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Gunboat Diplomacy Endings

You might have seen Gunboat Openings, which show the moves used in S01 therefore the tables below will show how the countries performed.

Compared to the Openings the number of games, shown below, are less. Some are still being played however for typical computer problems I wasn't able to access certain End Game Statements (EGS).

It's true that some games had anarchies however I'm not adding an anarchy column. Instead I looked at the final maps & classed them as either survived or eliminated. Remember a country in anarchy can have their units supported by others countries & that might alter the way the game ended.

I've created three tables with the first being games in which you can jump to a site, register to play & as soon as they have the required number, the game starts. The sites, where the info was gathered came from, are those that I'm involved with as either a player or GM. Under that table there is another one, which is based on drawn games with its reasoning mentioned above it.

Below these tables is a run-down of 'Admiral' Gunboat Competition. There are seperate tables, based on the fact that players' intentions might not be the same as in a one off game.

With regard to the competition, I designed it & it's hosted on this site. Below you'll see a link to 'Admiral' however as a brief run down, 'Admiral' I had 84 players & it started around about Easter 2003. There were three rounds, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals & the Final. The competition ended in October 2004. II started in November 2004 with 133 players & after the three rounds it ended in June 2006. III started in Feb 2007 with 175 players & ended in Nov 2008. If you want to read about the Competition, click here.

I've decided to give ratings for each country however as the drawn column doesn't give a clue as to whether they were a two-way draw, three-way draw, etc, I've decided to score the points & give a total. I'm listing how the points were scored:

So you know, this was updated on 10th January 2010 & there are 200 games on the first table.

Country Won Drawn Survived Eliminated Points
Austria-Hungary 14 29 54 103 232.64
England 13 35 74 78 235.96
France 26 40 77 57 379.26
Germany 18 37 63 82 295.45
Italy 18 35 72 75 287.96
Russia 12 26 62 100 203.63
Turkey 25 38 67 70 367.28

Pretty good if you get France & Turkey but the part that always surprises me is the country that perhaps badly. When I first started going these stats, Austria-Hungary was the worse & that came as no surprise to anyone, look at the number of times they're eliminated. If you look at the points gained, you'll see Russia is worse than the Dual Monarch however, what you can't see was that England was, point wise, worse than all but has recently managed to gain more points.

It doesn't come as any surprise that results are different in Gunboat to normal Diplomacy Endings however if you take the Wicked Witches, Turkey does far better than England. As mentioned about Russia, it's a good winning country in normal games. Italy is equally different from one game to the other.

This next table shows only drawn games in the above table. The times factor shows whether they drew in a two-way, three-way, etc.

Country x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7
Austria-Hungary 6 10 8 3 2 0
England 4 14 12 3 2 0
France 4 15 16 3 2 0
Germany 5 17 9 4 2 0
Italy 5 14 10 4 2 0
Russia 4 11 10 1 0 0
Turkey 4 18 12 2 2 0

'Admiral' Gunboat Competition

The following tables are the results from 'Admiral' games. The results, in the first table, are those that were played in all the Competitions. After that table, you'll be able to see how each Competition ended.

The slight difference between 'Admiral' II & all other Competitions was the final season in all rounds. In I the Quarters & Semis endeded in A12 with the final game being A15. Before the start of II, we (GMs) felt it might be better to reduce the seasons. It became A10 for both the Quarters & Semis with the final game being A12. Once II ended we discussed it & felt our decision wasn't right & therefore 'Admiral' will be the same as I.

If you want to see more click here.

'Admiral'
Country Won Drawn Survived Eliminated
Austria-Hungary 3 15 15 43
England 5 17 21 33
France 6 29 23 18
Germany 7 27 22 20
Italy 3 25 19 29
Russia 7 20 19 30
Turkey 6 27 26 17

'Admiral' I
Country Won Drawn Survived Eliminated
Austria-Hungary 0 4 4 9
England 2 3 3 9
France 1 6 7 3
Germany 1 5 6 5
Italy 2 4 6 5
Russia 2 4 8 3
Turkey 0 5 8 4

'Admiral' I ended on 4th October 2004 with Italy winning the final game, Victory. The table showed the countries performance however you can see the names' of the players on 'Admiral' I players.

It appears that Austrian players' are doing far better in the competition compared to normal Gunboat & that Turkey isn't doing well. Actually that isn't quite right as both Turkey & Germany players', in seven games, got through to the Semis & Austria only twice. Five French players, three English & Russian together with only one Italian got through to the Semi.

There were four Semis with Italy & Russia winning their games with Italy & France drawing another game. The last Semi ended with a five-way draw.

'Admiral' II
Country Won Drawn Survived Eliminated
Austria-Hungary 0 8 2 16
England 2 10 9 5
France 1 13 5 7
Germany 1 14 5 6
Italy 1 12 4 9
Russia 0 9 3 14
Turkey 3 13 7 3

'Admiral' II started in November 2004 with 133 players which meant 19 Quarter-Finals. The Quarters ended in May 2005 & the Semi-Finals started in June with them ending in November. The Final game, Dreadnought, started in that month & ended in June 2006.

One thing to point out so far is that two Austrian players went through to the Semis however only one Russian. As for Dreadnought, it ended in a six-way draw but Russia had the highest SCs & therefore won the entire Competition.

You can see the names' of the players on 'Admiral' II players.

'Admiral' III
Country Won Drawn Survived Eliminated
Austria-Hungary 3 3 8 18
England 1 4 9 19
France 4 10 11 8
Germany 5 8 11 9
Italy 0 9 9 15
Russia 5 7 8 13
Turkey 3 9 11 10

It's a big pat on the back when you play Austria-Hungary & win Gunboat games. Three in the Quarter-Finals, amazing!

If you want to see the names & pictures of those who won their respective 'Admiral' Gunboat Competition, click on winners & you'll see them.

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