Civ 3 Conquests COTM 177 (Russia, Regent level)

Game starts: 1 Oct 2026, finishes: 31 Dec 2026

This game has not yet started. Bookmark this page! You'll be able to download the starting saves here when the competition opens, in 1 day, 6 hours

Game info

C3C COTM 177 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Russia
Unique Unit: Cossack
Difficulty: Regent
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Unknown
Environment: Unknown
Geology: Unknown
Rivals: 7 pre-selected AIs
Barbarians: Raging
Submissions are due by December 31, 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

In this game, you will rule as Czarina Catherine the Great over the Russians, who are Expansionist and Scientific and start the game with the knowledge of Pottery and Warrior Code. The Russian Unique Unit is the Cossack, a Cavalry replacement with a stronger defensive and the Blitz ability, thus being able to attack up to three times in one turn.

This is a Regent-level game created by templar_x. Will you expand the Russian Empire to the confines of the world?

Rule Changes

None

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 177

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

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.