Contest 52: The Stonecutters, a Caesar3 Economics Contest

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 52: The Stonecutters. 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:

The Stonecutters (Hard Difficulty)
The Stonecutters (Easy Difficulty)
files are in .exe format
The Stonecutters (Hard Difficulty)
The Stonecutters (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

"The Emperor has been detained at the senate, and so it falls to I, Marcus Nivis, Commander of the Imperial Guard, to brief you.

For many months I have been charged with investigating a secret society calling themselves The Stonecutters. The beginnings of the society are humble enough: a small group of stonemasons established it here in Roma over ten years ago. Now, they number in the thousands, and control the whole of the Marble trade in the Western half of the Empire.

As you are doubtless aware, the Emperor has recently begun a huge programme of refurbishment to the Circus Maximus, and he plans to make improvements to a number of other key buildings here in Roma. This morning we received information that the Stonecutters plan to sabotage these projects by holding up vital marble deliveries from Palestine.

Your task is to found a mining colony at Leptis Magna, to supply us here in Roma with enough marble to continue building while we deal with the leaders of the Stonecutters.

The Stonecutters are well-armed and well-informed. Should they learn of your mission, they will crush you without hesitation. Your only hope of success lies in secrecy. Keep your settlement small and you may escape notice... "

Rules

All entries must meet the following completion criteria at the time of submission:

• Population may not exceed 500 at any point during the contest
• Favour 50
• Culture 70
• City not in debt at completion
• Save game in December AD 5
• No gifts given to Caesar

Winning Criteria:

- Amount of marble in storage (highest wins)*

*As reported by the trade overseer.

Designer's Notes

The in-game winning criteria differ from the contest completion criteria. This is to ensure that the population never exceeds 500. Ignore the in-game winning criterion, and focus on the contest goals, always keeping your population below 500.

There is only one request in the contest. You will need to meet it.

There is one invasion in the contest.

This contest will close at 11PM EST (US), on Tuesday, November 30th. Please note the date!!!!

This contest has ended.

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