Civilization III: Conquests

{{Short description|Expansion pack of Civilization III video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Civilization III: Conquests

| image = Civiiiconquests.jpg

| caption =

| developer = BreakAway Games
Firaxis Games

| publisher = Atari Interactive

| series = Civilization

| designer =

| engine =

| released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 4, 2003{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=David |date=November 4, 2003 |title=Civilization III: Conquests Ships |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/04/civilization-iii-conquests-ships |access-date=March 25, 2003 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530092733/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/04/civilization-iii-conquests-ships |url-status=live }}|EU|November 7, 2003{{Cite web|date=November 7, 2003|title=What's New?|language=en-gb|website=Eurogamer|last=Bramwell|first=Tom|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news071103whatsnew|access-date=March 25, 2003|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318000207/https://www.eurogamer.net/news071103whatsnew|url-status=live}}|AU|November 20, 2003{{Cite web |last=Matt |title=Civilization III: Conquests Available |url=http://gpstore.com.au/news/newsitem.x?1457684 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207075700/http://gpstore.com.au/news/newsitem.x?1457684 |archive-date=December 7, 2003 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |website=Gameplanet}}}}

| genre = Turn-based strategy

| modes = Single player, multiplayer

| platforms = Windows

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Civilization III: Conquests is the second and final expansion pack for the video game Civilization III (2001), first released in 2003. Like the first expansion pack, Play the World, it added eight more playable civilizations, introduced new gameplay concepts, and added two new types of government.

List of features and concepts

Seven new civilizations: Byzantines, the Dutch, the Hittites, the Incans, the Mayans, the Portuguese and the Sumerians (plus the Austrians through an editor). The total number of playable civilizations rose to 31 total, the maximum supported by the game engine.
Two special "civilization traits" were added: seafaring and agricultural. Some of the original civilizations had their traits changed for this release; the English were changed from Expansionist/Commercial to Seafaring/Commercial.
Two new government types were added: Feudalism and Fascism
New bonus resources, types of terrain, and buildings (Wonders of the World) were added.

A new feature introduced was called scenarios, which were intended for multiplayer gaming. The scenarios are shorter than the main game, take less time to finish, and mainly focus on a specific period in history.

Nine "Conquests," or scenarios, were added to this game. They were: Mesopotamia, the Rise of Rome, the Fall of Rome, the Middle Ages in Europe, Mesoamerica, the Age of Discovery, the Napoleonic Wars, the Sengoku period in Japan, and the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Conquests was the second and final expansion. In 2004, Civilization III: Complete was released, compiling the base game and both expansions into one package.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| IGN = 8.5 {{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/01/civilization-iii-conquests |title=Civilization III: Conquest - IGN |last= |first= |date= |website=IGN |publisher= |access-date=December 14, 2023 |quote= |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602022626/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/01/civilization-iii-conquests |url-status=live }}

| MC = 86/100 {{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/civilization-iii-conquests/ |title=Civilization III: Conquest - Metacritic |last= |first= |date= |website=Metacritic |publisher= |access-date=December 14, 2023 |quote= |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214210449/https://www.metacritic.com/game/civilization-iii-conquests/ |url-status=live }}

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Civilization III: Conquests was a runner-up for Computer Games Magazine{{'}}s "Expansion of the Year" award, which ultimately went to EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath.{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=Computer Games Magazine | title=Best of 2003; The 13th Annual Awards |date=March 2004 | issue=160 | pages=58–62 }}