Game 4

Between a Robot and Federation

  • 50 turns
  • 5 players
  • Ended 25 February 2003

This game had fewer players than normal and boiled down to a vast battle between Jeff and Jim, and on his other border Ed. Jeff put up stiff resistance but was slowly losing ground.

Jim's write-up, from the archive

Who played what

  • Conrad2The Lizard Alliance
  • Ed7The Crystal Confederation
  • Ed Has Murdock9The Robotic Imperium
  • Jeff11The Missing Colonies of Man
  • Jim1The Solar Federation

Final scoreboard

Ahead when the last scoreboard was printed: Jim, playing The Solar Federation. No game in the archive records a declared winner.

Final scoreboard for Game 4, highest score first
#RacePlayerScorePlanetsBasesCapitalFreighters
11FedJim2,3867986216
29RoboticEd Has Murdock2,2217194121
37CrystallineEd1,685725365
411ColonialJeff884382264
52LizardConrad706010

Score against turn

Score against turn for game 4, one line per race in the race's own colour.
Score against turn for game 4, one line per race in the race's own colour.score4.jpg

The cluster

A ring-shaped cluster with each empire drawn in its own colour and its supply lines picked out.
A ring-shaped cluster with each empire drawn in its own colour and its supply lines picked out.map4.gif

Economy at turn 50

ptscore economic ranking for Game 4 at turn 50
RaceHeldTotal%BasesPlanetsShipsWarships
1Fed364,236759,72548%100,41839,62315,157209,038
7Crystalline329,679676,03349%113,42558,0756,920151,259
9Robotic310,758522,94659%110,28150,34120,747129,389
11Colonial160,686330,95348%34,30242,1705,53678,678
2Lizard2,5877,11236%0002,587

Held is the value actually in play, total everything the empire has ever owned, and the percentage the ratio of the two — a low one means minerals still in the ground or a fleet that has been shot off the board. The four columns after it break the held value down by where it is sitting. 212 of 500 ship slots were in use.