Civ 3 Conquests COTM 14 (England, Emperor level)

Game started: 1 Jul 2005, finished: 1 Aug 2005

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Predator: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for

version 0.0.0 last updated on June 28, 2005

This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.

Conquest 14: England

The first inhabitants of England were small bands of hunter-gatherers, but Stone Age immigrants arrived around 4000 BC (that is, at the beginning of the world in CivIII) and settled in the chalk hills of Salisbury Plain. They were followed by the Bronze Age Celts from Central Europe, who began arriving in 800 BC. Romans armies arrived in AD 43, and were to stay until the fifth century AD.

Tribes of heathen Angles, Jutes and Saxons began to move into the vacuum left by the declining roman domination around the V century AD. The next invader was William of Normandy (soon to become known as William the Conqueror), who arrived on the south coast in 1066 with a force of 12,000 men.

The next centuries saw a series of royal tiffs, political intrigues, plague, unrest and revolt. Civil war erupted in the mid-17th century, resulting in the regicide of Charles I and Cromwell's reign as Lord Protector, before the eventual restoration of monarchy.

A period of progressive expansionism followed, as England collected colonies down the American coast, licensed the East India Company to operate from Bombay and eventually saw Canada and Australia come within its massive sphere of influence. Meanwhile, Britain was fast becoming the crucible of the Industrial Revolution as steam power, steam trains, coal mines and water power began to transform the means of transport and production.

By the time Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, Britain had become the world's greatest power. Its fleet dominated the seas, knitting together the British empire, while its factories dominated world trade.

Will you follow England's turbulent history and lead it to rule the world, or will you let its power decline after it reached its apex; will you pursue the ways of trade or will you expand your territory through war; and most of all, will you ever get to build you own Magic Roundabout?

Scope of the Game:

Conquest 14 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: England
Difficulty: Emperor
World size: Standard
Landmass: Archipelago, 80% Water
Geology: 4 billion years old
Environment: normal, warm
Barbarians: Regionally raging
Rivals: 7 Preset
Respawn: OFF
Scientific Great Leaders: OFF
Mobilisation: ON
Goody Huts: Provide WORKERS (not settlers)
Submissions due by August 1st, 2005. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

Goody Huts: Goody huts have caused some game balance issues previously, where some players have got settlers or cities from goody huts, and some have missed-out. This month, (on a trial basis) the game rules have been modified so that a hut that would have given a settler will instead give a worker (as discovered by Roland Ehnstr�m and TimBentley ).

ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about June 5, 2005. Please do not discuss any aspect of this game prior to that date.

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

You will have your choice of Playing COTM 14 in one of three skill levels that most closely matches your current abilities - Conquest Class, Open Class, or Predator Class.

Conquest-Class Game Details for Conquest 14

Players who choose to play in the Conquest 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 conquest class game could be those players who might only feel comfortable playing at Warlord or Regent difficulty.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, the Conquest class games scores in the QSC and GOTM results will be weighted downward with an 85% multilpier to factor out the value of the additional starting bonuses.

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

Starting Cash in Treasury: 50 units of gold
Extra Units: One spearman and one curragh.
Your Unique Unit - the Man o' War: can be built when you know Gunpowder,if you have iron and saltpeter.

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

Open Class Game Details for Conquest 14

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 ranked according to the Jason score which balances speed and scoring skills for a combined "Best Overall game" rating.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

None

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

Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 14

Players who choose to play in the Predator class game must overcome an extra set of obstacles built into their game to provide an extra level of challenge. The intent of these changes is to raise the difficulty without altering strategic play progress from that which you would see for comparison in the conquest class and open class games.

Players who might be interested in playing the Predator class game could be those players who have participated in the Elite or Leader divisions of the Medal Play Series 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 Predator class game scores in the QSC and GOTM results do not receive any compensating scoring bonus for the added elements of challenge.

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

AI extra units: Four selected AI races start with an extra curragh.
Right of Passage: can be negotiated when you know Nationalism.

Click on the image below to download the Predator-Class start save file.