Thanks Danbo. So this actually looks like a server problem when generating the game.
AFAIR I created the game like this:
VPs required to win: 9 Cumulative VPs: off
VPs in capitals: Yes
VPs scattered on map (in addition to any given in the map file):
0
Note that for the latter (VPs scattered on map) 0 is the default so all I had to do is not touch.
I think it's time to contact the higher powers -> llama
