Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
C-IV GOTM 81 (China, Prince level)
Game started: 1 Aug 2012, finished: 1 Sep 2012
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
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| Adventurer: (The easier save) |
Starting save for Windows
Starting save for Mac
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| Challenger: (The extra-hard save) |
Starting save for Windows
Starting save for Mac
| WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map) |  WorldBuilder |
Game info
- Civilization: Leaders: Qin; Traits: Financial, Industrious. OR Kublai Khan; Traits: Aggressive, Creative.
- Leader: China or Mongolia
- Difficulty: Prince
- Map size: Standard
- Map Script: Terra
- Climate: Temperate
- Starting Era: Ancient
- Speed: Normal
- Options: No Barbs. Goody Huts have NOT been removed
- Rivals: 6 AIs
- Victory conditions: All enabled
- Submissions due by September 1, 2012
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
Are you a builder or a warmonger?, that is the choice you have to make this month. The ancient land bridge between Asia and North America has sunk beneath the waves, but which side are you on. The chinese made it across to the Americas, but the mongols didn't. You can choose to play either as Qin (contender save), or Kublai Khan (challenger save). So, are you going to build up the cities, or tear them down? To help you along, there are no barbarians.
Qin is Financial and Industrious; starting with Mining and Agriculture. Your Financial trait gives +1 commerce on plots with at least 2 commerce. Your Industrious trait gives you +50% wonder production and double production speed for forges.
Kublai Khan is Aggressive and Creative; starting with Hunting and The Wheel. Your Creative trait gives +2 Culture per city, double production speed of Theatre and Colosseum. Your Aggressive trait gives free Combat 1 promotion for Melee & Gunpowder units, double production speed of Barracks and Drydock.
Unique unit: Cho-Ko-Nu (replaces Crossbowmen) Cho-Ko-Nu receives 2 first strikes, causes collateral damage and +50% vs. Melee Units. It requires Iron, Archery & Machinery.
Unique unit: Keshik (replaces Horse Archer) Keshik 1 receives first strike, doesn't receive defensive bonuses, ignores terrain movement costs, +50% attack vs. Catapult and Trebuchet, can withdraw from combat (20% chance), flank attack vs. Catapults and Trebuchets (phew, thats a lot). It requires Horse, Horseback Riding & Archery.
As always, have fun playing the GOTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!
New Players
The Newbies' Guide to Getting Started tells you how to get set up to play GOTMs as well as explaining the competition rules. 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 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:
- China at Noble: You play this game as Qin, at Noble
Click on the image below to download the adventurer class start save 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:
- China: You play this game as Qin, at Prince
Click on the image below to download the contender class start save 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:
- Mongolia: You play this game as Kublai Khan, at Prince
Click on the image below to download the challenger class start save file.
