C-IV GOTM 30 (France, Emperor level)

Game started: 1 May 2008, finished: 1 Jun 2008

This game has finished. Click here to see the results.

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

Contender: (The standard save)	Starting save for Windows Starting save for Mac
Adventurer: (The easier save)	Starting save for Windows Starting save for Mac
Challenger: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for Windows Starting save for Mac
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

• Civilization: France - Unique Unit: Musketeer
• Leader: Louis XIV
• Difficulty: Emperor
• Map size: Small
• Map Script: Fractal
• Climate: Tropical
• Sea level: High
• Starting Era: Ancient
• Speed: Epic
• Options: No Barbarians
• Rivals: 6 AIs
• Victory conditions: All enabled
• Additional Information: None.
• Submissions due by June 1, 2008
  PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

This month, its an emperor game. We play on a small, crowded map with a high sea level; however it is an epic-length game.

As always, have fun playing the GOTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!

Choose your Game

Besides the normal contender, we sometimes provide an easier save (the adventurer save) and an extra-hard save (the challenger).

Below are the details for the saves we are providing for this game. You can choose to play and submit any one of these:

Adventurer (the easy save)

The adventurer starting save has been changed to make your game a bit easier. However, if you submit an adventurer game, you won't eligible to win any of the medals or fastest finish awards when the results are published.

These are your adventurer bonuses:

• Worker: You have a worker (starting on the same plot as the settler).
• Archer: You don't know archery (yet), but you can at least look in wonder at this guy with a bendy stick that shoots other bendy sticks....(start with an archer)
• Swordsman: Your warrior found a metal stabby thingy in a rock, and pulled it out. Apart from his accent and his insufferable mutterings about some guy called "Merlin", he is otherwise unhurt. Unfortunately, you can't find any more of these stabby things just yet. (warrior upgraded to swordsman).

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

PC File             Mac File

Contender (the standard save)

This is the save that most people play. If you want to enter the competition with a normal game, then download and play this one.

Contender bonuses:

• None.

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

PC File             Mac File

Challenger (the extra-hard save)

Play this save if you want an extra challenge. Your entry will be marked out as a contender entry when the results are published, so you'll get extra kudos.

These are your challenger equalizers:

• Its a jungle out there! The four forest tiles in the starting area are replaced with jungle.

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

PC File             Mac File

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