Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests

Summary

Civilization III: Conquests is the second and last expansion for the critically acclaimed and commercially successful computer game Civilization III. It was released in 2003. This expansion introduced eight new civilizations to the game, and when combined with the eight from Play the World, the total number of playable civilizations reached thirty-one, the maximum the game supports. The new civilizations include the Byzantines, the Dutch, the Hittites, the Incas, the Mayans, the Portuguese, and the Sumerians. In addition to these playable civilizations, the expansion also includes graphical assets for the Austrians in the editor, allowing players to replace existing civilizations. Two new special traits were introduced in this expansion: seafaring and agricultural. Many of the new civilizations utilize these traits (for example, the Sumerians are Scientific and Agricultural), and some existing civilizations were updated to more fitting traits (such as the English, who were changed from Expansionist and Commercial to Seafaring and Commercial). New government types were also added: Feudalism and Fascism. Additionally, new Wonders of the World such as the Statue of Zeus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus were introduced. Four new bonus resources were included, two of which offer food bonuses to previously unproductive terrain. Oases can now appear in deserts, tropical fruit in jungles, sugar on plains and hills, and tobacco on grasslands and hills. Two new terrain types were also added: marshes and volcanoes. Cities cannot be built on marshes, and volcanoes cannot be improved in any way. Similar to jungles and flood plains, cities with at least one citizen working a marsh may face disease. Volcanoes can erupt periodically, destroying all improvements and cities and eliminating any units in some or all adjacent tiles. The main feature of this expansion, however, was the addition of scenarios designed for multiplayer play. Unlike the main ("epic") game, these scenarios were much shorter and focused on a specific historical period. Overall, this expansion pack was received more positively than Play the World. One year after the release of Conquests, the latest standalone version of Civilization III, Civilization III: Complete, was also launched. This version included Civilization III, Play the World, and Conquests, along with various patches. Two years later, in 2005, Civilization IV was released.

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