In 2010 23 games have been completed. Although there has already been an interesting article in the S2010M issue of the DiplomatichPouch ("Thoughts on Game Balance in No-Press Sailho" by John D. Wiens) I decided to publish some more statistics with the hope of shedding some light on the properties of the No-Press Sailho games. I have analyzed the winning powers and the duration of the 23 games which have finished in the year 2010.
2. Who wins?
Figure 1 shows the fraction of games won by each power. The asymmetry in South's favor is evident. Figure 2 shows the winning power for each of the 23 games.
Figure 1: Fraction of games won by the four powers.
Figure 2: Winning powers for each game.
3. How long do the games last?
Figure 3 shows the duration of each game in game years, while figure 4 shows the game duration in real-world days. Interestingly, the game shl_20, which took the longest to finish, was won by North. Finally, Figure 5 shows the game speeds. It is remarkable that the fastest game, shl_15, had a speed of 1 game year (i.e 2 movement phases) per day and is the shortest game in terms of days played so far.
Figure 3: Game duration in game years.
Figure 4: Game duration in real-world days.
Figure 5: Game speed (game years per real-world day) for all games.
5. Conclusions
Figure 2: Winning powers for each game.
3. How long do the games last?
Figure 3 shows the duration of each game in game years, while figure 4 shows the game duration in real-world days. Interestingly, the game shl_20, which took the longest to finish, was won by North. Finally, Figure 5 shows the game speeds. It is remarkable that the fastest game, shl_15, had a speed of 1 game year (i.e 2 movement phases) per day and is the shortest game in terms of days played so far.
Figure 3: Game duration in game years.
Figure 4: Game duration in real-world days.
Figure 5: Game speed (game years per real-world day) for all games.
5. Conclusions
The asymmetry in South's favor is clear: players playing South won more than half of all games. The game duration is highly variable, ranging from only 5 days to almost 11 weeks. The fastest game had a tempo of two movement phases per day, while it took more than 5 days for a game year in the slowest game to advance by a year.
