Empire Time - Halfway Standings

Situation in 250 BC

Reg's Carthaginians have four provinces, including double-scoring 'AFRICA' and IBERIA, which, when added to their imperial legacy of 12 starting points, takes their total to 18.

My Romans have two provinces, including triple-scoring ITALIA, giving me four victory points.

Richard's Macedonians have 12 provinces, including double-scoring AEGYPTUS and 'INDIA', giving them 14 victory points.

Andy's Parthians have no provinces, so they stay on their starting total of 12.

Map with halfway scores added

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

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

Current Game                      18                        12                          14                 4              48

Game Eight                          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)

The tale of the current campaign is very clear - the Persians/Parthians and the Romans have equalled their previous worst halfway score, while the Carthaginians have equalled their previous best.

But the standout fact is that the Macedonians have beaten their previous halfway best by three points, and are surely favourites to score only their second victory in our series, especially as the Carthaginians have never won in our four-handed games.