WOTM 41: England
I was planning to give you guys an Inca game this month, but neilmeister beat me to it.
In any case, you get another leader almost as good...
You will be playing as Queen Elizabeth I of England. The English grew up on a tiny and not overly hospitable island, largely isolated from the rest of the world. Yet, by the time of Elizabeth's reign, their modern naval force had control of the world's seas and fostered a great and expansive empire. Can you repeat the over-achievements of real England?
Game Details:
Game settings:
Civilization: England (Leader: Liz; Traits: Financial and Philosophical)
Rivals: 4 AIs
Difficulty: Monarch
Map: Modified Pangaea
Mapsize: Small
Climate: Temperate
Sea Level: High
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No Tribal Villages
Victory Conditions: all enabled.
Liz:
Liz is Financial and Philosophical and England starts with Mining and Fishing. Financial provides +1 commerce on all plots with 2 commerce or more. Philosophical provides +100% great person points and double production speed of University.
Unique unit: Redcoat (replaces Rifleman)
The Redcoat has a +25% combat bonus against Gunpowder units. Redcoats require Rifling to build.
Unique building: Stock Exchange (replaces Bank)
The Stock Exchange provides +65% wealth. Stock Exchange requires Banking to build.
Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):
Adventurer Class bonuses:
You receive a free Great Engineer at the start of the game.
Challenger Class Equalisers:
Your game will be played on Emperor difficulty. Note: the AI will have Emperor-level starting units.
To Enter the Competition:
This competition will open on 9 January 2012. From that date, you'll be able to get the starting saves -->Here<--.
Submit the save after your victory (or defeat) here, by 21 February 2012.
Civ version
This game MUST be played in Warlords (NOT Beyond the Sword or Vanilla Civ), patched to version 2.13, as modified by BtS version 3.13, and with the correct HOF mod version installed.
Windows players
You can download version HOF-2.13.004 of the HOF mod here. Note that this is the new version of the HOF mod, first used for WOTM 25. For game security reasons this HOF mod version requires you to be logged in with an account that has admin privileges when you are playing for your game to be a valid entry to the GOTM competition. You'll see a warning dialog if you attempt to start a session without appropriate privileges.
If you have not installed BtS, you will need to update the relevant DLL files in order to match the Locked Assets checks. These are available here
Mac players will also require the 2.13 patch, with HoF Mod version HOF-Mac-2.13.001.
While playing...
Remember - for your entry to be accepted, it MUST be your first attempt to play this game, and you MUST NOT replay any turns. If you make a mistake while playing, you have to live with it, learn from it, and carry on the game without replaying.
We will open 'spoiler' threads during the month for players to discuss what happens in their games. Do not discuss any details of the game outside those threads while it is in progress.
Please post in this thread or send me a Private Message for any technical queries, eg. if you have trouble opening the game. Do NOT post in this thread once you have successfully opened the starting save.