Sopwith Sopwith Stats 36 - December 2003
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Sopwith Stats reports on games of Sopwith played by post, via e-mail and on the web.  There are at least three places where the latter type of game can be played, on another part of this site (For Whom The Web Rocks), on Tom Tweedy's Diplomacy 2000 site and at Mike Dean's Psychozine site.

With rare exceptions, new games are played via e-mail rather than post. This often makes for a better gaming experience, as the game can run more quickly. Instead of taking three months of postal playing time to land your plane and refuel, it can be sorted in a week of playing time . This may explain why more games are taking longer to finish in terms of rounds, though they still finish a lot sooner than postal games.

WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE

ENCOURAGING NEW PLAYERS

I have been asked how to persuade new players to join the game, as any new player joining a game with three or more Ace pilots runs the risk of being shot down before they can find their wings. The previous suggestion of basing Ace status on the most recent games rather than all games didn't find much favour - except with those who were trying to get into the game.

So what else can be done? I've started offering games where Ace status is not considered. An Ace pilot is welcome to play, but will be treated as a rookie and does not get the advantage of the Immelman move and extra damage. As the stats contain games with seven pilots, with different point totals and even fantasy variants, there is no reason to exclude these games from the stats. Anyone can run games like this, and it may encourage new players to join in. If they play a couple of good games in this way they may then earn Ace status, and they're now able to compete on even terms in full games.

AIRBORNE

These games are the ones known to have started since last time. We've gone up from twelve last time to fifteen, but once again the reporting period has changed, this time from nine months to twelve. Next December we'll be able to get a proper comparison. T292HP is an older Hopscotch game that came to my attention late, while the others are e-mail games, with the reports appearing on the web.

Ref	Zine	Name	GM	Status
T292HP	Hopscotch	Jordan	Rob Cullender	In progress
T293D2	Diplomacy 2000	Martini	Tim Lomas	Complete
T294D2	Diplomacy 2000	Eagle	Tom Tweedy	Complete
T295D2	Diplomacy 2000	Raven	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T296FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e251	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T297D2	Diplomacy 2000	Blue Moon	Tim Lomas	Complete
T298FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e265	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T299D2	Diplomacy 2000	Perry	Tim Lomas	In progress
T300FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e277	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T301D2	Diplomacy 2000	Barmaid's Blush	Tim Lomas	Complete
T302FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e317	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T303D2	Diplomacy 2000	Eurofighter	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T304D2	Diplomacy 2000	Buccaneer	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T305FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e345	Keith Thomasson	In progress
T306D2	Diplomacy 2000	Lager Shandy	Tim Lomas	In progress

LOST IN THE CLOUDS

The five games below could have been declared abandoned last year, but I was holding on in the hope...but there's only so long you can do that. If any of these resurface they can be reacticvated.

Ref	Zine	Name	GM	Status
T248SG	Strangitude	ELO	Paul Sands	Abandoned
T252UM	Underneath The Mango Tree	-	Alex Bardy	Abandoned
T260SG	Strangitude	Ozric	Paul Sands	Abandoned
T270UM	Underneath The Mango Tree	-	Alex Bardy	Abandoned
T276FF	Flights Of Fancy	Vostok	Philip Honeybone	Abandoned

STOOGING AROUND

These are the games known to be active, mostly those that started since the last issue.

Ref	Zine	Name	GM	Status
T291PZ	Psychozine	Eindecker	Martin Gilbey	In progress
T292HP	Hopscotch	Jordan	Rob Cullender	In progress
T295D2	Diplomacy 2000	Raven	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T299D2	Diplomacy 2000	Perry	Tim Lomas	In progress
T303D2	Diplomacy 2000	Eurofighter	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T304D2	Diplomacy 2000	Buccaneer	Tom Tweedy	In progress
T305FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e345	Keith Thomasson	In progress
T306D2	Diplomacy 2000	Lager Shandy	Tim Lomas	In progress

DOWN TO EARTH

These are the games that have been reported as complete since the last issue. We have seventeen games this time, eight of which started in the last year. Click on the game number for full details of each game.

Ref	Zine	Name	GM	Status
T246HP	Hopscotch	Hudson	Rob Cullender	Complete
T249HP	Hopscotch	Indus	Rob Cullender	Complete
T262FW	For Whom The Die Rolls	-	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T279FW	For Whom The Die Rolls	-	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T285FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e195	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T286D2	Diplomacy 2000	Hawk	Tom Tweedy	Complete
T287D2	Diplomacy 2000	Swordfish	Tom Tweedy	Complete
T288FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e214	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T289D2	Diplomacy 2000	Manhattan	Tim Lomas	Complete
T293D2	Diplomacy 2000	Martini	Tim Lomas	Complete
T294D2	Diplomacy 2000	Eagle	Tom Tweedy	Complete
T296FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e251	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T297D2	Diplomacy 2000	Blue Moon	Tim Lomas	Complete
T298FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e265	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T300FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e277	Keith Thomasson	Complete
T301D2	Diplomacy 2000	Barmaid's Blush	Tim Lomas	Complete
T302FR	For Whom The Web Rocks	e317	Keith Thomasson	Complete

KILLS TABLE

This is the place to find out which pilots have made the most kills. This list is based on completed games. Tony Dickinson confirms his position at the top of this list by adding another 5 kills to his total, while three new pilots join the list. The arrows mark the pilots who have made kills since the last report. The list is limited to pilots with five or more kills to their credit, the 'real life' requirement for Ace status.

Kills	Pilot		Kills	Pilot		Kills	Pilot
35	Tony Dickinson		10	Brian Moore		6	Sandy Peters
21	Mark Boyle		9½	Sandra Bond		5½	Paul Hunter
21	Nick Parish		9½	Darren Murphy		5½	Patrick Johnson
21	Marc Priest		8	Mark Wightman		5½	Chris N Jones
20	Rob Cullender		7½	Clayton Colwell		5	Alan Burton
15½	Mikey Lamont		7½	Martin Gilbey		5	Brian Dolton
14½	Andrew Whiteley		7½	Len Lorek		5	Frederick Fall
14	Dave Lomas		7½	Lee Paddon		5	Geoff Kemp
14	Dave Tant		7	Steve Allen		5	Andy Mayfield
13	Mike Eddleston		7	Pete Smith		5	Richard Noakes
13	Tom Tweedy		7	Ian Winstanley		5	Ian Smith
10½	Andy Bate		6½	James Hardy		5	Colin Turner
10½	Stuart Black		6½	Ryk Downes		5	Stuart Tweedy
10	John Miller		6	John Bycroft		5	Kevin Wallis

ACES HIGH

Seven pilots gained Ace status since the last issue. The list is presented in points order rather than alphabetically. For an alphabetical list of current Aces, rather than this snapshot for issue #36 of the stats, see the separate Aces page.

Points	Games	Pilot		Points	Games	Pilot		Points	Games	Pilot
589	30	Tony Dickinson		96	4	Mike Lay		58	3	Rob Chapman
406	12	Rob Cullender		96	4	Richard Noakes		58	4	Chris N Jones
376	19	Marc Priest		94	4	Nicholas Clifton		57	4	Ian Smith
338	16	Nick Parish		93	3	John Norris		55	3	Nick Edwards
325	19	Mark Boyle		93	4	Andy Mayfield		53	3	Larry Edgar
295	10	Dave Lomas		92	3	Patrick Johnson		53	3	James Tucker
281	7	Andrew Whiteley		92	10	Rob Moore		53	4	Nick Hoyle
267	12	Mikey Lamont		89	10	Jonathan Ridley		52	3	Michael Woods
247	9	Tom Tweedy		84	4	Colin Turner		51	1	Mick Brennan
220	10	Sandra Bond		83	5	Ian Winstanley		50	1	Martin Potts
220	10	Dave Tant		81	3	Terry Dibden		50	2	Graham Holmes
202	7	John Miller		81	3	Toby Harris		50	2	Tony Whitfield
191	16	Mike Eddleston		78	4	John Bycroft		49	2	Colin Stronach
168	8	Darren Murphy		75	3	Ian Tillson		49	3	Dave Carter
165	7	Nick Taylor		74	3	Steve Wells		49	7	Stuart Tweedy
154	9	Brian Moore		72	2	Martyn Ives		47	1	Jill Hitchcock
152	5	Andy Bate		72	3	Brian Dolton		46	8	Alex Bardy
152	8	Steve Allen		72	5	Kevin McGowan		46	2	Nick Stokell
150	19	Stuart Black		72	5	Sandy Peters		45	1	Terry Pope
145	9	Len Lorek		71	4	Mark Telford		45	5	Denis Arnold
138	12	Mark Wightman		71	6	Frederick Fall		44	2	Kim Head
137	12	Martin Gilbey		71	6	Steve Turner		44	3	Chris Bullock
134	5	Richard Morris		71	7	Alan Burton		44	8	Mick Antrobus
131	5	James Hardy		70	2	Allan Gordon		44	8	Keith Loveys
128	3	Paul Hunter		69	5	Roger Rose		43	2	Stephen Woods
125	14	Ryk Downes		68	2	Frank Dunn		43	3	Michael Graystone
123	5	Lee Paddon		68	2	Constance Hackett		43	4	Stephen Othen
117	10	Clayton Colwell		68	3	John Webley		43	5	Chris Rupp
110	6	Dave Rowley		63	5	Frank Cheung		42	3	Steve Gregory
110	6	Kevin Wallis		62	3	Chris Raye		42	3	Steve Mellors
109	3	Jim Stewart		62	5	Gary Wilkes		41	1	John Mills
105	5	Geoff Kemp		60	4	Rob Thomasson		41	7	Eric Knibb
102	5	Pete Mason		59	1	Paul Ford		40	2	Dave McCrumb
99	14	Pete Smith		59	5	Alan Parr

WINNERS

This list shows all those who have won more than one game of Sopwith. Half points are gained when a game is tied. Ties usually occur when the last two pilots shoot each other down at the same time..

Wins	Pilot		Wins	Pilot		Wins	Pilot
9½	Tony Dickinson		3	Mark Wightman		2	John Norris
9½	Marc Priest		2½	Frank Cheung		2	Lee Paddon
7	Rob Cullender		2½	Kevin Wallis		2	Roger Rose
7	Tom Tweedy		2	John Colledge		2	Mark Telford
6	Dave Tant		2	Terry Dibden		2	Ian Tillson
6	Andrew Whiteley		2	Frank Dunn		2	James Tucker
5	Mikey Lamont		2	Len George		1½	Andy Bate
5	Dave Lomas		2	Martin Gilbey		1½	Brian Dolton
5	Nick Parish		2	James Hardy		1½	Mike Eddleston
4	Sandra Bond		2	Paul Hunter		1½	Martyn Ives
4	Mark Boyle		2	Patrick Johnson		1½	Rob Moore
4	John Miller		2	Geoff Kemp		1½	Steve Wells
4	Nick Taylor		2	Keith Loveys		1½	Stephen Woods
3	Steve Allen		2	Pete Mason
3	Jim Stewart		2	Richard Morris

AFTERWORD

The ability to produce statistics relies on the co-operation of everyone involved in the games. Without feedback from the GMs or the players, the information wouldn't be available.

If you run a game of Sopwith, I would like to know the details of scoring and kills. In fact, I need this detail to maintain the statistics. There are a number of games where the only details given are who won and how many points/kills the pilots had, which doesn't allow full positions to be given. Please consider me for your circulation list. For paper zines, trade with For Whom The Die Rolls is always an option.

If you're interested in running Sopwith in your zine, the rules explain the game. You don't really need anything else other than six willing volunteers, but you might like a copy of my playing area graphic (17kb) to include in the game reports. This includes the necessary graphics for the planes and player numbers, which you can cut and paste over the relevant hexes.

Thank you.

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© Keith Thomasson December 1st 2003