Civ 3 Classic GOTM 183 (America, Emperor level)

Game started: 1 Jul 2021, finished: 30 Sep 2021

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.

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Game info

Classic GOTM 183 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: America
Difficulty: Emperor
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Pangaea, 50% water
Rivals: Seven preselected
Climate: Normal, Temperate
Barbarians: Roaming
Required victory condition: None
Submissions due by September 30, 2021
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

In this game, created by Più Freddo, you will rule as Joseph Robinette Biden over the Americans, who are Expansionist and Industrious and start the game with the knowledge of Masonry and Pottery. This is an Emperor-level game. The Americans this time have two Unique Units! One is the F-15, a Jet Fighter replacement. The other is the Buffalo Soldier, a Cavalry replacement with better defence..

In this game, all things are Equal -- in the beginning. Will Equality last, or will ability, ambition, willpower, talent and chutzpah make a difference in outcome? Will these differences be accepted or even acceptable? How will the Black Cavalry fare on the battle field? Will there be winners and a losers?

It may be that Joe will find some other contemporary personalities of power in this game. How will he fare against them?

Here is the starting position. Click for a larger image.

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

New Players

Welcome to GOTM! Please note our no-replaying rule. If you want to enter the competition, don't replay any turns. Feel free to discuss your game with other players, but ONLY in the spoiler threads that we'll open in this forum.

Choose your Game

Besides the normal open, we sometimes provide an easier save (the conquest save) and an extra-hard save (the predator).

Open Class Game Details for Classic GOTM 183

Players who choose to play in the Open 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, Open class game scores will be unmodified.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

Somewhere on this map, President Lincoln has appeared out of the depths of History to stand by and support his people. President Lincoln behaves in every way like a Scout.

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

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Software Versions

To play this game, you require version 1.27f of Civilization III Play the World.

Special notes for C3 Classic

Some rule changes are used in 'Classic' GOTMs. Here is a list of all non-standard rules in use:

The Great Wall Wonder: gives free walls in all your towns/cities on the continent
Explorers and equivalent unique units have been moved from Navigation to Astronomy.
Space Race - SS Stasis Chamber Has been moved from Synthetic Fibers to Robotics.
Republic Government Unit maintenance cost is 2 gpt/unit with free unit support of 1/3/4 for town/city/metropolis.
Archer/Bowmen added defensive freeshot at 1/0/1.
Longbowmen added defensive freeshot at 2/0/1.
Marines Increased attack strength from 8 to 12 and cost increased to 120 shields.
Radar Artillery Movement increased to 2 and rate of fire increased to 3.
Air Unit Operating Ranges most have been increased up to the maximum hardcoded limit in Civ3v1.29.
Lethal Sea Bombardment for all air units that can bomb targets.
Lethal Land Bombardment for all bombers and steath bombers.
F-15 stats increase to 8/4/1 (range of 8) with bombard at 6/0/2 lethal land & sea
Helicopter transport capacity has been increased to 3.
Stealth Fighter stats increased to 8/6/1 with bombard at 6/0/2.
Stealth Bomber stats increased to 0/5/1 with bombard at 18/0/3.

This game will play with the 'out of the box' PTW install. No Mod download is required. REMINDER - DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME IN ANY VERSION OF CIV3 CONQUESTS!