C-IV BtS BOTM 280 (Greece, Emperor level)

Game started: 5 Oct 2024, finished: 15 Nov 2024

This game has finished. Click here to see the results.

You can no longer submit a competition entry, but you can download the starting save below (click on an icon) to play for fun.

Contender: (The standard save)	Starting save for Windows
WorldBuilder: (Play or see the map)	WorldBuilder

Game info

BtS BOTM 280 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Greece - Unique Unit: Phalanx (replaces Axeman),
Unique Building: Odeon (replaces Colosseum)
Leader: Alexander
Difficulty: Emperor
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Inland Sea
Starting Era: Medieval
Speed: Epic
Options: No goody huts, no random events
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap None
Schedule: Submissions closed on November 15, 2024

You will play as Alexander the Great of Greece at Emperor difficulty level. There are some important things to consider before you start: (1) You and all your opponents and barbarians begin in the Medieval Era, starting with all technologies up through the classical era. (2) You are playing at EPIC game speed, so the turn count will be close to normal, but it will feel slower except for unit mobility/year. (3) All your opponents and the barbarians start with an already founded city that is also a Holy City for different religions. That last one could help diplomatically if you wisely choose your faith, or it could just be setting you way back culturally and otherwise. I didn't do it just to be evil, but to ensure that the competition is balanced and not determined by luck in getting an early religion randomly assigned as would normally happen in advanced starts. I strongly suggest you try out a practise Classical Era game on Epic speed before you start playing this one, so you can get a feel for the play differences. Oh yeah... you will have until the 15th of November to submit due to the Epic speed and to my tardiness in getting this started. As always, good luck and have fun!

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).

For this game, we are offering only the contender save - so everyone plays exactly the same start.

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 3.19 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.