BOTM 204: Bismarck of Germany.
For people who love deity games - this is a pure deity, on an unedited map. So you can get into the Christmas spirit of peace and joy and axemen and catapults. Enjoy!
Game settings:
Playing as: Bismarck of Germany
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Deity
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No goody huts, no random events
Victory Conditions: All enabled
Map settings:
Map: Pangea
World Wrap: Cylindrical
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sea level: Medium
Map latitudes: -90°S to 90°N
Bismarck is Expansive and Industrious, and you start with Hunting and Mining.
The Expansive trait gives +2 health/city and +25% hammers for worker production and double production speed of Granary and Harbor
The Industrious trait gives +50% wonder production and double production speed of Forge
Unique unit: Panzer (replaces Tank)
The Panzer benefits from: 50% combat bonus against armor units. This compares with the Tank which has: no directly comparable benefits.
Unique Building: Assembly Plant (replaces Factory)
The assembly plant can turn 4 citizens into engineers (as opposed to 2 for the factory). Also, unlike the factory, the assembly plant builds 50% faster if you have coal.
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.
Adventurer Class bonuses:
You play on prince level (but the AI still start with deity units - 2 settlers, a worker and tons of archers each - so it'll be a pretty hard prince game)
To Enter the Competition:
This competition will open at 00:01 am on 24 Dec 2020, 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 1 Feb 2021.
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 3.19.005 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.
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