My name is NiNjiNiN and I was curious how Gambits impact games in terms of win rate and game speed. In order to investigate this a little, I played 100 games of each Base Set (Core Set, Colony Wars and Frontiers ), then played 100 more of each with Gambits, did the same with Cosmic Gambits, and finally the same with both Gambits and Cosmic Gambits and combined. For all these games, I tracked some stats, which resulted in a neat little dataset of 1200 games to look at. In this article I’ll be sharing some of my results - hopefully giving you all an enjoyable first glance at the impact of Gambits on the game!

About the Author

My name is Lucas, 31 years old and I hail from a tiny little country called The Netherlands. In Star Realms, I go by the name of NiNjiNiN. I started playing Star Realms in April of last year (2020), and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’ve gotten a few weekly #1’s, a monthly #1 and most notably I won the last 2020 Legend Series. All of this is not to brag, but I figured it would be relevant to give you all an impression of who I am as a player. I am by no means an authority on the game, but I expect I’m decent enough that my data isn’t hugely skewed by too many misplays.

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About this Article

This article is specifically meant to be a first glance at how Gambits affect games. My claim is explicitly not that my results are representative. I am aware of the limited sample size, number of formats and the fact that my (lack of) skill and play style have a huge impact on the results. For a truly ‘scientific’ analysis, way more data would have to be collected, among other things.

This also means this article will have a descriptive nature. There is simply not enough data for proper fact-finding, which means any attempt to explain results will mostly be speculation and semi-educated guesses - which is fun too, don’t get me wrong, but for this article it will be limited.

There’s a lot of stats and lists you can (and I did) produce - even with only 3 Base Sets and 3 Gambit ‘Sets’. Some data may be more interesting than others, so for the sake of readability I tried to prevent including too many long lists in this article. At the bottom of the article I’ll include most of the tables I produced - and feel free to ask me for any other stuff you might want to know.

Data & Results

As mentioned before, my data set consists of 4 ‘formats’ of each Base Set, of which each was played 100 games with, accumulating to 1200 total games played. The third table shows the results of the three Base Sets without any Gambits, which serve as a reference point for the rest of the games.

Data Set
	100 games	100 games	100 games
	100 games	100 games	100 games
	100 games	100 games	100 games
	100 games	100 games	100 games

Cumulative Results

Total Games

Win Rate

Total

Win Rate

Going 1st

Win Rate

Going 2nd

Avg. Game

Length

Avg. Opponent level

1200

64%

70%

58%

General Statistics Base Sets
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
	100	52%	63%	45%	22,6 turns	33
	100	61%	54%	68%	21,2 turns	33
	100	57%	78%	36%	23,2 turns	33
TOTALS	300	56,7%	65%	49,7%	22,3 turns	33

The Impact of Gambits (G)

Overall, adding to ,, and had a positive effect on my total win rate of 4,3%. Going first, the effect was slightly less (+3%), and for going 2nd it was the same as the total effect (+4,3%). In addition, adding shortened the average game length by 1,6 turns.

For , there was a positive effect on all win rate categories (+4% total, +2% going 1st, +3% going second. On average, adding made games 1,2 turns shorter.

For , there was a positive effect on total win rate (+2%) and a rather large positive effect when going first (+17%), but a negative effect when going second (-14%). On average, adding made games 1,4 turns shorter.

For , there was a positive effect on total win rate (+6%), a negative effect when going first (-11%), and a major positive effect when going second (+23%). On average, adding made games 2,3 turns shorter - the biggest effect of all base sets.

Impact of Gambits (G) on Base Sets - Summary
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
WITHOUT	300	56,7%	65%	49,7%	22,3 turns	33
WITH	300	61%	68%	54%	20,7 turns	26
Effects:		+4,3%	+3%	+4,3%	-1,6 turns	-7 levels

Impact of Gambits (G) on Base Sets - Specified
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
	100	52%	63%	45%	22,6 turns	33
	100	56%	65%	48%	21,4 turns	27
Effects:		+4%	+2%	+3%	-1,2 turns	-6 levels
	100	61%	54%	68%	21,2 turns	33
	100	63%	71%	54%	19,8 turns	26
Effects:		+2%	+17%	-14%	-1,4 turns	-7 levels
	100	57%	78%	36%	23,2 turns	33
	100	63%	67%	59%	20,9 turns	25
Effects:		+6%	-11%	+23%	-2,3 turns	-8 levels

The Impact of Cosmic Gambits (C)

Overall, adding to ,, and had a huge positive effect on my total win rate of 15,3%. Going first, the effect was slightly less (+11%), and for going 2nd it was even bigger compared to the total effect (+17,3%). In addition, adding shortened the average game length by 2,4 turns.

For , the effects were quite similar to the overall effects. There was a positive effect on all win rate categories (+15% total, +10% going 1st, +14% going second. On average, adding made games 2,5 turns shorter.

For , there was a positive effect on total win rate (+16%) and a rather large positive effect when going first (+29%), but only a small effect when going second (+2%). On average, adding made games 1,5 turns shorter.

For , there was a positive effect on total win rate (+15%), a negative effect when going first (-5%), and a major positive effect when going second (+35%). On average, adding made games 3,1 turns shorter.

Impact of Cosmic Gambits (C) on Base Sets - Summary
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
WITHOUT	300	56,7%	65%	49,7%	22,3 turns	33
WITH	300	72%	76%	67%	19,9 turns	26
Effects:		+15,3	+11%	+17,3%	-2,4 turns	-7 levels

Impact of Cosmic Gambits (C) on Base Sets - Specified
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
	100	52%	63%	45%	22,6 turns	33
	100	67%	73%	59%	20,1 turns	28
Effects:		+15%	+10%	+14%	-2,5 turns	-5 levels
	100	61%	54%	68%	21,2 turns	33
	100	77%	83%	70%	19,7 turns	24
Effects:		+16%	+29%	+2%	-1,5 turns	-9 levels
	100	57%	78%	36%	23,2 turns	33
	100	72%	73%	71%	20,1 turns	27
Effects:		+15%	-5%	+35%	-3,1 turns	-6 levels

The Impact of Gambits & Cosmic Gambits (GC)

Overall, adding to ,, and had a positive effect on my total win rate of 11,3%. Going 1st, the effect was more than halved to (+5%), and going 2nd it was even bigger compared to the total effect (+14,3%). In addition, adding shortened the average game length by 2,5 turns.

For , adding had the biggest effect of the Gambit Sets. There was a positive effect on all win rate categories (+18% total, +17% going 1st, +11% going second. On average, adding made games 2,5 turns shorter.

For , there were small positive effects across the board; +4% total, +7% going 1st and +1% going 2nd. On average, adding made games 2 turns shorter.

For , there was a positive effect on total win rate (+11%), a positive effect when going first (+8%), and an impressive +30% when going 2nd. On average, adding made games 2,9 turns shorter.

Impact of Gambits and Cosmic Gambits (GC) on Base Sets - Summary
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
WITHOUT	300	56,7%	65%	49,7%	22,3 turns	33
WITH	300	68%	70%	64%	19,8 turns	31
Effects:		+11,3%	+5%	+14,3%	-2,5 turns	-2 levels

Impact of Gambits and Cosmic Gambits (GC) on Base Sets - Specified
Format	Total Games	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length	Avg. Opponent level
	100	52%	63%	45%	22,6 turns	33
	100	70%	80%	56%	20,1 turns	30
Effects:		+18%	+17%	+11%	-2,5 turns	-3 levels
	100	61%	54%	68%	21,2 turns	33
	100	65%	61%	69%	19,2 turns	34
Effects:		+4%	+7%	+1%	-2 turns	+1 level
	100	57%	78%	36%	23,2 turns	33
	100	68%	70%	66%	20,3 turns	29
Effects:		+11%	+8%	+30%	-2,9 turns	-4 levels

The Impact of Individual Gambits

I’m sure at this point people are asking themselves: “What are the best gambits in the game?”. The answer to that question depends on many factors, such as: format, gambit combo, opponent gambits, skill and play style - just to name a few. Unfortunately, my data set is probably too small to make representative statements about individual Gambits, so I’m just including some stats here as an indication - but take them with a grain of salt.

If we ignore all variables except cold hard total win rate, the best gambits in the game are Exploration, Two-Pronged Attack, and Veteran Pilots. Interesting to see is that when going 1st, Veteran Pilots takes the lead, but when going 2nd, Veteran Pilots is kicked out of the top 3, and is replaced with Glorious Return. What is also interesting, is that these are all gambits from . When looking at the complete ranking, the top 5 consists entirely out of gambits. In the top 10, only 3 Gambits are from .

Highest Win Rate Gambits - Overall
Rank #1		Rank #2		Rank #3
Exploration		Two-Pronged Attack		Veteran Pilots

Total Games	Win Rate	Total Games	Win Rate	Total Games	Win Rate
90	80%	110	76%	90	76%

More stats on this subject:

Table IV: Individual Gambit Win Rate - All Formats Total

Table V: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) Total / Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) Total

Table VI: Individual Gambit Win Rate (GC) - Total

Table VII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) - by format

Table VIII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) - by format

Table IX: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (GC) - by format

‘Fastest’ Gambits - Overall
Rank #1		Rank #2		Rank #3
Veteran Pilots		Asteroid Mining		Veteran Pilots

Total Games	Avg. Length	Total Games	Avg. Length	Total Games	Avg. Length
90	19,2 turns	99	19,5 turns	108	19,7 turns

More stats on this subject:

Table X: Individual Gambits - # of Turns - by Format

Table XI: Individual Gambit - # of Turns - by Gambit Set

Conclusion: The Impact of Gambits on the game

Adding Gambits to my games had a significant positive effect on my win rate. On average, my total win rate increased by 10,1%, my win rate going 1st increased by 9,5% and my win rate going 2nd increased by 12%. Adding Gambits also made games faster. On average, games were 2,1 turns shorter.

Impact of Gambits on Base Sets - Short(est) version

Win Rate

Total

Win Rate

Going 1st

Win Rate

Going 2nd

Avg. Game

Length

+10,1%

9,5%

+12%

-2,1 turns

The impact of Gambits differs based on Base Set , Gambit Set, and starting turn. For example, my win rate for improved by Gambits no matter what, and the effects were quite similar when going either 1st or 2nd. But for , Gambits massively improved my win rate when going 1st , but worsened it when going 2nd. Interestingly enough, the reverse effect happened when playing ; adding Gambits had a negative effect on my win rate going 1st , but a huge positive effect when going 2nd.
In terms of total win rate, benefitted the most from Gambits (+12,3%). However, when going 1st, Gambits did the most for (+17,7%), while going 2nd saw the most improvement for (+29,3%).
When it comes to game length, the data is quite clear: games were never slower when adding Gambits. benefits the most from Gambits, reducing average game length by 2,5 turns.

Impact of Gambits (all) on Individual Base Sets
	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length
	+12,3%	+9,6%	+9,3%	-2,1 turns
	+7,3%	+17,7%	-3,6%	-1,6 turns
	+10,7%	-2,7%	+29,3%	-2,5 turns
Total Avg.	+10,1%	+8,2%	+11,7%	-2,1 turns

The effect of on win rate is almost 4 times bigger than . That’s a rather large difference that’s not easy to explain. I checked the data to see if I got lucky in the Gambits I was dealt when playing , but I actually got móre of the top 3 performing Gambits when playing . Of course, it might also just be the result of the limited sample size.
Interestingly enough, appears to be the ‘fastest’ Gambit Set, reducing average game length by 2,5 turns, even though the difference between (-1,3 turns overall) and (-2,4 turns overall) is pretty big.

Impact of Gambit Sets on Base Sets
	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length
	+4%	+3%	+4%	-1,3 turns
	+15,3%	+14,7%	+17%	-2,4 turns
	+11%	+10,7%	+14%	-2,5 turns
Total Avg.	+10,1%	+9,5%	+12%	-2,1 turns

Closing Remarks

So there you have it! A first glance of the impact of Gambits on the game. Hopefully some of you found this interesting or entertaining to read. I had a lot of fun playing the games and crunching the numbers, so hopefully I can keep expanding the database to be able to do more in-depth analysis.

The last thing I want to say on Gambits is: they are fun! They give players more choices, which always increases the depth of games. They also let you skip the more tedious first turns, and get you to the fun parts quicker. And, at least for me, they make you win more games!

A big shout out to everyone at the Summit Site Discord channel, and a special thanks to Darklighter and Megahauling for giving me a place to publish this article.

NiNjiNiN

Addendum - All Tables & Charts!

Index:

Table I: Impact of Gambits on Core Set

Table II: Impact of Gambits on Colony Wars

Table III: Impact of Gambits on Frontiers

Table IV: Individual Gambit Win Rate - All Formats Total

Table V: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) Total / Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) Total

Table VI: Individual Gambit Win Rate (GC) - Total

Table VII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) - by format

Table VIII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) - by format

Table IX: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (GC) - by format

Table X: Individual Gambits - # of Turns - by Format

Table XI: Individual Gambit - # of Turns - by Gambit Set

Table I: Impact of Gambits on Core Set

Impact of Gambits on Core Set
	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length
	+4%	+2%	+3%	-1,2 turns
	+15%	+10%	+14%	-2,5 turns
	+18%	+17%	+11%	-2,5 turns
Total Avg.	+12,3%	+9,6%	9,3%	-2,1 turns

Table II: Impact of Gambits on Colony Wars

Impact of Gambits on Colony Wars
	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length
	+2%	+17%	-14%	-1,4 turns
	+16%	+29%	+2%	-1,5 turns
	+4%	+7%	+1%	-2 turns
Total Avg.	+7,3%	+17,7%	-3,6%	-1,6 turns

Table III: Impact of Gambits on Frontiers

Impact of Gambits on Frontiers
	Win Rate Total	Win Rate Going 1st	Win Rate Going 2nd	Avg. Game Length
	+6%	-11%	+23%	-1,4 turns
	+15%	-5%	+35%	-3,1 turns
	+11%	+8%	+30%	-2,9 turns
Total Avg.	+10,7%	-2,7%	+29,3%	-2,5 turns

Table IV: Individual Gambit Win Rate - All Formats Total

Individual Gambit Win Rate - All Formats Total
Win Rate - Total		Win Rate - Going 1st		Win Rate - Going 2nd
Exploration	80%	Veteran Pilots	82%	Exploration	79%
Two-Pronged Attack	76%	Exploration	81%	Two-Pronged Attack	72%
Veteran Pilots	76%	Two-Pronged Attack	79%	Glorious Return	72%
Glorious Return	72%	Asteroid Mining	76%	Veteran Pilots	70%
Rapid Deployment	71%	Surprise Assault	75%	Acceptable Losses	68%
Rise to Power	70%	Rapid Deployment	75%	Rise to Power	68%
Acceptable Losses	69%	Energy Shield	74%	Political Maneuver	67%
Asteroid Mining	68%	Rise to Power	73%	Rapid Deployment	67%
Energy Shield	66%	Glorious Return	73%	Frontier Fleet	62%
Frontier Fleet	65%	Unlikely Alliance	73%	Energy Shield	59%
Hidden Base	65%	Hidden Base	72%	Smuggling Run	59%
Smuggling Run	63%	Acceptable Losses	69%	Asteroid Mining	58%
Surprise Assault	63%	Smuggling Run	68%	Hidden Base	56%
Political Maneuver	62%	Gray Market	67%	Bold Raid	54%
Unlikely Alliance	61%	Frontier Fleet	67%	Gray Market	50%
Bold Raid	61%	Bold Raid	66%	Surprise Assault	50%
Gray Market	59%	Salvage Operation	66%	Unlikely Alliance	48%
Salvage Operation	57%	Political Maneuver	57%	Salvage Operation	47%

Table V: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) Total / Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) Total

Individual (G) Win Rate - Overall			Individual (C) Win Rate - Overall

Gambit	Total Games	Win Rate	Gambit	Total Games	Win Rate
Rise to Power	64	70%	Veteran Pilots	61	80%
Energy Shield	68	66%	Two-Pronged Attack	76	79%
Bold Raid	71	63%	Exploration	49	78%
Frontier Fleet	74	62%	Glorious Return	74	74%
Unlikely Alliance	71	61%	Rapid Deployment	62	71%
Surprise Assault	78	56%	Acceptable Losses	77	70%
Smuggling Run	48	56%	Asteroid Mining	73	68%
Political Maneuver	62	55%	Gray Market	69	65%
Salvage Operation	64	55%	Hidden Base	59	63%

Table VI: Individual Gambit Win Rate (GC) - Total

Individual (GC) performance - Overall
TOTAL		GOING 1st		GOING 2nd
Exploration		Asteroid Mining		Exploration
TG: 41	WR: 83%	TG: 15	WR: 87%	TG: 23	WR: 87
Surprise Assault		Surprise Assault		Frontier Fleet
TG: 30	WR: 80%	TG: 17	WR: 82%	TG: 9	WR: 78
Political Maneuver		Exploration		Surprise Assault
TG: 35	WR: 74%	TG: 18	WR: 78%	TG: 13	WR: 77
Smuggling Run		Smuggling Run		Political Maneuver
TG: 36	WR: 72%	TG: 17	WR: 76%	TG: 20	WR: 75
Rapid Deployment		Hidden Base		RTP
TG: 35	WR: 71%	TG: 16	WR: 75%	TG: 20	WR: 75
Frontier Fleet		Rapid Deployment		Veteran Pilots
TG: 34	WR: 71%	TG: 20	WR: 75%	TG: 18	WR: 72
Rise to Power		Two-Pronged Attack		Smuggling Run
TG: 34	WR: 71%	TG: 20	WR: 75%	TG: 19	WR: 68
Two-Pronged Attack		Unlikely Alliance		Glorious Return
TG: 34	WR: 71%	TG: 23	WR: 74%	TG: 15	WR: 67
Hidden Base		Political Maneuver		Rapid Deployment
TG: 29	WR: 69%	TG: 15	WR: 73%	TG: 15	WR: 67
Glorious Return		Acceptable Losses		Two-Pronged Attack
TG: 38	WR: 68%	TG: 20	WR: 70%	TG: 14	WR: 64
Acceptable Losses		Energy Shield		Hidden Base
TG: 35	WR: 66%	TG: 10	WR: 70%	TG: 13	WR: 62
Veteran Pilots		Glorious Return		Acceptable Losses
TG: 29	WR: 66%	TG: 23	WR: 70%	TG: 15	WR: 60
Asteroid Mining		Frontier Fleet		Energy Shield
TG: 26	WR: 65%	TG: 25	WR: 68%	TG: 10	WR: 60
Energy Shield		Salvage Operation		Salvage Operation
TG: 20	WR: 65%	TG: 24	WR: 67%	TG: 19	WR: 53
Unlikely Alliance		RTP		Bold Raid
TG: 32	WR: 63%	TG: 14	WR: 64%	TG: 17	WR: 47
Salvage Operation		Bold Raid		Asteroid Mining
TG: 43	WR: 60%	TG: 19	WR: 63%	TG: 11	WR: 36
Bold Raid		Veteran Pilots		Gray Market
TG: 36	WR: 56%	TG: 11	WR: 55%	TG: 12	WR: 33
Gray Market		Gray Market		Unlikely Alliance
TG: 33	WR: 45%	TG: 21	WR: 52%	TG: 9	WR: 33

Table VII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (G) - by format

Individual Gambit (G) Win Rate

Unlikely Alliance	67%	Rise to Power	79%	Bold Raid	84%
Energy Shield	64%	Energy Shield	75%	Political Maneuver	83%
Rise to Power	62%	Frontier Fleet	70%	Rise to Power	74%
Smuggling Run	60%	Bold Raid	65%	Unlikely Alliance	65%
Frontier Fleet	59%	Salvage Operation	63%	Smuggling Run	59%
Surprise Assault	57%	Surprise Assault	62%	Frontier Fleet	59%
Salvage Operation	55%	Political Maneuver	52%	Energy Shield	56%
Political Maneuver	44%	Unlikely Alliance	52%	Surprise Assault	53%
Bold Raid	39%	Smuggling Run	50%	Salvage Operation	45%
Due to limited sample size, this table does not include Going 1st/Going 2nd categories.

Table VIII: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (C) - by format

Individual Cosmic Gambit (C) Win Rate

Veteran Pilots	82%	Exploration	94%	Two-Pronged Attack	100%
Two-Pronged Attack	80%	Glorious Return	90%	Gray Market	76%
Asteroid Mining	74%	Veteran Pilots	83%	Veteran Pilots	76%
Exploration	65%	Acceptable Losses	83%	Exploration	75%
Rapid Deployment	65%	Rapid Deployment	78%	Glorious Return	72%
Glorious Return	63%	Asteroid Mining	73%	Rapid Deployment	68%
Acceptable Losses	62%	Gray Market	68%	Hidden Base	67%
Hidden Base	57%	Two-Pronged Attack	65%	Acceptable Losses	63%
Gray Market	57%	Hidden Base	64%	Asteroid Mining	58%
Due to limited sample size, this table does not include Going 1st/Going 2nd categories.

Table IX: Individual Gambit Win Rate - (GC) - by format

Individual Gambit & Cosmic Gambit (GC) Win Rate

Frontier Fleet	90%	Exploration	91%	Rise to Power	92%
Energy Shield	88%	Two-Pronged Attack	86%	Smuggling Run	92%
Surprise Assault	88%	Hidden Base	79%	Surprise Assault	90%
Asteroid Mining	80%	Political Maneuver	76%	Exploration	87%
Glorious Return	80%	Rapid Deployment	75%	Glorious Return	87%
Political Maneuver	80%	Unlikely Alliance	70%	Asteroid Mining	73%
Veteran Pilots	80%	Smuggling Run	69%	Rapid Deployment	70%
Exploration	73%	Surprise Assault	67%	Veteran Pilots	67%
Rise to Power	70%	Salvage Operation	64%	Frontier Fleet	64%
Two-Pronged Attack	69%	Acceptable Losses	64%	Two-Pronged Attack	64%
Acceptable Losses	69%	Energy Shield	60%	Acceptable Losses	63%
Hidden Base	67%	Frontier Fleet	60%	Political Maneuver	63%
Rapid Deployment	67%	Veteran Pilots	58%	Salvage Operation	58%
Bold Raid	62%	Bold Raid	57%	Unlikely Alliance	56%
Unlikely Alliance	62%	Gray Market	55%	Bold Raid	50%
Salvage Operation	59%	Rise to Power	50%	Hidden Base	50%
Smuggling Run	55%	Glorious Return	38%	Energy Shield	43%
Gray Market	54%	Asteroid Mining	20%	Gray Market	22%
Due to limited sample size, this table does not include Going 1st/Going 2nd categories.

Table X: Individual Gambits - # of Turns - by Format

Individual Gambit # of Turns - by Formats

Surprise Assault	20,5	Political Maneuver	18,8	Surprise Assault	19,4
Salvage Operation	20,5	Smuggling Run	19,1	Salvage Operation	19,8
Smuggling Run	20,8	Surprise Assault	19,2	Frontier Fleet	20,5
Bold Raid	21,0	Frontier Fleet	19,5	Bold Raid	20,6
Unlikely Alliance	21,0	Salvage Operation	20,0	Energy Shield	21,2
Rise to Power	21,6	Rise to Power	20,0	Rise to Power	21,5
Frontier Fleet	21,6	Bold Raid	20,3	Smuggling Run	21,6
Political Maneuver	21,7	Unlikely Alliance	20,5	Unlikely Alliance	21,7
Energy Shield	22,5	Energy Shield	23,5	Political Maneuver	21,9


Hidden Base	19,1	Acceptable Losses	17,5	Acceptable Losses	18,4
Veteran Pilots	19,1	Veteran Pilots	18,1	Asteroid Mining	19,1
Acceptable Losses	19,3	Hidden Base	19,2	Rapid Deployment	19,3
Two-Pronged Attack	19,6	Asteroid Mining	19,3	Exploration	19,5
Exploration	19,9	Gray Market	19,6	Gray Market	19,7
Glorious Return	19,9	Rapid Deployment	20,0	Veteran Pilots	19,8
Asteroid Mining	20,2	Glorious Return	20,4	Hidden Base	21,3
Rapid Deployment	20,7	Two-Pronged Attack	20,5	Glorious Return	21,5
Gray Market	20,8	Exploration	22,0	Two-Pronged Attack	21,9


Frontier Fleet	17,6	Asteroid Mining	15,3	Acceptable Losses	21,1
Exploration	17,9	Unlikely Alliance	17,1	Asteroid Mining	19,0
Unlikely Alliance	17,9	Energy Shield	17,6	Bold Raid	21,0
Two-Pronged Attack	17,9	Smuggling Run	17,7	Energy Shield	22,7
Veteran Pilots	18,9	Gray Market	18,2	Exploration	19,4
Glorious Return	19,6	Rise to Power	18,4	Frontier Fleet	20,2
Bold Raid	19,8	Rapid Deployment	18,6	Gray Market	24,1
Gray Market	20,0	Bold Raid	18,7	Glorious Return	20,0
Hidden Base	20,2	Two-Pronged Attack	18,8	Hidden Base	20,2
Salvage Operation	20,3	Glorious Return	18,8	Political Maneuver	22,5
Smuggling Run	20,3	Veteran Pilots	19,2	Rapid Deployment	21,4
Political Maneuver	20,4	Frontier Fleet	19,2	Rise to Power	21,3
Rapid Deployment	20,5	Acceptable Losses	19,6	Surprise Assault	17,5
Rise to Power	20,9	Salvage Operation	20,0	Salvage Operation	20,7
Asteroid Mining	21,4	Political Maneuver	20,1	Smuggling Run	19,7
Energy Shield	21,8	Surprise Assault	20,1	Two-Pronged Attack	20,8
Acceptable Losses	21,8	Exploration	20,4	Unlikely Alliance	19,8
Surprise Assault	22,1	Hidden Base	20,8	Veteran Pilots	19,0

Table XI: Individual Gambit - # of Turns - by Gambit Set

Individual Gambit # of Turns - By Gambit Set

Surprise Assault	19,5	Acceptable Losses	18,7	Unlikely Alliance	18,1
Salvage Operation	20,1	Veteran Pilots	19,3	Frontier Fleet	18,8
Frontier Fleet	20,4	Asteroid Mining	19,7	Veteran Pilots	19,1
Smuggling Run	20,5	Hidden Base	19,9	Exploration	19,2
Bold Raid	20,6	Rapid Deployment	19,9	Smuggling Run	19,3
Rise to Power	21,1	Gray Market	20,1	Asteroid Mining	19,3
Unlikely Alliance	21,1	Exploration	20,4	Two-Pronged Attack	19,4
Political Maneuver	21,4	Two-Pronged Attack	20,6	Glorious Return	19,4
Energy Shield	22,2	Glorious Return	20,7	Surprise Assault	19,9
				Gray Market	20,0
				Rapid Deployment	20,1
				Bold Raid	20,1
				Energy Shield	20,2
				Rise to Power	20,3
				Political Maneuver	20,5
				Salvage Operation	20,6
				Hidden Base	20,9
				Acceptable Losses	21,0