C-IV BtS BOTM 05 (Sumeria, Monarch level)

Game started: 16 Apr 2008, finished: 16 May 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
Adventurer: (The easier save)	Starting save for Windows
Challenger: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for Windows
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

Game info

BtS BOTM 05 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Sumeria - Unique Unit: Vulture (replaces axeman), Unique Building: Ziggurat (replaces courthouse)
Leader: Gilgamesh
Difficulty: Monarch
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Rainforest
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No city razing, city flipping after conquest, no goody huts
Rivals: 10 AIs
Victory conditions: All enabled
Additional Information: None.
Submissions due by May 16, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

This month we increment the difficulty level again, with a monarch level game. This time on a land-based map with an early unique unit, which could make warmongers happy - if you can cope with the no city razing and city flipping options....!

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:

Fertile people: Your people have been evidently been having lots of fun in bed every night. They've had so many children that some of them have grown up to give you a worker and a scout (both sharing a tile with the settler).

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

PC adventurer-Class save file PC 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 contender-Class save file PC 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:

Environmental Degradation: Long before the rise of any civilation, local barbarians ate the pigs, destroyed the rice, and mined every last ounce of silver from the mine. All resources visible in the starting screenshot have been removed.

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

PC challenger-Class save file PC File

Other info

Software Versions

Windows players require version 3.13 of Civilization IV BtS, as well as Hof Mod version HOF-3.13.001, available here.

Note that you cannot play this BOTM in Mac OS X, as Mac versions of BtS or the HoF Mod were not available when this game was released.