After downloading, decompress the file (using, e.g. PowerArchiver or Winzip) and put the decompressed file into your root Caesar III directory (by default C:\Sierra\Caesar3\). To play it, start the game, click the "Load Saved Game" button, and select Oxbow Lake Easy or Oxbow Lake Hard, depending on your difficulty level.

Please note that your game difficulty level must be set to your chosen rank BEFORE starting the map. If you do not play in the chosen category normally, load another saved game prior entering the contest's one, and choose the Difficulty level there. Only later, when you have set the difficulty according to your level, should you load the contest's map. Be aware that you need to have the Caesar III map editor installed prior to playing this map. If you do not have it installed, your city and the Empire Map will not look the way as intended, and hence your submission may be invalid.

Oxbow Lake was created by Caesar Alan and beta tested byJaguar and Nimlot Persson.