BOTM93: Return of Beffudlov
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Five years after the disappearance of Professor Beffudlov, his niece LizBeth discovers the Project Chronos notes. She too likes the idea of World Conquest. "The world seems unchanged to me, either he failed or there are multiple timelines and worlds. Outdated artillery? Artillery can't even kill units! I know - Mechanized Infantry is the thing to take".
Spoiler :
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=369648
GOTM 56: Professor Beffudlov’s Excellent Adventure
Genius is never appreciated in its own time. In the year 2080 AD, Professor Isaac Beffudlov definitively straddled the infamously fine line between genius and insanity. Accused of having a god complex by the press and ridiculed by his scientific peers, Prof. Beffudlov was denied funding and was forced to cut costs and corners in completing Project Chronos . . . but complete it he did. Disgusted at a global society that failed to recognize and pander to his profound brilliance, Prof. Beffudlov resolved to take matters into his own hands.
For a theoretical physicist, Prof. Beffudlov’s plan was surprisingly simple. Having purchased outdated Russian artillery cheaply on the black market, the renegade mastermind intended to travel back in time to the dawn of civilization, pit ballistics and gunpowder against sticks and stones, establish an unchallengeable global empire, and remake all of history in his own image.
Alas, for all his intellect, Prof. Beffudlov failed to input a minor historical variation in the earth’s rotation into his temporal flight plan. Instead of arriving smack in the middle of the Fertile Crescent, Prof. Beffudlov and his artillery found themselves marooned on a small island. Fresh out of reactor-grade plutonium, but now self-appointed leader of a tribe of island natives, Prof. Beffudlov’s aspirations may be forever lost in time, or does the mad scientist’s scheme still have a chance?
Game settings:
Playing as: LizBeth Beffudlov of Portugal
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Immortal
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: Raging barbarians, lead any civ, pick religion, no vassal states, no goody huts, no events
Victory Conditions: All enabled
Map settings:
Map: Islands (Extras with various tiny isles)
World Wrap: Cylindrical
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sea level: Medium
LizBeth Beffudlov is Philosophical and Financial, and you start with Fishing and Mining.
The Philosophical trait gives +100% great people birth rate and double production speed of University
The Financial trait gives +1 commerce on any plot that already has at least 2 commerce
Unique unit: Carrack (replaces Caravel)
The Carrack benefits from: can carry any unit, and can carry 2 units. This compares with the Caravel which has: can only carry spies, missionaries, etc., and can carry 1 units.
Unique Building: Feitoria (replaces Customs House)
+100% intercontinental trade route yield
Water tiles: +1
![Commerce :commerce: :commerce:](/images/smilies/civ4/commerce.gif)
Requires Harbor
Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):
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Note that in this game, any espionage-culture victories will be counted as cultural victories.
Adventurer Class bonuses:
You play at Monarch Level.
Not eligible for Medals or fastest finish rewards.
Challenger Class Equalizers:
Mobile Infantry replaced by Archer and Warrior
To Enter the Competition:
This competition will open at 00:01 am on 15 Aug 2015, 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 20 Sep 2015.
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.