Cosmic Encounter Data: Which powers are best?
The following tabulated results are from over 500 games of the 1977 EON version of Cosmic Encounter. The vast majority of games were from 3 to 5 players, and I personally played in approximately half of them. Due to the high variability in game outcomes, one has to question the statistical significance of powers played only a small number of times (&lt; 15?). The label headings are defined as follows:


Games: Number of games played
Wins: Number of games won (solo + shared)
Solo: Number of solo wins
Points: The number of points from each win added together. Each game is worth a number of points equal to the number of players, and these points are divided among the winning players and their powers.
Ratio: Points/Games, a measure of how good a power is (does not take into account player strength)
Player Avg: Players were rated like powers, so this represents the average of the players who played this power
New Ratio: Points/(Games X Player Average), a measure of how good a power is adjusted for the average strength of players using the power
Avg/Win: The average number of Points per Win, a measure of how often the power wins solo or shared victories when it wins, relative to other powers