Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
C-IV BtS BOTM 20 (Zulu, Emperor level)
Game started: 17 Jul 2009, finished: 16 Aug 2009
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
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| Adventurer: (The easier save) |
Starting save for Windows
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| Challenger: (The extra-hard save) |
Starting save for Windows
| WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map) |  WorldBuilder |
Game info
- Civilization: Zulu - Unique Unit: Impi (replaces Spearman), Unique Building: Ikhanda (replaces Barracks)
- Leader: Shaka
- Difficulty: Emperor
- Map size: Standard
- Map Script: Pangea
- World wrap: Cylindrical
- Starting Era: Ancient
- Speed: Normal
- Options: No City Razing
- Rivals: 6 AIs
- Victory conditions: All enabled
- Submissions due by August 16, 2009
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
Shaka is Aggressive and Expansive and starts with Hunting and Agriculture. The Aggressive trait gives a free Combat I promotion for Melee and Gunpowder units, and +100% production bonus towards Ikhanda and Drydocks. Expansive gives +25% production bonus on Workers, +2 health per city, and +100% production bonus towards Granary and Harbor.
Your Unique unit is the Impi, replacing the Spearman. Unlike normal spearmen, Impi have 2 moves, start with the Mobility promotion, and get +100% against Mounted units (+50% for Spearman). Your Unique building is the Ikhanda, replacing the Barracks. The Ikhanda not only provides experience points for new units, but also reduces maintenance by -20%.
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:
Game will be played on Monarch level. Note that AI starting units have been changed.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:
None.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:
Game will be played on Immortal level. Note that AI starting units have been changed.Click on the image below to download the challenger class start save 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.
