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Epoch VII Empire Selection and Russia

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Epoch VII Empire Selection

The Human Race (Scharf) keeps

The Gardeners (Hunt) keeps

FAC-51 (Bishop) keeps

GEGS (Geggus) gives to Great Giant

Great Giant (Burgdorf) gives to GEGS

Stooges for All Time (Anderson) keeps

Royal Manticoran Historical Society (Wilson) keeps

Epoch VII

The Human Race (Scharf) plays Disaster (Volcano) in Northern Andes (Monument and city eliminated). RUSSIA: Army and Capital North European Plain (Viking army retreats to Baltic Seaboard), fleet North Sea (vs. Great Giant; HR: 5, 1; GG: 5; HR: 3, 1; GG: 5; loses), army Baltic Seaboard (vs. Vikings; R: 6, 5; V: 5; R: 2, 2; V: 2; R: 4, 1; V: 3; wins), Lower Rhein (vs. Franks; R: 3, 3; F: 2; wins), Eastern Steppe (vs. Vikings; R: 4, 2; V: 5; loses), Eastern Steppe (vs. Vikings; R: 6, 3; V: 4; wins), Wei River (vs. Timurid Emirates; R: 5, 1; T: 5, 4; R: 5, 5; T: 6, 5; loses), Wei River (vs. Timurid Emirates; R: 5, 1; T: 2, 1; wins), Yangtse Kian (vs. Ming Dynasty; R: 2, 2; M: 3; loses), Yangtse Kian (vs. Ming Dynasty; R: 5, 4; M: 4; wins), Turanian Plain (vs. Ottoman Turks; R: 5, 5; O: 2; wins, city eliminated), Great Plain of China (vs. Ming Dynasty; R: 3, 2; M: 2; wins). Points: Dominance in China (6), Northern Europe (8), Eurasia (4), South America (4), Sub-Saharan Africa (4), Presence in India (3), Southern Europe (2), Southeast Asia (2), North America (3), 2 Capitals (4), 2 cities (2), 2 Seas (2), and 7 Monuments (7) for 51 points.

Players

Player Name

Player Faction Name/Color

Empire Strength Points

Victory Points

Bill Scharf The Human Race (blue) 64 172
Christopher Hunt The Gardeners (green) 53 128
Howard Bishop FAC-51 (black) 56 120
Chris Geggus Galactic Expeditionary Guard Ship (yellow) 59 157
Martin Burgdorf Great Giant (red) 61 137
Dave Anderson Stooges for All Time (orange) 62 125
Kevin Wilson Royal Manticoran Histoical Society (purple) 62 109

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. OTTOMAN TURKS: Army, Capital, and Monument Western Anatolia, 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 Si-Kyang, army Honshu.

Great Giant: Fleet North Sea. ARABS: Army Palestine. VIKINGS: Army Scandinavia.

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 Arabian Peninsula, armies Northern Andes, 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. RUSSIA: Army and Capital North European Plain, army and Monument Turanian Plain, Wei River, Yangtse Kian, Great Plain of China, armies Baltic Seaboard, Lower Rhein, Eastern Steppe.

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.

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