Empire 3: Turn 10 (260-250 BC)

Situation in 260 BC

This is a highly critical turn as it marks the halfway point, and victory points are added at the end of it.

First the revolt dice (5-1) land on independent Cisalpina.

The Macedonians are drawn first, and they yet again attack Thracia, this time succeeding magnificently with a 6.

Andy's Romans attack AFRICA for a third consecutive time, rolling 5 (naval crossing) and 4 (land attack). The latter fails as there is a -1 modifier for attacking a controlled province.

I conquer Mesopotamia with a 5.

The Carthaginians seek to reconquer Numidia, rather than try to expel the Romans from Sicilia, but roll 2.

Let the victory points be counted!

The Carthaginians have AFRCIA, which is worth two points, taking their total to 14.

The Romans have consolidated ITALIA, which is worth three points, and have two other provinces, giving them five.

The Macedonians get six points from six provinces.

The Persians have four provinces, taking their total to 16.

It is interesting comparing these totals with my previous three games of Philip Sabin's Empire.

                                     Carthaginians...Persians/Parthians...Macedonians...Romans....Total
Current                               14                        16                          6                  5             41
Second Four-Player           17                        17                          9                  7             50
First Four-Player                17                        12                        11                  5             45
Solo                                    17                        12                        14                  5             48

As can be seen, the Macedonians are well down on previous efforts, while the Carthaginians are also suffering.

Judging by these numbers it would seem the frontrunners are Andy's Romans and my Persians.

Note that the total victory points are well down on previous games, not least because three double-point scoring provinces - IBERIA, AEGYPTUS and INDIA - are independent. Perhaps our play has become too 'sophisticated'.