C-IV GOTM 02 (England, Prince level)

Game started: 1 Jan 2006, finished: 1 Feb 2006

This game has finished. Click here to see the results.

You can no longer submit a competition entry, but you can download the starting save below (click on an icon) to play for fun.

Sorry, starting saves are not currently available for this game. We're probably working on the problem.

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Welcome to the second game of a new GOTM era.

This game must be played with version 1.52 of Civilization IV.

C-IV Gotm II: England

In the first Civ4 GOTM, we played as the Roman Empire on a continents map. In that game, we had an introduction to the Expansionist and Organised traits, as well as to the power of a very strong unique Unit, the Praetorian.

Starting on a continent with only one neighbour sharing it made for a game where there was a strong benefit to be had in getting to astronomy early, in order to meet (and conquer!) the rest of the world.

In this months' game, the Lakes map will hopefully mean that there are more choices to be made, especially in terms of the research path, as the naval (and exploration) techs are not such a strong enabler. The philosophical and financial traits of the leader, Elizabeth are very strong. The english Unique Unit, the redcoat, is also strong, although it comes much later than the praetorian.

The other major change in this game is the game length - Epic as opposed to normal - and of course, the difficulty has been stepped-up a notch as well.

GOTM 2 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Scope of the Game:

Civilization: England - Unique Unit: Redcoat
Leader: Elizabeth - Philosophical, Financial
Difficulty: Prince
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Lakes
Climate<: Tropical
Sea level: Low
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic
Barbarians: Normal
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
Submissions due by February 1, 2006.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

This game will require you to have installed Patch v1.52.
ENTRIES NOT PLAYED UNDER 1.52 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about January 5th, 2005 when we open the first spoiler thread. Please do not discuss any aspect of this game prior to that date, and then only post in the official spoiler threads. Once you have started playing the game, you MAY NOT post in the pre-game discussion or game release threads!

As always, have fun playing the GOTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!

This C-IV game will be played in one class only - the Open class. Future games will probably be presented in three classes.

Click on the image below to download the start save file.

C-IV Open-Class save file
Start File

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