Game End and Scoring
How John Company ends — after the scenario's last turn or at once when the Company fails — and Final Scoring: the power award, Company shares and workshops, the final retirement or a Company failure card, and tie-breaks.
Game end
The game ends at the end of the scenario’s last turn (turn 5 for 1710, 7 for 1758, 8 for 1813 and Long 1710), or at once if the Company Standing marker reaches the leftmost space. In that case, finish the step in progress — the Events in India phase, or the vote in Parliament — and score.
Once the game is over, nobody may negotiate, call in promises or play blackmail cards, unless a card says otherwise.
Final scoring
With Deregulation, firm shares and Debtor’s Prison score first.
1. Power award
Total your
power:
- each enterprise and
Company share you own is worth the power next to its token
on the Power track (the bottom two spaces are worth 0); - +1 per passed law token, +2 for holding the Prime Minister dial;
- power shown on your blackmail cards (face up or down) and on one spouse;
- +1 per trophy.
| Final turn | Most power | Second most |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4–6 | 5 | 2 |
| 7–8 | 8 | 4 |
If several tie for most, each of them gets the second award and nobody else scores. Players tied for second get nothing.
2. Court and workshops
- Company survived: each Company share scores the value shown in the Court — 1 point, or more if failed Votes to Deregulate raised it.
- Company failed: each share costs that many points instead, and each workshop (not invested in a firm) scores 1.
Scores can go below zero.
3. Final retirement
If the Company survived, everyone rolls attrition for their offices and retires their pensioners to prizes as usual. No prestige cards are taken.
Ties
Most
window icons wins; then Prime Minister order, clockwise from the Prime Minister.
Company failure
If the Company failed, skip the final retirement: draw one random Company failure card and resolve it. Each blames someone for the disaster — usually a scoring penalty for officers, Commanders, trophies, shares or offices. All six are on Cards & Components.
