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Epoch VI Portugal, Spain, and Mughals

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Epoch VI

Time Traveler (Anderson) plays Black Death in the Middle East and North Africa. Arab army Middle Tigris eliminated. Plays Safavids. Army and Capital Persian Salt Desert (Arab army eliminated), fort Persian Salt Desert, army Zagros (vs. Ottoman Turks; S: 4, 1; O: 3; wins). PORTUGAL: Army and Capital Western Iberia, fleet Atlantic Ocean, North Sea (vs. GEGS; TT: 3, 3; GEGS: 6; loses), North Sea (vs. GEGS; TT: 6, 2; GEGS: 3; wins), army Ireland, Highlands (vs. Scots; P: 5, 1; S: 6+1; loses), Highlands (vs. Scots; P: 5, 2; S: 2+1; wins, city eliminated), Patagonia, Deep South, fleet Indian Ocean. Points: Dominance in Southern Europe (4), Northern Europe (4), Presence in Middle East (2), China (3), India (3), Eurasia (1), North America (1), South America (2), 2 Capitals (4), 2 Seas (2), and 3 Monuments (3) for 29 points.

Marching Through the Ages (Lewis) plays Civil Service. SPAIN: Plays Elite Troops. Army and Capital Pyrenees, fleet Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, army Southen Andes (vs. Incas; S: 5, 5, 1; I: 4, 1; wins), Northern Andes (vs. Incas; S: 5, 4, 2; I: 5; S: 5, 3, 2; I: 2; wins, Capital reduced to city), Brasil, Madagascar, fleet North Sea (vs. Time Traveler; MTtA: 5, 2, 1; TT: 1; wins), army Lower Rhein (vs. Huns; S: 5, 5, 3; H: 6, 3; loses, Elite Troops lost), Lower Rhein (vs. Huns; S: 6, 4; H: 3, 2; wins), Central Europe (vs. Timurid Emirates; S: 3, 2; T: 5; loses), Central Europe (vs. Timurid Emirates; S: 6, 1; T: 3; wins, city eliminated), Ceylon, Shatts Plateau (vs. Arabs; S: 2, 2; A: 5, 2; loses), Shatts Plateau (vs. Arabs; S: 6, 1; A: 5, 2; wins), fleet Caribbean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. Builds Monument Pyrenees. Points: Dominance in South America (4), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (2), China (2), India (2), Southern Europe (2), Northern Europe (2), North America (1), Sub-Saharan Africa (1), 1 Capital (2), 1 city (1), 3 Seas (3), and 5 Monuments (5) for 29 points.

Arachnids (York) plays Barbarians in the Plateau of Tibet. Tarim Basin (vs. Ottoman Turks; B: 2, 1; O: 4; loses). MUGHALS: Army and Capital Ganges Valley (Seljuk army retreats to Western Deccan), army Ganges Delta (vs. Seljuk Turks; M: 5, 5; S: 4; wins), fleet Bay of Bengal (vs. RMHS; A: 4, 2; RMHS: 5; loses), Bay of Bengal (vs. RMHS; A: 4, 1; RMHS: 3; wins), army Ceylon (vs. Spain; M: 6, 4; S: 5, 3; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Seljuk Turks; M: 6, 4; S: 4; wins), Hindu Kush (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 6, 3; O: 6+1; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 4, 3; O: 5+1; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 4; O: 3+1; wins), Persian Plateau (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 6, 3; O: 2; wins), Zagros (vs. Safavids; M: 2, 2; S: 1; wins), Turanian Plain (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 2; O: 4; wins, city eliminated). Builds Monument Ganges Valley. Points: Dominance in North Africa (4), Middle East (4), India (6), Southeast Asia (4), Presence in China (3), Southern Europe (2), Eurasia (1), 1 Capital (2), 3 cities (3), 3 Seas (3), and 7 Monuments (7) for 39 points.

Players

Player Name

Player Faction Name/Color

Empire Strength Points

Victory Points

Chris Geggus Great Explorers Grabbing Samples (yellow) 49 140
Andy Lewis Marching Through the Ages (red) 58 124
Kevin Wilson Royal Manticoran Histoical Society (purple) 60 151
Andy York Arachnids (blue) 61 149
Dave Partridge The Questioner (green) 66 129
Dave Anderson Time Traveler (orange) 69 127

Positions

Arachnids: Fleets Red Sea, South China Sea, Bay of Bengal. NILE KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Upper Nile. MAURYA: Army Mekong. ARABS: Army, fort, and Monument Southern Iberia, army and fort Lower Tigris, Nubia, armies Levant, Libya. SUNG DYNASTY: Army and city Szechuan, Yangtse Kian, armies Chekiang, Malayan Peninsula, East Indies. MUGHALS: Army, Capital, and Monument Ganges Valley, army and Monument Ganges Delta, Upper Indus, Turanian Plain, Persian Plateau, Zagros, armies Ceylon, Hindu Kush.

Time Traveler: Fleets Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Sea of Japan. MACEDONIANS: Army Western Ghats. HUNS: Two armies Baltic Seaboard, armies Caucuses, Northern Gaul. MONGOLS: Army and Monument Morea, Great Plain of China, two armies Eastern Steppe, armies Mongolia, Danubia, Pindus, Crete. SAFAVIDS: Army, Capital, and Fort Persian Salt Desert. PORTUGAL: Army and Capital Western Iberia, armies Ireland, Highlands, Patagonia, Deep South.

Marching Through the Ages: Fleets Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. NORTH AMERICAN MIGRANTS: Armies Great Plains, West Indies. SASSANIDS: Three armies Wei River. BYZANTINES: Armies Northern Appenines, Dalmatia. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: Army Upper Tigris. SPAIN: Army, Capital, and Monument Pyrenees, army, city, and Monument Northern Andes, army and Monument Central Europe, Shatts Plateau, armies Southern Andes, Lower Rhein, Madagascar, Ceylon.

Royal Manticoran Historical Society: MAYANS: Two armies and Capital Central America. SUB-SAHARAN MIGRANTS: Armies Central Africa, East Africa. CHOLAS: Army Sumatra. AZTECS: Army and Capital Mexican Valley, army Pacific Seaboard.

The Questioner: Fleet Black Sea. HAN DYNASTY: Three armies Si-Kyang, armies Yellow River, Irrawaddy. FUJIWARA: Army and Capital Hokkaido, army Honshu. SELJUK TURKS: Army and Monument Eastern Deccan, two armies Western Deccan, armies Eastern Ghats, Lower Indus. GOLD COAST KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Gold Coast. OTTOMAN TURKS: Army, Capital, and Monument Western Anatolia, army and fort Tarim Basin, armies Balkans, Eastern Anatolia.

Great Explorers Grabbing Samples: Fleet Western Mediterranean. CRUSADERS: Army, city, and Monument Arabian Peninsula, army, city, and fort Palestine, army and Monument Nile Delta. VIKINGS: Army and Monument Albion, Southern Appinines, armies Scandinavia, North European Plain, Western Gaul, Central Massif. TIMURID EMIRATES: Armies Western Steppe, Dnieper.

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