Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
Civ 3 Conquests COTM 01 (Hittites, Regent level)
Game started: 1 Jun 2004, finished: 30 Jun 2004
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version 0.0.0 last updated on December 19, 2003
This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.
Civ3 COTM I: Hittite
Deriving from Greek for 'between the rivers', the name 'Mesopotamia' refers to the fertile regions located between the Tigres and Euphrates rivers, in the heart of what is now Iraq, reaching north through Syria and southern Turkey.
The origin and much of the history of the Hittites is unclear, however it is known that they formed a mighty empire around 1600 BC that bought-about the downfall of the then powerful Babylonian empire of southern mesopotamia. Despite this conquest, the main focuse of the Hittites was trade rather than war, and with their geographical location they facilitated trade through the meopotamian region from Egypt to Greece.
The Egyptians regarded the Hittites as barbarians, and the two empires fought a protracted war between about 1300 and 1200 BC for control of the lands of Palestine and Syria. These wars weakened both empires, and the Hittites never fully recovered However the Hittites survived for several hundred more years, until they were absorbed by the Assyrians.
In this Month's Conquest game, you assume the role of the great Hittite leader Mursilis, as you work to establish a great empire of your own. Will you chose the path of trade and commerce, or simply grow your empire through warfare? Will you propser and rule the region, or become weak and be assimilated?
Scope
of the Game:
- Civilization: Hittite
- Difficulty: Regent
- World size: Standard
- Landmass: Mystery
- Geology: 4 billion years old
- Environment: Warm
- Barbarians: Restless
- Rivals: 7 Preset
- Submissions due by June 30, 2004. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about June 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 Gotm 31 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 01
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: 50 units of gold
- Extra Units: An extra scout to expore your environment.
Conquest-Class Save-File for C3C 1.22f
Open Class Game Details for Conquest 01
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
Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 01
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:
- AI Free unit support: increased to Monarch Level
- AI Starting Units: All AI begin with two additional offensive and two additional defensive units.
