Civilization III Conquests
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Civilization III: Conquests is the second and final expansion for the 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 abilities (traits) are added in this pack, seafaring and agricultural. The new civilizations take advantage of these new traits (e.g. the Sumerians are Scientific and Agricultural), and the 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 Mausolos. 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. You cannot construct cities on marshes, and you cannot improve volcanoes in any way. Like jungles and flood plains, cities who have at least 1 citizen working marshes may succumb to disease. Volcanoes may periodically erupt, destroying all improvements and cities and killing any units in some or all adjacent squares.
The centrepiece 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. Scenarios included in this expansion were 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 World War II in the Pacific.
Generally the reception of this expansion pack was much better than that of Play the World.
New civilizations in Conquests
Civilization | Qualities | Starting Advances | Special Unit | Leader | Capital |
Byzantines | Scientific, Seafaring | Bronze working, Alphabet | Dromon | Theodora | Constantinople |
Dutch | Agricultural, Seafaring | Pottery, Alphabet | Swiss mercenary | William | Amsterdam |
Hittites | Expansionist, Commercial | Pottery, Alphabet | Three-man chariot | Mursilis | Hattusas |
Incans | Expansionist, Agricultural | Pottery, Masonry | Chasqui scout | Pachacuti | Cuzco |
Mayans | Agricultural, Industrious | Masonry, Pottery | Javelin thrower | Smoke-Jaguar | Chichén Itza |
Portuguese | Seafaring, Expansionist | Pottery, Alphabet | Carrack | Prince Henry | Lisbon |
Sumerians | Scientific, Agricultural | Bronze working, Pottery | Enkidu warrior | Gilgamesh | Ur |