BOTM 127: Pericles of Arabia.
Camel Archers. Camel Archers are a great unit. They will be even better in a world without strategic resources. And even better if you start with Guilds. You still need to research Archery and Horseback Riding. You will want Archery soon anyway because the barbarians (and all other civs) start with it.
Another game designed as easy mode deity level. I changed the rice to corn and added the hills and the two golds in the starting screenshot.
First player to correctly guess the substitutions I made in the world builder file wins a real prize. Guesses should be posted in first spoiler (which will reveal the prize) and only one per player.
Pericles because he has only been featured in one previous botm (Saladin has starred in ten).
Game settings:
Playing as: Pericles of Arabia
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Deity
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: Unrestricted leaders, no goody huts, no random events
Victory Conditions: All enabled
Map settings:
Map: Pangaea
World Wrap: Cylindrical
Mapsize: Worldsize_standard
Climate: Climate_temperate
Sea level: Sealevel_medium
Pericles is Philosophical and Creative, and you start with Mysticism, Guilds and The Wheel.
The Philosophical trait gives +100% great people birth rate and double production speed of University
The Creative trait gives +2 culture/city each turn and double production speed of Colosseum, Library and Theatre
Unique unit: Camel Archer (replaces Knight)
The Camel Archer benefits from: can withdraw from combat (15% chance), requires knowledge of Guilds, Horseback Riding and Archery, and requires access to nothing. This compares with the Knight which has: cannot withdraw from combat, requires knowledge of Guilds and Horseback Riding, and requires access to horse and iron.
Unique Building: Madrassa (replaces Library)
+4
(instead of 2), Can create two Priest Specialists (as well as two Scientists)double production with Creative Rulers
Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):
Note that in this game, any espionage-culture victories will be counted as cultural victories.
To Enter the Competition:
This competition will open at 00:01 am on 15 Mar 2017, server local time (UTC-6:00). From that date and time, you'll be able to get your chosen starting save >>>here<<<.
Submit the save after your victory (or defeat) here, by 15 Apr 2017.
Here is a link to a list of the differences between Vanilla, Warlords and BtS.
Software Versions
Windows: This game MUST be played in Beyond the Sword (NOT Civ4 Vanilla or Warlords), patched to version 3.19, and with the BUFFY mod version 3.19.003 installed. You can download the BUFFY mod here. Players using Windows Vista or Windows 7 are encouraged to read the notes on Vista fixes here.
Macintosh: This game MUST be played in Beyond the Sword (NOT Civ4 Vanilla or Warlords), patched to version 3.19, and with the Mac BUFFY mod version 3.19.003 installed. You can download the Mac BUFFY 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.
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so every hill on the map has some non-strat resource on it...otherwise the map is quite flat
