C-IV BtS BOTM 242 (Egypt, Prince level)

Game started: 1 Oct 2022, finished: 8 Nov 2022

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 Starting save for Mac
Challenger: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for Windows Starting save for Mac
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

Game info

BtS BOTM 242 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Egypt - Unique Unit: War Chariot (replaces Chariot),
Unique Building: Obelisk (replaces Monument)
Leader: Hatshepsut the Sailor
Difficulty: Prince
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Inland sea (edited)
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: None
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap None
Schedule: Submissions closed on November 8, 2022

Hatshepsut the sailor? What's going on? Well it wasn't planned that way. It was going to be, Hatshepsut the Lady of the Mighty Horses. Unfortunately, soon after her loyal subjects had researched, found horses, and learned how to build war chariots, the Great Flood came. It washed away the beautiful city of Alexandria, where all the known horse pastures were located. All the knowledge the wise men had learned was destroyed with them, leaving as the only survivors a unit of chariots, who by good fortune were training on a high hill on the day the floods came. And Hatshepsut herself, who was leading a band of settlers exploring the far South, away from the floods. Since that dreadful day, brave men have explored and reported back that they can no longer find any land route by which the chariot unit can return to protect their noble Queen. Such is their desparation that it has even been suggested that Hatshepsut's people should endeavour to learn the secrets of building boats to sail across the new seas. To add to their woes, all the ancient maps have been lost; but rumours abound that the only location where horses, or indeed, any resources that might be used to equip people to fight and defend the once-mighty Egyptians, have ever been found is to the North, where Alexandria used to lie.It is believed that, if those resources cannot be reached, then the Eqyptian empire will lie helpless against whatever hostile foreigners might lurk in the World. And that is why Hatshepsut has come, more out of a sense of hope than any current actuality, to be known as 'Hatshepsut the Sailor'

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

New Players

The Newbies' Guide to Getting Started tells you how to get set up to play GOTMs as well as explaining the competition rules. 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 contender, we sometimes provide an easier save (the adventurer save) and an extra-hard save (the challenger).

Below are the details for the saves we are providing for this game. You can choose to play and submit any one of these:

Contender (the standard save)

This is the save that most people play. If you want to enter the competition with a normal game, then download and play this one.

Contender bonuses:

None.

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

PC contender-Class save file PC File Mac contender-Class save file Mac File

Challenger (the extra-hard save)

Play this save if you want an extra challenge. Your entry will be marked out as a contender entry when the results are published, so you'll get extra kudos.

These are your challenger equalizers:

You play on emperor level (but the AI still start with prince level starting units)

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

PC challenger-Class save file PC File Mac challenger-Class save file Mac File

Other info

Software Versions

Windows players require version 3.19 of Civilization IV BtS, as well as Hof Mod version BUFFY-3.19.005, available here.

Mac players will require version 3.19 of Civilization IV BtS, plus HoF Mod version MacBUFFY-3.19.003, available here.