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Epoch IV, T'ang Dynasty, Arabs, and Khmers

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Epoch IV

Royal Manticoran Historical Society (Wilson) plays Barbarians out of the Plateau of Tibet. Tarim Basin (vs. Huns; B: 3, 1; H: 3; B: 5, 4; H: 1; wins), Wei River (vs. Huns; B: 4, 2; H: 5, 3; loses). T'ANG DYNASTY: Army and Capital Yangtse Kian (Han army retreats to Chekiang), army Wei River (vs. Huns; T: 4, 3; H: 1; wins), Tarim Basin, Great Plain of China (vs. Huns; T: 2, 1; H: 6; loses), Great Plain of China (vs. Huns; T: 5, 5; H: 5; T: 6, 6; H: 2; wins), Chekiang (vs. Han Dynasty; T: 4, 3; H: 5; loses), Chekiang (vs. Han Dynasty; T: 5, 3; H: 4; T: 2, 2; H: 5; loses), Chekiang (vs. Han Dynasty; T: 5, 1; H: 3; wins), Si-Kyang (vs. Maurya; T: 6, 5; M: 2+1; wins), fleet South China Sea (vs. The Gardeners; RMHS: 6, 5; TG: 4; wins), army East Indies (vs. Han Dynasty; T: 3, 1; H: 6, 6; loses). Builds Monument Yangtse Kian. Points: Dominance in China (6), Presence in Southern Europe (2), 1 Capital (2), 1 city (1), 1 Sea (1), and 4 Monuments (4) for 16 points.

Great Giant (Burgdorf) plays Disaster in East Deccan. Monument eliminated and Capital reduced to city. ARABS: Army and Capital Arabian Peninsula (Egyptian army retreats to Nile Delta), army Nile Delta (vs. Egypt; A: 5, 1; E: 2; A: 6, 1; E: 6; A: 4, 4; E: 4; A: 4, 3; E: 6; loses), Nile Delta (vs. Egypt; A: 4, 2; E: 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Palestine (vs. Jews; A: 6, 3; J: 2+1; wins, city eliminated), Levant (vs. Sassanids; A: 4, 4; S: 4; A: 5, 5; S: 4; wins), Upper Tigris (vs. Sassanids; A: 3, 1; S: 4; loses), Upper Tigris (vs. Sassanids; A: 3, 1; S: 5; loses), Upper Tigris (vs. Sassanids; A: 4, 3; S: 2; wins), Zagros (vs. Sassanids; A: 4. 3; S: 6, 1; loses), Zagros (vs. Sassanids; A: 4, 2; S: 4, 2; A: 5, 2; S: 4, 3; wins, Capital reduced to city), Persian Plateau (vs. Romans; A: 6, 2; R: 3; wins, city eliminated), Hindu Kush (vs. Huns; A: 6, 3; H: 5; wins), Upper Indus (vs. Huns; A: 4, 2; H: 2; wins), Ganges Valley (vs. Maurya; A: 6, 3; M: 4; wins), Ganges Delta (vs. Maurya; A: 5, 4; M: 4+1; A: 5, 2; M: 1+1; wins, Capital reduced to city), Malayan Peninsula (vs. Guptas; A: 3, 1; G: 6, 4; loses), Malayan Peninsula (vs. Guptas; A: 5, 1; G: 6, 1; loses), fleet Red Sea (vs. GEGS; GG: 2, 1; GEGS: 6; loses). Builds Monument Arabian Peninsula. Points: Dominance in Middle East (6), India (6), Presence in North Africa (2), China (3), Southeast Asia (2), 1 Capital (2), 3 cities (3), and 5 Monuments (5) for 29 points.

Galactic Expeditionary Guard Ship (Geggus) plays Empires Revives and places 2 armies in Crete. 1 army in Pindus, and 1 army in Nubia. KHMERS. Plays Population Explosion. Army and Capital Mekong (Mauryan army eliminated), A Malayan Peninsula (vs. Gupas; K: 3, 2; G: 1; wins), fleet South China Sea (vs. RMHS; GEGS: 5, 5; RMHS: 6; loses), army Irrawaddy (vs. Hsuing-nu; K: 3, 1; H: 6; loses), Si-Kyang (vs. T'ang Dynasty; K: 4, 3; T: 1; wins), Irrawaddy (vs. Hsuing-nu; K: 5, 1; H: 3; wins), Ganges Delta (vs. Arabs; K: 4, 3; A: 5, 4; loses). Points: Dominance in North Africa (4), Southern Europe (6), Southeast Asia (4), Presence in Middle East (3), China (3), 2 Capitals (4), 2 cities (2), 1 Sea (1), and 1 Monument (1) for 28 points.

Players

Player Name

Player Faction Name/Color

Empire Strength Points

Victory Points

Bill Scharf The Human Race (blue) 29 66
Kevin Wilson Royal Manticoran Histoical Society (purple) 30 53
Christopher Hunt The Gardeners (green) 34 58
Howard Bishop FAC-51 (black) 36 64
Dave Anderson Stooges for All Time (orange) 37 61
Chris Geggus Galactic Expeditionary Guard Ship (yellow) 43 90
Martin Burgdorf Great Giant (red) 44 79

Positions

SfAT: NORTH AMERICAN MIGRANTS: Armies Great Lakes, West Indies. CARTHAGINIA: Army, Capital, Fortress Shatts Plateau. MACEDONIA: Armies North European Plain. GOTHS: Army and Monument Albion, armies Western Gaul, Central Massif, Northern Gaul, Caucuses.

GEGS: Fleet Red Sea. EGYPT: Armies Nubia, Libya. NILE KINGDOM: Army, city, and fort Upper Nile. ROMANS: Army, Capital, and Monument Southern Appenines, army and city Pindus, Crete, two armies Dalmatia, armies Northern Appenines, Morea. KHMERS: Army and Capital Mekong, armies Malayan Peninsula, Irrawaddy, Si-Kyang.

FAC-51: SASSANIDS: Army and city Lower Tigris. HUNS: Army and Monument Central Europe, armies Western Steppe, Eastern Steppe, Turanian Plain, Lower Indus.

Great Giant: PERSIA: Three armies Western Anatolia. HSUING-NU: Armies Mongolia, Szechuan. ARABS: Army, Capital, and Monument Arabian Peninsula, army, city, and Monument Zagros, Ganges Delta, army and city Nile Delta, army and Monument Upper Tigris, Upper Indus, armies Palestine, Levant, Persian Plateau, Ganges Valley.

The Gardeners: Fleets Black Sea, Western Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean. VEDIC CITY STATES: Two armies and a Fortress Ceylon, two armies Eastern Ghats. MAYANS: Army, Fort, and Capital Central America, army Guiana Highlands. HAN DYNASTY: Army East Indies. BYZANTINES: Army, Fort, and Capital Balkans, two armies Danubia, armies Dnieper, Eastern Anatolia.

The Human Race: Fleet Bay of Bengal. SUB-SAHARAN MIGRANTS: Armies Central Africa, East Africa. MAURYA: Army Sumatra. GUPTAS: Army and city Eastern Deccan, armies Persian Salt Desert, Western Deccan, Western Ghats.

RMHS: Fleet South China Sea. CHOU DYNASTY: Army and city Yellow River. CELTS: Armies Pyrenees, Southern Iberia, Western Iberia. T'ANG DYNASTY: Army, Capital, and Monument Yangtse Kian, army and Monument Tarim Basin, Wei River, Great Plain of China, armies Chekiang.

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