Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
by TSR, Inc. and SSI, Inc.


Welcome to the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Gold Collectors series.
This CD-ROM includes an interface that allows you to run, install, and
view the documentation for 9 different Dungeons and Dragons games.  The
document viewer allows you to view and print the text and graphics from the
Adventurer's Journal and Rule Book.  The following is the instructions
for using the CD-ROM.  This is the second release of this CD-ROM and it 
repairs several problems which occurred with the first release.


IMPORTANT NOTE- THESE GAMES ARE WRITTEN FOR DOS AND WILL FREQUENTLY LOCK UP
IF YOU ATTEMPT TO RUN THEM FROM WINDOWS OR WINDOWS95.


GETTING STARTED
Make sure your prompt is the CD-ROM drive letter (for instance D:\>).  
Type "INSTALL" and press "ENTER"

MAIN MENU
After a brief introduction screen, a main menu appears.  Each available
game appears in text on the screen.  To choose the game you wish
to view, hi-light the game using the arrow keys and press "ENTER."
Brief instructions are contained at the bottom of the screen for the
functions available.

GAME SCREEN
The game screen contains the game icon and the options available.  The
options are as follows:

     PLAY
     This option allows you to play the game directly from the CD-ROM.
     You are able to preview the game from the CD but custom files
     and characters are NOT saved, UNLESS YOU HAVE MADE A SAVE DISK.
     You make a save disk at the main menu.  When you quit the game, 
     you are returned to the game screen.

     INSTALL
     This button installs the game for you on your hard drive.  You are
     prompted to enter the drive letter where you wish to install the
     game.  The CD is no longer needed to play the game.  It is now
     accessible from the hard disk.  Each game takes about 3 megabytes
     of free hard disk space.  When installation is complete, you are
     returned to the game screen.  The games are installed into the
     directory \WIZWORKS.  Each game then installs to its own sub-
     directory.  A list of these appears at the end of this document.

     UNINSTALL
     This button removes any of the game files from your hard disk,
     providing that you have not moved the game directory since it was
     installed.  REMEMBER: Any custom files or characters associated with
     with this game are also deleted unless you have saved them to a
     different directory.  When uninstallation is complete, the program
     returns you to the game screen.

     DOCS
     This option allows you to view or print the documentation about the
     game you are viewing.  The documentation is broken up into two secitons.
     The Adventurer's Journal and the Rule Book.

       Viewing Graphics
       To view a graphic file, move the position bar to the graphic marker
       and press the space bar.  When you are finished viewing the graphic,
       press the space bar again to return to the text viewer.

       Word Search
       To find a string of characters (e.g. elves), press the enter key, type
       the word you wish to search for and press enter again.  To find the
       next occurance of the word, press control enter.

     When finished viewing or printing the document, you are returned to
     the game screen.

     LEFT
     This option allows you to scroll counter-clockwise though the available
     game screens in a circular manner.  This button allows you to view the
     other games without having to go to the main menu.

     MAIN MENU
     This option allows you to return to the main menu.

     RIGHT                                                           
     This option acts the same as the left button, but you are scrolling
     through the games in a clockwise motion.


MAKE A SAVE DISK
This process allows you to prepare a floppy disk to be used to save the
custom files and characters you create while previewing the games.  Simply
insert a formatted floppy into your drive and choose this option to make
a save disk.

RUNNING THE INSTALLED GAMES
To run any installed game, you must switch to the hard drive on which you 
installed the games.  For instance, if you installed the game(s) on drive 
C, type C: and press <enter>.  All nine games install to a directory 
called WIZWORX.  Each game has its own sub-directory, listed below.
Pool of radiance- POOLRAD
Curse of the Azure Bonds- CURSE
Secret of the Silver Blades- SECRET
Champions of Krynn- COK
Death Knights of Krynn- DKK
Dark Queen of Krynn- DQK
Gateway to the Savage Frontier- GATEWAY
Treasures of the Savage Frontier- TREASURE
Pools of Darkness- POOLS
To access any game, you must type CD\WIZWORX\(name of the game's sub-
directory).  For example. to access Pool of Radiance, type 
CD\WIZWORX\POOLRAD and press <enter>.  To access Death Knights of Krynn,
type CD\WIZWORX\DKK and press <enter>.  And so on and so on.  The command
to begin any game is START, so after switching to the game's directory
you simply type START and press <enter>.

Naturally, you may have other questions, and you may want to read the 
appendix in the installation book titled Frequently Asked Questions.  If
the above instructions on starting the games is unclear, that section has
explicit instructions on accessing your installed games.

If the Frequently Asked Questions appendix is not in your edition of the
rule book, you may read or print it off this CD-ROM.  The file is named
ADDFAQS.TXT.
