Playing the game Exit At the start of each turn the current player is automatically assigned a new goal up to a limit of three goals at once and two new resources up to a limit of seven resources at once a The game screen Cur2. rent player s goals Current player s unplaced resources e o TaxE Serida trait ror Frankfurt to Copenhagen Bulletitram Hydrogen Train Map key O Station Junction Connection Turn counter b Resource management To place a train 1 Select the train from the unplaced resources section 2 Select place at a station from the action menu 3 Click the city at which you would like to place the train To drop a train 1 Select the train that you wish to drop Either from the map or in unplaced resources 2 Select drop from the action menu Note that trains are dropped automatically upon completing a goal so consider this when choosing which trains to route where c Route management To route a train Select the city at which the train you wish to route is stationed Select your train from the list of trains at that station Select the choose a route action Click the sequence of cities and junctions that form your route Note if you make an error in your route click cancel in the top right corner and start again 5 Upon completion select route complete from the top right corner Note once a train has been assigned a route you are unable to change or cancel the route RPR Note that trains can collide when they reach a junction simultaneously this can be with the other player s trains or your own so take care when rou
3. ting through junctions To view a train s destination 1 Select the train from the map 2 The train s current destination will appear at the top of the screen along with the train s other details type and speed d Game management To end a turn e Once you have finished strategically placing and routing your trains select end turn from the top right corner To end the game e The game will automatically end after thirty turns have been completed fifteen for each player the results of the game will appear including the winner of the game which is the player who managed to complete the most goals If both players have completed the same number of goals the game is a draw 5 Troubleshooting e lf TaxE will not run then please ensure Java has been installed correctly Java sometimes requires permission to run so disabling UAC may resolve issues For more information visit the game s official website at http upvot es SEPR FVS
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