PAX BRITANNICA PBEM LADDER

April 2003

The Pax Britannica Pbem Ladder was started by Jeff Janoska in 1994, and updated by him until August 1997. From September 1997 it was updated by Rune Aaboen. Since August 1999, it's been maintained by Mark O'English. Points are awarded after a 9/6/4/3/2/1/0 system. Players must have finished at least 2 games to be included on the main list.

The recent update was done after the end of the Bismarck, Eccles, San Stefano, and Tertius games. The total number of games on the table is now 65.

Player Rankings Power Rankings Game Statistics List of Games Previous Ladders

PLAYER RANKINGS

Pos.	Prv.	Player	Pld.	GM	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Currently Playing
1	2	Alex Sanders	2	1	1	15.0	7.5
1	2	Laurent Siquet	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
1	--	Rod Wiberg	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
4	4	Rune Aaboen	5	6	3	37.0	7.4
5	1	Dario Stolfa	3	-	2	21.0	7.0
6	6	Bob Soule	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
6	--	Alberto Llano	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
8	7	Todd Rosentover	4	-	1	25.0	6.3
9	5	Carlo Amato	7	1	3	43.0	6.1	Ffestiniog (Italy)
10	8	Wayne Williams	16	5½	6	97.5	6.1
11	10	Harry White	2	-	1	12.0	6.0
12	--	Robert Rabey	2	-	-	12.0	6.0	Ffestiniog (Russia)
13	11	Mark O'English	14	15	5½	79.5	5.7
14	29	Dave Rubin	6	2	1	32.0	5.3	Ffestiniog (Great Britain)
15	12	Benjamin Foy	3	-	-	16.0	5.3
16	13	Tony Silva	5	2	-	26.0	5.2
17	9	Colin Sykes	4	-	2	20.0	5.0
18	14	Karl Foelsche	4	-	1	20.0	5.0
19	15	Doug Massie	2	-	1	10.0	5.0	Ffestiniog (Japan); Crispi (Great Britain)
20	15	Chris Rusin	2	-	-	10.0	5.0
21	18	Joe Leonard	7	-	1	34.0	4.9
22	20	Alan Isabelle	4	-	1	19.0	4.8
23	20	Ben Baron	4	1	-	19.0	4.8
24	20	Joe Boeke	4	-	-	19.0	4.8
25	23	Jeff Janoska	6	6	1	28.0	4.7
26	26	Gihan Bandaranaike	4	-	1	18.0	4.5
27	27	Alex Rosser	2	-	1	9.0	4.5
28	19	Joshua Landrum	14	3	4	61.0	4.4
29	28	Alan Poulter	7	-	1	30.0	4.3
30	53	Ned McIver	4	-	1	17.0	4.3	Ffestiniog (France)
31	29	Robert Chase	4	-	-	17.0	4.3
32	31	Richard Orme	8	-	-	33.5	4.2
33	25	Kurt Sahr	6	-	2	25.0	4.2
34	24	Shaun Derrick	5	8	1	20.0	4.0
35	33	Bill MacGillivray	5	-	-	20.0	4.0
36	35	James Bailey	7	-	1	26.5	3.8
37	35	John Jordan	12	½	2	44.0	3.7
38	36	Don McKinney	12	-	2	44.0	3.7
39	34	Alasdair Brooks	9	1	1	33	3.7	Crispi (United States)
40	37	Brian Jones	3	-	1	11.0	3.7
41	15	Pete Walsh	3	-	-	11.0	3.7
42	38	Cory Miller	4	-	-	14.0	3.5
43	39	Mark Elliot	2	7½	-	7.0	3.5
44	39	Paul Dowden	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
44	39	Pablo Klinkisch	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
46	42	Keith Langley	10	-	-	34.0	3.4
47	43	Jim Priestaf	3	-	-	10.0	3.3
48	44	Jeff Frischkorn	4	-	-	13.0	3.3
49	45	Robert F. Mosdal	3	-	½	9.5	3.2
50	46	Phillip Apps	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	46	Simon Matthews	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	46	Eric Scharf	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	46	Jeff Och	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	46	Dave Boe	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	45	Sean Vassey	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
50	46	Pete Eldridge	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
57	55	Richard Thumann	11	-	-	30.5	2.8
58	53	Matthew Riegel	3	-	-	8.0	2.7
59	56	Giles Norman	6	-	-	15.0	2.5
60	57	Scott Pankonin	4	-	-	10.0	2.5
61	58	Charles Morgan	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
61	58	Rodney Holmes	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
63	60	Allan Bell	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
64	61	Sid Jackson	5	-	-	11.0	2.2
65	62	Doug Biggs	6	-	-	12.0	2.0
66	63	Don Stanner	3	-	-	6.0	2.0
67	64	Jeff Hiley	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
67	64	Simmy Sims	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
67	64	Chris Scogings	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
67	64	Miguel Mansilla	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
71	68	Monte Bohna	2	-	-	3.5	1.8
72	69	Ian Howard	3	-	-	5.0	1.7	Crispi (Russia)
72	69	Vick Hall	3	-	-	5.0	1.7
74	71	Eric Moore	5	4½	-	8.0	1.6
75	72	Mustafa Unlu	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
75	72	Jussi Perttila	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
75	72	Markus Kaessbohrer	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
75	72	John Marsden	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
79	76	Paul Abrahamsen	4	1	-	5.0	1.3
80	78	Chris Fischel	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
80	78	William Cooper	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
80	78	John Tammes	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
80	--	Albert Boada	2	-	-	2.0	1.0	Crispi (France)
84	77	Kevin Barry	5	-	-	4.0	0.8
85	82	Douglas Parker	4	-	-	3.0	0.8
86	81	Rolf Radicke	6	-	-	4.0	0.7
87	83	Davide Pignat	3	-	-	2.0	0.7
88	84	Jon Zeigler	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
89	85	Jeff Christensen	2	-	-	0.0	0.0
90	86	David Boor	3	-	-	0.0	0.0

71 Players have finished 1 game. Click here to see the list.

ADJUSTED RANKINGS At the request of several players, I've put together a version of the Pax Ladder which takes into account how well each _power_ does in figuring the rankings (on the theory that a win with a power like Britain is not nearly as impressive as a win with a power such as Japan). It's located here.

BEST/WORST SCORES BY POWER AND YEAR GAME ENDED
This chart lists the name and VP totals of the player who had the most victory points with each power for each year the game ended. The worst VP total for each power is also listed (immediately under the best), but the name of the player who attained that score is not listed...

YEAR ENDED	# OF GAMES	Great Britain		France		Germany / AH		United States		Japan		Russia		Italy
		High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores
1880	5	Albert Boada	-188 -209	Bob Soule	-54 -258	Joshua Landrum	-50 -283	Brian Jones	-59 -72	Jeff Frischkorn & Wayne Williams	-74 -88	Jeff Och	-65 -288	Tony Silva	-68 -284
1884	7	Kurt Sahr	54 -177	Jim Priestaf	5 -222	Alberto Llano	35 -199	Doug Massie	33 -191	Richard Thumann	-27 -241	Wayne Williams	14 -177	Gihan Bandaranaike	9 -153
1888	7	Shaun Derrick	94 -67	Benjamin Foy	36 -118	Shaun Derrick	85 -171	Wayne Williams	73 -149	Ned McIver	138 -184	Rich Thumann	23 -137	Joshua Landrum	71 -27
1892	9	Wayne Williams	184 -48	Carlo Amato	115 -115	Mark O'English	137 -112	Joshua Landrum	170 -74	Rich Thumann	99 -97	Gihan Bandaranaike	118 -60	Pete Eldridge	120 -127
1896	12	Robert Rabey	191 -55	Dave Rubin	221 -91	Rod Wiberg	218 -65	Joe Leonard	155 17	Rune Aaboen	171 -77	Dario Stolfa	159 -49	Dave Rubin	210 17
1900	5	Tony Silva	206 79	Bob Chase	164 83	Alex Sanders	211 59	Dave Rubin	177 109	Sid Jackson	172 25	Kurt Sahr	210 112	Joshua Landrum	209 144
1904	4	Rune Aaboen	283 108	Joe Leonard	213 15	Karl Foelsche	214 172	Wayne Williams	191 100	Ben Baron	221 156	Philip Apps	210 121	Joe Leonard	208 123
1908	2	Alasdair Brooks	249 217	Keith Langley	249 10	Doug Biggs	179 15	Mark O'English	243 192	Rune Aaboen	278 160	Robert Mosdal	243 216	Allan Bell	210 -43
1916	1	Don McKinney	298	Pitt Crandlemire	257	Jason Unrath	392	Eric Moore / Keith Langley	344	Paul Lacey	229	Rune Aaboen	368	Mark O'English	339

Note: We no longer have final stats on all the games on the ladder above, and so not all games are included in this chart.

HOW DO THE POWERS RANK? Germany pulls off 2 more wins, and jumps their average past France's and into 5th place, even with a French win thrown in. Oddly enough, all four wins this time belong to the bottom three countries. Which means that even though Japan did not move from their firm 7th place position, they actually didn't worsen their position this time. On the strength of only our 2nd Japanese win (congrats to Ned McIver for the victory), Japan actually improves their average slightly from 2.51 to 2.57!

POWER	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Change
Great Britain	22	299.0	4.60
Russia	8½	248.0	3.82
United States	8½	245.5	3.78
Italy	6	241.0	3.71
Germany	8	218.0	3.35	+1
France	10	206.5	3.18	-1
Japan	2	167.0	2.57

HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

YEAR ENDED	Great War	Chinese Rebellion	Deliberate GW	Incidental GW
1880	6	0	6	0
1884	9	1	7	2
1888	9	4	7	2
1892	12	10	3	9
1896	14	8/3	3	11
1900	8	0/1	1	7
1904	4	0	0	4
1908	2	0	0	2
1912	0	0	0	0
1916	1	0	0	1
None	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total	65	23/4	27	38

Deliberate GW means that someone deliberately ended the Game by starting the Great War.
Incidental GW means that the players stumbled into the Great War.

RANKED GAMES

Mark Elliot: 94-1, 95A, 95C, 95D, 95E, 96A, 98A
Jeff Janoska: pbj-1, pbj-3, pbj-4, pbj-5, pbj-6, pbj-7
Paul Abrahamsen: pbx-2
Ben Baron: Game-1
Eric Moore: EM1, EM2, EM3, EM4
John Jordan / Mark Elliot: 94-2
Chris Jones: Acklam
Mark O'English: Yunnan, Venezuela, UP, Uganda, Turcomania, Tunis, Tripoli, Transvaal, Togoland, Tibet, Tchad, Taureg, Tanganyika, Szech-Wan
Rune Aaboen: Ashantee, Brasil, Cuba, DEI, Fukien, Gabon
Eric Moore / Wayne Williams: EM5
Wayne Williams: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Dalmatia
Alasdair Brooks: Argyll
Shaun Derrick: Umberto, Wilhelm, Yamamoto, Aylesbury, Brecon, Carluke, Donegal, Eccles
John Moser: Moser99
Joshua Landrum: Primus, Secundus, Tertius
Alex Sanders: Fiji
Wayne Williams / Mark O'English: Friuli, Epirus
Dave Rubin: Andrassy, Bismarck
Carlo Amato: San Stefano