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Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics - 1650


Attached is a section of a spreadsheet I've produced with all the finishing data for the 1650 scenario of games.  Many thanks to Middle Earth Games for supplying me with the information.  Less detailed results, but a larger sample size of previous GSI 1650 scenario games, can be seen [here].

First the UK data.

A complete spreadsheet, showing challenge ranks, command ranks, top agents, emmisaries etc can be  downloaded [here].

Game

Number

1st

Points

2nd

Points

3rd

Points

Most

Mithril

Most

Artefacts

Most

Kills

Game End

Winning

Side

1

Corsairs

1625

Cloud Lord

1467

Dragon Lord

1467

1022

Dwarves

19

Noldo Elves

11

Cloud Lord

27

Evil

2

Long Rider

1883

Blind Sorc

1550

Quiet Avenger

1450

943

Dwarves

21

Dark Lts

31

Cloud Lord

30

Evil

3

Dunlendings

2350

Easterlings

1783

Rhudaur

1683

1415

Woodmen

29

Fire King

49

Long Rider

55

Good

4

Easterlings

2400

Cloud Lord

2000

Dog Lord

1842

3006

Easterlings

23

Blind Sorc.

43

Cloud Lord

44

Evil

5

Dark Lts

1375

Northern Gondor

1375

Dragon Lord

1050

1110

Dwarves

15

Noldo Elves

12

Cloud

Lord

11

Evil

6

Long Rider

1508

Harad

(still neutral)

2000

Easterlings

1300

313

Dark Lts

17

Dragon Lord

14

Cloud Lord

Turn 18

Evil

7

Easterlings

2200

Corsairs

2100

Harad

1575

2406

Dark Lts

23

Cloud Lord

35

Cloud Lord

30

Evil

8

Rhudaur

2400

Harad

1800

Eothraim

1767

669

Rhudaur

18

Rhudaur

3

Witch King

45

Good

9

Noldo Elves

1800

Arthedain

1375

Cardolan

1283

999

Dwarves

20

Noldo Elves

12

Cloud Lord

9

Good

10

Dark Lts

2350

Dunlendings

1608

Blind Sorc

1558

608

Fire King

15

Cloud Lord

64

Cloud Lord

28

Evil

11

Easterlings

1825

Blind Sorc

1625

Long Rider

1567

1473

Dwarves

17

Blind Sorc.

14

Cloud Lord

30

Evil

12

Blind Sorc

1892

Cloud Lord

1767

Corsairs

1650

1507

Blind Sorceror

31

Cloud Lord

47

Cloud Lord

43

Evil

13

Arthedain

2350

Dwarves

1800

Noldo Elves

1675

3116

Dwarves

20

Arthedain

25

Cloud Lord

44

Good

14

Easterlings

2025

Witch King

1850

Cloud Lord

1834

2166

Cloud Lord

33

Cloud Lord

93

Cloud Lord

43

Evil

15

Easterlings

2350

Rhudaur

1867

Quiet Avenger

1742

1996

Fire King

16

Northmen

42

Cloud Lord

42

Evil

17

Noldo Elves

1675

Corsairs

1517

Quiet Avenger

1333

898

Noldo Elves

15

Cloud Lord

27

Cloud Lord

18

Good

30

Dwarves

1767

Arthedain

1450

Northmen

1434

854

Dwarves

23

Noldo

6

Cloud Lord

23

Good

31

Long Rider

1684

Cloud Lord

1575

Fire King

1575

1605

Dark Lts

20

Noldo Elves

38

Cloud Lord

29

Evil

32

Dunlendings

1633

Southern Gondor

1433

Woodmen

1425

2416

Dwarves

17

Noldo Elves

9

Cloud Lord

24

Good

34

Witch King

1425

Quiet Avenger

1325

Dog Lord

1225

1018

Noldo Elves!

14

Dragon Lord

19

Cloud Lord

22

Evil

36

South Gondor

1850

Corsairs

1692

Noldo Elves

1650

688

Fire King

24

Noldo Elves

13

Cloud Lord

17

Good

37

Noldo Elves

1634

Haradwaith

1600

Dunlendings

1392

1678

Dwarves

21

Noldo Elves

18

Cloud Lord

26

Good

38

Noldo Elves

1800

Dwarves

1575

Sinda

1533

1746

Dwarves

17

Noldo Elves

16

Cloud Lord

24

Good

74

Dragon Lord

2200

Quiet Avenger

2033

Dunlendings

1800

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

87

Evil

77

Cloud Lord

2500

Ice King

1883

Quiet Avenger

1775

2415

Quiet Avenger

53

Cloud Lord

126

Cloud Lord

63

Evil

78

Dark Lts

2200

Corsairs

2051

Long Rider

1800

717

Northern Gondor

27

Dark Lts

27

Cloud Lord

Unknown

Evil

83

Noldo Elves

1150

Long Rider

2350

Harad

2133

2448

Long Rider

25

Cloud Lord / Long Rider

47

Cloud Lord

33

Good (Ring?)

85

Easterlings

2100

Southern Gondor

1750

N/A

-

1612

Easterlings

16

Easterlings

18

Cloud Lord

Unknown

Evil

87

Noldo Elves

2000

Corsairs

2200

Arthedain

1983

772

Dwarves

18

Corsairs

14

Corsairs

34

Good

89

Noldo Elves

2000

Eothraim

1766

Cardolan

1601

1678

Dwarves

24

Noldo Elves

5

Northern Gondor

Unknown

Good

90

Blind Sorc

2133

Corsairs

1983

Long rider

1600

1650

Dwarves

20

Blind Sorc.

26

Cloud Lord

35

Evil

92

Harad

2300

Corsairs

1933

Long Rider

1650

1518

Dwarves

27

Cloud Lord

51

Cloud Lord

36

Evil

95

Dog Lord

2001

Long Rider

1950

Harad

1650

1746

Cloud Lord

18

Dog Lord

12

Long Rider

Unknown

Evil

96

Noldo Elves

1733

Arthedain

1658

Cardolan

1434

1412

Dwarves

17

Noldo Elves

17

Cloud Lord

Unknown

Good

97

Rhuduar

1625

Noldo Elves

1441

Southern Gondor

1400

1428

Dwarves

13

Sinda

19

Cloud Lord

26

Good

98

Blind Sorc

1475

Noldo Elves

2000

Northmen

1516

3348

Dwarves

33

Cloud Lord

128

Cloud Lord

48

Evil

99

Northmen

2017

Noldo Elves

1950

Dwarves

1816

1904

Northmen

23

Artefacts

33

Quiet Avenger

48

Good

100

Dog Lord

1542

Noldo Elves

1766

Blind Sorc

1375

984

Quiet Avenger

15

Dog Lord

20

Cloud Lord

Unknown

Evil

102

Cardolan

2250

Eothraim

1950

Easterlings

1792

1527

Noldo Elves

25

Noldo Elves

81

Cloud Lord

75

Good

115

Sinda Elves

2167

Harad

2033

Corsairs

1775

775

Sinda Elves

15

Sinda / Corsairs

6

Long Rider

33

Good

116

Corsairs

2200

Dog Lord

1250

Dragon Lord

1200

1661

Corsairs

15

Noldo Elves

12

Cloud

Lord

18

Evil

235

Witch King

2067

None

-

None

-

5286

Sinda Elves

52

Witch King

64

Cloud Lord

24

Evil

Analysis

So what do the new figures tell us?

1) Harlequin have completed 42 games in the UK of which...

  •     24 have been won by the Dark Servants
  •     And 18 by the Free Peoples.

So the Dark servants win 57% of the time.  This is an reduction on the previous win percentage of 66%.

2) Of the Victories for the Dark Servants...

  •     The Blind Sorcerer has won 3 out of 24.   A surprising statistic given the general weakness of the       position.
  •     The Cloud Lord has only come out on top once.
  •     The Dark Lts are the top starting DS nation to win but the Long Rider has the best overall record.
  •     The Easterlings have benefited the most from declaring DS.  Winning 6 times.

3) Of the Victories for the Free Peoples...

  • The Noldo have won 8 times out of 18.  They have placed in 4 of the other 10 free victories.  It seems that if the Free win, then the Noldo generally come top.  

There's also some less detailed results for previous GSI games.  The larger sample size however, gives a better indication of the win/lose ratio for the two sides.  Many thanks to Jeremy Richman for supplying the data.

GSI 1650 Game Results

GAME#

Free/Dark

1st-place

2nd-place

3rd-place

2

free

Dwarves

Arthedain

Noldo

3

dark

Fire King

Long Rider

Haradwaith

4

free

Haradwaith

Noldo

none

5

free

Woodmen

Dark Lieutenants

Dwarves

6

free

Northmen

Noldo

Eothraim

7

dark

Long Rider

Dog Lord

Dark Lieutenants

8

dark

Cloud Lord

Dark Lieutenants

Corsairs

9

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Cloud Lord

Noldo

10

free

Easterlings

Dwarves

Sinda

11

free

Sinda

Long Rider

Cloud Lord

12

free

Dunlendings

Noldo

Arthedain

13

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Quiet Avenger

Ice King

14

free

South Gondor

Dwarves

Noldo

15

free

Noldo

Long Rider

Cloud Lord

16

free

Noldo

Arthedain

Dog Lord

17

dark

Fire King

none

none

18

free

Cardolan

Noldo

Arthedain

19

free

Noldo

Haradwaith

Dwarves

20

dark

Blind Sorcerer

Witch-King

Dog Lord

21

free

North Gondor

South Gondor

Rhudaur

22

dark

Corsairs

Haradwaith

Cloud Lord

23

dark

Easterlings

Cloud Lord

Blind Sorcerer

24

free

South Gondor

Corsairs

Dunlendings

25

dark

Witch-King

Corsairs

Long Rider

26

free

Woodmen

Noldo

Arthedain

27

free

Haradwaith

Arthedain

Dunlendings

28

dark

Fire King

Easterlings

none

29

dark

Quiet Avenger

Cloud Lord

Sinda

30

dark

Haradwaith

Corsairs

unknown

31

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Witch-King

Fire King

32

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Fire King

Cloud Lord

33

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Haradwaith

Cloud Lord

34

dark

Long Rider

Cloud Lord

Blind Sorcerer

35

dark

Blind Sorcerer

Dunlendings

Dragon Lord

36

dark

Corsairs

Long Rider

Cloud Lord

37

dark

Easterlings

Corsairs

Long Rider

38

dark

Quiet Avenger

Ice King

Dunlendings

39

dark

Corsairs

Cloud Lord

none

40

free

Noldo

Haradwaith

North Gondor

41

dark

Witch-King

Dark Lieutenants

Quiet Avenger

42

dark

Haradwaith

Long Rider

Easterlings

43

dark

Haradwaith

Dark Lieutenants

Cloud Lord

44

free

Haradwaith

Sinda

Arthedain

45

dark

Cloud Lord

Quiet Avenger

Long Rider

46

dark

Haradwaith

Corsairs

Dog Lord

47

dark

Corsairs

Fire King

Blind Sorcerer

48

free

Cardolan

Arthedain

Haradwaith

49

free

Sinda

North Gondor

South Gondor

50

dark

Witch-King

Quiet Avenger

Long Rider

51

dark

Long Rider

Corsairs

Cloud Lord

52

dark

Fire King

Ice King

Cloud Lord

53

dark

Corsairs

Northmen

Cloud Lord

54

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Cloud Lord

Dunlendings

55

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Witch-King

Blind Sorcerer

56

free

South Gondor

Noldo

Eothraim

57

dark

Dark Lieutenants

Ice King

Easterlings

58

free

Haradwaith

South Gondor

Woodmen

59

dark

Dog Lord

Cloud Lord

Fire King

60

dark

Cloud Lord

Quiet Avenger

Ice King

61

free

Cardolan

Long Rider

Arthedain

62

dark

Cloud Lord

Haradwaith

Corsairs

63

free

Noldo

Eothraim

Cardolan

64

free

North Gondor

Dwarves

South Gondor

65

dark

Ice King

Haradwaith

Corsairs

66

free

Noldo

Woodmen

Sinda

67

free

Dunlendings

Corsairs

Cardolan

68

dark

Dog Lord

Cloud Lord

Quiet Avenger

69

free

Haradwaith

North Gondor

Noldo

70

dark

Blind Sorcerer

Corsairs

Quiet Avenger

71

free

Corsairs

Noldo

Dunlendings

72

free

Dwarves

Haradwaith

none

73

dark

Blind Sorcerer

Cloud Lord

Haradwaith

74

dark

Blind Sorcerer

Corsairs

Dark Lieutenants

75

free

Arthedain

Haradwaith

none

76

dark

Corsairs