C-IV GOTM 115 (Spain, Warlord level)

Game started: 4 Jun 2015, finished: 4 Jul 2015

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

Game info

C-IV GOTM 115 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Spain - Unique Unit: Conquistador (replaces Knight),
Leader: Isabella
Difficulty: Warlord
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Think it as a friendly battleground
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No barbarians
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap Cylindrical
Schedule: Submissions closed on July 4, 2015

Choose Thy Neighbour! Who would you like to 'make friends' with? Or you could just settle in place if you want to! By the way, depending how fussy you are, it'll probably take you a similar number of turns to find somewhere good enough to settle no matter which direction you explore in. The map is overall quite lush with lots of grassland. But - so thoughtless of me to put you bang in the middle of a bunch of hills! Goodness me, it's going to take your settler ages to walk to the lushness, isn't it... Oh, and before you ask, there are no resources in the starting area that might be revealed by any technology. Nothing. Zilch. Nada.

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:

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 contender-Class save file PC File Mac contender-Class save 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:

You play this game on prince level (but AI's start with warlords level starting units and the game will be scored as if on warlord level).

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

PC challenger-Class save file PC File Mac challenger-Class save file Mac File

Other info

Software Versions

Windows players require version 1.74 of Civilization IV, as well as Hof Mod version HOF-1.74.004, available here.

Mac players will require version 1.74 of Civilization IV, plus HoF Mod version HOF-Mac-1.74.002, available here.