Hundred Variant Statistics


Final SC Occupation

To judge the relative importance of the various supply centers to each power, it is helpful to look at final control statistics. To this end, Charlie Eldred has compiled the following lists, drawing on Crecy (English Win), Agincour (French Win), Poitiers (Burgundian Win), Arras (Burgundian Win), Formigny (French Win), Bretagne (English Win), Century (French Win), Jun1h (NoPress French Win), Troyes (draw), Fulton (2-year Burgundian Blitz), Armagnac (Burgundian Win), and Biscay (Burgundian Win).

With Burgundy suddenly racking up a quick set wins, the "score" in the twelve finished games now stands at Burg 5, France 4, Eng 2, and 1 draw.

Table One: Control of Supply Centers at the End of Each Game

Supply CenterBurgundianEnglishFrenchComments
Scotland 5 4 03 games Unowned!
Devon 2 10 0
London 1 10 0
Guyenne 0 4 8Most conquered province
Brittany 0 7 5
Normandy 1 5 6
Calais 5 7 0
Flanders 10 2 0
Holland 11 1 0
Luxembourg 12 0 0
Dijon 11 0 1
Paris 4 2 6The most coveted prize
Orléanais 1 2 8
Dauphiné 4 0 7
Cantons 7 0 5
Provence 2 0 10
Toulouse 1 2 9Contested surprise in the south

Table Two: Winning, the Only Thing That Matters

Saying that Toulouse has been captured by foreigners three times is one thing, but did that capture result in a change of the game's outcome? Here Charlie looks at the fraction of games in which each SC ended up in the winner's hands, and moreover, breaks it down by each power.

ProvinceNumber of Times
Owned by Winner
Comments
Paris 10 exception: Burg win in Arras
Cantons 9 all Burg and France wins!!
Dauphine´ 9 all Burg and France wins!!
Normandy 7 all France and England wins plus Burg win Armagnac, an English suicide
Orl´anais 7 all France wins, both England wins and Burg win Poitiers
Calais 6 both England wins and all Burg wins except Arras
Dijon 6 all Burg wins plus France win in Jun1h
Flanders 6 all Burg wins plus England win in Crecy
Guyenne 6 all France wins and England wins
Toulouse 6 all France wins plus England win Bretagne and Burg win Arras
Britanny 5 all France wins plus England win Bretagne
Holland 5 all Burg wins
Luxemburg 5 all Burg wins
Provence 5 all France wins plus Arras, a Burg win
London 4
Devon 3 both England wins plus Armagnac
Scotland 3 none of which were England wins!

Times Held Province
In Burgundy's 5 wins 5CAN, DAU, DIJ, FLA, HOL, LUX
4CAL, PAR
3SCO
2LON
1DEV, PRO, TOU
In France's 4 wins 4BRI, CAN, DAU, DEV, NMD, ORL, PAR, PRO, TOU
1DIJ
In England's 2 wins 2BRI, CAL, DEV, GUY, LON, NMD, ORL, PAR
1FLA, TOU

Charlie's comments:

France: In the four France wins, France has grabbed the same 9 SC's every time. In Jun1h, France also grabbed NMD for its 10th SC.

England: I had agreed with Andy that perhaps the English player should abandon Guyenne. But now I see that in both English wins, he kept Guyenne.

Table Three: Overall Occupation Percentages for SCs and Non-SCs alike

For a more detailed look at which spaces matter most to which players, Charlie Eldred has compiled a very detailed occupation chart. Basically, Charlie has looked at the status after every winter season and after every spring retreat and cacluated occupation percentages for every space on the map. The results are below (Note: this data is based on a subset of the games above):

ProvinceBurgundian Ownership % English Ownership % French Ownership % Empty %
Dijon 90.307.8 1.9
Paris18.4 16.561.23.9
Orléanais1.9 14.677.74.9
Normandy071.8 22.35.8
Dauphiné 19.4073.8 6.8
Calais25.2 66.01.07.8
Flanders85.4 5.81.07.8
Cantons52.4 026.221.4
Brittany0 42.735.022.3
Guyenne0 37.931.131.1
LondonB2.9 62.1035.0
Dover23.3 37.9038.8
English Channel0 53.4046.6
Toulouse1.0 3.945.649.5
Poitou0 4.945.649.5
Holland39.8 8.7051.5
Luxembourg46.6 1.01.051.5
Provence4.9 043.751.5
Lorraine26.2 1.07.865.0
Savoy12.6 022.365.0
LimousinB1.9 1.027.269.9
Devon1.0 26.2 072.8
The Wash15.5 9.7074.8
North Sea 12.6 3.90 83.5
Anglia10.7 4.90 84.5
Biscay 04.98.7 86.4
Bristol Channel 6.82.92.9 87.4
Northumbria1.9 9.70 88.3
Aragon0 7.83.988.3
Castille0 1.9088.3
Scotland5.8 4.9 089.3
Friesland0 2.9097.1
Irish Sea1.0 1.0098.1
Minch0 1099.0
Wales 0 1.0099.0
Mediterranean0 00100

That the cluster of supply centers around Paris is the heart of the boar is aptly demonstrated by these statistics. Only those six spaces have occupancy rates greater than 90%. One hundred fan, Vincent Mous, recognized this in the course of playing the game:

In the midgame, Paris is a very important center to hold. It is a supply center, but it is even more important tactically because it borders five other supply centers (a big number for Hundred). Actually, it only borders supply centers. If you hold Paris, whoever you are, you can easily launch supported attacks on neighbouring centers. For this reason, I think Paris changes hands very often, because no one wants someone else to have it.
To read Vince's and other player's insights regarding the strategic importance iof the various spaces on the board, check out the player's sidebar.

I should also like to point out that The Mediterranean has been occupied since this chart was compiled, leaving no space untouched on the hundred board.


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