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Epoch III Celts, Macedonia, Maurya, and Han Dynasty

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Epoch III

Great Explorers Grabbing Samples (Geggus) plays Barbarians from the Plateau of Tibet. Hindu Kush (vs. Persia; B: 6, 4; P: 5; wins), Tarim Basin (vs. Scytheans; B: 6, 1; S: 2; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Persia; B: 2, 2; P: 1; wins), Szechuan (vs. Chou Dynasty; B: 4, 2; C: 3; wins), Irrawaddy (vs. Chou Dynasty; B: 5, 3; C: 1+1; wins), Ganges Delta (vs. Chou Dynasty; B: 5, 2; C: 6; loses). CELTS: Army Central Europe (Greek army retreats to Baltic Seaboard), Dniepr, Caucuses (vs. Scytheans; C: 4, 1; S: 2; wins), Eastern Anatolia (vs. Assyria; C: 6, 5; A: 5, 4; wins), Zagros (vs. Persia; C: 2, 1; P: 4; loses), Zagros (vs. Perisa; C: 4, 2; P: 1; wins), Persian Plateau (vs. Persia; C: 4, 4; P: 2; wins, Capital reduced to city), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Scytheans; C: 6, 4; S: 5; wins). Points: Dominance in Middle East (6), Southern Europe (6), Northern Europe (2), Presence in India (3), 1 Capital (2), 1 city (1), 2 Seas (2), and 2 Monuments (2) for 24 points.

Time Traveler (Anderson) MACEDONIA: Plays Weaponry. Army and Capital Pindus (Greek army retreats to Morea, GEGS fleet Western Mediterranean unsupported), army Morea (vs. Greeks; M: 6+1, 1+1; G: 3; M: 3+1, 1+1; G: 5; loses), Morea (vs. Greeks; M: 6+1; 4+1; G: 4; wins, Capital reduced to city), fleet Eastern Mediterranean (vs. The Questioner; TT: 6+1, 2+1; Q: 2; wins), army Eastern Anatolia (vs. Celts; M: 6+1, 4+1; C: 5, 3; wins), Zagros (vs. Celts; M: 3+1, 2+1; C: 6; loses), Zagros (vs. Celts; M: 5+1, 1+1; C: 3; wins), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Celts; M: 2+1, 2+1; C: 4; loses), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Celts; M: 5+1, 5+1; C: 6; M: 3+1, 3+1; C: 4; M: 5+1, 5+1; C: 1; wins), Lower Indus (vs. Indus Valley; M: 5+1, 2+1; I: 2; wins, Capital reduced to city), Western Deccan (vs. Persia; M: 6+1, 1+1; P: 4, 1; wins), Western Ghats (vs. Indus Valley; M: 6+1, 3+1; I: 2; wins), Persian Plateau (vs. Celts; M: 6+1, 5+1; C: 6; wins, city eliminated), Middle Tigris (vs. Persia; M: 5+1, 4+1; P: 1; wins, city eliminated), Lower Tigris (vs. Sumerians; M: 5+1, 3+1; S: 6; M: 4+1, 1+1; S: 2; M: 5+1, 1+1; S: 3; M: 6+1, 5+1; S: 2; wins, Capital reduced to city). Points: Dominance in Middle East (6), India (6), Southern Europe (6), Presence in China (3), 2 Capitals (4), 4 cities (4), 1 Sea (1), and 3 Monuments (3) for 33 points.

Arachnids (Bolduc) plays Civil War in Pindus (vs. Macedonians; C: 6, 4; M: 5; wins, Capital reduced to city) and Morea (vs. Macedonians; C: 6, 6; M: 6; C: 4, 1; M: 1; wins, city eliminated). MAURYA: Army and Capital Ganges Delta (Chou army eliminated), army Malayan Peninsula, Ganges Valley (vs. Aryans; M: 3, 2; A: 2; wins), Upper Indus, Hindu Kush, Persian Plateau (vs. Macedonia; Mau: 6, 4; Mac: 3; wins), Mekong, Szechuan, Sumatra, Eastern Deccan (vs. Aryans; M: 5, 2; A: 5, 1; M: 6, 4; A: 4, 4; wins). Builds Monument Ganges Delta. Points: Dominance in India (6) and Southeast Asia (2), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (3), China (3), Southern Europe (3), 1 Capital (2), 2 cities (2), and 3 Monuments (3) for 26 points.

The Questioner (Partridge) HAN DYNASTY: Army and Capital Great Plain of China (Shang army retreats to Chekiang), army Yellow River (vs. Chou Dynasty; plays Treachery; wins, city eliminated), Chekiang (vs. Shang Dynasty; automatic victory), Wei River (vs. Chou Dynasty; H: 6, 5; C: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Tarim Basin, Yangtse Kian (vs. Chou Dynasty; H: 6, 1; C: 4; wins), Szechuan (vs. Maurya; H: 6, 3; M: 4; wins), Si-Kyang (vs. Shang Dynasty; automatic victory), Irrawaddy, fleet South China Sea, army Ganges Delta (vs. Maurya; H: 5, 3; M: 2, 1; wins, Capaital reduced to city), Ganges Valley (vs. Maurya; H: 5, 1; M: 1; wins). Builds Monument Great Plain of China. Points: Control of China (9), Presence in Middle East (3), India (3), and Southeast Asia (1), 1 Capital (2), 4 cities (4), 1 Sea (1), and 4 Monuments (4) for 27 points.

HSUING-NU is absent.

Players

Player Name

Player Faction Name/Color

Empire Strength Points

Victory Points

Kevin Wilson Royal Manticoran Histoical Society (purple) 12 27
Andy Lewis Marching Through the Ages (red) 12 20
Chris Geggus Great Explorers Grabbing Samples (yellow) 22 55
Paul Bolduc Arachnids (blue) 22 52
Dave Anderson Time Traveler (orange) 25 52
Dave Partridge The Questioner (green) 31 52

Positions

Arachnids: NILE KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Upper Nile. SCYTHEANS: Armies Western Steppe, Turanian Plain. CIVIL WAR: Army and city Pindus, army and Monument Morea. MAURYA: Army and Monument Persian Plateau, armies Hindu Kush, Upper Indus, Eastern Deccan, Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Mekong.

Time Traeler: Fleet Eastern Mediterranean. MINOANS: Army, Capital, and fort Crete. MACEDONIANS: Army and city Lower Tigris, Lower Indus, army and Monument Middle Tigris, armies Eastern Anatoia, Zagros, Persian Salt Desert, Western Deccan, Western Ghats.

Marching Through the Ages: ASSYRIA: Armies Western Anatolia, Palestine.

Royal Manticoran Historical Society: Fleet Red Sea. CARTHAGINIA: Army, Capital, and Monument Shatts Plateau, army and Monument Nile Delta, armies Libya, Nubia, Southern Iberia.

The Questioner: Fleet South China Sea. PERSIA: Army, city, and Monument Upper Tigris, army and city Levant, army Eastern Ghats. HAN DYNASTY: Army, Capital, and Monument Great Plain of China, army, city, and Monument Ganges Delta, army and city Wei River, army and Monument Tarim Basin, armies Yellow River, Yangtse Kian, Chekiang, Si-Kyang, Szechuan, Irrawaddy, Ganges Valley.

Great Explorers Grabbing Samples: Fleet Black Sea. GREEK CITY STATES: Two armies Baltic Seaboard, armies Balkans, Danubia. CELTS: Armies Central Europe, Dneipr, Caucuses.

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