C-IV GOTM 05 (Russia, Warlord level)

Game started: 1 Apr 2006, finished: 1 May 2006

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

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

Contender: (The standard save)	Starting save for Windows
Adventurer: (The easier save)	Starting save for Windows
Challenger: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for Windows
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

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Welcome to the fifth game of a new GOTM era.

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

C-IV Gotm V: Russia

It has been really good to see the number of people prepared to 'give it a go' as the difficulty has steadily increased over the last few months. However, the proportion of people who are submitting losses is getting quite high - so instead of driving people further into Civ4 despair, we've gone to the other extreme - a nice, easy warlord game!

As catherine of Russia, you have the chance to play with the 'creative' trait that we haven't used in the GOTM before. This should help with expanding your borders nicely, and provide a nice culture boost.

GOTM 5 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Scope of the Game:

Civilization: Russia - Unique Unit: Cossack
Leader: Catherine - Creative, Financial
Difficulty: Warlord
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Great plains
Climate<: Temperate
Sea level: Medium
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic
Barbarians: Normal
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
Submissions due by May 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 April 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!

You will have your choice of Playing this Gotm in one of three skill levels that most closely matches your current abilities - Adventurer Class, Contender Class, or Challenger Class.

If you have never played a Civ3 GOTM, you may be confused as to what these classes are. To ensure that you select the correct class, please have a read of THIS thread before you download the start file.

Adventurer Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 05

Players who choose to play in the Adventurer class game will receive a set of bonuses designed to help them focus on key early strategic decisions that may help them to get more enjoyment out of the specific conditions of this game. The bonuses ARE NOT designed to guarantee you a win without requiring some good early decisions to be made and without asking you to manage your Civilization properly.

Players who might be interested in playing the Adventurer class game could be those players who might only feel comfortable playing at Warlord or Noble difficulty.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, the Adventurer class games scores in the GOTM results will be weighted downward with an 85% multiplier to factor out the value of the additional starting bonuses. To qualify for this class, you must not have finished in the top half of the field in any Civ4 GOTM.

Adventurer Class Starting Bonuses:
Adventurer class players will begin the game with following unit and game feature bonuses:

Early growth: You start the game with a worker to build your roads.
Knowledge: You start the game knowing the additional secret of mysticism.

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

Contender Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 05

Players who choose to play in the Contender Class game receive no bonuses compared to a game that would be normally be played on this level.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, Contender class game scores will be unmodified.

Contender Class Starting Bonuses:

None

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

Challenger Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 05

Players who choose to play in the Challenger class game must overcome an extra set of obstacles built into their game to provide an extra level of challenge.

Players who might be interested in playing the Challenger class game could be those players who find the difficulty level in the give month a bit low for their tastes, or players who just want an extra level of excitement or challenge.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, the Challenger class game scores in the GOTM results do not receive any compensating scoring bonus for the added elements of challenge - its purely for fun (or for bragging rights!)

Challenger Class Equalizing Obstacles:
The game features for Challenger Class Games have been raised to provide the following obstacles:

Your people are backward - you start knowing NO technologies!

Gone walkabout - Your starting scout has disappeared.

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