Chabrador

Epoch II

Empire Selection

Empires

Romulus & Remus:  Plays Kingdom in the Upper Nile.  Minoan army retreats to Nubia.  Army, city, and fort Upper Nile.  ASSYRIA:  Army and Capital Upper Tigris (Babylonian army retreats to Middle Tigris), army Eastern Anatolia, Western Anatolia, Balkans, plays Allies, army Pindus, Morea, Crete (vs. Minoans; A: 5, 5; M: 5, 2; A: 4, 2; M: 6, 1; loses), Crete (vs. Minoans; A: 4, 2; M: 3, 2; wins; Capital reduced to a city, fleet Eastern Mediterranean unsupported), Levant (vs. Babylonia; A: 4, 1; B: 3; wins), fort Upper Tigris.  Points:  Dominance in Middle East (6), Southern Europe (4), Presence in North Africa (2), China (2), 2 Capitals (4), and 2 cities (2) for 20 points.

GEGS:  Plays Civil War vs. Babylonia.  Middle Tigris (C: 4, 1; B: 5; loses), Zagros (C: 6, 6; B: 5; wins), Palestine (C: 5, 4; B: 6; loses).  CHOU DYNASTY:  Army and Capital Wei River (Shang Dynasty army retreats to Yellow River), armies Yangtse Kian, Szechuan, Irrawaddy, Ganges Delta, Tarim Basin (vs. Aryans; C: 4, 3; A: 2; wins).  Points:  Dominance in China (4), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (3), India (2), 1 Capital (2), and 1 Monument (1) for 14 points.

Republic of Texas:  Plays Civil War vs. Egypt.  Southern Iberia (C: 5, 4; E: 1; wins), Shatts Plateau (C: 5, 4; E: 3; wins), Libya (C: 6, 4; E: 2; wins).  VEDIC CITY STATES:  Army and Capital Upper Indus (Aryan army retreats to Hindu Kush), army Hindu Kush (vs. Aryans; V: 4, 2; A: 2, 1; V: 2, 1; A: 5, 5; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Aryans; V: 5, 1; A: 6, 4; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Aryans; V: 4, 3; A: 6, 6; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Aryans; V: 6, 1; A: 6, 3; V: 5, 4; A: 5, 2; V: 5, 5; A: 3, 1; wins), Persian Plateau (vs. Aryans; V: 4, 1; A: 2; wins).  Points:  Dominance in India (4), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (3), Southern Europe (2), and 2 Capitals (4) for 15 points.

GREEK CITY STATES are absent.

Kaleidoscope Respite:  Plays Phoenicia.  Army and Capital Levant (Assyrian army retreats to Upper Tigris), fleet Eastern Mediterranean Sea, army Upper Tigris (vs. Assyrians; P: 5, 5; A: 3+1; P: 6, 1; A: 3+1; wins, Capital reduced to a city).  SCYTHEANS:  Army Caucuses, Eastern Anatolia (vs. Assyria; plays Surprise Attack; S: 5, 3; A: 5; S: 6, 4; A: 5; wins), Zagros (vs. Civil War; S: 4, 2; C: 6; loses), Zagros (vs. Civil War; S: 4, 1; C: 2; wins), Persian Plateau (vs. Vedic City States; S: 6, 3; V: 6; S: 5, 1; V: 1; wins), Hindu Kush (vs. Vedic City States; S: 5, 4; V: 4; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Vedic City States; S: 6, 4; V: 2; wins, Capital reduced to a city).  Builds Monument Upper Indus.  Points:  Dominance in Middle East (6), Presence in India (2), 1 Capital (2), 1 Sea (1), 2 cities (2), and 1 Monument (1) for 14 points.

RMHS:  Plays Disaster (Volcano) in Tarim Basin.  Monument destroyed.  Plays Sub-Saharan Migrants.  Army Gold Coast, Central Africa.  CARTHAGINIA:  Army and Capital Shatts Plateau (Civil War army retreats to Southern Iberia), army Libya (vs. Civil War; Ca: 4, 1; Ci: 2; wins), fleet Western Mediterranean, army Dalmatia, Pindus (vs. Assyria; C: 2, 2; A: 5, 4; loses), Pindus (vs. Assyria; C: 6, 3; A: 5, 4; wins), Morea (vs. Assyria; C: 2, 1; A: 5; loses), Morea (vs. Assyria; C: 6, 5; A: 5; wins).  Points:  Dominance in North Africa (4), Southern Europe (4), Presence in Middle East (3), 2 Capitals (4), and 1 Sea (1) for 16 points.

Greenies:  PERSIA:  Army and Capital Persian Plateau (Scythean army retreats to Hindu Kush), army Turanian Plain (vs. Aryans; P: 6, 4; A: 5; wins), Tarim Basin (vs. Chou Dynasty; plays Surprise Attack; P: 6, 4; C: 6; P: 6, 2; C: 2; wins), Hindu Kush (vs. Scytheans; P: 6, 6; S: 1; P: 5, 2; S: 2; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Scytheans; P: 6, 4; S: 2; wins, city eliminated), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; P: 5, 1; I: 6; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; P: 3, 1; I: 6; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; P: 4, 2; I: 6; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; P: 4, 3; I: 5; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; P: 5, 3; I: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Zagros (vs. Scytheans; P: 5, 2; S: 6; loses), Zagros (vs. Scytheans; P: 5, 1; S: 2; wins), Eastern Anatolia (vs. Scytheans; P: 3, 3; S: 6; loses), Eastern Anatolia (vs. Scytheans; P: 5, 4; S: 1; wins), fleet Eastern Mediterranean (vs. Kaleidoscope Respite; G: 6, 3; K: 6; G: 3, 1; K: 2; wins).  Builds Monument Persian Plateau.  Points:  Dominance in Middle East (6), India (4), Presence in China (2), 1 Capital (2), 1 City (1), 2 Seas (2), and 2 Monuments (2) for 19 points.

Players

GEGS is Going Eastwards Guarantees Slaughter.

Press

A figure in a shadow silouette says to Tal:  "Fortune favors the bold."  Well, let us find out if this is true.

Positions

SUMERIANS:  Three armies and Capital Lower Tirgirs.

GREENIES:  Fleets Red Sea, Eastern Mediterranean.  EGYPT:  Army Arabian Peninsula.  PERSIA:  Army, Capital, and Monument Persian Plateau, army and city Lower Indus, army and Monument Upper Indus, armies Tarim Basin, Turanian Plain, Hindu Kush, Zagros, Eastern Anatolia.

GEGS:  MINOANS:  Two armies Nubia.  CHOU DYNASTY:  Army and Capital Wei River, armies Szechuan, Yangtse Kian, Irrawaddy, Ganges Delta.

Republic of Texas:  INDUS VALLEY:  Armies Persian Salt Desert, Western Deccan, Eastern Deccan.  CIVIL WAR:  Two armies Southern Iberia. 

RMHS:  Fleet Western Mediterranean.  BABYLONIA:  Two armies, Capital, and Monument Middle Tigris, army and Monument Nile Delta, army Palestine.  SUB-SAHARAN MIGRANTS:  Armies Gold Coast, Central Africa.  CARTHAGINIA:  Army and Capital Shatts Plateau, armies Libya, Dalmatia, Pindus, Morea.

Romulus & Remus:  SHANG DYNASTY:  Two armies, Capital, and Fort Yellow River.  UPPER NILE KINGDOM:  Army, city, and fort Upper Nile.  ASSYRIA:  Army and city Crete, armies Western Anatolia, Balkans.

Kaleidoscope Respite:  PHOENICIA:  Army and Capital Levant, army and city Upper Tigris.  SCYTHEANS:  Army Caucuses.