C-IV GOTM 03 (Japan, Monarch level)

Game started: 1 Feb 2006, finished: 1 Mar 2006

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.

Contender: (The standard save)	Starting save for Windows
Adventurer: (The easier save)	Starting save for Windows
Challenger: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for Windows
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

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Welcome to the third game of a new GOTM era.

This game must be played with version 1.52 of Civilization IV.

C-IV Gotm III: Japan

The difficulty is starting to be increased. In this game, we have a civ that is ideal for those players who consider themselves warmongers at heart - Japan.

Combine the aggressive trait, an inland sea map and a unique unit that comes relatively early (and is pretty useful), I wager that we'll see some fairly good domination and conquest victories.

With the difficulty stepping up slightly, its timely to introduce the game 'classes' that we have used for a long time in the Civ3 GOTM into the Civ4 version. The names have changed slightly from the Civ3 version, but that won't be noticed by new players! For anyone new to these game classes, I suggest you check-out the thread I'll post in the Civ4 GOTM forum.

GOTM 3 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Scope of the Game:

Civilization: Japan - Unique Unit: Samurai
Leader: Tokugawa - Aggressive, Organised
Difficulty: Monarch
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Inland Sea
Climate<: Tropical
Sea level: Low
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic
Barbarians: Normal
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
Submissions due by March 1, 2006.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

This game will require you to have installed Patch v1.52.
ENTRIES NOT PLAYED UNDER 1.52 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about February 5th, 2005 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 GOTM 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 Civ3 GOTM, you may be confused as to what these classes are. To ensure that you select the correct class, please have a read of THIS thread before you download the start file.

Adventurer Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 03

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 growth: You start the game with a worker to build your roads.
Defence: You start the game with an archer to defend your borders.

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

C-IV Adventurer-Class save file
Adventurer Start File

Contender Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 03

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.

C-IV Contender-Class save file
Contender Start File

Challenger Class Game Details for Civ4 GOTM 03

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:

Your people are backward - you start knowing NO technologies!

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

C-IV Challenger-Class save file
Challenger Start File