Civ 3 Conquests COTM 114 (Babylon, Regent level)

Game started: 27 May 2015, finished: 6 Jul 2015

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You can no longer submit a competition entry, but you can download the starting save below (click on an icon) to play for fun.

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Game info

C3C COTM 114 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Babylon
Difficulty: Regent
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Continents.
Rivals: 9 opponents
Victory conditions: All enabled
Options: No scientific leaders. Raging barbs.
Submissions due by July 6, 2015
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

Many thanks to Più Freddo for this scenario .

In game number 114 of the Conquests game of the month series you will rule as Nebuchadnezzar II over Babylon, the ancient metropolis by the Euphrates. Your people is religious and scientific and you start the game with the knowledge of Ceremonial Burial and Bronze Working. The unique unit of the Babylonians is the Bowman, an Archer which defends like a Spearman. This may come in handy in fights with the raging Barbarians!

Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire, when Babylon again rose to greatness after a period of chaos. During this time, the Hanging Gardens were constructed in Babylon, a huge urban garden compound bringing the beauty of the mountains to the desert plain. In this game, the Great Wonder of The Hanging Gardens has been modified. The cost has been lowered to 200 shields, and besides making one citizen happy in all friendly cities and three in its own, The Hanging Gardens this time increases the scientific output of its city by 50% and allows growth above 12 citizens. This means that a city must be of size seven or larger before it can start constructing The Hanging Gardens.

It is reported that Nebuchadnezzar II contracted mental illness and spent seven years in the desert before returning to his throne, an episode graphically depicted by William Blake in the picture above. Will you fare better in this game?

This is a Regent level game. The original plan said Emperor, but in order to fit better with the beginning of the new game series 2015 - 2016, we have lowered the difficulty level.

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.

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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 C3C COTM 114

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

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

Other info

Software Versions

To play this game, you require version 1.22f of Civilization III Conquests.

Special notes for C3C

NoAIPatrol Setting: There has been a lot of discussion regarding the barb behavior in C3C and how the NoAIPatrol flag controls that behavior. For the COTM competition it is highly recommended that all players set the NoAIPatrol flag to 0 to permit fairly consistent barb behavior across all player's games. This is done by opening the "conquests.ini" file in your favorite editor, adding the line "NoAIPatrol=0" to it, and saving.