On a whim, I've started putting together some stats on past Pax games I have histories on...

PowerNumber of VictoriesTotal PointsTotal GamesAverage
Britain12176345.18
Germany5147.5344.34
America7147344.32
Italy260.5154.03
France5136344.00
Japan295273.52
Russia159222.68
The above chart shows scoring, using the same system as the Pax Britannica Internet Ladder, for the 34 pre-internet games I have data on from my original face-to-face playing group... Note: Keep in mind that 4 and 5 player games probably dragged these numbers up unfairly for the major four countries.
Here's the same figures when combined with the numbers from the Internet ladder (through 39 internet games):
PowerNumber of VictoriesTotal PointsTotal GamesAverage
Britain26356734.88
America11.5286.5733.92
Italy7201.5543.73
Germany9270.5733.70
France11268.5733.68
Russia5.5213.5613.50
Japan3199.5663.02


Game Ranking Z-Scores:
Power7 plyr6 plyr5 plyr4 plyrOverall
Britain.50.29-.50.30.22 (58.7%)
Italy.17---------.17 (56.8%)
Germany-.12.20.20.45.10 (54.0%)
America.05-.19.25-.45-.04 (48.4%)
France-.33.29.30-.30-.08 (46.8%)
Japan00-.41----.09 (46.4%)
Russia-.27-.40-------.31 (37.8%)
The above is something probably more relevant. I've calculated z-scores (how many standard deviations above and below the average) for placements of each and every power, based on how they've finished in all the face-to-face games. I chose this particular method as it provides a way to equalize scoring no matter how many players are in a game.
To show what a z-score really means, for the final column (the overall), I've translated the z-scores back into percentiles. Basically, if you look at all the finishes as being on a normal curve (just like being graded on a curve back in college) the average British finish is at the 58.7th percentile. And so forth...

Some quickie thoughts, if I might- many of the above games included Russia played with a 3 divisor, and Italy with a 2, so that will affect the results when compared to current internet games. I think an argument could (and perhaps should) be made for a lowered Japanese divisor as well.


Victory Points
PowerBestWorstAverage
Britain251-13689
France264-16576
Germany290-20962
America286-13566
Japan319-7945
Russia236-20533
Italy96-11338
Winning Power3190148
One more set of numbers above- end of game Victory Points in the face-to-face games.


The rest of these are my own results, put on for my own amusement
(Hey, I'm a stats geek. So sue me.):

Personal Finishes:
GamePower PlayedFinishing RankNumber of Players
1Japan4 / 57
2America44
3Germany37
4Russia4 / 57
5France27
6Britain14
7America15
8Germany37
9Britain16
10Britain45
11France16
12Italy17
13America15
14Germany17
15Britain18
16Russia17
17Russia16
18Japan27
19America1 / 27
20Britain67
21America17
22Russia47
23France17
24Italy47
25America47
26Italy57
27Germany27
28Japan?7
* In finishes, '4 / 5' would indicate a two-way tie for fourth and fifth places.

The above shows how I've finished in every game, face-to-face and internet both, that I've played in, in chronological order.

To break it down further:
Personal Finishes by Country:
Power1sts2nds3rds4ths5ths6ths7thsAve.
France21000001.33
America3.5.5020002.08
Germany11200002.25
Italy10011003.33
Britain30010102.60
Russia2001.5.5002.63
Japan010.5.5003.25
Total12.53.5262102.44


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