This grouping included Peter, Catherine de Medici (Black Queen), Shaka, Lady Six Sky, Suleiman (Muhteşem), João III, Wilhelmina, Pachacuti, Nzinga Mbande, Catherine de Medici (Magnificence), Matthias Corvinus, Cleopatra (Ptolemaic) and Kristina. Yep, once again the dice rolled two different versions of the same leader into the same group!
Top seed in this group according to Pocket Tactics was Peter, the only S-tier leader, followed by Catherine (Black Queen) and Matthias.
While according to Game Rant, João and Matthias were the ones to look out for.
Here's how it went down.
Match 1
No one managed a victory condition - Nzinga came closest with space, but his ship was travelling too slowly. Cleopatra and Peter were neck-and-neck for culture.
So it came down to points - Nzinga the victor, followed by Peter, Pachacuti, Catherine (Black Queen) Cleopatra and João. Kristina struggled, a distant last place.
Match 2
Peter stormed home with a crushing cultural victory, no one else even close. Nzinga topped the scoreboard again, but has to settle for second place.
Adding up the scores, the overall winner is Peter, followed by Nzinga. Also going through to the second round were João, Catherine (Black Queen), Pachacuti and Kristina, whose score in the second match put her above Cleopatra despite her terrible first round.
Eliminated from the competition were Shaka, Lady Six Sky, Suleiman (Muhteşem), Wilhemina, Catherine de Medici (Magnificence), Matthias Corvinus and Cleopatra (Ptolemaic).
Just one more group to play then we're onto round two!
