Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
Civ 3 Conquests COTM 18 (Timurids, Deity level)
Game started: 1 Nov 2005, finished: 1 Dec 2005
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.
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| Conquest: (The easier save) |
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| Predator: (The extra-hard save) |
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version 0.0.0 last updated on October 31, 2005
This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.
Conquest 18: Timurids
Timur was born in 1336 AD in what is now Shakrisabz, not far from Samarqand, the city he elected as capital of his empire.
Timur lenk, so named for his deformity, dreamt of repeating the feats of Genghiz Khan and establishing an everlasting empire over the immense plains and mountains of Central Asia.
His dream of empire began when he led his army against Khorasan and Eastern Persia. He would reach as far as Delhi, Aleppo, Damascus, Baghdad.
Tamerlane was known mainly for the pyramids of skulls that symbolised the savagery of his military campaign, in which he certainly rivalled his Mongol predecessor.
As much as he massacred and pillaged the conquered civilizations, so he also fostered art, literature and science.
The great city of Samarqand was adorned with fabulous constructions covered with gold and brilliant turquoise tiles made by handicraft workers from Isfahan, Baghdad, Shiraz, Damascus and India.
Timur died in 1405 while preparing a full-scale attack on Qitai.
Will you pick up his dreams of glory and lead your people to rule the world, or will you follow the path of arts and science instead?
Scope of the Game:
- Civilization: Timurids
- Difficulty: Deity
- World size: Standard
- Landmass: Pangeia, 60% water
- Geology: 5 billion years old
- Environment: cool, arid climate
- Barbarians: None
- Rivals: 7 Preset
- Respawn: OFF
- Scientific Great Leaders: OFF
- Mobilisation: ON
- Goody Huts: Provide WORKERS (not settlers)
- Submissions due by December 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. 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 Ehnström and TimBentley ).
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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 17 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 18
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: 150 units of gold
- Extra Units: One extra settler, two extra scouts.
Click on the image below to download the Conquest-class start save file. Open Class Game Details for Conquest 18 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. Open Class Starting Bonuses: Click on the image below to download the Open-Class start save file. Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 18 Predator Class Equalizing Obstacles: Click on the image below to download the Predator-Class start save file.
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.
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.
The game features for Predator Class Games have been raised to provide the following obstacles:
