WOTM18: Rome
Game Details:
Game settings:
Civilization: Rome (Leader: Augustus Caesar; Traits: Organized, Creative)
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Deity!
Map: Fractal
Climate: Tropical
Sea Level: Medium
Mapsize: Standard
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic
Options: None
Victory Conditions: all enabled
Augustus Caesar:
Augustus Caesar is Organized and Creative; starting with fishing and mining. Organized gives you -50% upkeep for civics and double production speed of Courthouses and Lighthouses. Creative gives you +2 per city and double production speed for theatre, colisseum, and library.
Unique unit: Praetorian(replaces Swordsman)
The Praetorians were the elite members of the Roman Legions, protecting the Emperor himself. They have a strength of 8, rather than the normal 6 of swordsmen, and cost slightly more than a swordsman(45 vs 40 on normal speed...not sure on epic, anyone want to help on that?)
Unique building: Forum(replaces Market)
The Forum replaces the market, costing the same, but adding a bonus to your great people production of 25%
Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):
Adventurer Class bonuses:
- Gifted Sages: Your people have learned knowledge of Hunting from a passing shaman.
- Hard Workers: One of your tribesmen has volunteered to be a worker(same tile as settler).
- Hunter: One of your hunters has taught your warrior to use a bow and arrow(warrior is replaced with an archer).
Challenger Class Equalizers:
- Amnesia: Your people are suffering from amnesia and have lost all knowledge of technology.
To Enter the Competition:
This competition will open on 27 May2008. From that date, you'll be able to get the starting saves at here. Use the same URL to submit your completed entry, which you must do by 22 July 2008.
Civ version
This game MUST be played in Warlords (NOT Beyond the Sword or vanilla Civ), patched to version 2.13, as modified by BtS version 3.13, and with the HOF mod version 2.13.002 installed. You can download the HOF mod here. Any Windows players who have not installed BtS will need to update the relevant DLL files in order to match the Locked Assets checks. These are available here
Mac players will require the new 2.13 patch, with a new HoF Mod, HOF-Mac-2.13.001.
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.
Finally, if you have any problems while playing this game(crashes, etc) please notify either AlanH or myself via pm.