We recently played an epic game of Through the Ages. It took three nights, spread over 6+ weeks to complete. (We were playing the “Advanced†game—not the “full†game.) During the game there were many shouts of victory and screams of pain. I did pretty well during the early parts of the game. That soon ended though. Owen was a slow starter which is kind of normal for Owen. He then ends strongly, when it counts. His use of colonies was fantastic. Ben was unpredictable and had to be watched carefully. Mike had highs and lows throughout the game.
During the final game session, I know I was in trouble. You need science to play technologies and I had very little of it. My military was weak also. Mike’s military was week as well and thankfully Ben attacked him. Owen continued to methodically gain ground. Ben too. Ben and Mike were the leaders with Ben having a pretty good lead. Owen and I were fighting to not be last. Then the game ended. When the game ends you go through the remaining events and play them out. This changed everything. Ben still won with 192 points. But it was Owen, not mike, who came in second with 173 points. Mike and I were suddenly locked in a battle to not be last. In the end, Mike got 167 points which put him just ahead of my 164 points.
Three days and hundreds (yes, hundreds) of hours later, I came in last. We should have played Sentinels of the Multiverse.
Chaos Steve