News: GOTM 33 Saves available

GOTM 33: Mongols

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Game Details:

Game settings:
Civilization: Mongols (Leader: Kublai Khan; Traits: Aggressive, Creative)
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Warlord
Map: Pangea
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sea Level: Low
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: Aggressive AI, Raging Barbs
Victory Conditions: all enabled

Kublai Khan:
Kublai Khan is aggressive and creative; starting with hunting and the wheel. Creative gives +2 culture per turn per city, plus doulbe production speed of theatres & Colosseums. Aggressive gives a free Combat 1 promotion to Melee & Gunpowder units, as well as double production speed of barracks & drydocks.

Unique unit: Keshik (replaces horsearcher)
Compared to the standard horse archer, the keshik has the same stats (strength = 6, move = 2, cost = 50). The differences are in the details, with the keshik getting a free first-strike, and ignoring movement costs.

Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):


Adventurer Class bonuses:

1. Worker. You have a worker (sharing a tile with the settler)

Challenger Class Equalisers:

1. no scout. He's gone.
2. No techs. They're gone, too.

To Enter the Competition:

This competition will open on 1 August 2008. From that date, you'll be able to get the starting saves here. Use the same URL to submit your completed entry, which you must do by 1 September 2008.

Civ version

Windows: This game MUST be played in Civilization 4 (NOT Warlords or BTS), patched to version 1.74, and with the HOF mod version 1.74.002 installed. You can download the HOF mod here. Players using windows vista are encouraged to read the notes on Vista fixes here

Macintosh: This game MUST be played in Civilization 4 (NOT Warlords), patched to version 1.74, and with the Mac HOF mod version 1.74.002 installed. You can download the HOF mod here.

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 your game outside those threads. Please use this Saves Available thread for any technical queries, eg. if you have trouble opening the game, NOT for discussions about what happens in your game.

>>Go download the starting save file!

Downloading now.... Looks like everyone should have fun and lots of possibilities in how to play out this game. Thanks guys!