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Welcome to the newest course of the Apolyton University! If you're new to AU, see introductory paragraph below to get yourself oriented.
In this scenario, you must test out your skills on a Huge map against fifteen opponents. Will you still be able to rush your nearest neighbor, as you're used to doing on a smaller map? Will corruption rip your sprawling empire apart? Will tech progress be fast or slow? And, most importantly, will you have the patience to complete this mammoth (yet epic) game? The answers lie herein...
Here are some of the scenario variables (others will be revealed in-game):
World size: Huge (duh)
Water coverage: 70%
Land form: Continents
This scenario may be played either with stock Civ3 or the Play the World expansion. In the former case, you can pick among the following civs:
Aztecs
Egyptians
French
Russians
If you use Play the World, the following two civs are also open to you:
Carthage
Spain
All civs are equally good choices!
The file at the end of this post contains three versions for the game: Civ3 1.29, Play the World 1.14 and the AU mod for Play the World 1.17. For reasons I prefer not to go into here, I am not able to supply a 1.21 version of the Play the World files. This is unfortunate, and I am sorry. There are two solutions: someone could upgrade the scenario files for me and post them here, or people could just downgrade to Play the World 1.14 for this game. Sir Ralph has provided a method for doing a dual install (1.14/1.21), which may be found here.
Help each other learn! As your game progresses, please post your comments in the spoiler/strategy/hints thread. You are also expected to provide a full report with screenshots when you're done (which may take a while!).
Good luck, and have fun!
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New to AU?
Apolyton University is a school of strategy, where students sharpen their Civ3 skills and share their experiences in a series of thematic games. When playing an Apolyton University game, gaining and sharing knowledge is more important than getting a high score, or even winning the game. Participants are encouraged to share their strategy after the game, and even to try several attempts.
For single-player games we have developed the AU mod (an earlier thread may be found here), whose main purpose is to challenge the player with a need for deeper strategy. To accomplish that goal, the mod tries to improve the AI and present the player with more strategic decisions, while changing as little as possible.
In this scenario, you must test out your skills on a Huge map against fifteen opponents. Will you still be able to rush your nearest neighbor, as you're used to doing on a smaller map? Will corruption rip your sprawling empire apart? Will tech progress be fast or slow? And, most importantly, will you have the patience to complete this mammoth (yet epic) game? The answers lie herein...
Here are some of the scenario variables (others will be revealed in-game):
World size: Huge (duh)
Water coverage: 70%
Land form: Continents
This scenario may be played either with stock Civ3 or the Play the World expansion. In the former case, you can pick among the following civs:
Aztecs
Egyptians
French
Russians
If you use Play the World, the following two civs are also open to you:
Carthage
Spain
All civs are equally good choices!
The file at the end of this post contains three versions for the game: Civ3 1.29, Play the World 1.14 and the AU mod for Play the World 1.17. For reasons I prefer not to go into here, I am not able to supply a 1.21 version of the Play the World files. This is unfortunate, and I am sorry. There are two solutions: someone could upgrade the scenario files for me and post them here, or people could just downgrade to Play the World 1.14 for this game. Sir Ralph has provided a method for doing a dual install (1.14/1.21), which may be found here.
Help each other learn! As your game progresses, please post your comments in the spoiler/strategy/hints thread. You are also expected to provide a full report with screenshots when you're done (which may take a while!).
Good luck, and have fun!
---
New to AU?
Apolyton University is a school of strategy, where students sharpen their Civ3 skills and share their experiences in a series of thematic games. When playing an Apolyton University game, gaining and sharing knowledge is more important than getting a high score, or even winning the game. Participants are encouraged to share their strategy after the game, and even to try several attempts.
For single-player games we have developed the AU mod (an earlier thread may be found here), whose main purpose is to challenge the player with a need for deeper strategy. To accomplish that goal, the mod tries to improve the AI and present the player with more strategic decisions, while changing as little as possible.
This will also be my first go at Monarch. This should be fun. 
I've never played the Russians and basically think they suck, but I might give it a go now. Expansionist comes to its right on huge maps.
). At least that will give me some time to think about my civ choice.
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