New Empire - Halfway Standings

The map after 10 turns

Richard's Carthaginians have three provinces, two of which are worth double-points, meaning five victory points to add to their starting total of 12, taking them to 17.

My Romans have five provinces, including triple-scoring ITALIA, giving me seven victory points.

Andy's Macedonians have seven provinces, including double-scoring AEGYPTUS, giving them eight victory points.

Finally, Reg has four provinces, taking the Persians' victory points to 16.

Map with halfway victory points added

Here is how the current standings compare with the halfway point of out previous six games.

                                    Carthaginians...Persians/Parthians...Macedonians...Romans....Total

Current Game                      17                        16                           8                  7             48

Game Six                             18                        15*                        10                  5             48

Game Five                            18                        15*                         8                  4             45

Game Four                            17                        13                        11                  5*            46

Game Three                          14                        16*                         6                  5             41
Game Two                             17                        17*                         9                  7*            50
Game One                             17                        12                        11*                 5             45

*Eventual winner(s)

My Romans are matching their highest ever halfway score, and the previous time they had seven points at this stage they went on to share victory with the Persians/Parthians.

Andy's Macedonians are three points below the 11 they had halfway in the only game they won.

The Carthaginians have never won a game in our series, despite five times previously having 17 or more at the halfway point.

However the Persians may be favourites as they have never failed to at least share first place when having 15+ victory points at this stage.