"After a year of work, I've finally finished "Sacrificial Blood: Rise of the High Native Empires". This scenario/modpack contains 57 new technologies, 62 new units, 25 new sounds, 12 pieces of new music, 24 new wonders, and 12 new improvements. Many of the default game graphics, such as the Presidents' pictures, have also been changed. Sacrificial Blood is actually three games in one, and is much more ambitious than my previous work, "Age of Piracy".
Sacrificial Blood Website
(326 Kbytes)
with free Civ Gold Upgrade Download (recommended).
Very well presented and informative site.
There are three Scenarios in the pack:
The Lost City - A short multiplayer scenario set on a small world with varied land masses. Your objective is to be the first to discover and conquer the mysterious Lost City within 400 tuns. A "tun" is a Mayan year.
The Pre-Columbian Age - A medium length multiplayer scenario set on Earth. This historical scenario takes place in the post-classic Pre-Columbian era. You will attempt to achieve what the High Native Empires were unable to do-prepare themselves to survive the Spanish invasion. You will take your High Empire from its humble beginnings in 1100 AD, all the way to 1519 AD, when the Spanish first arrive.
King of Kings - A long multiplayer or solo scenario set on a medium sized world with varied land masses. The objective is to conquer the world within 1000 tuns.
Features include:
Explore the "New World" as it existed before the arrival of the Columbus. Learn the ways of High Native cultures such as the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans.
Capture enemy warriors in battle and sacrifice them at your altars.
Uncover the lost and abandoned cities of your predecessors and plunder their treasure.
Capture slaves and put them to work building your empire.
Discover valuable deposits of jade and obsidian to bolster your coffers. Locate priceless ancient relics.
Explore the mountains to locate rare "natural fortresses" on which to build imposing defensive fortifications.
Make strategic use of special gifts given by your gods.
Pilot your vessels down navigable rivers. Explore other exciting new terrains such as saltwater swamps (also navigable), freshwater islands, and cenotes. Discover the many new terrain specials: cacao, llamas, guinea pigs, maize, wild rice, herbs, hot springs, and tropical bird plumes.
Dodge impassable mountains, earthquakes, quicksand, jungle fever, sand bars, volcanoes, vicious animals, wildfires, and stormy seas.
Select from a wide range of games such as orientation, quest, pure combat, and empire building scenarios.
All scenarios provide fully developed onscreen help for units, advancements, terrains, and government types.
v Choose from a variety of winning strategies including military, scientific, and spiritual.
Enter your scores in the "Rating Calculator". Your resulting "player rating" can be used to find human opponents at your own skill level.