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Epoch VI Ottoman Turks, Portugal, Spain, and Mughals

Epoch VII Empire Selection and Russia due 7/12, Tuesday

Epoch VI

Stooges for All Time (Anderson) plays Disaster in Southern Apennines (Monument and city destroyed). OTTOMAN TURKS: Plays Weaponry. Army and Capital Western Anatolia (3 Persian armies eliminated), fleet Eastern Mediterranean (vs. The Gardeners; SfAT: 5+1, 2+1; G: 5; wins), army Crete (vs. Romans; O: 4+1, 3+1; R: 6, 1; loses), Morea (vs. Romans; O: 5+1, 2+1; R: 6, 1; O: 6+1, 5+1; R: 4, 3; wins), Pindus (vs. Romans; O: 6+1, 4+1; R: 6; wins, city eliminated), Levant (vs. Seljuk Turks; O: 5+1, 5+1; S: 2, 2; wins), Upper Tigris (vs. Seljuk Turks; O: 4+1, 1+1; S: 4; wins), Middle Tigris (vs. Romans; O: 4+1, 2+1; R: 6; loses), Zagros (vs. Seljuk Turks; O: 5+1, 4+1; S: 5, 1; wins), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Safavids; O: 3+1, 2+1; S: 1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Hindu Kush (vs. Safavids; O: 3+1, 1+1; S: 5; loses), Hindu Kush (vs. Safavids; O: 4+1; 2+1; S: 4; wins), Turanian Plain (vs. Timurid Emirates; O: 4+1, 2+1; T: 6; loses), Turanian Plain (vs. Timurid Emirates; O: 2+1, 2+1, T: 1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Tarim Basin (vs. Timurid Emirates; O: 5+1, 4+1; T: 1, 1; wins). Builds Monument Western Anatolia. Points: Dominance in Middle East (4) and Northern Europe (4), Presence in North Africa (2), China (3), India (3), Southern Europe (2), Eurasia (1), North America (1), Nippon (1), 3 Capitals (6), 2 cities (2), 2 Seas (2), and 7 Monuments (7) for 38 points.

The Gardeners (Hunt) PORTUGAL: Plays Shipbuilding. Army and Capital Western Iberia (Celt army retreats to Southern Iberia), fleet Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean, army Congo Basin, South Africa, Southern Andes (vs. Incas; P: 4, 3; I: 4, 3; P: 6, 1; I: 5, 4; wins), Northern Andes (vs. Incas; P: 4, 2; I: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Southern Iberia (vs. Celts; P: 6, 6; C: 2; P: 6, 4; C: 1; wins), Arabian Peninsula (vs. Arabs; P: 6, 4; A: 6, 5; P: 5, 1; A: 6, 2; loses), Arabian Peninsula (vs. Arabs; P: 6, 5; A: 6, 1; P: 6, 2; A: 4, 1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Nile Delta (vs. Crusaders; P: 5, 4; C: 3; wins). Builds Monuments Western Iberia, Northern Andes. Points: Dominance in South America (4), Sub-Saharan Africa (2), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (2), China (3), India (3), Southern Europe (2), Northern Europe (2), Southeast Asia (2), North America (1), 4 Capitals (8), 3 cities (3), 2 Seas (2), and 3 Monuments (3) for 39 points.

The Human Race (Scharf) plays Civil War in Chekiang (vs. Ming Dynasty; C: 4, 4; M: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Great Plain of China (vs. Ming Dynasty; C: 5, 4; M: 6; loses), Yangtse Kian (vs. Ming Dynasty; C: 6, 4; M: 6; C: 1, 1; M: 6; loses). SPAIN: Plays Weaponry. Army and Capital Pyrenees (Celt army eliminated), fleet Atlantic Ocean, fleet Pacific Ocean, army Congo Basin (vs. Portugal; S: 2+1, 2+1, P: 3, 3; S: 5+1, 3+1, P: 2, 1; wins), Patagonia, West Indies (vs. North American Migrants; S: 3+1, 1+1; N: 2, 1; wins), Central Massif (vs. Holy Roman Empire; S: 2+1, 2+1; H: 5, 4; loses), Central Massif (vs. Holy Roman Empire; S: 4+1, 3+1; H: 4, 1; wins), Northern Gaul (vs. Holy Roman Empire; S: 6+1, 4+1; H: 2; wins, city eliminated), Southern Iberia (vs. Portugal; S: 4+1, 1+1; P: 2; wins), Western Iberia (vs. Portugal; S: 3+1, 1+1; P: 5; loses), Western Iberia (vs. Portugal; S: 5+1, 1+1; P: 2; wins, Capital reduced to city), fleet Caribbean Sea (vs. The Gardeners; HR: 3+1, 3+1; G: 4; HR: 4+1, 3+1; G: 4; wins), army Brasil, Southern Andes (vs. Portugal; S: 5+1, 3+1; P: 4, 2; wins). Builds Monument Pyrenees. Points: Dominance in Southern Euorpe (4), South America (4), Sub-Saharan Africa (2), Presence in China (3), India (3), Northern Europe (2), North America (1), Southeast Asia (2), 1 Capital (2), 2 cities (2), 2 Seas (2), and 3 Monuments (3) for 30 points.

Royal Manticoan Historical Society (Wilson) plays Kingdom in Southern Iberia. Army, city, and fort Southern Iberia (Spanish army retreats to Pyrenees). MUGHALS: Plays Leader. Army and Capital Ganges Valley (Mongol army retreats to Upper Indus), army Western Deccan (vs. Guptas; M: 6, 5, 2; G: 4, 3; wins), Lower Indus (vs. Huns; M: 3, 1, 1; H: 1; wins), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 6, 4, 3; O: 3, 3; wins, city eliminated), Zagros (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 6, 3, 1; O: 1; wins), Upper Tigris (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 4, 3, 1; O: 4; M: 5, 3, 1; O: 6; loses), Upper Tigris (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 5, 4; O: 6; loses), Upper Tigris (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 1, 1; O: 2; wins), Levant (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 5, 1; O: 6; loses), Levant (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 3, 2, 1; O: 6; loses), Levant (vs. Ottoman Turks; M: 5, 5, 4; O: 4; wins). Builds Monument Ganges Valley. Points: Dominance Middle East (4), India (6), Presence in China (3), Southern Europe (2), Southeast Asia (2), 1 Capital (2), 2 cities (2), 1 Sea (1), and 7 Monuments (7) for 29 points.

Players

Positions

SfAT: Fleets Western Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean. NORTH AMERICAN MIGRANTS: Armies Great Lakes. CARTHAGINIA: Army, Capital, Fortress Shatts Plateau. GOTHS: Army and Monument Albion, two armies Western Gaul, army Caucuses. FUJIWARA: Army and Capital Hokkaido. FRANKS: Army Lower Rhein. OTTOMAN TURKS: Army, Capital, and Monument Western Anatolia, army, city, and Monument Turanian Plain, army and Monument Tarim Basin, armies Pindus, Morea, Hindu Kush.

GEGS: Fleet Red Sea. EGYPT: Two armies Nubia, army Libya. NILE KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Upper Nile. ROMANS: Army and city Crete. KHMERS: Army Irrawaddy. SELJUK TURKS: Armies Western Steppe, Dnieper, Persian Plateau, Central Europe.

FAC-51: Fleet Sea of Japan. SASSANIDS: Army and city Lower Tigris. SCOTS: Army, city, and fort Highlands. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: Armies Southern Appenines, Dalmatia, Northern Appenines. MING DYNASTY: Army and Monument Great Plain of China, Yangtse Kian, Si-Kyang, army Honshu.

Great Giant: Fleet North Sea. ARABS: Army Palestine. VIKINGS: Armies Scandinavia, Baltic Seaboard, North European Plain, Eastern Steppe. TIMURID EMIRATES: Army and Monument Wei River.

The Gardeners: Fleets Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean. VEDIC CITY STATES: Three armies and a Fortress Ceylon. MAYANS: Army, Fort, and Capital Central America, army Guiana Highlands. HAN DYNASTY: Army East Indies. GOLD COAST KINGDOM: Army, city, and Fort Gold Coast. BYZANTINES: Army, Fort, and Capital Balkans, two armies Danubia, army Eastern Anatolia. SUNG DYNASTY: Three armies, Capital, and Fortress Szechuan. PORTUGAL: Army, city, and Monument Northern Andes, Arabian Peninsula, armies South Africa, Nile Delta.

The Human Race: Two fleets Bay of Bengal, fleets Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean. SUB-SAHARAN MIGRANTS: Armies Central Africa, East Africa. MAURYA: Army and Fort Sumatra. GUPTAS: Army Western Ghats. CIVIL WAR: Army, city, and Monument Chekiang. SPAIN: Two armies, Capital, and Monument Pyrenees, army city, and Monument Western Iberia, armies Central Massif, Northern Gaul, Congo Basin, Brasil, Patagonia, Southern Andes.

RMHS: Fleet South China Sea. CHOU DYNASTY: Army and city Yellow River. MONGOLS: Two armies and Monument Upper Indus, army and Monument Malayan Peninsula, Ganges Delta, armies Mongolia, Eastern Deccan, Eastern Ghats, Mekong. SOUTHERN IBERIAN KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Southern Iberia. MUGHALS: Army, Capital, and Monument Ganges Valley, army and Monument Zagros, Upper Tigris, Levant, armies Western Deccan, Persian Salt Desert, Lower Indus.