C-IV BtS BOTM 10 (Holy Roman Empire, Deity level)

Game started: 15 Sep 2008, finished: 15 Oct 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 10 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Holy Roman Empire - Unique Unit: Landesknecht (replaces pikeman), Unique Building: Rathaus (replaces courthouse)
Leader: Charlemagne
Difficulty: Deity
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Tectonics (60% sea)
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic
Options: None
Rivals: 6 AIs
Defeat conditions: All enabled
Additional Information: None.
Submissions due by October 15, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

It's arrived... this is the month when you get to find out whether deity BtS is as hard as deity vanilla or Warlords! And I haven't even given you an early unique unit to use as a crotch: Instead you get the landsknecht, powerful but with only a short useful lifespan. Will you be able to build it in time? Good luck...

IMPORTANT: This game must be played with the BtS 3.17 patch, and the HOF mod version 3.17.001.

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:

Fishing: You start knowing fishing (just so your scout doesn't feel too isolated over there...)
Overfishing: We want to give you a helping hand at overfishing the clams. So you start with a workboat.
Worker: You have a worker (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:

No techs: Guess what. Yep. Your people know nothing at all.

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 3.17 of Civilization IV BtS, as well as Hof Mod version HOF-3.17.001, 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.