Completing The Second Cycle - Halfway Standings

Situation after 10 turns

Andy's Carthaginians have three provinces, two of which score double points, meaning five victory points added to their starting total of 12, taking them to 17.

Reg's Romans also have three provinces, one of which is triple-scoring ITALIA, meaning five victory points.

My Macedonians have eight provinces, including double-scoring AEGYPTUS and 'INDIA', and so 10 victory points.

Richard's Parthians have three provinces, each worth one point, taking his people's victory points to 15.

Here is how the current standings compare with the halfway point of our previous seven games.

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

Current Game                      17                        15                          10                 5              47

Game Seven                        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)

Richard's Persians/Parthians may be favourites as they have never failed to at least share first place when having 15+ victory points at the halfway tage.

My Macedonians are doing better than normal, but 10 victory points is one below their halfway total in the only game they won.

Five is a normal halfway score for Romans, but Reg's prospects do not look great as only once has that been enough to win the game.

The Carthaginians have never won in our four-handed games, and 17 does not suggest that is about to change.