How could I have lost?

[Kubz]

I'm in shock over the ending of my Mesopotamia game. I was Egypt and I built 3 wonders- Pyramids, Statue of Zues, and the Mausoleum. The Phoenecians had built three other wonders, 2 of them in their capital Tyre just 4 squares away from my border. I was building the Great Lighthouse but it would take a while because I didn't have any good coastal cities so I decided to invade Phoenicia to make sure I had victory. I bribed everyone to declare war on Phoenicia. I took all of Phoenicia's wonders and Phoenicia was reduced to a couple cities. Then the Myceneaens beat me to building the Great Lighthouse by a measily 4 turns. The game ended and I owned 6 of the 7 wonders but somehow I lost to the Phoenicians whom I had just soundly defeated. I thought I had cultural supremecy over them for most of the game too. I can't believe that the only thing that matters is who builds the wonders not the end result.

 

[Packer-Backer]

The VPs go to the builder of the wonder. How far did the Phoenicians expand, including cultural borders and wars? I also thought Mesopotamia was frustrating like that.

 

[Kubz]

I was bigger than Phoenecia throughout the game. Phoenecia never got in any war except the one I started and Phoenecia was nearly eliminated. Thats what I don't get. are some Wonders more important than others in the games score?

 

[rabies]

Victory points in this scenario for each wonder were based on the shield cost for the wonder I believe...so yes...some scored higer than others.

I highly doubt the Phoenecians achieved the score needed just through its 3 wonders alone though...they must have gotten Victory points from some other methods as well.

 

[Kubz]

Well I only built three wonders as well so I guess the Phoenecians built the better wonders than I did and won despite the fact that I soundly defeated them and took all their wonders.