INTERNET PAX BRITANNICA LADDER

AUGUST 1997


The Pax Britannica Ladder is usually compiled by Jeff Janoska. The recent update is done by Rune Aaboen. Previous positions refer to the last table created, not neccessarily the last table posted. The ladder is updated after the end of the EM4 game.

Points are based on a 9/6/4/3/2/1/0 system.


Player Rankings
Power Rankings
How long do games last?
Games on Table
Previous Ladders




PLAYER RANKINGS

Alasdair Brooks still holds the top spot. Mark O'English drops one spot, but an average of 6.2 after 6 games is still quite impresssive. Ben Baron stays in 5th position after finishing second the third time of three possible. John Jordan has still played more games than anyone else (9).
Mark Elliot still has GM'ed the most games (6).

PLAYER Position Previous Played GM'ed Wins Points Avarage
Brooks, Alasdair 1 1 2 - 1 15 7.5
Rosentover, Todd 2 3 2 - 1 13 6.5
O'English, Mark 3 2 6 - 3 37 6.2
Williams, Wayne 3 4 3 - 1 18.5 6.2
Baron, Ben 5 5 3 1 - 18 6.0
Janoska, Jeff 6 7 5 5 1 26 5.2
Foelsche, Karl 7 6 4 - 1 20.2 5.1
Chase, Robert 8 8 2 - - 10 5.0
Mckinney, Don 9 9 7 - 2 34.2 4.9
Isabelle, Alan 10 10 4 - 1 19 4.8
Poulter, Alan 11 11 4 - 1 18 4.5
Orme, Richard 12 12 2 - - 9 4.5
Bailey, James 13 13 5 - 1 20 4.0
Elliot, Mark 14 14 2 6 - 7 3.5
Jordan, John 15 15 9 1 1 31 3.4
Langley, Keith 16 16 5 - - 13.2 2.6
Morgan, Charles 17 17 2 - - 5 2.5
Biggs, Doug 18 18 4 - - 9 2.3
Hiley, Jeff 19 19 2 - - 4 2.0
Sims, Simmy 20 20 2 - - 4 2.0
Bohna, Monte 21 21 2 - - 3.5 1.8
Unlu, Mustafa 22 22 2 - - 3 1.5
Perttila, Jussi 22 23 2 - - 3 1.5
Abrahamsen, Paul 24 24 4 1 - 5 1.3
Moore, Eric 25 25 4 4 - 4.2 1.1
Fishel, Chris 26 26 2 - - 2 1.0
Christensen, Jeff 27 27 2 - - 0 0.0
Boor, David 27 - 2 - - 0 0.0
Aaboen, Rune 1 2 1 9.0
Delwood, Robert 1 - 1 9.0
Gassan, Richard 1 - 1 9.0
Lindberg, Eric 1 - 1 9.0
Simpson, Alan 1 - 1 9.0
Benedict, Nick 1 - - 6.0
Matthews, Simon 1 - - 6.0
Rajagopalan, Rama 1 - - 6.0
Scharf, Eric 1 - - 6.0
Boeke, Joe 1 - - 4.0
Erhardt, George 1 - - 4.0
Leonard, Joe 1 - - 4.0
Pickering, David 1 - - 4.0
Sarn, Keith 1 - - 4.0
Wimble, Will 1 - - 4.0
Lydick, William 1 - - 3.2
Harrison, Jeff 1 - - 3.0
Krog, Andrew 1 - - 3.0
Wagner, Nathan 1 - - 3.0
Apps, Philip 1 - - 2.0
Atchely, Michael 1 - - 2.0
Hiesterman, Karl 1 - - 2.0
Luo, Jay 1 - - 2.0
Wilke, John 1 - - 2.0
Dowidet, Christian 1 - - 1.0
Greenfield, Chris 1 - - 1.0
K, Kevin 1 - - 1.0
McCluskey, John 1 - - 1.0
Miller, Albert 1 - - 1.0
Mosdal, F. Robert 1 - - 1.0
Gell, Keith 1 - - 0.0
Matthews-Simon, Mark 1 - - 0.0
Nelson, Carl 1 - - 0.0




HOW DO THE POWERS RANK?

Britain continues to dominate, probably based on the length of the games. There appears to be 3 tiers of powers --
First, Britain. Then Russia, Italy and the USA as second ranks. And last, France (despite 2 wins), Germany and Japan.

POWER Wins Points Average
Great Britain 8 98.0 5.2
Italy 4 76.2 4.0
Russia 3 76.0 4.0
USA 2 67.5 3.6
Germany - 54.7 2.9 +1 position
Japan - 52.7 2.8 +1 position
France 2 51.2 2.7 -2 positions

Games on Table: 19




HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

On average, games last until 1893. The shortest game ended in 1880, while the longest games ended in 1904.

On average, deliberately ended games last until 1890. The earliest end was in 1880, while the latest deliberate end was in 1900. 8 games have been ended deliberatly.

On average, incidentally ended games last until 1896. The earliest incidental end was in 1888, while the latest was in 1904. 11 games ended through stumbling into the Great War.

Chinese Rebellions have started in 5 games. On average the rebellion occurs in 1894. The earliest Rebellion was in 1892, while the latest rebellion was in 1896.

YEAR ENDED Great War Chineese Rebellion Deliberate GW Incidental GW
1880 1 0 1 0
1884 2 0 2 0
1888 2 0 1 1
1892 6 3 2 4
1896 4 2 1 3
1900 2 0 1 1
1904 2 0 0 2
1908 0 0 0 0
1912 0 0 0 0
1916 0 0 0 0
None 0 N/A N/A N/A
Total #'s 19 5 8 11

Deliberate games ended in the Great War and the GM ruled that some one deliberately ended the Game.
Incidental means that the players stumbled into the Great War.




GAMES RANKED

Mark Elliot
94-1, 95A, 95C, 95D, 95E
Jeff Janoska
pbj-1, pbj-3, pbj-4, pbj-5, pbj-6
Paul Abrahamsen
pbx-2
Ben Baron
Game-1
Eric Moore
EM1, EM2, EM3, EM4
John Jordan/Mark Elliot
94-2
Rune Aaboen
Ashantee, Brasil