After you have entered your Ruler's name, press 'NEXT=>' to advance to the 'Welcome' page.

You must enter a name for your Ruler to continue. You may pick your Ruler's gender -- either male or female. You may choose from one of six city-states to rule. You may set the the difficulty of play from Apprentcie (easiest) to Grand Master (hardest)

Designer's Notes:
In the original game, the player information was requsted by scrolling questions onto the screen sequentially as text and waiting for a reply. This dialogue was created by this author.