PAX BRITANNICA PBEM LADDER

March 2005

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 Ilkley, Gladstone and Nur ed-Din games. The total number of games on the table is now 76.

Player Rankings Power Rankings Game Statistics List of Games Previous Ladders

PLAYER RANKINGS

Pos.	Prv.	Player	Pld.	GM	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Currently Playing
1	--	Kevin Street	2	-	2	18.0	9.0	Jedburgh (Great Britain)
2	1	Laurent Siquet	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
3	2	Rune Aaboen	5	6	3	37.0	7.4
4	3	Dario Stolfa	3	-	2	21.0	7.0
5	4	Bob Soule	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
5	4	Alberto Llano	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
7	6	Todd Rosentover	4	-	1	25.0	6.3
8	7	Wayne Williams	17	5½	7	106.5	6.3
9	8	Harry White	2	-	1	12.0	6.0
10	9	Mark O'English	14	15	5½	79.5	5.7
11	10	Alex Sanders	3	1	1	17.0	5.7
12	12	Andy Burke	2	-	1	11.0	5.5	Jedburgh (Russia)
13	13	Benjamin Foy	3	-	-	16.0	5.3
14	11	Carlo Amato	9	2	3	46.0	5.1
15	14	Tony Silva	6	-	2	30.0	5.0	Jedburgh (United States)
16	15	Colin Sykes	4	-	2	20.0	5.0
17	16	Karl Foelsche	4	-	1	20.0	5.0
18	17	Rod Wiberg	3	-	1	15.0	5.0
19	18	Chris Rusin	2	-	-	10.0	5.0
20	19	Dave Rubin	10	6	2	48.0	4.8	Agesilaos (Russia)
21	24	Gihan Bandaranaike	5	-	1	24.0	4.8	Jedburgh (France)
22	20	Alan Isabelle	4	-	1	19.0	4.8
23	21	Joe Boeke	4	-	-	19.0	4.8
24	27	Joshua Landrum	15	3	5	70.0	4.7	Agesilaos (Germany)
25	22	Jeff Janoska	6	6	1	28.0	4.7
26	23	Joe Leonard	8	-	1	37.0	4.6
27	25	Alex Rosser	2	-	1	9.0	4.5
28	36	Shaun Derrick	7	12	2	31.0	4.4
29	28	Alan Poulter	7	-	1	30.0	4.3
30	29	Robert Chase	4	-	-	17.0	4.3
31	30	Robert Rabey	5	-	-	21.0	4.2
32	31	Richard Orme	8	-	-	33.5	4.2
33	32	Kurt Sahr	6	-	2	25.0	4.2
34	26	Doug Massie	6	-	1	24.5	4.1
35	34	James Bailey	8	-	1	32.5	4.1
36	37	Ben Baron	5	1	-	20.0	4.0	Ferry (Britain)
37	38	Bill MacGillivray	5	-	-	20.0	4.0
38	33	Ned McIver	9	-	1	35.0	3.9
39	35	Albert Boada	9	-	2	34.0	3.8	Agesilaos (Japan)
40	39	John Jordan	12	½	2	44.0	3.7	Ferry (Japan)
41	40	Don McKinney	12	-	2	44.0	3.7
42	41	Brad Martin	3	2	1	11.0	3.7
43	42	Brian Jones	3	-	1	11.0	3.7
44	43	Pete Walsh	3	-	-	11.0	3.7
44	--	Sotiris Dimitriadis	3	-	-	11.0	3.7
46	44	Cory Miller	4	-	-	14.0	3.5
47	45	Mark Elliot	2	7½	-	7.0	3.5
48	46	Paul Dowden	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
48	46	Pablo Klinkisch	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
50	48	Keith Langley	10	-	-	34.0	3.4
51	49	Alasdair Brooks	12	1	1	40	3.3	Ferry (France)
52	50	Jim Priestaf	3	-	-	10.0	3.3
53	51	Jeff Frischkorn	4	-	-	13.0	3.3
54	52	Robert F. Mosdal	3	-	½	9.5	3.2
55	53	Phillip Apps	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Simon Matthews	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Eric Scharf	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Jeff Och	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Dave Boe	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Sean Vassey	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	Pete Eldridge	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
55	53	John Guthrie	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
63	61	Richard Thumann	11	-	-	30.5	2.8
64	62	Matthew Riegel	3	-	-	8.0	2.7
65	63	Scott Pankonin	4	-	-	10.0	2.5
66	64	Charles Morgan	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
66	64	Rodney Holmes	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
68	66	Giles Norman	7	-	-	17.0	2.4
69	67	Allan Bell	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
69	67	Theo Maimanakos	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
71	69	Sid Jackson	5	-	-	11.0	2.2
72	70	Ian Howard	7	-	-	14.5	2.1
73	71	Doug Biggs	6	-	-	12.0	2.0
74	72	Don Stanner	3	-	-	6.0	2.0
74	72	Keith Bowen	3	-	-	6.0	2.0
76	74	Jeff Hiley	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
76	74	Simmy Sims	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
76	74	Chris Scogings	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
76	74	Miguel Mansilla	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
76	74	Steve Wampler	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
81	79	Rosso Wu	3	-	-	5.5	1.8
82	80	Monte Bohna	2	-	-	3.5	1.8
83	81	Vick Hall	3	-	-	5.0	1.7
84	82	Eric Moore	5	4½	-	8.0	1.6
85	83	Mustafa Unlu	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
85	83	Jussi Perttila	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
85	83	Markus Kaessbohrer	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
85	83	John Marsden	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
85	--	No-Name Schmoe	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
90	87	Paul Abrahamsen	4	1	-	5.0	1.3
91	88	Chris Fischel	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
91	88	William Cooper	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
91	88	John Tammes	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
94	93	Rolf Radicke	7	-	-	6.5	0.9	Ferry (Italy)
95	91	Kevin Barry	5	-	-	4.0	0.8
96	92	Douglas Parker	4	-	-	3.0	0.8
97	94	Davide Pignat	3	-	-	2.0	0.7
98	95	Jon Zeigler	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
99	95	Tony Sait	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
100	97	Jeff Christensen	2	-	-	0.0	0.0
101	98	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	6	Albert Boada	-188 -209	Brad Martin	-52 -258	Joshua Landrum	-50 -286	Brian Jones	-59 -72	Ian Howard	-71 -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	9	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	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	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	6	Rune Aaboen	283 108	Joshua Landrum	279 15	Karl Foelsche	214 135	Shaun Derrick	215 100	Ben Baron	221 156	Ned McIver	234 121	Albert Boada	258 123
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
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? Three new games, no British victory... the apocalypse must be upon us. Even with a miserable seven total points over all three games, GB still outperforms both Germany and Japan, who continue to plummet. Wins are pulled out by Russia, Italy, and France, with Italy and Russia being the big ground-gainers this time.

POWER	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Change
Great Britain	26	361.0	4.75
Russia	10½	296.5	3.90	+1
United States	9½	287.5	3.78	-1
Italy	7	287.0	3.77
France	13	251.0	3.30
Germany	8	227.5	2.99
Japan	2	189.5	2.49

HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

YEAR ENDED	Great War	Chinese Rebellion	Deliberate GW	Incidental GW
1880	7	0	7	0
1884	10	1	8	2
1888	11	5	8	3
1892	14	11	5	9
1896	16	10/3	3	13
1900	8	1/1	1	7
1904	6	0	0	6
1908	2	0	0	2
1912	0	0	0	0
1916	1	0	0	1
None	1	N/A	N/A	1
Total	76	28/5	32	44

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
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
Carlo Amato: San Stefano, Berlin
Brad Martin: Oxenstierna, Nur ed-Din