Civ 3 Conquests COTM 19 (Netherlands, Sid level)

Game started: 1 Dec 2005, finished: 1 Jan 2006

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

Open: (The standard save)	Starting save for
Conquest: (The easier save)	Starting save for
Predator: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for

last updated on November 30, 2005

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

Civ3 COTM XIX: Dutch

Like many of the modern european nations, the Netherlands emerged from rule by many different nations and factions. Modern Holland formed when the rule of the Spanish empire was gradually overthrown. First the northern provinces, and later the southern ones, rebelled against the Spanish Hapsburg rule. With the nobles working together, the Netherlands, as the United Provinces, began to grow in importance.

Developing into a major european power, the Netherlands had a strong navy, allowing the establishment of colonies and a large trading empire. This was not to last forever, as the Dutch fleet eventually conceded to the English.

As you play as the Dutch, will you be able to rise to sustain the Netherlands as a powerful empire? Will you develop as a major trading empire, buying protection with the value of the gold coin? Will your navy banish all those that near her waters?

Scope of the Game:

COTM 19 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Dutch
Difficulty: Sid
World size: Standard
Landmass: Archipelago. 80% water
Geology: 4 billion years old
Environment: Temperate, Normal temperature
Barbarians: None
Rivals: 7 Preset
Respawn: OFF
Scientific Great Leaders: OFF
Mobilisation: ON
Submissions due by January 1, 2006. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about December 5, 2004. 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 02 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 19

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:

Total Starting Cash in Treasury: 150 units of gold
Extra Units: An extra settler, and 3 curraghs - 2 east, 1 west.

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

Open Class Game Details for Conquest 19

Players who choose to play in the Open Class game receive no bonuses compared to a game that would be normally be played on Monarch 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 19

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:

Civ Traits: You lose the Agricultural advantage.

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