C-IV BtS BOTM 12 (America, Noble level)

Game started: 15 Nov 2008, finished: 15 Dec 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 12 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: America - Unique Unit: Navy Seal (replaces marine), Unique Building: Mall (replaces supermarket)
Leader: Washington
Difficulty: Noble
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Donut (sea in centre)
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: None
Rivals: 6 AIs
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap Toroidal
Additional Information: None.
Submissions due by December 15, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

America this month, and staying on a relatively easy level. The map is donut, the first time we've used this map in a GOTM. Expect lots of grassland and lush terrain, in a ring shape.

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:

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 warrior: The warrior wanted Sarah Palin for president. He's feeling a bit upset at the moment and noone knows where he's gone.
No techs: There was this big party y'see, and all the wise men got drunk celebrating Obama's victory and - well, noone knows where they are either.

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

PC challenger-Class save file PC File

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:

Hunting: You start knowing hunting, Yeah, the Sarah Palin effect again... If only Civ had a tech called 'shooting'...
Worker: The credit crunch has hit hard, and as a result you have an extra worker hoping you'll give him a job.

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

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.