by colossus1919
I'm a long time gamer but played with my wife and oldest two who are just starting out. We just finished our first game and an after the fact question came up.To sum up; We played four players, all humans, Black attacking some ancients in the first five or six rounds, Red attacking some ancients and the GCDS, White researching and exploring until ALL of her money population cubes were out on hexes, and Green exploring and researching. Black and White had some big fights with Red in turn eight and nine (in which Red did not come out of happy at all) but Green stood by and watched the show.
The results:
Black-31
White-25
Red-24
Green-13
So the question came up; Can you win without fighting, whether it be ancients or other players, and if so how?
I'm sure once I play more I may come up with some ideas but couldn't when I was asked.