C-IV BtS BOTM 238 (Greece, Monarch level)

Game started: 1 Jul 2022, finished: 1 Aug 2022

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
Adventurer: (The easier 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 238 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Greece - Unique Unit: Phalanx (replaces Axeman),
Unique Building: Odeon (replaces Colosseum)
Leader: Pericles
Difficulty: Monarch
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Custom Continents (lightly edited)
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No goody huts, no random events
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap Cylindrical
Schedule: Submissions due by August 1, 2022.

You are Pericles of Greece and you've just had a wonderful idea: Democracy!* You share this idea with your advisors, but they have some questions. Domestic Advisor: What if the people don't want to vote for us? Financial Advisor: What about the wealthy? Military Advisor: What about our noble war leaders? Corporation Advisor: Aren't corporations people, too? Foreign Advisor: Our neighbors will not like this! Religion Advisor: Shouldn't the people get guidance from the temples? Civics Advisor: You know where the people do get guidance? Twitter. Technology Advisor: How does this work? So, maybe you need to mull this idea over for a millenium or two. Perhaps you'll decide that the old ways are best, after all. Let the campaigning begin! *To be clear, yes, you are starting the game with the Democracy tech, in addition to your regular starting techs. Whether you wish to change your civics is up to you.

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:
You play on noble level. But watch out, because the AI have monarch level starting units.
Click on the image below to download the adventurer class start save file.

PC File             Mac 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 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 play on deity level, because nothing less is a challenge for you! The AI still only have monarch level starting units. So, easy peasy!
Click on the image below to download the challenger class start save file.

PC 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.