Version: 3.13

Large map with ONLY 3 rivals. Expand to your hearts content.... of course, expansion has its burdens..

Your Civ is America... Your Leader is:

Settings:

Note the "No Tech Brokering"

Traits:

Start Position:

Victory Conditions

All Victories have been enabled and all will be accepted

Highest Normalized Score in any of the accepted Victory Conditions will be declared BTS GOTM Champion for March.

When you complete the game, take a screenshot of the Victory screen where it lists your leadership counterpart in history. You may post the screenshot in the GOTM thread and then Email your final save (hopefully one just before victory) to me. Saves should be named as follows: [username]March08BTS.CivBeyondSwordSave

The Email address to send the GOTM is my username @1bcciv.com ... Of course, instead of "my username" of course I mean the name I post with here at 1bc.

Submissions will be accepted until the end of March.

Everyone please follow the instructions above: Post your score screenshot here in this thread and email the save to me. This makes it easier to determine how everyone stands and what the current standard is scorewise if I get held up in the verification of save files. Thanks.

What are the rules?
The rules are fairly simple: Play fairly.

This means that you play within the spirit of the competition. As it is a friendly competition, we like to believe that there is no real incentive to cheat - but unfortunately, people do. Any persons found to be cheating will have their games removed, and there is a strong possibility that they will be banned from participating in the future.

Cheating includes (and is not limited to):

1. Playing the game multiple times and submitting the best effort (or even playing to get knowledge of the map, the replaying then starting the game again).
2. Using any sort of programs to edit the game or save files.
3. Altering the XML or using other mods that give you an unfair advantage.
4. Reloading an earlier save-file and replaying turns in a different way. The only time you may reload a save file is to start a new play session, and you must use the save file from the end of your previous session.

Also, if in doubt, ask. If you think you have found a new loop-hole or exploit, then we strongly suggest that you ask as to its legallity before you use it. The aim of the competition is not to see who can exploit the rules, and as such, we reserve the right to disqualify submissions based on exploits that are discovered later.

Good Luck all...

I have already played this one and won a cultural victory in July, 1978. The score is about what you would expect from a cultural victory in '78, but with these settings any victory is acceptable:

I also had the Top 4 Cities:

I'll post details later when people have had a chance to get into the game.

 I think I will try this one out. At the
prince level, however.. I usually only
have a 30% victory ratio as not falling
behind on techs takes alot of care and planning
as I continue to develop my skills.

(the strategy on this game is amazingly complex)

 The start looks pretty good. I like all those hills
and the corn right there. Copper or Steel would
be even sexier if it turns out to be there.

 With the huge room available on this map..
I am believing cultural or space race will
be the way to go.

Wish a newb some luck

Good Luck

Had fun killing a few hours on my day off, though..