Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
Civ 3 Conquests COTM 116 (Byzantines, Demigod level)
Game started: 19 Aug 2015, finished: 30 Sep 2015
This game has finished. Click here to see the results.
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
- Civilization: Byzantines
- Difficulty: Demigod
- Map size: Standard
- Map topology: 60% land
- Rivals: 12 pre-selected opponents
- Victory conditions: All enabled. None required.
- Options: No scientific leaders. Restless barbs.
- Submissions due by September 30, 2015
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
The normal COTM changes apply to this game and so Iron locations are fixed. In addition to this, the following changes have been made:
- Removed all goody huts
- Changed marshes to 25% disease chance
- Changed flood plains to 10% disease chance
- Changed AI cost factor to 10 which is the same as the human player
- Courthouses grant a 50% tax increase
- Courthouse production factor has been set from 0 to 1, meaning shield production will go up by 25%
COTM116 is a demigod-level game designed by greatbeyond where you play as Theodora of Byzantium.!
The great Roman empire has been split in two. Theodora, you have been chosen to lead the eastern Roman empire with it's capital to be in Constantinople. As a going-away present, Caesar has granted you a Legionary and a total of 40 gold. You won't however be able to build any other Legionaries. The bond between Rome and the new empire will remain strong, as you will share a permanent alliance… for better or worse. Caesar can declare war or negotiate peace without asking for your input, as you will be able to as well. You may however safely ignore his demands. There will be 11 civilizations trying to destroy you. Will you suffer the same fate as Constantine XI Palaiologos, “who was last seen casting off his imperial regalia and throwing himself into hand-to-hand combat after the walls of the city were taken”?
Will you become the cultural center of the world? Will you build the Hagia Sophia, a world wonder that will earn 10 culture per turn, make 4 citizens in the city it is built happy and 1 in every other city. It will reduce war weariness, reduce the effect of propaganda, increase Luxury trade, and act as a tourist attraction. You must have Republic as a government and have researched Theology. Will the Byzantine people be able to enjoy it's beauty through the ages or will barbarians of some other tribe convert it to a different use?.
Here is the start position. Click it for a larger version.
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 C3C COTM 116
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.
