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On Dec 5, 2023, long time GOTM veterans (well, and up to COTM 163 the no. 1 and no. 2 in the Global GOTM Rankings...), I. Larkin and Lanzelot met in Heidelberg for a cup of tea, a couple of chess games and discussing Civ3 strategy, mathematics and the music of Rachmaninov and Glenn Gould... :)...

A while ago, tjs282 brought my attention to the fact, that if you win all nine Conquests originally shipped with C3C, you will be shown a video by Sid Meier. This was new to me, I had never seen this video, even though I have successfully completed all of the nine Conquests in the 19 years since...

Many Civ3 players from non-English speaking countries may know this problem: nearly all of the wonderful Scenarios available for download in this forum have been created on an English installation of Civ3, and when you install them on a non-English installation and try to start a game, Civ3...

After installing today's patch and then loading a Hotseat save file from before the patch, the game always crashes whenever I attempt to set the next production project for a city. (Clicking on the "golden wheel button".) Has anybody already heard anything about this from Firaxis? Or is there...

In this Regent game of the month for Conquests, you will rule as Pharaoness Cleopatra over the Egyptians, who in Civilization III are an industrious and religious people. You start the game with the knowledge of Masonry and Ceremonial Burial. Your unique unit is the War Chariot, a chariot with...

In this Monarch game of the month for Conquests, you will rule as King Gilgamesh over the Sumerians, who in Civilization III are an agricultural and scientific people. You start the game with the knowledge of Bronze Working and Pottery. Your unique unit is the Enkidu Warrior, a warrior with...

In this Demigod game of the month for Conquests, you will rule as Prince Henry over the Portuguese, who in Civilization III are an expansionist and seafaring people. You start the game with the knowledge of Alphabet and Pottery (the perfect combination...!) Your unique unit is the Carrack, an...

GOTM163 - Brennus of the Celts In game number 163 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Brennus over the Celts, who are Militaristic and Religious and start the game with the knowledge of Warrior Code and Ceremonial Burial. The sponsored victory condition for this contest is...

In game number 160 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Queen Isabella over the Spanish Empire. Spain is Commercial and Religious and starts the game with the knowledge of Alphabet and Ceremonial Burial. This is an Emperor-level game, and this month we sponsor the Space Race...

In game number 159 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Abraham Lincoln over the American Empire, who are Expansionist and Industrious and start the game with the knowledge of Masonry and Pottery. This is a Warlord-level game, and this month we sponsor the 100K victory...

The idea for the following story evolved from a challenge posted by curtastic: the India Mountain Continent Challenge, a 4000BC Monarch random start file, where India happens to start on a small island consisting mainly of mountains and jungle. The question came up, whether this start can be won...

In game number 156 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Jean d'Arc over the French Empire, who are Commercial and Industrious and start the game with the knowledge of Masonry and Alphabet. This is an Emperor-level game, and this month we sponsor the 20K victory condition...

Let's use this thread to collect all "glitches" we will find while playing "No Treasure for Pirates". Please report them here and I will add them to the list. Also we can discuss some of the modifications that are not exactly "bug fixes", whether we actually want to implement them for the...

In game number 147 of the classic GOTM series you will rule as Emperor Xerxes over Persia. The Persians are industrious and scientific, start with the knowledge of Masonry and Bronze Working, and their unique unit is the Immortal, an improved Swordsman at 4/2/1. Note: for this game the Persian...

Seeing some alternative leader names would indeed be interesting! Especially since I noticed, that some of the leaders Firaxis chose for the German leader list, are not even German... :( Like "Hengest" and "Horsa" (founders of the Kingdom of Kent, so more British than German...), whom nobody...

Hi, I have the following option activated in my account settings: X "Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages" This has been working fine for the last 7 years... But recently (for about 4-5 months?!? Didn't pay attention.) it appears to have stopped working. I no longer get a...

It is now 5 years ago that a very interesting Succession Game started: the "Succession Game For Newbees - 8", hosted by TheOverseer714. It was an Always War game on Monarch with a "random everything" start. I was participating in the game and remember, that in the early stages we had a...

GOTM139 Persia - Pre-game discussion In game number 139 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as King Xerxes over the Persian, which are an industrious and scientific tribe starting the game with the knowledge of Bronze Working and Masonry. This is a Monarch level game...

GOTM138 Egypt - Pre-game discussion In game number 138 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Pharaoness Cleopatra over the Egyptians, a people that has stood the test of time for several millennia. The Egyptians are an industrious and religious tribe which starts the game...

As we all know, there are many build projects that require certain preconditions so that they can be built. Recently the question came up (on the German civforum.de), what happens to such a project currently under construction, if the prerequisite meanwhile "got lost". This may be quite...