diff --git a/src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts b/src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts
index ee52675a5..f7a55cc4f 100644
--- a/src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts
+++ b/src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ export class HostLobbyModal extends LitElement {
   }
 
   private async handleMapChange(e: Event) {
-    this.selectedMap = Number((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as GameMap;
+    this.selectedMap = String((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as GameMap;
     console.log(`updating map to ${this.selectedMap}`)
     this.putGameConfig()
   }
 
   private async handleDifficultyChange(e: Event) {
-    this.selectedDiffculty = Number((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as Difficulty;
+    this.selectedDiffculty = String((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as Difficulty;
     console.log(`updating difficulty to ${this.selectedDiffculty}`)
     this.putGameConfig()
   }
diff --git a/src/client/SinglePlayerModal.ts b/src/client/SinglePlayerModal.ts
index b2810bd39..a4fbfb759 100644
--- a/src/client/SinglePlayerModal.ts
+++ b/src/client/SinglePlayerModal.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class SinglePlayerModal extends LitElement {
         .filter(([key]) => isNaN(Number(key)))
         .map(([key, value]) => html`
                   <option value=${value} ?selected=${this.selectedMap === value}>
-                    ${key}
+                    ${value}
                   </option>
                 `)}
             </select>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class SinglePlayerModal extends LitElement {
         .filter(([key]) => isNaN(Number(key)))
         .map(([key, value]) => html`
                   <option value=${value} ?selected=${this.selectedDifficulty === value}>
-                    ${key}
+                    ${value}
                   </option>
                 `)}
             </select>
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ export class SinglePlayerModal extends LitElement {
   }
 
   private handleMapChange(e: Event) {
-    this.selectedMap = Number((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as GameMap;
+    this.selectedMap = String((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as GameMap;
   }
   private handleDifficultyChange(e: Event) {
-    this.selectedDifficulty = Number((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as Difficulty;
+    this.selectedDifficulty = String((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value) as Difficulty;
   }
   private startGame() {
     console.log(`Starting single player game with map: ${GameMap[this.selectedMap]}`);
diff --git a/src/core/Schemas.ts b/src/core/Schemas.ts
index 8b22023f5..262539116 100644
--- a/src/core/Schemas.ts
+++ b/src/core/Schemas.ts
@@ -242,5 +242,6 @@ export const GameRecordSchema = z.object({
     durationSeconds: z.number(),
     date: z.string(),
     usernames: z.array(z.string()),
+    num_turns: z.number(),
     turns: z.array(TurnSchema)
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/Util.ts b/src/core/Util.ts
index 9873d9693..39fcdadf7 100644
--- a/src/core/Util.ts
+++ b/src/core/Util.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ export function CreateGameRecord(id: GameID, gameConfig: GameConfig, turns: Turn
     }
     record.usernames = Array.from(usernames)
     record.durationSeconds = Math.floor((record.endTimestampMS - record.startTimestampMS) / 1000)
+    record.num_turns = turns.length
     return record;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
index 30cf8854a..d08524820 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GameType, Gold, Player, PlayerID, PlayerInfo, TerraNullius, Tick, Tile, Unit, UnitInfo, UnitType } from "../game/Game";
+import { Difficulty, GameType, Gold, Player, PlayerID, PlayerInfo, TerraNullius, Tick, Tile, Unit, UnitInfo, UnitType } from "../game/Game";
 import { Colord, colord } from "colord";
 import { devConfig } from "./DevConfig";
 import { defaultConfig } from "./DefaultConfig";
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export interface Config {
 	defensePostRange(): number
 	defensePostDefenseBonus(): number
 	falloutDefenseModifier(): number
+	difficultyModifier(difficulty: Difficulty): number
 }
 
 export interface Theme {
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 5a1f84914..6faf08363 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GameType, Gold, Player, PlayerInfo, PlayerType, TerrainType, TerraNullius, Tick, Tile, Unit, UnitInfo, UnitType } from "../game/Game";
+import { Difficulty, GameType, Gold, Player, PlayerInfo, PlayerType, TerrainType, TerraNullius, Tick, Tile, Unit, UnitInfo, UnitType } from "../game/Game";
 import { GameID } from "../Schemas";
 import { assertNever, distSort, manhattanDist, simpleHash, within } from "../Util";
 import { Config, Theme } from "./Config";
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ import { pastelTheme } from "./PastelTheme";
 
 
 export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
+    difficultyModifier(difficulty: Difficulty): number {
+        switch (difficulty) {
+            case Difficulty.Easy:
+                return 1
+            case Difficulty.Medium:
+                return 3
+            case Difficulty.Hard:
+                return 9
+            case Difficulty.Impossible:
+                return 18
+        }
+    }
+
 
     cityPopulationIncrease(): number {
         return 250_000
diff --git a/src/core/execution/ExecutionManager.ts b/src/core/execution/ExecutionManager.ts
index 4bfbdfdee..b1811b056 100644
--- a/src/core/execution/ExecutionManager.ts
+++ b/src/core/execution/ExecutionManager.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class Executor {
                     this.random.nextID()
                 ),
                 nation.cell,
-                nation.strength * this.gs.gameConfig().difficulty
+                nation.strength * this.gs.config().difficultyModifier(this.gs.gameConfig().difficulty)
             ))
         }
         return execs
diff --git a/src/core/game/Game.ts b/src/core/game/Game.ts
index 29467f096..9313c2150 100644
--- a/src/core/game/Game.ts
+++ b/src/core/game/Game.ts
@@ -11,24 +11,24 @@ export type Gold = number
 export const AllPlayers = "AllPlayers" as const;
 
 export enum Difficulty {
-    Easy = 1,
-    Medium = 3,
-    Hard = 9,
-    Impossible = 18,
+    Easy = "Easy",
+    Medium = "Medium",
+    Hard = "Hard",
+    Impossible = "Impossible",
 }
 
 export enum GameMap {
-    World,
-    Europe,
-    Mena,
-    NorthAmerica,
-    Oceania
+    World = "World",
+    Europe = "Europe",
+    Mena = "Mena",
+    NorthAmerica = "North America",
+    Oceania = "Oceania"
 }
 
 export enum GameType {
-    Singleplayer,
-    Public,
-    Private,
+    Singleplayer = "Singleplayer",
+    Public = "Public",
+    Private = "Private",
 }
 
 export interface UnitInfo {
diff --git a/src/server/Archive.ts b/src/server/Archive.ts
index e3e838568..c8cfe615b 100644
--- a/src/server/Archive.ts
+++ b/src/server/Archive.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ export async function archive(gameRecord: GameRecord) {
         await file.save(JSON.stringify(GameRecordSchema.parse(gameRecord)), {
             contentType: 'application/json'
         });
+        // Save metadata to BigQuery
+        const row = {
+            id: gameRecord.id,
+            start: new Date(gameRecord.startTimestampMS),
+            end: new Date(gameRecord.endTimestampMS),
+            duration_seconds: gameRecord.durationSeconds,
+            number_turns: gameRecord.num_turns,
+            usernames: gameRecord.usernames,
+            game_mode: gameRecord.gameConfig.gameType,
+            winner: null,
+            difficulty: gameRecord.gameConfig.difficulty,
+            map: gameRecord.gameConfig.gameMap,
+        };
+
+        await bigquery
+            .dataset('game_archive')
+            .table('game_results')
+            .insert([row]);
+
+        console.log(`wrote game metadata to BigQuery: ${gameRecord.id}`);
     } catch (error) {
         console.log(`error writing to gcs: ${error}`)
     }