[BTS] News: BOTM 279: Cyrus of Persia, Prince - starts September 22

[kcd_swede]

BOTM 279: Cyrus of Persia.

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Please enjoy the game as Cyrus of Persia in Prince difficulty level. Huts and Random Events are active, though I did move the huts near your start position to keep the competition somewhat less random. As you can tell by the late start for this game, it was kind of a hurried mapmaker effort. But since you are all starving to play, I was generous in giving you some food. Beware the raging barbarians.


Game settings:
Playing as: Cyrus of Persia
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Prince
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: Raging barbarians
Victory Conditions: All enabled

Map settings:
Map: Oasis
World Wrap: None
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sea level: Medium
Map latitudes: 0°N to 40°N


Cyrus is Charismatic and Imperialistic, and you start with Agriculture and Hunting.

The Charismatic trait gives +1 happiness/city, and -25% experience required for unit promotions

The Imperialistic trait gives +100% great general emergence and +50% production of settlers

Unique unit: Immortal (replaces Chariot)
The immortal gives you a better chance attacking archer-defended cities, since it has +50% strength against archers. And unlike chariots, it receives defensive bonuses.

Unique Building: Apothecary (replaces Grocer)
The apothecary has supercharged health benefits: It gives +2 health out of the box, in addition to the resource-dependant health benefits of the grocer.

Starting screenshot

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




Adventurer Class bonuses:
NO ADVENTURER CLASS

Challenger Class Equalizers:
NO CHALLENGER CLASS

To Enter the Competition:

This competition will open at 00:01 am on 22 Sep 2024, 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 22 Oct 2024.

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.

 

[kcd_swede]

Heh, heh... you all who played or are still playing botm278 , this is my apology map. I told DS that I could easily make an unwinnable deity game. That's why I gave you some extra food near the start for botm279... I figure you are all starving for a good romp over the computer opponents. But do realize that it makes it even harder to beat your human opponents in the GOTM tables. Evil in a different way, maybe.

 

[Xcalibrator]

Evil in a different way, maybe.

It's evil! Don't touch it!
(Sorry, botched the URL the first time)

 

[kcd_swede]

It's evil! Don't touch it!

LOL... more true than you can imagine!

 

[antimony]

Did you edit that map or it's as generated by the game?

EDIT: oh it is edited, because usually wheat shows up in the north of the map and that looks like the south grasslands. In general there should not be horses there, but who knows...

 

[High King J.J.]

I hope the barbarians have something nice, like a Humbaba maybe. They are after all raging.
We seem to be in the south. Scout needs to hurry if it wishes to pop any huts far away before it's eaten by bears (or Wakandan black panthers...) It will probably go to the desert hill to see if anything edible or glittering is nearby. After that will settle somewhere around the lake, either in place or 1NE to claim all the food. Was charismatic also +1 with monuments and broadcast towers?
Will try to get GWall and Henge would also be useful for happy monuments. We probably have insane neighbours, maybe Monty, Shaky, Gengy to feel all warm and fuzzy. Maybe there's a Russian civ somewhere, they sure act like raging barbs. Events mean we get mixed marriages and religious feuds to wreck any attempt at peaceful co-ex. Must remember to keep some gold reserve for all those nasty events. Slavery will give slave revolts. State religion will give additional quest reward options.

 

[kcd_swede]

"oh it is edited, because usually wheat shows up in the north of the map and that looks like the south grasslands."

Ah.. you see right through me! Once I open the WB save to get rid of the nearby huts, it is impossible for me to not mess around with a lot of other stuff. LOL

 

[Conquistador 63]

Generous start.
I am curious to see if the mapmaker has also given us horses for our UU. Normally horses are only found in the northern part of this mapscript. Should be easy to check, with our ideal starting techs, I will go AH first. If no horses, I might go for TGW just for the peace of mind. Not sure how raging the barbs are at prince level.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Not sure how raging the barbs are at prince level.

Pretty bad due to the AI's slow expansion.

 

[kcd_swede]

Pretty bad due to the AI's slow expansion.

Oh c'mon... it is Prince level and should therefore be seen as free exp for your mighty army.