C-IV BtS BOTM 299 (Rome, Immortal level)

Game started: 28 Nov 2025, finishes: 2 Jan 2026

This game is running! Download your chosen starting save below (click on icon) to play and enter. When you have finished the game, submit your final save here. Submissions close in 2 weeks, 5 days

Contender: (The standard save)	Starting save for Windows
Adventurer: (The easier save)	Starting save for Windows

Game info

BtS BOTM 299 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Rome - Unique Unit: Praetorian (replaces Swordsman),
Unique Building: Forum (replaces Market)
Leader: Caesar Augustus
Difficulty: Immortal
Map size: Standard
Map Script: Custom continents
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No city razing, no goody huts, no random events
Rivals: 6
Victory conditions: All enabled
World wrap Cylindrical
Schedule: Submissions due by January 2, 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE

It's time to get tough! Can you survive at immortal level on a completely unedited map? Maybe being able to build Praetorians will make it survivable - if you can make it that far... Good luck!

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:

There must have once been some other Civilization in the area. Presumably long destroyed, but to your good fortune they have left behind working two pastures - one each on the visible cows and pigs.

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

PC adventurer-Class save file PC 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 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.