Sponsor: T-hawk
Opening Date: Monday, January 26, 2009
Duration: Three Weeks
Map Generation: Custom Continents, One Per Team, High Sea Level, customized

Difficulty: Emperor
Civilization: France
Leader: Louis XIV (Creative, Industrious)
World Size: Duel
Opponents: Three
Rules: Always Peace, No Barbarians, No Tech Trading, No Random Events
Game Speed: Quick
Victory: Space or Diplomatic
Version: BTS 3.17

SCENARIO CONCEPT: Speed builder challenge! Always Peace is enabled, so it's a pure builder race to a space or diplomatic victory. This is a snack-size game to provide a break from or alternative to Pax Americana, in a revisit to Civ 3 Epic 24.

SPECIAL SETUP: All civs enjoy a permanent Golden Age!

VARIANT RULE: You may not build or acquire cities on another continent. (Each of the four civs has its own island.)

SCORING: By fastest victory in each category, space or diplomacy.

(Apostolic Palace diplomacy in a separate category. Players are encouraged to experience a whole game rather than an early AP exit, but it's there if you really want.)

NOTES:

Don't be scared by the Emperor difficulty setting. The AI doesn't understand Always Peace and No Barbarians and will waste effort on military.

No Tech Trading is on. We haven't used this option for quite a while, but it's a good fit here. With trading enabled, the race to fastest finish becomes one of cultivating AIs to research and feed you technology. Without trading, it's a pure builder challenge.

The Golden Age setup was done by changing the game-speed length modifier and making the Palace launch a Golden Age (like the Taj Mahal.) This needed the sponsor to settle the capital and play the first turn to allow the AIs to settle. From there, the save can be loaded and played with the permanent Golden Age without needing a game mod.

Closing Day: Monday, February 16. Reports due Feb. 16 ot 17th.

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