Sponsor: Sirian
Opening Date: Monday, June 27
Duration: Five Weeks

Civilization: Babylon
Difficulty: Monarch
Map Size: Large
Opponents: Nine
Barbarians: None
Victory: All enabled, but Player must win by Diplomacy
Version: C3C v1.22

Scenario Concept: You are the drunken king of Babylon. You love your wine. You love your tobacco pipe. You love the joy of music. Most of all, you love women: beautiful, powerful, spirited women.

The gods have blessed you with a quiet, bountiful kingdom adorned from end to end with sweet fruits to ferment and pungent weeds to dry and smoke in your pipe.

When your wise men learned to communicate with the gods themselves, you held a glorious celebration! In your... er... fogged state, you received an enlightening vision.

You will seek out other peoples around the world and promote the glories of Wine, Women and Song. Your ultimate goal is be recognized and admired by as many women who are blessed of the gods as you can find. From these humble beginnings, you will forge a worldwide culture of joyous endless partying.

When you meet a civilization who is led by a powerful or beautiful woman (all women are both, of course) then you will ply her with wines from your Holy Vineyards, enlighten her with the fumes of your tobacco pipe, adorn her body with your finest furs, entertain her in the Royal Palace, then if you win her affection, steal away to your Island Paradise to establish closer relations.

When all the world lays down its troubles and joins you in the wisdom of Party Time, then and only then will the gods be pleased enough with you to grant you holy powers and make you one of their own. ... So it was told to you in your drunken-- Er... Your "enlightened" vision.

Variant Rules:

* You must not ever lose control over any of your five starting cities. If one of the Five Pillars of Babylon should be conquered, the gods will never again look upon your drunken face. (You lose! Your results can be recorded, but your score will be zero.)

* You must always cultivate the king's wines and weeds. Do not ever mine or forest over any of the tiles that begin the game as irrigated. (Don't let automated workers do this, either!)

* You must offer wines (as a gift!) to every civilization you meet who is led by a woman.

* You may not give away cities by any means.

* The only governments you are allowed to switch to are Monarchy (it's good to be the king!) or Democracy (Women dig that whole "equal rights" thing, don't you know).

Saved Games: Save your game at 1500AD, in case a question rises about scoring.

SCORING

100 pts - Achieving a Diplomatic victory
20 pts - Each civilization led by a woman who votes for you
1 pt - Each civilization led by a man who votes for you

10 pts - Complete the Great Lighthouse (Precious shipments of wines must not be sunk on the reefs and rocks along the shores of the Holy Vineyards!)

10 pts - Build JS Bach's Cathedral (Sweet sweet sounds of music!)
10 pts - Build Universal Suffrage (Duh! This will impress the ladies, sire!)

2 pts - EACH civ led by a woman who is supplied with your wines and furs in 1500AD.

15 pts - If the Royal Palace is the most cultured city at the end of the game. (Note: if you attack a city that was ranked in the top five at the time of the attack, you do NOT score any "city culture" points!)
5 pts - If the Royal Palace is not the top ranked city, but is on the top five list.
2 pts - EACH additional Babylonian city that ranks in the top five list at game's end.

10 pts - If your civ has the most total culture at game's end. (Shown on the F8 screen).

PENALTIES

-10 pts - EACH female-led civilization eliminated from the game.

Start Date: This Epic opens in 450BC, upon the discovery of Polytheism. We recommend that you examine your situation before you begin to make your moves. Good luck!

Closing Day: Monday, August 1. Reports due by Tuesday August 2.

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