C-IV BtS BOTM 239 (France, Immortal level)

Game started: 14 Jul 2022, finished: 15 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

• Civilization: France - Unique Unit: Musketeer (replaces Musketman),
• Unique Building: Salon (replaces Observatory)
• Leader: The Three Musketeers
• Difficulty: Immortal
• Starting units: A Galleon and 3 Musketeers, one of whom is a Great General Medic.
• Map size: Standard
• Map Script: Terra
• Starting Era: Ancient
• Speed: Normal
• Options: No city razing, no barbarians, no tech brokering, no vassal states, no goody huts, no random events, rising seas
• Rivals: 8
• Victory conditions: All enabled
• World wrap Cylindrical
Game will run from Friday 15th July 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022

The gallant Three Musketeers have been on a scouting mission to a new continent that has been discovered. They have found the land populated by a hardy tribe who, whilst not technologically advanced, have shown considerable skill in defending their cities. They returned to the rendevous point ready to bring this news home and recommend that a large army be sent if the New World was to be conquered. After waiting some time they come to the belief that something has gone wrong and they will need to make different arrangements to get home. Eventually they find a sailor called d'Artagnan who is well versed in seamanship. He tells them he is willing to transport them back to the Old World but he has terrible news - Paris has been caputered by a band of savages calling themselves the Zulu! The Three Musketeers will require to return to the Old World and recapture Paris but d'Artagnan tells them that the Zulu are mighty warriors and suggests they might need a big army to take them on. Perhaps it would be better to start with a softer target and use that as a launching pad to build an army capable of taking on the Zulu? [However you decide to play it you must control Paris when you win this game to succesfully complete this Game of the Month]

As always, have fun playing the GOTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!

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:

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:

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:

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

PC File             Mac File

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