PAX BRITANNICA PBEM LADDER

April 2006

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. Comments and results can be sent to the current Ladder keeper. 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 Jedburgh, Killarney, Ferry, Agesilaos, and Laowai games. The total number of games on the table is now 81.

Player Rankings Power Rankings Game Statistics List of Games Previous Ladders

PLAYER RANKINGS

Pos.	Prv.	Player	Pld.	GM	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Currently Playing
1	--	Howard Bishop	2	-	2	18.0	9.0
2	1	Kevin Street	4	-	3	33.0	8.3	Aristotle (Russia), Alexandria (Great Britain)
3	2	Laurent Siquet	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
4	3	Rune Aaboen	5	6	3	37.0	7.4	Hay (Japan)
5	4	Dario Stolfa	3	-	2	21.0	7.0
6	5	Bob Soule	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
6	5	Alberto Llano	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
8	7	Todd Rosentover	4	-	1	25.0	6.3
9	8	Wayne Williams	17	5½	7	106.5	6.3
10	9	Harry White	2	-	1	12.0	6.0
11	--	John McCoy	2	-	-	12.0	6.0	Brindisi (Russia)
12	10	Mark O'English	14	15	5½	79.5	5.7
13	17	Alex Sanders	3	1	1	17.0	5.7
14	13	Benjamin Foy	3	-	-	16.0	5.3
15	14	Carlo Amato	9	2	3	46.0	5.1
16	15	Tony Silva	7	-	2	35.0	5.0
17	16	Colin Sykes	4	-	2	20.0	5.0
18	17	Karl Foelsche	4	-	1	20.0	5.0
19	18	Rod Wiberg	3	-	1	15.0	5.0	Hay (Germany)
20	19	Chris Rusin	2	-	-	10.0	5.0
21	24	Joshua Landrum	16	3	6	79.0	4.9	Agesilaos (Germany)
22	21	Gihan Bandaranaike	6	-	1	29.0	4.8
23	22	Alan Isabelle	4	-	1	19.0	4.8
24	23	Joe Boeke	4	-	-	19.0	4.8
25	25	Jeff Janoska	6	6	1	28.0	4.7
26	20	Dave Rubin	11	7	2	51.0	4.6
27	26	Joe Leonard	8	-	1	37.0	4.6	Hay (Italy)
28	--	Maurizio Corsaro	3	-	1	13.5	4.5
29	27	Alex Rosser	2	-	1	9.0	4.5
30	28	Shaun Derrick	7	14	2	31.0	4.4
31	29	Alan Poulter	7	-	1	30.0	4.3
32	42	Brad Martin	4	3	1	17.0	4.3
33	30	Robert Chase	4	-	-	17.0	4.3
34	31	Robert Rabey	5	-	-	21.0	4.2
35	32	Richard Orme	8	-	-	33.5	4.2
36	33	Kurt Sahr	6	-	2	25.0	4.2
37	34	Doug Massie	6	-	1	24.5	4.1
38	35	James Bailey	8	-	1	32.5	4.1
39	36	Ben Baron	6	1	-	24.0	4.0	Aristotle (Italy)
40	37	Bill MacGillivray	5	-	-	20.0	4.0
41	--	Jose Sanchez	2	-	-	8.0	4.0
42	39	Albert Boada	11	1	2	42.0	3.8	Aristotle (Britain), Alexandria (United States)
43	41	Don McKinney	12	-	2	44.0	3.7
44	43	Brian Jones	3	-	1	11.0	3.7
45	44	Pete Walsh	3	-	-	11.0	3.7
45	44	Sotiris Dimitriadis	3	-	-	11.0	3.7
47	38	Ned McIver	11	-	1	39.0	3.5	Aristotle (Germany)
48	40	John Jordan	13	½	2	46.0	3.5
49	46	Cory Miller	4	-	-	14.0	3.5
50	47	Mark Elliot	2	7½	-	7.0	3.5
51	48	Paul Dowden	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
51	48	Pablo Klinkisch	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
53	50	Keith Langley	10	-	-	34.0	3.4
54	51	Alasdair Brooks	13	1	1	43	3.3	Brindisi (Germany)
55	52	Jim Priestaf	3	-	-	10.0	3.3
56	53	Jeff Frischkorn	4	-	-	13.0	3.3
57	54	Robert F. Mosdal	3	-	½	9.5	3.2
58	55	Phillip Apps	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Simon Matthews	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Eric Scharf	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Jeff Och	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Dave Boe	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Sean Vassey	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	Pete Eldridge	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
58	55	John Guthrie	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
66	63	Richard Thumann	11	-	-	30.5	2.8
67	12	Andy Burke	6	-	1	16.5	2.8	Alexandria (Russia)
68	64	Matthew Riegel	3	-	-	8.0	2.7
69	65	Scott Pankonin	4	-	-	10.0	2.5
70	66	Charles Morgan	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
70	66	Rodney Holmes	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
72	68	Giles Norman	7	-	-	17.0	2.4
73	69	Allan Bell	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
73	69	Theo Maimanakos	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
75	71	Sid Jackson	5	-	-	11.0	2.2
76	72	Ian Howard	7	-	-	14.5	2.1
77	73	Doug Biggs	6	-	-	12.0	2.0
78	--	Philippe Thibaut	4	-	-	8.0	2.0
79	74	Don Stanner	3	-	-	6.0	2.0
80	76	Jeff Hiley	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
80	76	Simmy Sims	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
80	76	Chris Scogings	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
80	76	Miguel Mansilla	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
80	76	Steve Wampler	2	-	-	4.0	2.0	Hay (France), Brindisi (Japan)
85	81	Rosso Wu	3	-	-	5.5	1.8
86	74	Keith Bowen	4	-	-	7.0	1.8	Brindisi (Italy)
87	82	Monte Bohna	2	-	-	3.5	1.8
88	83	Vick Hall	3	-	-	5.0	1.7
89	84	Eric Moore	5	4½	-	8.0	1.6
90	85	Mustafa Unlu	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
90	85	Jussi Perttila	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
90	85	Markus Kaessbohrer	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
90	85	John Marsden	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
90	85	No-Name Schmoe	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
95	90	Paul Abrahamsen	4	1	-	5.0	1.3
96	91	Chris Fischel	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
96	91	William Cooper	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
96	91	John Tammes	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
99	94	Rolf Radicke	8	-	-	7.5	0.9
100	95	Kevin Barry	5	-	-	4.0	0.8
101	96	Douglas Parker	4	-	-	3.0	0.8
102	97	Davide Pignat	3	-	-	2.0	0.7
103	98	Jon Zeigler	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
104	99	Tony Sait	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
105	100	Jeff Christensen	2	-	-	0.0	0.0
105	--	Derek Bassett	2	-	-	0.0	0.0	Hay (Russia)
107	101	David Boor	3	-	-	0.0	0.0

76 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	7	Kevin Street	-2 -209	Brad Martin	-52 -258	Joshua Landrum	-50 -286	Brian Jones	-59 -72	Philippe Thibaut	-68 -88	Rob Rabey	-64 -288	Tony Silva	-68 -284
1884	8	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 -187
1888	10	Shaun Derrick	94 -67	Markus Kaut	74 -118	Joshua Landrum	89 -171	Wayne Williams	73 -149	Ned McIver	138 -184	Dave Rubin	70 -137	Joshua Landrum	71 -121
1892	11	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	14	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	6	Tony Silva	206 79	Bob Chase	164 79	Maurizio Corsaro	245 59	Dave Rubin	177 109	Sid Jackson	172 25	Kurt Sahr	210 112	Kevin Street	219 144
1904	8	Rune Aaboen	283 108	Joshua Landrum	279 15	Karl Foelsche	214 135	Shaun Derrick	215 82	Ben Baron	221 128	Ned McIver	234 121	Albert Boada	258 118
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
1912	0
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
Post 1916	1	Douglas Massie	309	Albert Boada	340	Steven Bishop	179	Alasdair Brooks	288	Rosso Wu	214	Ian Howard	214	Theo Maimanakos	286

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? Five new games on the big board: one Russian win, two British wins, and two German wins! Four very low (6th and 7th place) finishes by America allows Italy (with four slightly less bad finishes) to sneak past them into third overall. Even poor old Japan slightly upped their average this time around, only to have the country ahead of them (Germany) make up major ground on the pack, leaving Japan even further behind.

POWER	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Change
Great Britain	28	388.0	4.79
Russia	11½	320	3.95
Italy	7	297.5	3.67	+1
United States	9½	294.5	3.64	-1
France	13	266.0	3.28
Germany	10	255.5	3.15
Japan	2	203.5	2.51

HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

YEAR ENDED	Great War	Chinese Rebellion	Deliberate GW	Incidental GW
1880	8	0	8	0
1884	10	1	8	2
1888	12	6	9	3
1892	14	13	5	9
1896	16	10/4	3	13
1900	9	1/1	1	8
1904	8	0	0	8
1908	2	0	0	2
1912	0	0	0	0
1916	1	0	0	1
None	1	N/A	N/A	1
Total	81	31/6	34	47

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, Ffestiniog, Greenock, Hillsborough, Ilkley, Jedburgh, Killarney
John Moser: Moser99
Joshua Landrum: Primus, Secundus, Tertius
Alex Sanders: Fiji
Wayne Williams / Mark O'English: Friuli, Epirus
Dave Rubin: Andrassy, Bismarck, Crispi, Disraeli, Eiffel, Gladstone, Ferry
Carlo Amato: San Stefano, Berlin
Brad Martin: Oxenstierna, Nur ed-Din, Agesilaos
Albert Boada: Laowai