News: COTM86 Pre-game Discussion; Saves Available

[civ_steve]

COTM 86: Zulu!

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Yes, here it is; the COTM resumes! This month you play the Shaka of the Zulus! Pangaea map and a handful of Regent AI - no worries! Good Luck!

The saves are available >>here<< right now, Oct. 28th. You will have one month to play.


Civilization: Zululand
Rivals: 6
Barbarians: Restless
Difficulty: Regent
Land Form: Pangaea, 60% ocean, Small map.
Geology:5 billion years old, Wet and Warm.
AI Aggression: Normal

Conquest-Class Bonuses:

1. 
   Free Ceremonial Burial
   2 Free Spears
   100 Free Gold

Open-Class Bonuses
None

Predator-Class Obstacles:

1. 
   Do not know Pottery
   AI get 2 Bonus Unit Support and 2 Starting Defensive Units
   AI get 1 Bonus Unis Support per city

 

[Megalou]

Formidable. I may have a little time to spare. I'm guessing we should be thankful for starting by a river, but there must be a food bonus somewhere out there.

 

[PaperBeetle]

2 floods NE,NE and E,NE surely?

 

[pol1]

it seems so and probably hills only S-SE.

 

[Megalou]

I think I just won another level in the who-has-the-worst-computer competition.

 

[Spoonwood]

It's Regent, so still very, very winnable without a food bonus guys.

 

[PaperBeetle]

In fact, I'd guess at floods E,SE too. That would be Steve teasing us with a nearly-4-turn factory. 3 floods and 2bgs gets us +5fpt, 5spt for 5 citizens.

 

[Lanzelot]

It's Regent, so still very, very winnable without a food bonus guys.

I guess, everybody is still spoiled from the half dozen cows in GOTM116...

Honestly, guys: food bonus! What are you thinking? Anybody still remember GOTM102, where we started on an island with only plains and hills and no fresh water? I think a cow, 1-2 grassland and two fishes had actually been the only tiles on the entire mini-continent that had more than 1 food... (meaning lots of size-3 towns for most of the AA... )

 

[Raliuven]

Yes, I remember **shudder** GOTM102. It was the first GOTM in which I participated (thought did not submit). And by participated I mean the warlord AI kicked my arrogant butt around the map.

 

[Memento]

What about results?