C-IV BtS BOTM 183 (India, Monarch level)

Game started: 5 Sep 2019, finished: 5 Oct 2019

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

BtS BOTM 183 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: India - Unique Unit: Fast Worker (replaces Worker),
Unique Building: Mausoleum (replaces Jail)
Leader: Gandhi
Difficulty: Monarch
Map size: Worldsize_standard
Map Script: CUSTOM
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No city razing, city culture-flipping after conquest, aggressive AI, unrestricted leaders, no tech brokering, no vassal states, no goody huts, no random events
Rivals: 9
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap Cylindrical
Schedule: Submissions closed on October 5, 2019

I volunteered at the last minute to create a new map... but real-life being what it is I didnt really have time, so I thought..."Why not give them my favourite map I ever created". It was for a SGOTM back in the day, some of you may remember it, some might be new.... anyway, I made a few changes to try and minimise the advatanges old players might have. This map was tough, very tough..... but there were some special rules that only applied to that SGOTM that you can ignore... this should make it significantly easier. Having said that, I have still dialed the Contender save down to Monarch. This map was analysed to death by teams and I suspect you will go look it up anyway, but I will give you some clues about it as you likely wont study it in as much depth as the teams did:

AI are pre-settled
AI have castles!!
There is a team!

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:

Tou play at Monarch, not Emperor.
Map is an EDITED version of a SGOTM classic.
Some old shortcuts/exploits removed.
Some new shortcuts/exploits added.
An AI has had some bonus units removed.

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 start at the original Emperor level.
All AI start with their original SGOTM units.
Map is unedited.
BUT, you dont need to folow the original religious requirement

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 3.19 of Civilization IV BtS, as well as Hof Mod version BUFFY-3.19.005, available here.

Mac players will require version 3.19 of Civilization IV BtS, plus HoF Mod version MacBUFFY-3.19.003, available here.