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The Foundation Series is an epic science fiction series written over a span of forty-nine years by Isaac Asimov. It consists of ten volumes that are closely linked to each other, although they can be read separately. The term 'Foundation Series' is often used more generally to include the Robot Series and Empire Series, which are set in the same fictional universe. In total there are fourteen novels and dozens of short stories written by Asimov, and six novels written by other authors after his death. The series is highly acclaimed, winning the one-time Hugo Award for "best all-time science fiction series" in 1965. Foundation was originally a series of eight short stories published in Astounding Magazine between May 1942 and January 1950. According to Asimov the premise was based on ideas set forth in Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and was invented spontaneously on his way to meet with editor John W. Campbell, with whom he developed the concept.[1] The first four stories were collected, along with a new story taking place before the others, in a single volume published by Gnome Press in 1951 as Foundation. The remainder of the stories were published in pairs as Foundation and Empire (1952) and Second Foundation (1953), resulting in the "Foundation Trilogy", as the series was known for decades. In 1981, after the series had long been considered the most important work of modern SF, Asimov was convinced by his publishers to write a fourth book, which was Foundation's Edge (1982).[citation needed] He followed this with a sequel, Foundation and Earth (1983) and five years later prequels Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. During the lapse between sequels and prequels Asimov tied in his Foundation series with his various other series, creating a single unified universe of his most known works. The premise of the series is that scientist Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept devised by Asimov and Campbell. Using the law of mass action, it can predict the future, but only on a large scale; it is error-prone for anything smaller than a planet or an empire. Using these techniques, Seldon foresees the fall of the Galactic Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting thirty thousand years before a second great empire arises. To shorten the period of barbarism, he creates two Foundations, small secluded havens of art and science, on opposite ends of the galaxy. The focus of the trilogy is on the Foundation of the planet Terminus. The people living there are working on an all-encompassing Encyclopedia, and are unaware of Seldon's real intentions (for if they were, the variables would become too uncontrolled). The Encyclopedia serves to preserve knowledge of the physical sciences after the collapse. The Foundation's location is chosen so that it acts as the focal point for the next empire in another thousand years (rather than the projected thirty thousand).

		For					Against
Opponent	Race	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Score	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Gate
Rogue's Rotters II	Nurgle's Rotters	1000k	23	2/2/0	50k	3 - 1	1000k	12	0/1/1	50k	45k
Mean Green Flying Machines	Goblin	970k	13	0/1/1	40k	1 - 2	1080k	13	1/0/0	90k	52k
Grafen und Diener	Vampire	1040k	19	2/0/1	50k	2 - 1	1000k	12	2/0/0	80k	46k
Ranked	Nurgle's Rotters	1140k	5	0/0/0	60k	0 - 2	1000k	17	2/1/0	90k	43k
Random Play	Chaos	1210k	12	1/2/0	40k	0 - 0	1090k	7	1/0/0	40k	57k
hunde freunde west	Human	1290k	12	0/1/0	100k	1 - 0	1130k	3	0/1/0	0k	85k
Nanologia	Dwarf	1360k	7	0/0/1	80k	0 - 1	1370k	8	1/0/0	90k	82k
Super Rats	Skaven	1450k	29	1/3/0	60k	4 - 2	1510k	13	0/0/0	50k	72k
Bonecollektors	Shambling Undead	1510k	6	0/0/0	80k	0 - 3	1530k	28	2/4/1	80k	92k
Xtreme Xtra Xtension	Lizardmen	1590k	6	0/0/1	30k	0 - 2	1330k	11	0/0/0	90k	84k
Belle e Facili	Amazon	1550k	5	0/0/0	60k	0 - 4	1460k	25	4/0/3	90k	71k
Mork's Marshbowlers	Orc	1360k	15	1/0/1	10k	1 - 1	1340k	11	1/0/0	50k	34k
Bonn Scott Bombers	Human	1400k	7	0/0/0	30k	0 - 3	1370k	17	1/0/0	40k	65k
Brotherhood of Nuffle	Necromantic	1450k	6	0/1/0	40k	0 - 3	1390k	16	0/2/0	40k	61k
Queen Rocks	Elf	1500k	20	2/1/0	40k	3 - 3	1400k	22	1/0/0	70k	67k
Dazzas Layx Monkeys	Chaos Dwarf	1530k	10	1/1/0	70k	0 - 1	1560k	14	1/1/1	80k	65k
Cologne Rumble II	Norse	1610k	13	1/1/0	20k	1 - 2	1610k	11	0/0/0	30k	51k
Random Fate	Necromantic	1610k	9	0/0/2	50k	0 - 2	1650k	16	2/0/0	80k	65k
Get These Shorties!	Skaven	1670k	20	2/2/2	50k	1 - 1	1530k	9	0/0/1	20k	49k
Super Rats	Skaven	1770k	15	1/0/1	30k	2 - 4	1750k	24	0/2/0	20k	55k
Potencial Bueh da Altos	Lizardmen	1770k	13	1/1/0	30k	1 - 1	1660k	12	1/1/0	30k	70k
Decaying Hope	Nurgle's Rotters	1830k	17	1/1/0	40k	2 - 1	1800k	13	2/0/0	30k	61k
Schmerztal Darkbones	Necromantic Horror	1900k	10	1/0/0	60k	1 - 1	2110k	16	5/2/1	40k	61k
Tex's Masquerade	Undead	1980k	10	2/0/0	40k	0 - 3	2020k	18	2/0/0	60k	105k
Baytown Brawlers	Norse	1960k	16	2/0/0	40k	2 - 0	1850k	9	1/0/1	10k	54k
Magik Kingdom	Chaos	2050k	0	0/0/0	0k	0 - 1	2530k	21	3/0/2	70k	91k
Pizza Sk-avengers	Skaven	1790k	21	2/3/0	10k	1 - 2	1650k	15	0/1/0	30k	60k
Smoking Camels	Goblin	1840k	23	3/0/1	60k	3 - 0	1900k	5	2/1/0	40k	98k
Bonebreakaz	Ogre	1940k	9	0/0/1	0k	2 - 2	1960k	17	2/0/0	0k	43k
A Dangerous Meeting	Chaos Chosen	1900k	23	2/3/1	30k	2 - 0	2450k	11	0/2/1	20k	82k
Smoking Camels	Goblin	1980k	9	1/0/0	60k	0 - 2	1930k	13	3/0/0	80k	88k
Longbeards!	Dwarf	2030k	5	0/0/0	50k	0 - 2	1500k	11	0/0/0	50k	62k
Mutina_Grudgebearers	Dwarf	2090k	13	2/0/0	0k	1 - 2	1940k	15	1/2/0	30k	53k
MnT	Skaven	2080k	0	0/0/0	0k	0 - 1	1720k	19	2/0/1	60k	38k
ERH	Dark Elf	2070k	8	1/0/0	10k	0 - 4	1890k	28	3/0/0	20k	79k
Biancanove	Dwarf	1900k	5	0/0/0	20k	0 - 3	1690k	16	1/0/0	40k	42k
Supremantics	Necromantic	1920k	16	2/0/1	40k	1 - 4	1590k	25	1/2/2	80k	66k
Eragon Irregulars	Human	1820k	10	0/1/0	10k	1 - 3	1860k	20	1/0/1	50k	46k
Shoca Dwarf	Chaos Dwarf	1770k	3	0/1/0	0k	0 - 5	1870k	37	2/2/2	70k	53k