Civilization III: Conquests

Civilization III: Conquests
Developer(s)	BreakAway Games Firaxis
Publisher(s)	Atari
Engine	Custom
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	2003
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E
Media/distribution	CD-ROM

Civilization III: Conquests is the second and final expansion for the award-winning and best-selling computer game Civilization III. It was published in 2003. This expansion added seven new civilizations to the game, and including the eight civilizations from Play the World this brings the total number of playable civilizations up to thirty-one (the maximum supported by the game). The new civilizations are the Byzantines, the Dutch, the Hittites, the Incans, the Mayans, the Portuguese and the Sumerians. In addition to these playable civilizations, graphics for the Austrians are present in the editor so one can replace an existing civilization.

Two new special traits are added in this pack: seafaring and agricultural. Many of the new civilizations take advantage of these new traits (e.g. the Sumerians are Scientific and Agricultural), and some old civilizations are changed to more appropriate ones (e.g. the English have been changed from Expansionist and Commercial to Seafaring and Commercial).

New governments have also been added to the game, Feudalism and Fascism, and new Wonders of the World such as the Statue of Zeus and the Mausoleum of Mausollos. Four new bonus resources have been included, two of which provide food bonuses to previously unprofitable terrain. Oases can now be found in deserts, tropical fruit in jungles, sugar on plains and hills, and tobacco on grasslands and hills. In addition, two new types of terrain have been added. These are marshes and volcanoes. Players cannot construct cities on marshes, and cannot improve volcanoes in any way. Like jungles and flood plains, cities that have at least 1 citizen working a marsh may succumb to disease. Volcanoes may periodically erupt, destroying all improvements and cities and killing any units in some or all adjacent squares.

The centerpiece of this expansion pack, however, was the inclusion of scenarios, intended for multiplayer gaming. Unlike the main ("epic") game, these scenarios took much less time to play, and focused on a specific period in history.

Generally the reception of this expansion pack was much better than that of Play the World.

One year after Conquests was launched, the latest Civilization III stand-alone version, Civilization III: Complete was also released. This version included Civilization III, Play the World and Conquests. This version also includes several patches.

Two years later, Civilization IV was also released.

New civilizations in Conquests

Civilization	Qualities	Starting Advances	Special Unit	Leader	Capital
Byzantium	Scientific, Seafaring	Bronze working, Alphabet	Dromon	Theodora	Constantinople
Hittites	Expansionist, Commercial	Pottery, Alphabet	Three-man Chariot	Mursilis I	Hattusas
Incans	Expansionist, Agricultural	Pottery, Masonry	Chasqui scout	Pachacuti	Cuzco
Mayans	Agricultural, Industrious	Masonry, Pottery	Javelin Thrower	Smoke-Jaguar	Chichén Itza
Netherlands	Agricultural, Seafaring	Pottery, Alphabet	Swiss Mercenary	William of Orange	Amsterdam
Portugal	Seafaring, Expansionist	Pottery, Alphabet	Carrack	Henry the Navigator	Lisbon
Sumeria	Scientific, Agricultural	Bronze working, Pottery	Enkidu Warrior	Gilgamesh	Ur
Austria ("Bonus"-Civ: not included in the standard game)	Militaristic, Industrious	Masonry, Warrior Code	Hussar	Charles V	Vienna

Conquests

The Conquests are official scenarios, nine of which are included in this expansion, Mesopotamia, the Rise of Rome, the Fall of Rome, the Middle Ages in Europe, Mesoamerica, the Age of Discovery, the Napoleonic Wars, the Sengoku period in Japan, and the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Mesopotamia

The first Conquest, Mesopotamia is centered around building the 7 Wonders of the World. There are seven civilizations, all of them playable; Egypt, Mycenae, Babylon, Medes, Phoenicia, Sumeria, and the Hittites. Michael Soracoe, aka Sullla, described Mesopotamia as "the most peaceful of the Conquests and that due to the peaceful nature of the scenario, it "is not a very good Conquest for multiplayer." ^[1]

Rise of Rome

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Fall of Rome

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Middle Ages

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Mesoamerica

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Age of Discovery

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Sengoku: Sword of the Shogun

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Napoleonic Europe

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WWII in the Pacific

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References

1. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
2. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
3. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
4. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
5. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
6. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
7. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
8. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
9. ^ Soracoe, Michael. "Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios". http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ3/CQ/CQ_conquests.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011.