Journeys of Discovery – 1; Marco Polo [Winner = DaveH]

[DaveH]

Journeys of Discovery – 1; Marco Polo

The theme for my tournaments are the major journeys of Discovery and Exploration and my first journey will mirror the route taken by Marco Polo who lived from 1254 to 1324. He was a trader, so the winner of the tournament will be the player who amasses the most points from their journey. These points will be the actual points gained from winning matches and players can choose their "home" route from two possible routes (maps) in each of the first four rounds.

The number of players will be a minimum of 16, but I will take more in multiples of 2 if there is sufficient interest shown over the next week or so. All games will be head-to-head Standard (apart from the last which is Terminator), played with the following settings: Automatic; Sequential, Flat Rate, Chained; Fog and not Speed! Players can choose which home map they prefer from two possible maps at each round; if they have no preference, the first, default map will be used.

Only two games will be initiated at each round, so Freebies can join provided that they keep two slots open. You must have less than 2,000 points to join this tournament and enter within 48 hours of me sending out invitations. Matchups will be determined randomly.
[bigimg]http://www.davehomer.net/conquer/CCT1/Map.jpg[/bigimg]
Marco Polo started his journey from his home town of Venice, so round 1 will be two games played on your and your opponent’s choice of home map - from either “Italy” (default) or “Unification Italy”.

He then journeyed through Accra to Ormuz, so the second round will be two games played on either “Middle East” (default) or “Indian Empire”.

The route then took him to Beijing, so the third round will be two games played on either “Asia” (default) or “Mongol Empire”.

His return journey was by sea to Ormuz and thence to Constantinople, so Round four will be two games played on either “Land and Sea” (default) or “High Seas”.

Since Marco was a trader or merchant, the last stage of the tournament will be for the four persons with the highest points totals from the previous rounds to see who can amass more points as merchants by playing a final game of quads on “Age of Merchants” as a terminator game. Their points from this game will be added to their previous points totals to determine the winner.

Reserves will “inherit” the points total from the player they replace and if, for any reason, a bye has to be awarded in any game, that player will gain average points of the other winners who played that same round.

So add your name below and your preferred home map:

“Italy” or “Unification Italy”
“Middle East” or “Indian Empire”
“Asia” or “Mongol Empire”
“Land and Sea” or “High Seas”.

If you don’t choose one, the first map will be used as a default.

Good Luck!

Dave

P.S. This happy fellow (obviously not winning at CC when this portrait was made) is of Marco – not me.......

[spoiler=Players]1 DaveH - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
2 General Brewsie - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
3 tec805 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
4 Will Lee - Italy, Indian Empire, Asia, Land & Sea
5 mcshanester29 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
6 xman5151 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, High Seas
7 BlackZ - Unification Italy, Indian Empire, Mongol Empire, High Seas
8 jjmracing - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
9 giuppichan - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
10 calicus - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
11 rmjw10 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
12 GhoStedar - Italy, Indian Empire, Mongol Empire, High Seas
13 koontz1973 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
14 Dukasaur - Italy, Middle East, Asia, High Seas
15 got tonkaed - Unification Italy, Indian Empire, Mongol Empire, High Seas
16 whakamole - Italy, Indian Empire, Mongol Empire, Land & Sea
17 crazycolin - Italy, Middle East, Asia, High Seas
18 rhino62397 - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea
19 Steelfoot - Italy, Indian Empire, Asia, Land & Sea
20 V.J. - Italy, Middle East, Asia, Land & Sea

Reserves:
1 mickunited333[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Games - Round 1]Game 8918488 crazycolin (27) vs calicus
Game 8918491 calicus vs crazycolin (29)
Game 8918493 V.J. vs tec805 (19)
Game 8918496 tec805 vs V.J. (21)
Game 8918499 mcshanester29 (25) vs got tonkaed
Game 8918500 got tonkaed (19) v smcshanester29
Game 8918503 rmjw10 vs koontz1973 (11)
Game 8918505 koontz1973 (11) vs rmjw10
Game 8918508 giuppichan vs Steelfoot (16)
Game 8918507 Steelfoot vs giuppichan (25)
Game 8918509 whakamole (16)vs DaveH
Game 8918510 DaveH (26)vs whakamole
Game 8918511 General Brewsie vs Dukasaur (25)
Game 8918512 Dukasaur (24) vs General Brewsie
Game 8918514 jjmracing vs GhoStedar (16)
Game 8918515 GhoStedar vs jjmracing (29)
Game 8918516 BlackZ (12) vs rhino62397
Game 8918517 rhino62397 vs BlackZ (13)
Game 8918518 Will Lee (20) vs xman5151
Game 8918519 xman5151 (21) vs Will Lee[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Games - Round 2]Game 8974295 whakamole vs mickunited333 (24)
Game 8974296 mickunited333 vs whakamole (18)
Game 8974315 calicus vs koontz1973 (12)
Game 8974317 koontz1973 (12) vs calicus
Game 8974318 Dukasaur (12) vs crazycolin
Game 8974319 crazycolin vs Dukasaur (12)
Game 8974320 General Brewsie vs BlackZ (22)
Game 8974302 BlackZ vs General Brewsie (19)
Game 8974323 mcshanester29 vs Steelfoot (12)
Game 8974306 Steelfoot (12) vs mcshanester29
Game 8974325 giuppichan (26) vs tec805
Game 8974326 tec805 vs giuppichan (25)
Game 8974329 jjmracing vs rhino62397 (18)
Game 8974330 rhino62397 (14) vs jjmracing
Game 8974332 V.J. (15) vs Will Lee
Game 8974310 Will Lee vs V.J. (16)
Game 8974333 xman5151 vs got tonkaed (29)
Game 8974312 got tonkaed vs xman5151 (15)
Game 8974334 DaveH (11) vs rmjw10
Game 8974335 rmjw10 vs DaveH (11)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Games - Round 3]Game 9011356 jjmracing (32) vs crazycolin
Game 9011358 crazycolin (13) vs jjmracing
Game 9011389 got tonkaed vs giuppichan (20)
Game 9011359 giuppichan vs got tonkaed
Game 9011360 V.J. (11) vs calicus
Game 9011361 calicus vs V.J. (11)
Game 9011370 rmjw10 (38) vs BlackZ
Game 9011390 BlackZ vs rmjw10 (38)
Game 9011375 Will Lee (21) vs Dukasaur
Game 9011377 Dukasaur (20) vs Will Lee
Game 9011379 General Brewsie (25) vs whakamole
Game 9011392 whakamole vs General Brewsie (26)
Game 9011380 mcshanester29 (27) vs mickunited333
Game 9011394 mickunited333 vs mcshanester29 (23)
Game 9011381 koontz1973 vs tec805 (15)
Game 9011382 tec805 (16) vs koontz1973
Game 9011383 xman5151 (14) vs rhino62397
Game 9011384 rhino62397 (29) vs xman5151
Game 9011385 DaveH (31) vs Steelfoot
Game 9011386 Steelfoot (13) vs DaveH[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Games - Round 4]Game 9028115 BlackZ vs xman5151 (17)
Game 9028114 xman5151 (17) vs BlackZ
Game 9028113 Dukasaur vs DaveH (18)
Game 9028137 DaveH (18) vs Dukasaur
Game 9028112 mickunited333 (18) vs calicus
Game 9028136 calicus (23) vs mickunited333
Game 9028111 crazycolin (23) vs rhino62397
Game 9028134 rhino62397 vs crazycolin (24)
Game 9028110 got tonkaed vs tec805
Game 9028132 tec805 (13) vs got tonkaed
Game 9028129 giuppichan vs rmjw10 (38)
Game 9028128 rmjw10 vs giuppichan (12)
Game 9028126 V.J. (18) vs mcshanester29
Game 9028125 mcshanester29 (23) vs V.J.
Game 9028124 Will Lee vs jjmracing (41)
Game 9028122 jjmracing vs Will Lee (12)
Game 9028121 General Brewsie vs koontz1973 (23)
Game 9028120 koontz1973 vs General Brewsie (18)
Game 9028119 Steelfoot vs whakamole (22)
Game 9028118 whakamole vs Steelfoot (18)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Scores after Round 4]

giuppichan (125)
crazycolin (116)
DaveH (115)
rmjw10 (114)
jjmracing (102)
mcshanester29 (98)
Dukasaur (93)
V.J. (92)
General Brewsie (88)
xman5151 (84)
Steelfoot (71)
koontz1973 (69)
tec805 (63)
rhino62397 (61)
mickunited333 (58)
whakamole (56)
Will Lee (53)
got tonkaed (48)
BlackZ (47)
calicus (23)

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Final Game]Game 9137506
giuppichan (125); crazycolin (116); DaveH (115); rmjw10 (114)
DaveH (12) eliminated rmjw10 from the game in round 20
DaveH (12) eliminated crazycolin from the game in round 21
DaveH (22) eliminated giuppichan from the game in round 22
Final Scores
DaveH (161); giuppichan (125); crazycolin (116); rmjw10 (114)[/spoiler]

[DaveH]

I suppose I had better join....

[General Brewsie]

Count me in, please. It looks like this has been very well planned and should be fun. I'll play the default maps.

[tec805]

I'll join, but better put me on all the easy maps

[Will Lee]

count me in, pls. Any map

[mcshanester29]

in please

[DaveH]

In up to here [5 of 16]

[General Brewsie]

I'll join, but better put me on all the easy maps

Any captain who says that deserves the toughest maps and the toughest opponents.

[xman5151]

In please with:
Italy
Middle East
Asia
High Seas

[BlackZ]

in please,

unification italy, indian empire, mongol empire, high seas:)

[jjmracing]

in please, italy

[DaveH]

In up to here

[General Brewsie]

In up to here

Give DaveH the easiest ones; he needs them!

[giuppichan]

in please, any maps

[calicus]

sounds like fun. in please any maps.

[rmjw10]

in please

italy

[GhoStedar]

Italy
Indian
Mongol
High
Please

[koontz1973]

In please. Any maps.

[Dukasaur]

in please

for the final round I would prefer High Seas over the default.
for the first three rounds the defaults are fine.

[DaveH]

In up to here

[got tonkaed]

in...ill take all the non default maps.

[whakamole]

in plz, i'll use unification italy and mongol empire instead of their respective defaults.

[crazycolin]

In please,default maps will be fine.

[rhino62397]

I would like to join if you have anymore room. Any map. Thank you

[Steelfoot]

In please, “Indian Empire” homeground