Sponsor: Sirian
Opening Date: Monday, January 20
Duration: Three Weeks
Map Generation: Random

Difficulty: Emperor
Civilization: Iroquois
World Size: Tiny
Opponents: America, England, Spain, Aztecs
Terrain: Continents, 60% water
Climate: Standard
Barbarians: Raging
Rules: MODIFIED
Victory: Conquest only.
Version: PTW 1.14f

Scenario Concept: Ancient War challenge. And I do mean ancient war. These Iroquois are on the warpath. Faces painted, quivers full of arrows. Your goal is to conquer as much of the world as you can before time runs out.

VARIANT RULES: If you make peace, then you are required to honor the deal for twenty turns, even if tech or cities were not received as tribute. Effectively, all peace deals in this scenario must be observed for twenty turns.

GAME LENGTH: Less than 200 turns! How much less, you'll have to guess. You'll get an indication of when time is running out if you watch the clock. In 2000AD, the game is over.

RULES CHANGES: Your civ has also been modified. You will start as expansionist and militaristic, with applicable techs. You will have limited access to units. You may build settlers, workers, scouts, of course, but militarily you are limited to warriors, archers, spearmen, chariots, galleys, catapults and longbows. That's it. (If you didn't see it listed there, you can't build it). Note, the AI's are under no such restrictions.

Scoring:

1 pts - EACH great leader that your civilization produces.
2 pts - EACH enemy city on your starting landmass that you capture or raze.
3 pts - EACH enemy city on any other landmass that you capture or raze.
20 pts - EACH enemy civilization that you eliminate from the game. (You must have conquered at least one of their cities -- no score if they are wiped out wholly by others).

5 pts - BONUS - found a city on a different landmass than where you start, then protect it until the game has ended.
10 pts - BONUS - play the entire game without using forced labor.
15 pts - BONUS - bring every single tile on your starting landmass under your cultural control.

This game should be playable for most players in one or two evenings. Three weeks are allowed to let players fit the game into their schedules and increase participation. We're holding off starting larger games until the new patch. This one is short and intended as a mere snack between meals.

Closing Day: Monday, February 10. Reports due on Feb 10 or 11.

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