BOTM 144: Hannibal Builder of Carthage.
Coal for Christmas and The Race to the Levee. Grumpy map maker has turned all the copper and iron to coal. Map maker's Challenge: have earliest victory with a city with a levee.
Hannibal has only starred once in botm (March 2008) (six times in wotm). His financial trait is good for a game where you are challenged to tech to Steam Power.
For those going to Space: to slightly mitigate the advantage of those lucky enough to pop metals from a mine, you will be able to find some copper and iron once you have astronomy.
This game addresses these comments from some players:
- usually don't play lower level games unless something unusual
- map maker should provide any special challenges
- desire for shorter games
Game settings:
Playing as: Hannibal Builder of Carthage
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Monarch
Starting Era: Classical
Speed: Normal
Options: No goody huts, no random events
Victory Conditions: All enabled
Map settings:
Map: Tectonics
World Wrap: Cylindrical
Mapsize: Worldsize_standard
Climate: Climate_temperate
Sea level: Sealevel_medium
Hannibal Builder is Financial and Charismatic, and you start with Mysticism, Meditation, Polytheism, Priesthood, Monotheism, Fishing, The Wheel, Agriculture, Pottery, Sailing, Writing, Hunting, Mining, Archery, Masonry, Animal Husbandry and Bronze Working.
Note, AIs and Barbarians also start with these techs.
The Financial trait gives +1 commerce on any plot that already has at least 2 commerce
The Charismatic trait gives +1 happiness/city, and -25% experience required for unit promotions; also +1 happiness for monument or broadcast tower
Unique unit: Numidian Cavalry (replaces Horse Archer)
The Numidian Cavalry benefits from: base strength = 5, free promotions: flanking1, and 50% combat bonus against melee units. This compares with the Horse Archer which has: base strength = 6.
not very useful when AIs won't be able to build melee units Unique Building: Cothon (replaces Harbor)
+1 Trade Route in addition to Harbor's 50% trade route yeild and +1
per seafoodnow, that is useful and available sooner with later start
earning the Cothon the picture which represents the civ
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 9 Dec 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 11 Jan 2018.
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.
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.
