Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
Civ 3 Conquests COTM 09 (Scandinavia, Monarch level)
Game started: 1 Feb 2005, finished: 1 Mar 2005
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.
| Open: (The standard save) |
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| Conquest: (The easier save) |
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| Predator: (The extra-hard save) |
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version 0.0.0 last updated on January 30, 2005
This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.
Conquest 09: Scandinavia
The medieval Vikings, more properly known as the Norse, were the preeminent sailors and explorers of their time and place. Beginning in the 700s AD, they used their fast and tough longships to launch pirate raids all along the coasts of northern Europe. Later, they conquered and settled, lending their culture to such far-flung places as Normandy, in France, and the Ukraine, in Russia.
Perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of the medieval Norse began with their settlement of the distant and inhospitable island of Iceland, beginning in the late 9th century. About a century later, a group of Icelandic exiles led by Eric the Red followed rumors of land even further west, ultimately landing in Greenland and founding a colony that endured for almost 500 years before collapsing. Norse sagas claim that Eric the Red's son Leif took a band of prospective settlers all the way to the New World, a claim largely dismissed as pure mythology by non-Scandinavians until indisputable remains of a Norse settlement were actually discovered, in Newfoundland, Canada, in 1960.
One can only imagine these days what it must have been like to set sail in open ships so far into the uncharted North Atlantic, knowing not where or even whether land and safety would be found. Perhaps you'll get a taste of it in this game.
Your name is Ragnar Lodbrok. The year is 4000 BC. Enjoy your exploration of the unknown.
Scope of the Game:
- Civilization: Scandinavia (Seafaring, Militaristic)
- Difficulty: Monarch
- World size: Standard
- Landmass: Atypical, 80% Water
- Geology: 3 billion years old
- Environment: Temperate, Normal
- Barbarians: Roaming
- Rivals: 7 Preset
- Respawn: OFF
- Scientific Great Leaders: OFF
- Mobilisation: ON
- Submissions due by March 1st, 2005. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
QSC Is up-and running!: Remember to complete your timelines and submit your 1000BC QSC saves!
A 'fix' for the Barbarians!: As many of you know, the barbarians in C3C are 'broken'. This can be fixed by going to your \Conquest\ folder, and opening your Conquests.ini file, and adding a line noaipatrol=0 to the file. Whilst we cannot force people to do this, it will make the game a bit more interesting if you do. If you are not comfortable editing your .ini file, you can download a utility here to do it automatically.
ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about February 5, 2005. 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 09 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 09
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: 100 units of gold
- Extra Units: An extra Worker, a Curragh and a Warrior.
Click on the image below to download the start Conquest-class save file. Open Class Game Details for Conquest 09 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. Open Class Starting Bonuses: Click on the image below to download the Open-Class start save file. Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 09 Predator Class Equalizing Obstacles: Click on the image below to download the Predator-Class start save file.
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.
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.
The game features for Predator Class Games have been raised to provide the following obstacles:
