Q4 Game Control: GOTM180 and COTM153

Più Freddo

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Welcome to the fourth quarter of the 2020 edition of the friendly Civilization III Game of the Month competition!

Thread Structure

The spoiler threads will be published at once, and all game discussion will take place there. This thread is only of discussion about the game as such, not about its content: technical problems, planning and other meta issues. I will publish a note in each thread as the game proceeds allowing ever more spoiler information to be published and discussed.

Scope of the Games

Game|GOTM180 |COTM153
Civilization|France|Ottomans
Difficulty|Deity|Regent
Map size|Standard|Standard
Map topology|Archipelago, 60% water, 3 billion years old|Continents
Climate|Normal and temperate|Wet and warm
Rivals|7|11
Barbarians|Roaming|Sedentary
Designer|Più Freddo|Captain Jack

Schedule

Release| GOTM180 COTM153 |1 October 2020
First Spoiler|OCN or Metropolis|15 October 2020
Second Spoiler|Middle Ages|1 November 2020
Final Spoiler|Industrial Times or Game Submitted|15 November 2020
Submission End| PLEASE NOTE THE DATE! |31 December 2020

Spoiler Status

Progressing spoiler rules will be published here and in the first message of the spoiler threads at the appropriate time. We are currently soliciting

Pre-Game Discussion

No spoiler information from after opening the game save file is allowed!

Forbidden Palace Available or Size 12

Spoilers are allowed covering the game up until being allowed to build the Forbidden Palace or reaching the size 12, in one of your cities, whichever occurs earlier.

No spoiler information from after fulfilling the spoiler requirement is allowed!

Middle Ages

Spoilers are allowed covering the game up until reaching the Middle Ages. The results of getting and trading bonus technologies at this stage are a permissible topic as well.

No spoiler information from after fulfilling the spoiler requirement is allowed!


Industrial Times or Game Submitted

Spoilers are allowed covering the game up until reaching Industrial Time or having submitted the game. The results of getting and trading bonus technologies at this stage are a permissible topic as well.

No spoiler information from after fulfilling the spoiler requirement is allowed!
 
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Hullo. I take it the link to the saved game with the rule changes (e.g. unit support for Republic) is taken down once the game is underway and you can then only use the 'Open Class start save file' (which I assume is default PTW settings? So I have missed the boat for France / Deity?

OR

Am I blind and missing something? (i.e. the non-Open Class save game location).
 
There is only one save. (We used to have several versions - easy, regular, and hard - but we don't anymore.)
The open save has the standard rule changes. Download it and start playing. (I haven't started either. Maybe next week.)
 
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