Open: (The standard save)

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• Civilization: Babylon
• Difficulty: Emperor
• Map size: Standard
• Map topology: Continents, 60% water
• Rivals: Eleven opponents
• Barbarians: Raging
• Victory conditions: All enabled.
• Required victory: None specified.
• Options: No scientific leaders.
• Submissions due by June 30, 2021
  PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

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Welcome to the 155th Conquests Game of the Month, designed by Più Freddo.

In this game, you will rule as Hammurabi over the Babylonians. This is an Emperor-level game. The Babylonian Unique Unit is the Bowman, an Archer replacement with stronger defence. The story of Hammurabi begins thus. Will you bring it to its end?

Hammurabi now found himself on the rich Plains below the high Hills, where in an ancient mine guarded by Holy Priests the Seven Tables containing the Enuma Elish were kept. This was his religious endowment. He had also gotten a scientific endowment. He had in his hands the plans for a better Government and in his head the idea to carve these plans, the Code of Hammurabi, into a hard rock for all to see: Hammurabi's Stele, a Small Wonder, would you believe it. If only he could remember those funny signs of writing again... What was it called? Right, Alphabet. That's the ticket.

The First Minister, a certain Più Freddo, now came to brief him. OK, so I know Warrior Code, but no Bronze Working. Funny, I could have sworn I'd known Bronze Working? Whatever, Warrior Code comes in handy, as it lets me fit out Bowmen. Yes, extra strong Bowmen with one extra hit point. Good Minister! This was to Hammurabi's liking. There seem to be Barbarians all over this place! I can smell them already! Before you know it, filthy foreign bounty hunters will be swarming like little bees as well.

What was he saying now? Some of that Tobacco is sweet as sugar? What's that supposed to mean! And there are no Agricultural or Expansionist Tribes around and no exceptional sources of food except Wines. In the whole world! As if he would now? Does he think the created the world himself! And wrote the Enuma Elish! Nuts!​

Babylonian Bowmen have one extra hitpoint.

The Code of Hammurabi is a Government like Despotism where the tile penalty is removed. It is available with Alphabet.

The Guards of the Seven Tablets cannot be rebuilt. They defend like Spearmen but cannot move. You pay no upkeep for the Guards of the Seven Tablets. All secrets of the Guards have not been revealed, and may never be. They cannot start a Golden age.

Hammurabi's Stele is a Small Wonder which costs 40 shields. It is also available with Alphabet. It doubles the Combat Strength against Barbarians and makes one Citizen happy in each city and one more in the city where it is built. It produces one culture point per turn and is made obsolete with the discovery of Monotheism.

The normal changes to the Conquests rules apply to this game: Iron locations are fixed, and Workers instead of Settlers can be popped from Goody Huts. In addition to this, the following changes have been made to terrain causing Disease in order to limit the impact of chance on the competition:

• Flood Plains do not cause Disease
• Jungles and Wetland have their Disease level lowered from 50% to 25%
• Knowledge of Sanitation cancels Disease in Jungles and Wetlands

Here is the start position. Click it for a larger version.