We're into the second round! Thirty-six civilizations battling it out in three 12-aside matches. As before, each match is actually two matches - giving leaders that roll a bad start in one to make up for it in the second... or assert their overall dominance in both.
Competitors in the first grouping for round 2, chosen randomly from the qualifiers, were Harald Hardrada (Konge), Julius Caesar, João III, Menelik II, Simón Bolívar, Yongle, Sejong, Poundmaker, Kublai Khan (Chinese), Catherine de Medici (Black Queen), Kublai Khan, (Mongolian) and Harald Hardrada (Varangian).
Yep, once again the roll of the dice put different versions of the same leader into the same group! So here's how it went down.
Match 1
It came down to between Poundmaker and Kublai Khan (China), who both achieved a science victory (reminder than when Civilization VI in autoplay mode, the game doesn't stop at victory conditions).
No one else achieved a victory of any kind, so it was down to points - Poundmaker taking it out comfortably in this regard, thanks to a larger empire, better era score and more advanced culture.
Rounding out the top six were Sejong, Harald (both Konge and Varangian) and Yongle.
Match 2
In the second match, it was Menelik and Kublai Khan who shared victory - the former via space, the latter, culture. On points it narrowly went to Menelik.
Adding up the scores, and it's Poundmaker who goes through as the winner. Following him, and through to the third round, were Kublai Khan (China), Sejong, Menelik, Harald (Konge) and - based on her second-round score - Catherine (Black Queen).
Eliminated were Yongle, Harald (Varangian), Simon Bolivar, Julius Caeser, Joao and Kublai Khan (Mongolia).
