Here are two tables that summarize the power ratings of each player's position at 3450bc and then again at 2950bc"
The second table has more elements in it as players add units and gain techs:
These tables are based on the Quick Start Challenge point system that rates every game position in terms of its equivalent "Gross National Product". You can find more about the points system at:
http://www.civfanatics.com/doc/civ3/cracker/quik_start/scoring.htm
if you are interested in that detail.
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When you look at the tables, bear in mind that every player started the game with stuff that was worth 250 points even before they made any moves.
In the first table, we see that power scores range from 350 to 415 points, with Borealis in the lead by virtue of
her strong technology position.
In the second table, everyone is gaining power points even more quickly than in the first table and the relative positions are beginning to shift a bit. Lee Kendter is in the lead in at 2950bc on the strength of having gotten Mysticism out of a goody hut because this is the first second tier technology in the game that takes advantage of some other prerequisite tech.
In the second table, you can also see the free starting techs highlighted in yellow, and the techs that the player already had at 3450bc highlighted in orange.
I will try to have a graph of this power score tracking by sometime Friday if we can get stwils and handyandy in the rest of the scoring up to 2590bc.