Dogue de Bordeaux

Epoch V

Empire Selection

Epoch V

FRANKS are absent.

Royal Manticoran Historical Society plays Disaster in Tarim Basin.  Monument eliminated.  VIKINGS:  Army Scandinavia (Celt army eliminated), fleet North Sea (vs. Republic of Texas; RMHS: 5, 1; RoT: 5; RMHS:  5, 2; RoT: 5; RMHS:  6, 4; RoT: 3; wins), army Baltic Seaboard (vs. Anglo-Saxons; V: 2, 2; A: 2; V: 5, 3; A: 6; loses), Baltic Seaboard (vs. Anglo-Saxons; V: 4, 1; A: 2; wins), Central Europe (vs. Goths; V: 5, 3; G: 3; wins), Northern Gaul, Albion (vs. Goths; V: 4, 1; G: 2; wins), fleet Atlantic Ocean, army Appalachia.  Builds Monument Albion.  POINTS:  Dominance in North Africa (4), Middle East (4), India (6), Northern Europe (4), Presence in Southern Europe (3), Southeast Asia (2), North America (1), 1 Capital (2), 1 city (1), 2 Seas (2), and 10 Monuments (10) for 39 points.

Republic of Texas:  HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:  Army and Capital Central Europe (Viking army retreats to Baltic Seaboard), army Dalmatia (vs. Byzantines; plays Surprise Attack; H: 6, 6; B; 1; wins), Northern Appenines (vs. Byzantines; H: 3, 2; B: 1; wins), Southern Appenines (vs. Byzantines; H: 2, 1; B: 5; loses), Southern Appenines (vs. Byzantines; H: 6, 5; B: 4; wins), Baltic Seaboard (vs. Vikings; H: 4, 2; V: 5; loses), Baltic Seaboard (vs. Vikings; H: 6, 4; V: 3; H: 5, 2; V: 2; wins), Balkans (vs. Byzantines; H: 2, 2; B: 6+1, 5+1; loses), Balkans (vs. Byzantines; H: 6, 6; B: 5+1, 4+1; H: 6, 3; B: 6+1, 6+1; loses), Balkans (vs. Byzantines; H: 2, 2; B: 5+1, 3+1; loses).  Points:  Dominance in Southern Europe (6), Northern Europe (4), Eurasia (2), Presence in North Africa (2), Middle East (2), China (3), North America (1), 2 Capitals (4), 1 Sea (1), and 1 Monument (1) for 26 points.

CHOLA are absent.

Unorganized Chaos:  Plays Disaster (Fleets at Sea) in the South China Sea.  GEGS fleet eliminated.  SUNG DYNASTY:  Army and Capital Szechuan (Persian army eliminated), Yangtse Kian (vs. T'ang Dynasty; S: 6, 4; T: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Checkiang (vs. T'ang Dynasty; S: 3, 3; T: 5, 1; loses), Chekiang (vs. T'ang Dynasty; S: 6, 1; T: 5, 1; wins), fleet South China Sea, army Wei River (vs. T'ang Dynasty; S: 5, 2; T: 2; wins), Tarim Basin (vs. Sassanids; Su: 5, 3; Sa: 2; Su: 5, 2; Sa: 5; Su: 5, 3; Sa: 1; wins), Mekong (vs. Han Dynasty; S: 6, 3; H: 4, 1; S: 2, 1; H: 3, 2; loses), Mekong (vs. Han Dynasty; S: 3, 3; H: 4, 3; loses).  Builds Monument Szechuan.  Points:  Control of China (9), Presence in Middle East (2), India (3), Southern Europe (3), Northern Europe (2),Eurasia (1), North America (1), 3 Capitals (6), 2 cities (2), 3 Seas (3), and 2 Monuments (2) for 34 points.

GEGS:  Plays Crusades.  Army Palestine (vs. Arabs; C: 5+1, 4+1; A: 4; wins, city and fort established), Arabian Peninsula (vs. Arabs; C: 3+1, 1+1; A: 1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Nile Delta (vs. Arabs; C: 4+1, 2+1; A: 1; wins).  Plays Plague on Hindu Kush (dr = 2, 3, 4, 5; no effect).  SELJUK TURKS:  Army Turanian Plain (Sassanid army retreats to Persian Plateau), Hindu Kush (vs. Persia; S: 5, 4; P: 4, 3; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 2, 1; A: 6; loses), Upper Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 1, 1; A: 6; loses), Upper Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 1, 1; A: 1; S: 6, 6; A: 3; wins), Lower Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 4, 4; A: 5; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 2, 2; A: 3; loses), Lower Indus (vs. Arabs; S: 5, 2; A: 3; wins), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Arabs; S: 4, 3; A: 5; loses), Persian Salt Desert (vs. Arabs; S: 6, 4; A: 3; wins), Zagros (vs. Arabs; S: 4, 1; A: 3; wins), Western Steppe.  Points:  Dominance in Middle East (4), India (6), Eurasia (2), Presence in North Africa (2), Southern Europe (3), Southeast Asia (2), 3 cities (3), and 4 Monuments (4) for 26 points.

The Greenies:  Plays Fujiwara.  Army and Capital Hokkaido, fleet Sea of Japan, army Great Plain of China (vs. Hsuing-nu; F: 3, 2; H: 3, 1; F: 5, 3; H: 6, 2; loses).  MONGOLS:  Army Mongolia (Hsuing-nu army retreats to Yellow River), Yellow River (vs. Hsuing-nu; plays Treachery, automatic victory), Great Plain of China (vs. Hsuing-nu; M: 3, 1; H: 5; loses), Great Plain of China (vs. Hsuing-nu; M: 5, 3; H: 1; wins), Yangtse Kian (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 5, 5; S: 6; loses), Yangtse Kian (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 3, 2; S: 1; wins, city eliminated), Szechuan (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 5, 3; S: 5; M: 5, 3; S: 1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Chekiang (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 5, 2; S: 5; M: 6, 3; S: 5; wins), Si-Kyang (vs. Hsiuing-nu; M: 6, 4; H: 2; wins, fleet South China Sea unsupported), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 5, 4; S: 6; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 3, 3; S: 5; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 2, 1; S: 4; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 4, 3; S: 6; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 1, 1; S: 6; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 3, 2; S: 5; loses), Wei River (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 5, 1; S: 4; wins), Tarim Basin (vs. Sung Dynasty; M: 6, 2; S: 4; wins), fleet Sea of Japan, army Honshu, Korean Peninsula, Manchurian Plain.  Builds Monument Chekiang.  Points:  Control of China (9), Presence in India (3), Southern Europe (3), Southeast Asia (2), Eurasia (1), 1 Capital (2), 2 cities (2), 1 Sea (1), and 2 Monuments (2) for 25 points.

Players

GEGS is Glorious Empirical Growth Spurt.

Positions

SUMERIANS:  Three armies and Capital Lower Tirgirs.

Republic of Texas:  Fleet Western Mediterranean.  CARTHAGINIA:  Army and Capital Shatts Plateau, two armies Southern Iberia, armies Pyrenees, Central Massif, Libya.  NORTH AMERICAN MIGRANTS:  Armies West Indies, Pacific Seaboard.  SASSANIDS:  Two armies Persian Plateau.  ANGLO-SAXONS:  Army North European Plain.  GOTHS:  Armies Dniepr, Lower Rhein, Highlands, Ireland.  HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:  Army, Capital, and Monument Central Europe, armies Baltic Seaboard, Dalmatia, Northern Appenines, Southern Appenines.

Unorganized Chaos:  Fleets Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea.  PERSIA:  Army Pindus.  MAYANS:  Army, Capital, and fort Central America.  BYZANTINES:  Army, Capital, Monument, and fort Balkans, army and city Middle Tigris, armies Danubia, Western Anatolia, Upper Tigris. 

Royal Manticoran Historical Society:  Fleets Red Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean.  CELTS:  Armies Central Massif, Pyrenees.  MALAYAN KINGDOM:  Army, city, and fort Malayan Peninsula.  ARABS:  Army, city, and monument Eastern Deccan, army and Monument Nubia, Eastern Anatolia, Ganges Delta, armies Upper Nile, Levant, Ganges Valley.  VIKINGS:  Army and Monument Albion, armies Scandinavia, Northern Gaul, Appalachia.

GEGS:  PHOENICIA:  Army and city Morea.  HAN DYNASTY:  Two armies East Indies, army Mekong.  GUPTAS:  Army Western Deccan.  CRUSADERS:  Army, city, and fort Palestine, army, city, and Monument Arabian Peninsula, army Nile Delta.  SELJUK TURKS:  Army and Monument Upper Indus, Lower Indus, Zagros, armies Turanian Plain, Western Steppe, Hindu Kush, Persian Salt Desert.

The Greenies:  Two fleets Sea of Japan.  GREEK CITY STATES:  Army, city, and Fort Crete.  MAURYA:  Two armies Eastern Ghats, army and fort Ceylon, Sumatra, army Irrawaddy.  FUJIWARA:  Army and Capital Hokkaido.  MONGOLS:  Army, city, and Monument Szechuan, army and Monument Chekiang, armies Honshu, Korean Peninsula, Manchurian Plain, Mongolia, Great Plain of China, Yellow River, Wei River, Tarim Basin, Yangtse Kian, Si-Kyang.