Scope of the Game:

• Civilization: Zulus - Unique Unit: Impi; Unique Building: Ikhanda
• Leader: Shaka (Aggressive, xpansive)
• Difficulty: Prince
• Map size: Standard, Torodial
• Map Script: Fantasy Realm (Crazy Resources)
• Climate: N/A
• Sea level: Low
• Starting Era: Ancient
• Speed: Normal
• Barbarians: Raging, no Tribal villages
• Rivals: Six
• Victory conditions: All enabled
• Submit your completed game HERE by February 15, 2007.
  PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

This game will require you to play under Patch v2.08 (the latest release version)
If a patch is released before this game is complete, you must finish the game using the release version!

All Windows players will need version 2.08.003 of the HoF Mod. Download it here: HOF Mod version 2.08.003. Note that, if a later version of the mod is released before the closing date, it cannot be used for this game.

All Mac players will need version 2.00.002 of the Mac HoF Mod. Download it here: HOF Mod version 2.00.002. Note that, if a later version of the mod is released before the closing date, it cannot be used for this game.

ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about January 20th, 2007 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 WOTM 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 previous Civ4 GOTM or WOTM you may be confused as to what these classes are. To ensure that you select the correct class, please take a look at THIS thread before you download the start file.

Adventurer Class Game Details for Civ4 WOTM 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 Knowledge: You start with the additional knowledge of Mystisism and Mining.

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

PC File             Mac File

Contender Class Game Details for Civ4 WOTM 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.

PC File             Mac File

Challenger Class Game Details for Civ4 WOTM 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:

• Handicapped start: Start without any starting technologies.

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

PC File             Mac File

Thanks to Mistfit for the download icons