Contest 90: Early Retirement, a Caesar 3 Speed Contest
Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 90:Early Retirement. This is a Caesar 3 contest, and should only be played with Caesar 3 V1.0.1.0. Use the links below to download the starting positions:
Early Retirement (Hard
Difficulty)
Early Retirement (Easy Difficulty)
files are in .zip format
After downloading, PC players should open the archive with a suitable programme (e.g. Winzip), and then extract the contents to the directory in which which C3.exe is located (by default C:\Sierra\Caesar3). Macintosh players, for whom the procedure of installing contest files is a little more complicated, can find detailed instructions here. If you have any problems, please ask in the Forum.
Please take note that the CBC rules no longer allow free roads and material changes either.
Story
Message from the Emperor:
An unforeseen disaster has beset the Empire. Our only qualified sign builder has taken an Early Retirement at very short notice and sailed off for the South of Gaul, despite my pleading with him to stay on. In recognition of his many years of service I'm making arrangements right now for him to be introduced to some of the finest sharks in the Mediterranean, as part of a special Early Retirement package from the Empire. Meanwhile we don't have a replacement trained, and to train one to the required standards will take much longer than I have to spare. As you understand, these signs must be immaculately crafted in order to attract immigrants.
Nonetheless, I require a small settlement right on the major desert land
trade routes, where both food and resources are non-existent, and water
is likely to be scarce as well. You are to establish this settlement as
quickly as you are able. This mission will represent a unique test of
your governarial skills. I am able to grant you substantial starting funds
so money will not be a problem, but I want you to return as much of it
as you possibly can when the city is established. You can take with you
all the remaining stocks of housing signs that the Empire possesses, but
unfortunately that is not many.
This location will in years to come form a critical trade outpost for
the Empire. Therefore you must not delay, for if you do perhaps you will
be the next recipient of the Empire's special Early Retirement
package.
Rules
All entries must meet the following completion criteria at the time of submission:
- Population not less than 1,000
Winning Criteria:
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WC1:Completion Date (earliest wins)
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WC2: Cash in treasury. Only used if WC 1 produce a tie.
Designer's Notes:
Special Rules:
No new housing lots may be placed at any time.
You must make do with the housing lots that you start with.
No overlapping houses, including houses overlapping with other structures,
are allowed.
All houses in the city at all times must be of the dimensions intended
by the game makers, for example Large Insulae MUST be 2x2.
It is not possible to disable housing in the map editor, so this contest relies even more than normally on the honesty of the participants. There are no requests and no invasions.
Difference between Easy and Hard:
Easy has a number of housing lots placed in the eastern corner, to
make it a little easier to get started. That is the only difference
between easy and hard.
Early Retirement was designed by goonsquad and tested by Naghite.
This contest will close at 11PM EDT (US), on Sunday, May 21st. Please note the date!!!!
This contest has ended.
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