Civ 3 Classic GOTM 203 (Russia, Emperor level)

Game starts: 1 Jul 2026, finishes: 30 Sep 2026

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Game info

Classic GOTM 203 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Russia
Unique Unit: Cossack
Difficulty: Emperor
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Pangaea
Environment: Wet, cool, 5 billion years old
Geology: 60% Ocean
Rivals: 7 pre-selected AIs
Barbarians: Raging
Submissions are due by September 30, 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

In this game, you will rule as Czarina Catherine the Great over the Russians, who are Scientific and Expansionist and start the game with the knowledge of Pottery and Bronze Working. The Russian Unique Unit is the Cossack, a Cavalry replacement with stronger defense.

This is a Emperor game created by Pi� Freddo. Will you expand the Russian empire to its natural borders?

Rule Changes

Apart from the normal Rule Changes for the GOTM, in this game, the following changes have been made:

Your initial Worker has already moved one tile to the side. Russia is located in the northern Taiga and therefore, as an adaption, Scouts regard Forest as flat land and Workers cut down Forest in five turns.

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

New Players

Welcome to GOTM! 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 open, we sometimes provide an easier save (the conquest save) and an extra-hard save (the predator).

Open Class Game Details for Classic GOTM 203

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 unmodified.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

None

Other info

Software Versions

To play this game, you require version 1.27f of Civilization III Play the World.

Special notes for C3 Classic

Some rule changes are used in 'Classic' GOTMs. Here is a list of all non-standard rules in use:

The Great Wall Wonder: gives free walls in all your towns/cities on the continent
Explorers and equivalent unique units have been moved from Navigation to Astronomy.
Space Race - SS Stasis Chamber Has been moved from Synthetic Fibers to Robotics.
Republic Government Unit maintenance cost is 2 gpt/unit with free unit support of 1/3/4 for town/city/metropolis.
Archer/Bowmen added defensive freeshot at 1/0/1.
Longbowmen added defensive freeshot at 2/0/1.
Marines Increased attack strength from 8 to 12 and cost increased to 120 shields.
Radar Artillery Movement increased to 2 and rate of fire increased to 3.
Air Unit Operating Ranges most have been increased up to the maximum hardcoded limit in Civ3v1.29.
Lethal Sea Bombardment for all air units that can bomb targets.
Lethal Land Bombardment for all bombers and steath bombers.
F-15 stats increase to 8/4/1 (range of 8) with bombard at 6/0/2 lethal land & sea
Helicopter transport capacity has been increased to 3.
Stealth Fighter stats increased to 8/6/1 with bombard at 6/0/2.
Stealth Bomber stats increased to 0/5/1 with bombard at 18/0/3.

This game will play with the 'out of the box' PTW install. No Mod download is required. REMINDER - DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME IN ANY VERSION OF CIV3 CONQUESTS!