civ3.watorrey.net - The Ancient Mediterranean

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After years of playing Civ3, Play the World, and Conquests, I discovered playing the ancient age is the most fun so I searched around for a mod that focused on that to a greater extent than the included Conquests in the last expansion pack. A mod named The Ancient Mediterranean by thamis sounded promising so I tried it out.

The level of detail and historical accuracy that is included in TAM amazed me. It is great fun to play and has many unexpected variations from the epic game or the conquests. Two examples are, most the units are offensive in nature which changes the whole feel of the game and, most units are not allowed to enter mountain tiles.

TAM 2.3 for C3C was the first I played. The rule changes caused me some problems because they were not documented well in the civilopedia. So with thamis' blessing, I took it upon myself to update the civilopedia to reflect the in-game rules. After a few weeks, some bug fixes, and additional documentation by Justus II, TAM 2.4 was born.

Version 2.4 still lacked animated leader heads and a finished 'feel' to it. Thus, Justus II & myself set out to finish it under thamis' guidance so we wouldn't stray from the original concept. We are quite pleased with the results and believe you will be also.

Civfanatics discussion thread

Apolyton discussion thread

TAM 2.5j patch changes

TAM 2.5i Features

TAM 2.5i Readme

TAM 2.5i Unit changes

Ankhenaton wrote:
"To all of the newcomers to the mod: this mod is incredibly well-balanced as it is the sum of a collaborative effort by dozens of individuals giving their input as to recreating a very accurate simulation of ancient world interaction amongst the various civilizations. This mod is far superior to the unbalanced main game and it ranks up there within the top five civ mods for uniqueness and playability. I love this mod so much that even though i bought the conquests expansion i have yet to play it. In my opinion the civ franchise should concentrate more on the ancient world aspects of the game than it does right now. But if you must have an ancient to modern game then play teturkhan's mod/scenario that is almost as good as tam."

The Ancient Mediterranean Mod

TAM_25i_to_25j.zip (400 KB)
Update TAM 2.5i to TAM 2.5j - 5 biqs - civilopedia - changes and install docs.

TAM25i_c3c122_selfextracting.exe (88 MB)
The Ancient Mediterranean for Civilization 3 Conquests

tam_2.5i_c3c_v122_full.exe (88 MB)
This one comes with a windows installer.

tam-stats25i.zip (50 KB) or tam-stats25j.zip (50 KB)
Excel spread sheet of 2.5j data, compiled by Justus II
OR visit Justus II's Online TAM Stats

Hopefully these will be easier for dialup users:
Both parts are required and the \Flics folder must be put into the ..\TAM 2.5\Art folder.
TAM25i_No_Flics.exe (46 MB) TAM25i_Flics.exe (42 MB)

tam_2.1_ptw_full.exe (34 MB)
The Ancient Mediterranean for Civilization 3, Play the World

tam_1.2h_full.exe (22 MB)
The Ancient Mediterranean for Civilization III

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