SGOTM 23 - Orient Express
Well, I hope you all enjoyed building the trans-continental railway to BSPollux's specifications. All five teams succeeded in the challenge, and in spite of time pressures you all did it (pretty well) in time.
Turbo Ants (gold) and Phoenix Rising (silver) produced fast Conquest victories within 20 turns of each other.
Xteam crept under the wire while I was otherwise engaged in real life and snatched both the bronze laurels and the wooden cutlery with the only Religious victory.
"Nice try but no cigar" awards go to Unusual Suspects and Unallocated, who both Conquered in 1240AD and 1515 AD respectively.
Well done everybody. I'll leave it to wiser heads than mine to discuss the relative merits of approaches the teams took.
Orient Express Summary
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Well, I hope you all enjoyed building the trans-continental railway to BSPollux's specifications. All five teams succeeded in the challenge, and in spite of time pressures you all did it (pretty well) in time.
Turbo Ants (gold) and Phoenix Rising (silver) produced fast Conquest victories within 20 turns of each other.
Xteam crept under the wire while I was otherwise engaged in real life and snatched both the bronze laurels and the wooden cutlery with the only Religious victory.
"Nice try but no cigar" awards go to Unusual Suspects and Unallocated, who both Conquered in 1240AD and 1515 AD respectively.
Well done everybody. I'll leave it to wiser heads than mine to discuss the relative merits of approaches the teams took.
Orient Express Summary
Turbo Ants, 275 AD Conquest victory, 478,671 points
LowtherCastle,
Mitchum,
Pollina,
WastinTime,
ZPV
LowtherCastle,
Mitchum,
Pollina,
WastinTime,
ZPV
Phoenix Rising, 475 AD Conquest victory, 441,319 points
Gumbolt,
BornInCantaloup,
ConfusedCounsel,
elitetroops,
MegaLurker,
Rusten,
yyeah
Gumbolt,
BornInCantaloup,
ConfusedCounsel,
elitetroops,
MegaLurker,
Rusten,
yyeah
Xteam, 1100 AD Religious victory, 237,102 points
Folket,
Cactus Pete,
Dhoomstriker,
Jersey Joe,
neilmeister,
NobleZarkon
Folket,
Cactus Pete,
Dhoomstriker,
Jersey Joe,
neilmeister,
NobleZarkon
Unusual Suspects , 1240 AD Conquest victory 330,073 points
classical_hero,
Deckhand,
kcd_swede,
nocho,
Ronnie1,
Zhary
classical_hero,
Deckhand,
kcd_swede,
nocho,
Ronnie1,
Zhary
Unallocated, 1515 AD Conquest victory 240,549 points
haphazard1,
enKage,
pigswill,
ikotami,
marbe166,
Packers5280,
Sun Tzu Wu
haphazard1,
enKage,
pigswill,
ikotami,
marbe166,
Packers5280,
Sun Tzu Wu
Full results, progress charts, saves and replay listings are available on the Progress and Results Page
Use the Game Replay Page for an animated graphical replay.
The Team and Lurker threads are open to all.