Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf

Note: This is an HTML adaptation of the Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf Game Play Guide by KOEI Corporation.

Overview
Ghengis Khan II is the strategic game of Mongol conquest in the 13th century. Your goals are to lead the nomads to conquer and unite Mongolia, and then sweep the civilized world.

Basic game play
Temujin, who was the original Genghis Khan, starts in state one. State one is not the most advantaged territory in Mongolia. You will need to conquer new territory for your tribe and move your home state to an area that is better off climatically and economically, or allocate labor to build your economy and resources. Building your home state's economy and resources will raise the population and state defense over time.

The strategy in Genghis Khan II fluctuates throughout the game. Your decisions regarding your state will influence rulers in states surrounding your territory. Use these tips to plan ahead as you move through the game:

Always issue orders yourself. Your advisor will focus on the military when allowed to issue orders.
Plan your strategy ahead. Watch your neighbors and plan for sudden attacks by preparing your people.
Make and accept alliances that are not in the path of your plans for conquest. This will protect you from attacks that could disrupt your strategy.
Plan to move your tribe and home state to a more advantaged territory if your current location is poor. Alternately, you may spend time building your state's economy by allocating labor into construction, then reallocating labor back into food production when food drops. Allocating labor in this fashion will help raise state economy and defense (watch your food reserves, do not let them fall below 800). You will receive more gold to spend on troops and weapons when taxes are collected.
Purchase Mongol units or Samurai for your campaigns. Catapults, Elephants, and Cannon are wonderful to watch in action, but are not as effective.
Always spend time with your family. Spending time with the family greatly increases the quality and size of your family. Having good heirs is important to success in Genghis Khan.
The only generals and governors who can be fully trusted in Genghis Khan are your sons and generals who are related by marriage. Generals with high leadership ability are most likely to rebel and set up rule for themselves.
Make purchases when RATE is low. Sell things when RATE is high.
Purchase adequate arms for your troops and train them well.
Use your subordinate legions in battle to distract enemy units while your number one legion attacks the enemy number one legion. You will win the battle if you destroy the enemy number one legion first.
Give states on the enemy frontier aggressive militaristic policies to provide protection from rival chieftains. Give geographically protected states domestic policies to increase the supplies of gold and food needed to feed your growing empire.
You must accumulate gold for your conquests and food for your people.
You must conquer and unite Mongolia before the year 1214 AD in order to move on to Scenario 4.

Example strategy

Start with scenario one as Temujin, in state one.
Reallocate labor for at least three seasons. Place your labor force one hundred percent into construction for this period. Keep close watch over your food supply (donit let it fall below 800!). Reallocate labor, fifty percent into agriculture and fifty percent into herding, before it gets too low (as indicated by the number to the right of your food index). Allocate labor back into construction once food reserves have increased, and back again when food drops. It may take a number of years to build your economy and troop strength.
Use the gold you collect in taxes to purchase additional Mongol units and arms. Train your Mongols. Arms and training should be raised to one hundred.
Start your conquest by taking over state five. Appoint a son as governor and give him an advisor with high ability.
Decree a militaristic policy for state five to follow, select QUALITY for troop type.
Counter threats from other states with threats of your own. This will hold off invasions for a while.
Make strategic alliances with neighboring states only if they can provide protection while you are building your strategy and if they are not in the way of your plans for conquest.
Conquer state eight once youive built sufficient strength.
Appoint a son as governor in state eight. Appoint an advisor with high ability; decree a militaristic policy.
Continue your conquest and take all of eastern Mongolia. You should be able to sweep through the rest of Mongolia after you have consolidated state nine. You must conquer Mongolia by 1214!