Armies Used

The table summarises army usage and results in recorded matches.

Armies are ranked by their number of recorded match uses.

Average scores are based on recorded 0-25 and converted 32-point match results.

Top Dog handicap uses the average score and number of recorded results. The final Top Dog combines two-thirds of the player handicap and one-third of the army handicap. Top Dog.

Rank Book List Name Version Total Avg. Score Top Dog % Won % Drawn % Lost
1 3 20 Sui Chinese and Early T'ang Chinese DBMM 1 43 13.65 17.65 37 28 34
2 2 19 Seleucid DBMM 1 37 13.47 21.47 36 33 31
3 2 69 Sassanid Persian DBMM 1 30 12.67 12.67 35 25 40
4 4 36 Later Muslim Indian DBMM 1 29 12.78 10.78 37 30 33
5 2 83 Patrician Roman DBMM 1 20 13.01 17.01 36 29 35
5 1 43 Kimmerian, Skythian or Early Hu DBMM 1 20 13.15 13.15 27 45 28
5 2 52 Dacian and Carpi DBMM 1 20 13.77 11.77 43 18 39
6 2 58 Alan DBMM 1 17 12.27 10.27 27 38 34
6 2 15 Alexandrian Imperial DBMM 1 17 13.43 15.43 35 34 31
7 1 22 New Kingdom Egyptian DBMM 1 16 13.28 15.28 35 32 34
7 2 46 Kushan DBMM 1 16 12.01 10.01 33 29 38
7 4 17 Later Crusader DBMM 1 16 11.82 9.82 24 38 38
8 2 79 Chinese Northern and Southern Dynasties DBMM 1 15 12.61 10.61 32 35 33
9 2 78 Late Imperial Roman DBMM 1 14 12.74 18.74 27 38 31
9 2 36 Graeco-Bactrian and Graeco-Indian DBMM 1 14 12.39 12.39 29 38 33
10 2 53 Ancient British DBMM 1 13 12.01 10.01 28 33 38
11 3 62 Sung Chinese DBMM 1 12 13.02 11.02 29 38 32
11 3 10 Hindu Indian DBMM 1 12 10.91 8.91 27 27 47
11 2 47 Early German DBMM 1 12 12.92 12.92 34 34 33
11 1 60 Early Achaemenid Persian DBMM 1 12 12.72 12.72 27 39 34
11 2 12 Alexandrian Macedonian DBMM 1 12 11.84 11.84 28 35 37
11 1 51 Neo-Assyrian Later Sargonid DBMM 1 12 14.25 16.25 38 37 26
11 1 38 Libyan Egyptian DBMM 1 12 10.72 8.72 21 28 52
12 3 45 Pre-Feudal Scots DBMM 1 11 11.92 9.92 27 37 36
12 2 27 Pyrrhic DBMM 1 11 11.24 8.43 24 18 59
12 3 79 Early Russian DBMM 1 11 13.14 11.14 41 18 41
13 3 65 Nikephorian Byzantine DBMM 1 10 15.53 15.53 41 35 22
13 3 15 Tibetan DBMM 1 10 13.44 11.44 40 26 34
13 3 29 Thematic Byzantine DBMM 1 10 14.20 12.20 33 46 21
13 2 32 Later Carthaginian DBMM 1 10 11.68 13.68 26 34 41
13 1 24 Hittite Empire DBMM 1 10 13.57 13.57 30 44 26
13 2 34 Attalid Pergamene DBMM 1 10 10.83 8.83 20 39 41
13 3 54 Dynastic Bedouin DBMM 1 10 13.81 11.81 33 39 29
14 3 8 Central Asian City-States DBMM 1 9 12.07 10.07 31 27 37
14 2 42 Tamil Indian and Sinhalese DBMM 1 9 10.30 8.30 22 32 46
14 3 72 Anglo-Danish DBMM 1 9 9.94 7.94 14 42 44
14 3 37 Abbasid Arab DBMM 1 9 10.80 8.80 22 31 47
15 3 74 Seljuq Turk DBMM 1 8 13.60 13.60 34 33 31
15 3 69 West Sudanese DBMM 1 8 15.66 13.66 30 40 17
15 3 67 Hsi-Hsia DBMM 1 8 11.96 9.96 42 13 46
15 3 4 Early Byzantine DBMM 1 8 13.04 13.04 32 32 32
15 1 56 Kyrenean Greek DBMM 1 8 14.90 12.90 31 56 13
15 2 4 Warring States and Ch'in Chinese DBMM 1 8 13.36 11.36 36 29 34
15 2 11 Gallic DBMM 1 8 13.50 11.50 30 45 26
15 1 32 Western Chou and Spring and Autumn Chinese DBMM 1 8 11.31 11.31 32 24 44
15 1 61 Early Carthaginian DBMM 1 8 12.87 12.87 31 39 31
15 2 72 Early Frankish, Alamanni, Quadi, Suevi, Rugian or Turcilingi DBMM 1 8 14.31 12.31 36 46 18
15 2 21 Ch'iang and Ti DBMM 1 8 9.96 7.96 26 19 56
15 2 10 Camillan Roman DBMM 1 8 12.00 9.00 20 45 35
15 4 8 Ghurid DBMM 1 8 16.22 14.22 45 38 16
15 1 4 Zagros and Anatolian Highlanders DBMM 1 8 16.21 14.21 38 52 10
16 3 28 Carolingian Frankish DBMM 1 6 11.98 9.98 38 19 41
16 3 70 Tuareg DBMM 1 6 10.00 8.00 32 11 58
17 3 11 Central Asian Turkish DBMM 1 5 12.00 12.00 32 26 40
17 1 20 Syro-Canaanite and Ugaritic DBMM 1 5 12.08 10.08 16 51 32
17 2 67 Early Ostrogothic, Herul, Sciri or Taifali DBMM 1 5 8.82 6.62 18 29 53
17 4 83 Wars of the Roses and Tudor English DBMM 1 5 13.89 15.89 33 41 25
17 4 85 Burgundian Ordonnance DBMM 1 5 14.11 14.11 38 39 22
17 4 3 Anglo-Norman DBMM 1 5 11.70 9.70 25 40 35
17 4 68 Medieval Spanish or Portuguese DBMM 1 5 13.37 13.37 32 40 26
18 3 42 Sha-T'o Turkish DBMM 1 4 13.83 10.38 33 39 28
18 3 64 Ghaznavid DBMM 1 4 12.16 12.16 32 21 42
18 3 66 Fatimid Egyptian DBMM 1 4 14.43 12.43 35 43 22
18 4 79 Later Swiss DBMM 1 4 13.00 13.00 32 34 34
18 3 60 Medieval Vietnamese DBMM 1 4 14.67 7.33 27 53 20
18 3 48 Rus DBMM 1 4 11.76 9.76 21 41 33
18 2 37 Parthian DBMM 1 4 10.14 8.14 24 22 54
18 2 61 Hsien-Pi, Wu-huan, Pre-dynastic Khitan and Hsi DBMM 1 4 9.90 7.90 33 17 50
18 2 23 Later Pre Islamic Arab DBMM 1 4 13.05 11.05 30 38 32
18 2 33 Polybian Roman DBMM 1 4 12.49 10.49 25 35 39
18 3 47 Pecheneg DBMM 1 4 9.88 7.88 12 44 44
18 2 35 Later Macedonian DBMM 1 4 13.40 6.70 40 33 27
18 2 38 Hsiung-Nu or Juan-juan DBMM 1 4 12.94 12.94 35 29 37
18 4 14 Jurchen-Chin DBMM 1 4 10.94 8.21 33 22 44
18 3 35 Feudal Spanish DBMM 1 4 13.20 11.20 43 20 38
18 3 76 Konstantinian Byzantine DBMM 1 4 12.43 10.43 23 52 25
18 3 31 Umayyad Arab DBMM 1 4 13.85 6.92 31 46 23
18 4 39 Navarrese DBMM 1 4 12.38 12.38 25 40 34
18 1 52 Early Hoplite Greek DBMM 1 4 11.42 9.42 12 63 25
18 4 73 Ming Chinese DBMM 1 4 11.96 9.96 25 36 39
18 4 7 Early Crusader DBMM 1 4 12.52 10.52 32 32 35
18 1 49 Early Vietnamese DBMM 1 4 12.83 10.83 33 38 29
18 3 75 Fanatic Berber DBMM 1 4 12.45 10.45 26 43 32
18 3 22 Maya DBMM 1 4 12.28 9.21 0 78 22
18 4 59 Post-Mongol Samurai DBMM 1 4 11.29 5.64 14 50 36
18 3 51 Bagratid Armenian DBMM 1 4 11.91 8.93 13 56 31
18 4 45 Mamluk Egyptian DBMM 1 4 9.43 2.36 14 43 43
18 2 57 Later Moorish DBMM 1 4 10.25 2.56 0 50 50
19 3 12 Christian Nubian DBMM 1 3 14.59 12.59 48 19 33
20 3 26 Early Serbian or Croatian DBMM 1 2 9.04 7.04 19 30 52
20 3 55 Early Samurai DBMM 1 2 13.00 11.00 22 44 24
20 3 68 Early Hungarian DBMM 1 2 13.23 11.23 33 37 30
20 3 50 Zanj Revolt DBMM 1 2 13.20 3.30 60 20 20
20 2 80 Hunnic DBMM 1 2 13.31 13.31 37 26 34
20 3 7 Pre-Samurai Japanese DBMM 1 2 12.62 10.62 36 13 46
20 3 46 Norse Irish DBMM 1 2 11.20 9.20 20 34 46
20 2 39 Ancient Spanish DBMM 1 2 11.54 9.54 13 56 31
20 3 18 Breton DBMM 1 2 11.54 9.54 25 29 46
20 1 25 Middle Assyrian and Early Neo Assyrian DBMM 1 2 11.40 9.40 25 38 38
20 3 17 Maurikian Byzantine DBMM 1 2 11.50 9.50 31 27 42
20 4 43 Later Hungarian DBMM 1 2 12.30 14.30 27 37 35
20 3 19 Welsh DBMM 1 2 9.81 7.81 19 25 56
20 4 13 Medieval German DBMM 1 2 10.64 8.64 26 24 48
20 4 23 Feudal English DBMM 1 2 12.17 10.17 27 32 41
20 3 32 Volga Bulgar DBMM 1 2 13.20 6.60 30 40 30
20 3 33 Early Muslim North Africa and Sicily DBMM 1 2 10.84 8.84 16 32 52
20 3 34 Andalusian DBMM 1 2 12.58 10.58 18 50 32
20 3 1 Early Slav DBMM 1 2 13.67 3.42 0 100 0
20 4 21 Anglo-Irish DBMM 1 2 14.86 12.86 39 36 25
20 3 44 Tribal Mongolian DBMM 1 2 6.50 3.25 10 20 70