by ktice
How many players were there in your games? The more there are the harder it is to win by KO'ng everyone. In my games most of the victories were by VP's. Even if a couple went for all claws it's not easy to kill everyone if you have 5 opponents, since you can't target people specifically in the game.
All of my games have been with 4 or 5. They've always had at least one person going for points. I found that 3 damage was my average with a range from 2 to 5 pretty consistently.