Civ 3 Conquests COTM 175 (France, Emperor level)

Game started: 1 Apr 2026, finished: 30 Jun 2026

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

C3C COTM 175 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: France
Unique Unit: Musketeer
Difficulty: Emperor
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Continents
Environment: Normal, temperate, 4 billion years
Geology: 80% Ocean
Rivals: 7 pre-selected AIs
Barbarians: Raging
Submissions are due by June 30, 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

In this game, you will rule as le P�tit Empereur �mmanuel Macron over the French, who are Industrious and Commercial and start the game with the knowledge of Alphabet and Masonry. The French Unique Unit is the Musketeer, a Musketman replacement with stronger defensive ability.

This game is in all respects an Emperor game, great and less so. It was created by Pi� Freddo. What kind of Emperor will you prove to be?

Rule Changes

Apart from the normal Rule Changes for the GOTM, in this game, the Colosseum has been renamed the H�tel des Invalides. Instead of generating happiness, it decreases war weariness. Furthermore, it has been named an Industrious city improvement.

The French also have three special units placed on the map, which come without unit upkeep. They look like Joan of Arc, but they are actually another famous historic figure in drag... These units are Armies and can be filled with military units just as normal Armies can. But of course, you have to get them back to the mainland first...

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 175

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.