Game 5

Crush the Computer

  • 42 turns
  • 6 players
  • Ended 24 November 2003

This game ended quickly with a number of players doing well. We set a victory condition that the first person to capture a homeworld would win - Jim was lucky to start next to the computer!

Jim's write-up, from the archive

Who played what

  • DominateAI11The Missing Colonies of Man
  • Ed5The Privateer Bands
  • Ed Has Murdock3The Bird Men
  • Jeff6The Cyborg
  • Jim1The Solar Federation
  • Nezza10The Rebel Confederation
  • Steve7The Crystal Confederation

Final scoreboard

Ahead when the last scoreboard was printed: Steve, playing The Crystal Confederation. No game in the archive records a declared winner.

#RacePlayerScorePlanetsBasesCapitalFreighters
17CrystallineSteve2,958117105628
21FedJim2,0338256013
35PrivateerEd1,5646335614
46CyborgJeff1,5219831711
510RebelNezza988224288
63Bird ManEd Has Murdock835184175
711ColonialDominateAI47918259

Score against turn

Score against turn for game 5, one line per race in the race's own colour.
Score against turn for game 5, one line per race in the race's own colour.score5.jpg

The cluster

Territory late in the game, five empires spread around a broad disc.
Territory late in the game, five empires spread around a broad disc.map5.gif

Economy at turn 42

RaceHeldTotal%BasesPlanetsShipsWarships
7Crystalline371,498716,15352%87,99094,57826,106162,824
1Fed324,795575,07856%91,16042,28915,170176,176
5Privateer229,607471,18848%47,45829,17515,183137,791
6Cyborg204,431665,85130%35,558130,6206,44931,804
3Bird Man115,083174,33366%51,93320,0502,19440,906
10Rebel83,018137,17260%34,57615,3204,40128,721
11Colonial61,658116,42253%26,62319,6545,6089,773

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. 327 of 500 ship slots were in use.

Worth knowing

  • The only game in the archive with a stated victory condition: first player to capture a homeworld takes it. The scoreboard below therefore ranks the game, but does not necessarily settle it.