Conquests Scenarios And Reviews Directory

El Justo said:

- Scenario Title: The Age of Imperialism - Deluxe Version
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do you have a minimap screen of the map sorry i didnt see the url

It is the blue and underline text. Just click on it and it will bring you there.

Scenario Title: The Crimean War
URL to the scenario thread: Scenario Thread
Type: Historical
Dates and Place: 1853, map of the Black sea
Map size and Number of civs: 100x100 w/7 civs
Download size: About 915 KB and 2,8 MBs
MP version: Is playable for MP
Synopsis/Description: The war of 1853-56, known as the Crimean War, began after the Russian emperor Nicholas I tried to obtain further concessions from Turkey. Great Britain and France entered the conflict on Turkey's side in 1854, however, and the Treaty of Paris (March 30, 1856) that ended the war was a serious diplomatic setback for Russia, though involving few territorial concessions.
Special features:
- There are locked alliances with The Allies and Austria-Hungary against Russia
- The scenario is 77 turns long
- 7 new units!
- VP scoring
- Features the old Rumanian nations, such as Wallachia and Moldavia

More reviews needed !

LouLong said:

- The Age of Imperialism by El Justo
Review :
- 10/10 by dreadknought (may be subject to partiality, cf his readme) still one or two bugs

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jeesh...it's not like its my dad or mom reviewing it

As I said in the Barbarossa thread, DO NOT Review that until 1.2 is released.

El Justo said:

jeesh...it's not like its my dad or mom reviewing it

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Well, not to offend you in any way but 10/10 is what I consider an outstanding mark. If all reviewers give 10/10 to all scenarios they like the whole marking review system will be useless.
And as I said, the partiality it could refer to is written in the readme.

- Scenario Title : The Ultimate ULTIMA scenario Conquest
- Type : Medieval
- Dates and place : In ancient Britannia
- Map size and number of civs : Standard and 9 factions
- Download size : compact 50kb, biq and readme
- MP version : NO, the AI will keep you busy enough
- Description : In the kingdom of Britannia, Lord British lost hold of his kingdom with breakway of the other seven city states now ruled by deviant warlords. Play as British under civilization group Bards. Forces and castles still loyal to you are now isolated in hostile teritory and may not hold for long. With news of the arrival of the hero of Britannia, the Avatar; the rebelion states begin marching towards Britain, the capital of Britannia for an pre-emptive strike. With the help of the mighty Avatar and his heroic companions, reclaim your entire kingdom!

- Special features :
- Locked alliances: Seven city states against you in in 3 block of locked alliance against you! One evil race neutral... for now.
- Strategy: prevent from overrun, defend, fight back! Frantic!
- Win by clinching 50,000 VP by capturing key cities, holding VP locations all before 260 turns. Domination and conquest allowed.
- Hero units, semi-hero units against overwhelming odds, standard enemy unit has attack level higher than yours most of the time. Pure military tactician skills required. Enemy start of with ther heroes and armies too...
- 20+ Wonders, two era of advances and city improvement altered to suit Ultima tone.
- Well done map, true to the original Britannia.
- Easy to get into and start off, hassle free installation.
- Interesting use of future concept such as Weapon of Armageddon (nuke), Moongate teleportation (Airport)
- Huge effort into game balance (to make it as challenging possible) and fine-tuning.

- URL: The Ultimate ULTIMA X Scenario for Conquest!!! Wield your swords and secure your armor!

Updated !

Reviews !!!!

- Newest Version: 2.2 (updated 17.08.2005)
- Type: Historical, WWII.
- Time & Place: Europe 1939-1952.
- Map Size & civs: 100x100 & 23 civs.
- Size: 80mb + 270kb patch.
- MP version: Yes. This has been updated and is now in a working condition.
- Description: WWII Europe which works even with older PC's. Some loading times:
Pentium 800Mhz, 384 RAM: 4 minutes
Pentium 1800Mhz, 256 RAM: 3 minutes
Athlon XP 2600+, 512 RAM: 1 minute
- Special features: Fast loading, Lot's of units, Work's perfectly, Constantly being fixed.
- http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=89440

- http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104091
- Newest Version: 2.0
- Type: Historical, XVIth - XVIIth century.
- Time & Place: Western Europe 1580-1640.
- Map Size & civs: 64 x 140 & 9 civs.
- Size: 23 MB + biq files.
- MP version: Yes
- Description: Scenario about the wars of religion in Western Europe. 2 alliances (Spain, Irish Clans, French league vs England, Netherlands and protestant/loyalist France) + Muslim North Africa, Scotland and the not playable Holy Roman Empire. Covers many topics : Dutch war of independance, O'Neil Irish rebellion, French civil war, the great armada and the Sea Dogs, the creation of the Trading Companies, the change of military warfare (end of knights, increasing use of regiments and of musketeers)
- Special features: Fast loading, Plenty of flavor units, flavored tech-trees.

Creator - Plotinus

Version - as of 2 December 2004, this is version 1.3, with all glitches of the original version removed.

Type - historical

Dates and Place - Britain, fifth to tenth centuries AD

Map Size and Civs - 160x160. Ten playable civs, seven unplayable.

Download size - 78.6 mb. Yes, it's a biggie! Sorry. But it's worth it, honest.

MP Version - yes, although not tested.

Synopsis - Play as one of the new Anglo-Saxon kingdoms fighting for control of the island of Britannia. You must seize territory and build a strong culture to stave off the threat of an Irish cultural takeover. Will you give glory to the pagan deities in battle or erect the Rood and pledge allegiance to Christ instead? Work quickly, because the Vikings are building their dragon-prowed boats and will be paying you a visit soon...

Special Features -
• Over 30 units to build
• 55 technologies to research, spread over three ages
• Complete civilopedia on everything
• Custom adviser graphics by R8XFT

URL - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=105759

General Data
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Scenario name: WWII Europe: Small Fast & Beautiful
Version: 0.65
Author: Paasky

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Testing PC hardware:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Compilation 2600
System manufacturer Compaq
Model Evo D510 CMT
System type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~1993 MHz
BIOS Version/Date Compaq 686O2 v2.14, 15/08/2002
SMBIOS version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\System32
Regional Config España
Hardware abstraction lay Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
Total physical memory 256.50 MB
Available physical memory 36.70 MB
Total virtual memory 854.39 MB
Available virtual memory 280.13 MB
Page file space 606.91 MB

Download:
Smooth download, but unavailable to download music, not available 24 hours. Download time approximately 20 minutes for the main download, between 1 to 2 minutes for the updates.

File extraction:
Winrar used instead the Winzip, as not so popular and familiar, some users has to go to Winrar shareware site in order to download first Winrar. Extraction process easy and fast.

Start of the game:
Fast, no errors detected during start. Once selected the player, configuration of the scenario take around 3 minutes in this PC. Two messages appear during the scenario configuration: "The Irish are building Nürnberg Rallies" and "The Irish are building Manginot Line", to be corrected.

Time per turn:
Very fast, no longer than one minute at the beginning, depending of the evolution maximum 3 minutes per turn.

Playability:
In this version no bugs detected, but review was not through all the players, so cannot guarantee 100% reliability. Main problems are:
No civilopedia for the buildings
No civilopedia for the tech tree
Incomplete the science advisors screens
Minor problems:
Too many civilizations, with small interest, i.e. Baltic States, Poland, etc., these civilizations have very few turns of survival, so is pointless for a player to play as these civilizations.
Huge tech tree not balanced against the quantity of turns, and preventing for developing important units with an outstanding role during WWII.

Balance:
Still room for improvement regarding the balance, but it is a well known problem, and not easy to circumvent. In general the balance is good for the main players of the WWII, and that is the more important. Still some units to be tested and rebalanced, i.e. sea units in general, ground units are pretty nice balanced, but i.e. artillery still some room for creative work, the air balance still need some work, but is clear that author has invested a lot of time in the balance of this units. Some units have too long reaches in comparison with the size of the world (i.e. air bombardment units).

Mod balance is quite well, maybe some improvement to be necessary regarding the growth of the population, in order to give more chance for drafting, and to enhance a little bit the production, considering the small area for the cities. Espionage still need some retouch, the quantity of gold that is possible to store during the game is not enough to pay for the diverse espionage possibilities, making its use not very workable. Some work in the strategic resources is possible to improve (i.e. rubber).

Special comments:

Interest
Is a particularly interested scenario, as many versions have been developed by the CivIII fanatic’s forum. The strongest point of this scenario is the quality of the units, the very fast performances, and the possibility to run the scenario without problems in rather modest hardware configurations. The small wonders included give to this scenario a great interest, and show a wonderful imagination of the author, that’s why, is so important to produce the civilopedia.

Art
The units are beautiful, and in general the scenario has a great impact in the players when played for the first time. Is a pity that still missing some icons for units, techs, etc., once the complete work is finished the impact is going to be even greater.

Accuracy
Definitively a lot of investment has been done in order to achieve accuracy respect to the history, and the result is great. However some items are still pending to be improved: Russian geography is the more interesting, despite the fact that is not very important for the results, is a pity that Moscow is so far to the south, it is possible that the correction of this geographical mistakes will give a complete different vision in a later version.

Replayability
The highest punctuation for this scenario for replayability, as you can play with a lot of civilizations, giving the feeling of a complete different view of the scenario.

General comments:
The best WWII European Scenario tested so far. The scenario is under constant modification.

OVERALL MARK 9.5

Creator - quasidemo

Version - ver 0.91 as of December 11, 2004

Type - Fantasy (Maybe historical... hmmm.)

Dates and Place - Middle Earth, end of the Third Age

Map Size and Civs - 60x80. Six playable civs, two unplayable.

Download size - 294 kb. Yes, kilobyte. Scenario was designed to be easy to use.

MP Version - Haven't tried it. Let me know if you do.

Synopsis - Play as any of a number of major civs in Middle Earth during the War of the Ring. You can lead Sauron's orcs to conquer the kingdoms of Men, or as Elrond you can decide if and how the waning power of the Elves should best be used to aid Middle Earth. As Saruman you can use your "blasting fire" to lay siege to the Rohirrim at Helm's Deep. And of course, you can lead Gandalf and Frodo in the quest for Mt. Doom and destruction of the One Ring. I wrote this scenario as a way to explore the War of the Ring more fully and deeply using Sid Meier's Civ3 Conquests modelling (and fun) principles.

Special Features -

-A compact custom map based on information from The Atlas of Middle Earth
-Playable Civs: Gondor, Mordor, Rohan, Isengard, Elves, Dwarves
-The Ring is an immovable nuke/princess
-Frodo is invisible to all except Nazgul and King units
-Mt. Doom is the goal of Reverse Capture the Flag
-King units have special abilities/attributes according to their characters
-Mountains cannot be crossed except for at their passes (where there are roads)
-The special units for civilizations are modeled after Civ units, including Uruk-hai, Orcs, Riders of Rohan, Dwarven Kindred, Evlish Bowmen, and Mumakil.
-Custom Civiliopedia entries for units and improvements, mostly based off of the Encyclopedia of Arda
-Difficulty levels from Gollum to Iluvatar
-Customized Wonders like The Pelennor Wall and The Light of the Valar

URL - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=105011

Overall mark : 9 / 10 (which means excellent for me).

The main positive features :
- a fast loading scenario
- a scenario that can please both epic-like gamers and core scenario players since some civs are already settled while others are just starting with settlers.
- Historical accuracy
- a Great and AFAIK complete civilopedia !
- replayability with different civs that have very different units, strategies


Donwload & Install : quite easy. File size reasonable, most is actually used by leaderheads. Installing a patch is required.

Playability : with the patch, perfect AFAIK. Of course I haven't tested all civs, all units, all improvements and all situations but apparently no bug left. Nevertheless Plotinus (the author) is always around so bugs can be corrected.

Balance and AI : fairly good. It is definitely possible to win but not that easy. There are no game-breaker unit and progression is smooth and accurate, with mounted troops being for instance a tad weaker than contemporary foot units. Up to you to decide between speed and attack strength !
Ireland is a real cultural threat while vikings can actually (if they choose so) wray havoc on your coastal cities once times comes.

Civs : plenty of civs to choose from. Anglo-Saxon ones (main interest), Ireland, Romano-British ones, Vikings, Picts.... give a wide range. Some civs are not supposed to be playable but the ones that can be played cover lots of different areas and must use different strategies.

The (possible) conversion to catholicism is quite well represented as is the possibility of being culturally overrun so this is not only a war game and it gives a feeling of emergency from the beginning.

Art & units : ranging from good to perfect. Some could be slightly better but overall they blend easily. Maybe new units will make it perfect in the future.

Minor shortcomings (personal opinions) :
- the map is a tad big (but since the game runs fast it is not really a problem, more a question of preferences).
- the tech-tree (very detailed) advances a bit quickly, which is a pity since you have hardly the time to read the excellent pedias and you might feel a bit drowned with techs.

But generally this is an excellent scenario, the kind I would like to see more frequently here. Both fast to load, original (I mean not just another WWII scenario), accurate, well documented, with a lot of replayability, complete with dedicated tech-tree, units,... and bug-free.
What's maybe even more important it really gives you a good feeling of immersion into the era.

Scenario Title C3C Scenario/Mod: Rising Sun
Type Historical (epic: ancient/medieval to modern)
Dates and Place The scenarios start in 200 BC, 600 AD, 1200 AD, and 1500 AD respectively, and have an Asian flavor.
Map Size and Number of Civs Earth 140x140, 21-24 civs
Download Size 8 MB + optional extras
MP Version scenarios: no (mod on random map: yes)

Synopsis/Description
This package consists of two parts: a mod that can be played on a random map, and three scenarios that use the mod. All scenarios span a long time line and can't be won withing a few turns.

While playable with all civilizations, these scenarios are primarily intended to be played as Japan. Thus the scenarios adopts a novel approach to history. In reality civilization rise and fall, but in civ they tend to do either one or the other. Despite adopting a nominal starting date, there are actually several time lines. The placement of some civilizations (e.g. America) is thus aimed at achieving a certain position at a later stage of the game, when they will be in contact, and perhaps conflict, with Japan.

The result is a scenario that keeps a very high level of historical accuracy not only over the first few turns, but throughout an entire epic game!



Special Features
In addition to many new features, the mod thas been desiged to take advantage of all the extra graphics that come with the expansions, thus providing exceptional bang for the buck! See the mod description in the scenario URL for details.

A lot of effort has been spent meshing the new units into the tech tree in a balanced yet innovative way that should be simple for the AI to understand and still offer new capabilities. Especially in the modern era, new units often use different combinations of resources - making the latter both less critical and more interesting at the same time.

URL to the scenario thread

Scenario Title: The Opium War 1840-1895
Type : Historical
Dates and place: 1840-1895; East Asia map
Map size and number of civs: 60x60 map with 7 civs and barbarians (Taiping Rebellion)
Download size: 49.1 kb , patch 733kb and Test IV Time files with patch total 18.3 mb
MP version: N/A
Synopsis/Description: The 19th century , China Manchu Qing Empire, tea exports were no longer offset by silver bullion but opium, balance of trade rapidly developed in favour of the English East India Company. China hard-earned silver began to flow out in quantities, causing severe deflation in the economy. The Manchu Qing, who did not want to see the resulting loss of tax revenue, responded by imposing a total ban on the opium trade. This triggered the invasion of British gunship in 1840 againts the Manchu Qing armed force proved to be no match. Then others country follow British to attack the weak and corrupted Manchu Qing Empire.
Special features:
- The fastest loading 7 civs scenario that you ever played. Guaranteed fast-moving and pretty simple to play!
- The scenario is 55 turns long ( 1840 to 1895 )
- British allied with French. China allied with Korea and Annam.
- China have Junk is means fishing boat when British fleet arrive at 1840 because Manchu abandon former Ming dynasty tech.
- Using Test IV Time big files for tech, map, unit, goverment, religion, etc.
- Asia Pikeman, Asia Archer, Asia Musketman, Asia Horseman, Asia Swordman added.
URL to the scenario thread: TOW2.0 by Stargate

- Scenario Title: TOS - Version 3 (Typhoon of Steel)
- Creator: Eric_A
- Type : Historical
- Dates and place: 1941-45, Pacific and Asia
- Map size and number of civs: Same size as the Conquests map, 5 Civs.
- Download size: Compressed about 26 Megabytes
- MP version: Yes.
- Synopsis/Description: World War 2 in the Asia-Pacific theatre, based on the Fireaxis
conquest but completely overhauled with many additions and changes.
- Special features:
- Locked alliances: Japan against the USA, Commonwealth, China and Netherlands.
- Each turn is two weeks
- Many new unit types, dive bombers, PT boats, AA Cruisers, Seabees and many more.
- Unique units for major powers, subs, battleships, etc..
- Long (100 turn) and short (40 turn) scenarios, single player and multiplayer versions.
- Victory point scoring.
- New technologies..
- URL to the scenario thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=106893

Can you add mine to this lou long?

Scenario Title: Going Viking
Creator: KingArthur
Type: Historical
Dates and Places: 850 AD on Through the Dark Ages, in the British Islands and Northern France
Map Size and # of Civs: 139x139, 19 Civilizations
Downloadable Size: ~15 MB
MP Version: *shrug*
Synopsis/Description: Play as one of 6 legendary Viking Lords. Beyond the misty grey water of the North Sea from the Viking homelands you have come. Your goals are discovery, looting, glory and conquest or the very least a glorious entry to Valhalla. Please the gods.
Special Features:
-Very historic in placing the cities
-Stays very close to the Viking history, lineage.
-Fun having Berzerkers pissing everyone off
-Great if you're into the Vikings or the medieval age/dark age
-Each turn is 1 month, starting in 850 AD
-Much to be explored and plundered
-You'll have fun watching civilizations crumble at the wake of your destruction as you take the reins as one of the Viking lords.
URL to the Scenario Thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=89569
Extra Comments:
Very good job with your work KingArthur! Rock on!