News: GOTM 82 Saves Available

[ainwood]

GOTM 82 Pre-Game Discussion

[img=right]http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/images/gotm82civ.jpg[/img]Crikey... haven't done this in a while. Seems to have uploaded OK. Links work. Fingers crossed & I hope you enjoy the game!

Civilization: Arabia
Rivals: 7, preset
Barbarians: Raging
Difficulty: Emperor
Land Form: Continents, 70% ocean, Standard map.
Geology: 3 billion years old, wet, warm

Civilization
You play as Abu Bakr of the Arabs, which are Expansionist and Religious. You start with the knowledge of Pottery and Ceremonial Burial. As an expansionist civ, you start with a scout and can build more later. The religious trait means that you don't experience anarchy when changing governments, and that religious improvements cost less.

Unique unit
The unique unit for the Arabs is the Ansar Warrior. The Ansar Warrior replaces the standard knight, and requires the technology of chivalry. They cost 60 shields, which is 10 cheaper than the knight. It has an extra movement point over the standard knight, but this is offset in a reduction in defence strength (down to 2).

Conquest-Class Bonuses:

1. Bonus worker.
2. 100 extra Gold

Predator-Class Challenges:

1. AI get two bonus Pikes to start
2. AI get 2 Extra Bonus Unit Support, and 1 extra Bonus Unit Support per city

A reminder: do not post any game information to this thread after you have downloaded the save file. Absolutely no spoiler information for this or any GOTM is to be posted in this thread!

>>Go download the starting save file.

 

[Più Freddo]

My starting save said "predator", but the submission acklowledgement mail says "open".

 

[PrinceMyshkin]

Hmm, my save was "predator" as well and early events happened to confirm it was a predator start. Yet my submission e-mail says "open" just like Piu Freddo's. Any word on what's going on with this?