Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
C-IV BtS BOTM 301 (England, Monarch level)
Game started: 24 Dec 2025, finishes: 2 Feb 2026
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| Contender: (The standard save) |
 Starting save for Windows
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Game info
- Civilization: England - Unique Unit: Redcoat (replaces Rifleman),
- Unique Building: Stock Exchange (replaces Bank)
- Leader: Santa Victoria
- Difficulty: Monarch
- Map size: Standard
- Map Script: North Pole Arboria
- 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 February 2, 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE
Did you know it's Christmas coming up? Well if you didn't you do now. Yes, time for Santa Claus Santa Victoria to make his her appearance to bring gifts and goodies to the World. And since Christmas is a time to be merry and jolly, and not a time to be alone, Ragnar has come along to your starting spot to say 'hi'. Just remember it's Christmas and don't start fighting before you've at least settled your capitals! In fact, to try to avoid Christmas descending into inappropriate early fisticuffs, I've made sure there is no copper or iron within reasonable early reach of your starting area. To help you decide where to settle, you start with an extra scout as well as your warrier. Since this is monarch level, Ragnar has an archer and a scout.
YOU CANNOT SETTLE ON OASIS. Therefore you and Ragnar will both have to move your settlers before you can settle. You take your turn first so if you choose to settle on the first turn, you get first choice of starting spot. Remember that oasis uses 2 turns of movement, so if you move to another oasis, you won't be able to settle that turn.
Also, I've fiddled with the AI starting techs. Ragnar starts with fishing and hunting, other AI start with two random techs at the start of the tech tree. Noone starts with mysticism. By the way, there are rumours of an area full of goodies somewhere near the South Pole.
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.
