Britannia

Playback Information for the Avalon Hill board game

Scores from a series of Britannia playings:

	Game Numbers
Nation	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	Average
Romans	45	52	47	60	51	51	46	49.5	49	46	53	49.682
Belgae	14	15	4	2	6	2	10	10	10	12	6	7.363
Welsh	47	49	24	38	46	48.5	27.5	39	50.5	42.5	37.5	40.864
Brigantes	17	13	21	10	31	26	19	2	3	9	2	13.909
Picts	37	22	26	33	37	8	11	24	25	14	16	23
Irish	7	10	13	2	5	6	20	4	5	4	5	7.363
Jutes	0	19	15	8	9	8	8	4	9	8	7	8.636
Saxons	86	50.5	84	65	62	65.5	58	55.5	44.5	35.5	62.5	60.818
Angles	45	57	54	71	45	40	58	43	48	45	45	50.091
Caledonians	16	0	20	16	8	12	5	13	23	10	26	13.545
Romano-British	16	5	10	11	13	2	7	19	13	10	2	9.818
Scots	11	33	15	31	15	38	36	21	17	35	28	25.455
Norsemen	21.5	10	24	17	17	3	20.5	13.5	9	15	6.5	14.278
Danes	33.5	37	30	45	47	28	30.5	44	37.5	48	37.5	38
Dubliners	9	13	8	11	9	9.5	7.5	11	6	9.5	7	9.136
Norwegians	25	19	20	21	18	18	14	19	18	17	18	18.818
Normans	27	22	31	32	29	19	32	33	15	32	31	27.545
Romanites (A)	106R	122R	100A	134A	106D	118.5R	110.5A	119.5Ji	103An	117.5D	108R	113.182
Welshites (B)	96.5An	105P	89J	107P	110R	96.5Ji	71D	100A	120P	108.5R	108A	101.045
Saxonites (C)	131.5P	83.5K	142R	94An	115Ji	100.5A	117.5R	75D	61.5A	63.5Ji	76Ji	96.364
Anglites (D)	123A	116A	115G	138R	117A	69D	111Ji	110R	98R	103A	98T	108.909
TOTAL	457	426.5	446	473	448	384.5	410	381	404.5	382.5	392.5

Notes:

Terminology: Romanites refers to group A, the group which contains the Romans as the most prominent nation, etc.

The point of all of this is to provide the average scores for each nation. These can then be consulted during play and if it appears that a particular nation is going to score more points than its listed average, some special combined action should be considered to counteract this.

The totaled averages seem to indicate that the game favors the Romanites and Anglites, but this is not the whole story as they have not won all games.

The scores can also provide an idea of what can happen if certain strategies are followed. For example, games such as number 3 had the Romano-British moving north to help the Scots enter. As a result the Romano-British score went down by 11 compared to the previous game, but the score of the Scots increased by 22.

Games 1 and 9 had 5 players:

Nation 1 9

Roman 30 46

Belgae 6 6

Welsh 7 46.5

Brigante 35 22

Pict 22 29

Irish 21 4

Jute 7 0

Saxon 84 40

Angle 40 39

Caledonian 21 18

Romano-British 17 6

Scot 25 12

Norsemen 21 17.5

Dane 39 39

Dubliner 19 9

Norwegian 15 14

Norman 32 33

Romanites (A) 83.5K

Welshites (B) 79.5Ji

Saxonites (C) 79A

Anglites (D) 72M

(E) 67D

Player Names: A=Allan, An=Andrew, D=Dave, G=Gail, J=Jackson, Ji=Jim, K=Ken, M=Martin, P=Phil, R=Rick, T=Tom

View more Britannia statistics at the Eurobrit mailing list website.

A Replay of Roman moves from a Sample Game:

Turn	Placements	Advantages	Disadvantages
1A	Sussex 2	Brings more men north quickly. Puts 3 in Suffolk to lessen chance of 2 ending up in Lindsey.	May allow 2 Belgae to stack up in Downlands or Kent.
	Wessex 2
	Avalon 2
	Essex 2
	Hwicce 2
	S. Mercia 2
	Suffolk 3
1B	Downlands 2	Takes Pennines which may never be this easy again and which allows northern penetration and better subjection of Brigantes.	Some risk in Lindsey and Downlands. May have left Kent free.
	N. Mercia 2
	Lindsey 2
	Norfolk 2
	York 2
	Pennines 3
	Bernicia 2
2	Kent 2	Finish off Belgae.	Outcome: Took rough losses in Alban & Dalriada, each of which had 2 Picts in them. Forced to retreat from Strathclyde.
	Essex 2	"
	Cheshire 3	Subject Brigantes.
	Strathclyde 2	"
	Dalriada 2	Start in on Picts.
	Alban 3	3 here because more central.
	Lothian 1	Send a reinforcement north.
3	Skye 1	Left empty by Pict.
	Mar 3	Contains 2 Picts – Picts submit.
	Cumbria 3	Need Brigante submission – Brigantes submit.
	Wessex 1	Protect remaining forts.
	Sussex 1	"
	Suffolk 1	"
4	Alban 1	Covering the forts.This may be a mistake. It might be better to stay north and use the Romano-British to exterminate the Picts.	Outcome: In retrospect, this concern was unwarranted.There was plenty of time and access to return north.
	Lothian 1
	Bernicia 1
	York 1
	N. Mercia 1
	S. Mercia 1
	Hwicce 1
	Wessex 1
	Sussex 1
	Suffolk 1
5	Lothian 1	Covering the forts. So far working fairly well. Still concerned about being able to head north again though. So far Germans have mostly killed themselves trying to attack me, but next turn they will be large enough that 1 fort and 1 army may not be sufficient.	Outcome: In retrospect, 1 fort and 1 army were still plenty mean!
	Bernicia 1
	Cheshire 1
	York 1
	N. Mercia 1
	S. Mercia 1
	Hwicce 1
	Suffolk 1
	Wessex 1
	Sussex 1
6	Alban 1	At start of turn, 8 northernmost Romans replaced. Headin' north!	The Angles may be mean to me... but I think I'm still a bit too strong to worry about it.
	Lothian 2
	Bernicia 2
	York 3
7	Skye 2 + 2C + Arthur	Clean out 2 Caledonians in Skye	On their turn, Scots led by Fergus exterminate only remaining Picts. Covering the forts can work!
	Mar 1	1 Pict to deal with
	Dunedin 2	Headin' north
	Lothian 3	"
8	Bernicia 4	Kill Angles. Should have left 1 in Lothian. The sneaky Brigantes went in and cut off my retreat.
	Mar 2
	Hebrides 2	Kill Caledonians.
9	Moray 2	Will attack Orkneys eventually.
9	Mar 1
10	Caithness 2	Will attack Orkneys eventually.	Scots score 10 and are in an excellent position.
10	Moray 1		Scots score 10 and are in an excellent position.

Tue Jan 30 17:07:21 PST 2001

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Nation	1	9
Roman	30	46
Belgae	6	6
Welsh	7	46.5
Brigante	35	22
Pict	22	29
Irish	21	4
Jute	7	0
Saxon	84	40
Angle	40	39
Caledonian	21	18
Romano-British	17	6
Scot	25	12
Norsemen	21	17.5
Dane	39	39
Dubliner	19	9
Norwegian	15	14
Norman	32	33
Romanites (A)		83.5K
Welshites (B)		79.5Ji
Saxonites (C)		79A
Anglites (D)		72M
(E)		67D