Controlled CivBench on Vox Populi 5.2.7, Civilization V
BehaviorA controlled version of CivBench (Chen et al., 2026). Each LLM strategists rotate through 3 standard maps (8 players), each game features 2 of the same LLM strategists + 6 Vox Populi AI players. Experimented with 2 conditions: having LLMs make a decision every turn (base); having them make a decision every 5 turns, or when an important event comes up (per-5).
Describe how strategists play (military, diplomatic, strategic, and policy choices), against the in-game AI on the same map and seat and in absolute terms.
Strategic settingsShows how each strategist sets the in-game AI's flavors (0 to 100, 50 is balanced), against the average of completed experiments on the same map and seat and in absolute terms. Module: behavior.flavors n_absolute_players: 1444; baseline: completed-experiment average; n_relative_players: 1444; n_unmatched_controlled_players: 0; n_baseline_players: 1444; n_baseline_experiments: 30; flavors: Offense, Defense, CityDefense, Mobilization, MilitaryTraining, Recon, Ranged, Mobile, Nuke, UseNuke, Naval, NavalRecon, Air, Antiair, AirCarrier, Airlift, Expansion, Growth, TileImprovement, Infrastructure, Production, Gold, Science, Culture, Happiness, NavalGrowth, NavalTileImprovement, WaterConnection, GreatPeople, Wonder, Religion, Diplomacy, Espionage, Spaceship
Against the completed-experiment average, the largest departure is Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn on waterconnection (-31).
Relative
| Strategist | Condition | Military | Nuclear | Naval and air | Economy | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off | Def | CDef | Mob | MTrn | Rec | Rng | Mobl | Nuke | UNuk | Nav | NRec | Air | AA | Carr | Lift | Exp | Gro | Tile | Infr | Prod | Gold | Sci | Cul | Hap | NGro | NTile | WCon | GP | Wond | Rel | Dip | Esp | Spc | |
| Completed-experiment average | 41 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 59 | 45 | 54 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 49 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 66 | 63 | 64 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 65 | 71 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 65 | 44 | 46 | 68 | 53 | 41 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | -18 | -23 | -24 | -18 | -20 | +2 | -27 | -17 | -33 | -27 | -4 | -2 | -33 | -35 | -25 | -25 | +15 | +3 | -5 | +6 | +7 | -2 | -5 | +5 | +14 | +9 | 0 | +9 | +17 | +21 | +1 | +20 | +21 | -15 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | -12 | -23 | -21 | -9 | -16 | +2 | -20 | -9 | -27 | -19 | 0 | +1 | -23 | -31 | -18 | -18 | +14 | +1 | -4 | +2 | +4 | -4 | -9 | -1 | +9 | +10 | +2 | +5 | +11 | +12 | -6 | +13 | +12 | -14 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | -8 | -3 | +2 | -8 | -9 | -25 | +4 | -1 | -8 | -11 | 0 | +2 | +9 | +12 | +19 | +20 | +1 | -5 | -4 | -11 | -12 | -13 | -8 | 0 | -8 | +9 | +12 | +6 | -5 | -1 | -2 | -12 | -2 | +9 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | +17 | +16 | +14 | +20 | +20 | +7 | +23 | +18 | +24 | +3 | +13 | +3 | +19 | +16 | -13 | -11 | -10 | +15 | +13 | +16 | +18 | +16 | +15 | +10 | +14 | +4 | 0 | +10 | -2 | -13 | +1 | +14 | +12 | -1 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | +6 | +9 | +4 | +11 | +5 | +4 | +5 | +4 | +6 | -2 | +2 | 0 | +3 | +5 | -10 | -7 | +2 | +5 | +9 | +8 | +11 | +12 | +13 | +8 | +11 | -2 | -2 | +2 | +3 | -1 | +6 | +11 | 0 | -3 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | +6 | +5 | +2 | +10 | +2 | +6 | +5 | +6 | +16 | +14 | +3 | +5 | +11 | +10 | +11 | +10 | +6 | +2 | +4 | +4 | +7 | +7 | +8 | +3 | +7 | +3 | +5 | +4 | +1 | +7 | +6 | +3 | +2 | +6 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | +18 | +4 | 0 | +6 | +6 | +2 | +10 | +11 | +9 | +6 | +14 | +11 | +15 | +13 | +6 | +12 | +5 | -3 | +5 | -3 | -8 | +1 | 0 | +8 | 0 | +9 | +11 | +9 | -2 | +9 | +15 | +1 | +2 | +1 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +3 | -4 | -5 | -1 | -5 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +11 | +7 | +10 | +14 | +13 | +23 | +22 | +3 | +2 | -2 | -13 | -18 | -8 | -10 | -4 | -5 | +10 | +11 | +8 | -5 | +3 | +12 | -5 | +3 | +10 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +3 | -6 | -5 | -2 | -3 | 0 | +3 | +5 | +15 | +19 | +5 | +9 | +13 | +12 | +22 | +20 | +4 | +1 | -3 | -14 | -19 | -12 | -12 | -6 | -10 | +9 | +11 | +7 | -7 | 0 | +7 | -10 | +1 | +9 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +23 | +2 | +7 | +2 | +14 | +7 | +6 | +14 | +11 | +12 | +5 | +11 | +7 | +10 | +22 | +20 | +13 | -14 | -13 | -13 | -11 | -11 | -8 | +7 | -7 | +10 | +11 | +9 | +2 | +8 | +10 | +2 | +22 | +10 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | +21 | -4 | -4 | 0 | +7 | +5 | 0 | +11 | +6 | -1 | +5 | +11 | +8 | +10 | +22 | +21 | +17 | -13 | -13 | -13 | -16 | -16 | -15 | +4 | -11 | +8 | +9 | +7 | +2 | +6 | +5 | -3 | +18 | +10 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | +10 | -1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +9 | +7 | +7 | +16 | +18 | -5 | +3 | -3 | 0 | +10 | +8 | +17 | 0 | -1 | -11 | +2 | -14 | -7 | -2 | -11 | +1 | +2 | -1 | +1 | +13 | +8 | -18 | -8 | -3 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | -9 | +8 | +7 | +3 | +9 | -2 | +11 | 0 | -1 | -5 | -4 | -5 | +10 | +12 | -19 | -8 | -12 | +7 | +5 | +9 | +13 | +4 | +12 | -8 | +9 | -12 | -14 | -6 | 0 | -19 | -12 | -2 | +3 | +11 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | -4 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +9 | +1 | +11 | +4 | +7 | -3 | +4 | +3 | +12 | +14 | -15 | -10 | -10 | +11 | +9 | +11 | +12 | +3 | +11 | -3 | +8 | 0 | -2 | +4 | +4 | -11 | -6 | -4 | +8 | +11 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | -7 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +8 | -2 | +13 | +3 | -2 | -2 | -5 | -4 | +2 | -1 | -15 | -9 | -16 | +9 | +6 | +11 | +13 | +5 | +11 | -8 | +9 | -8 | -9 | -1 | -1 | -20 | -9 | -11 | +1 | +10 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +9 | +2 | 0 | +7 | +2 | +6 | +2 | +5 | +18 | +26 | +5 | +10 | +12 | +11 | +22 | +21 | +8 | -2 | -5 | -7 | -8 | -12 | +2 | -6 | -3 | +10 | +11 | +7 | -8 | +8 | +8 | -8 | 0 | +12 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +8 | -1 | -2 | +5 | 0 | +6 | +2 | +5 | +21 | +30 | +4 | +10 | +10 | +13 | +23 | +21 | +5 | -4 | -5 | -8 | -10 | -13 | 0 | -5 | -7 | +10 | +12 | +7 | -7 | +6 | +8 | -10 | 0 | +13 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -7 | +4 | +6 | -1 | +3 | +8 | +8 | +7 | +3 | +9 | +6 | +11 | +12 | +17 | +20 | +20 | -1 | +8 | +11 | +4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +16 | +8 | +11 | +12 | +8 | +10 | +6 | +17 | +2 | +7 | +11 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | -2 | +2 | +2 | -9 | -1 | 0 | -2 | +5 | -6 | -13 | +1 | +3 | +2 | +1 | -7 | -7 | -1 | +3 | +5 | +6 | -4 | +13 | -4 | +3 | +9 | +3 | +1 | +2 | +10 | +1 | 0 | +10 | +4 | -13 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | +1 | +1 | +2 | -6 | +2 | -2 | +3 | +7 | +6 | +1 | +4 | +7 | +6 | +10 | +11 | +10 | +1 | +1 | +3 | +3 | -7 | +7 | -7 | +3 | +6 | +9 | +9 | +6 | +7 | +8 | +3 | +1 | +4 | -5 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | -7 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -9 | -20 | -12 | -18 | -19 | -22 | -12 | -21 | -26 | -25 | -26 | -27 | -16 | -19 | -15 | -3 | -6 | +8 | -8 | -4 | -15 | -29 | -29 | -31 | -15 | -16 | -24 | -8 | -12 | -25 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | -5 | +1 | +1 | -2 | -8 | -18 | -8 | -13 | -27 | -25 | -10 | -18 | -28 | -26 | -25 | -27 | -12 | -13 | -9 | -1 | -7 | +8 | -5 | -3 | -13 | -23 | -24 | -25 | -14 | -15 | -21 | -15 | -17 | -19 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | -17 | -7 | -8 | -18 | -19 | -9 | -18 | -20 | -23 | -22 | -13 | -23 | -30 | -29 | -25 | -27 | -6 | -1 | -3 | -3 | +3 | +2 | -5 | -3 | -12 | -23 | -23 | -21 | -9 | -11 | -11 | +17 | -21 | -21 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | -18 | -7 | -5 | -15 | -15 | -14 | -12 | -21 | -30 | -24 | -14 | -23 | -32 | -27 | -25 | -27 | -8 | -2 | -4 | -5 | +2 | +1 | -5 | -6 | -12 | -22 | -22 | -23 | -9 | -15 | -13 | +12 | -23 | -20 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | -25 | -16 | -13 | -23 | -26 | -25 | -18 | -26 | -14 | -19 | -20 | -23 | -18 | -15 | -11 | -11 | -9 | +3 | -2 | -1 | +4 | 0 | -5 | -4 | -9 | -13 | -12 | -8 | +1 | -16 | -9 | +8 | -22 | -12 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | +23 | +14 | +13 | +31 | +20 | +13 | +9 | +11 | +44 | +47 | +16 | +14 | +25 | +26 | +26 | +22 | -4 | -5 | 0 | +8 | +4 | +11 | +1 | -8 | +3 | +10 | +13 | +7 | -12 | +3 | +6 | -11 | -1 | +9 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | +21 | +10 | +7 | +24 | +16 | +14 | +7 | +9 | +40 | +40 | +11 | +11 | +25 | +15 | +26 | +22 | +5 | +2 | +3 | +7 | -2 | +4 | -1 | -3 | 0 | +10 | +12 | +6 | -11 | +8 | +8 | -10 | -2 | +10 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | -24 | +13 | +9 | -14 | +2 | -4 | +10 | +2 | -9 | -3 | -1 | +5 | +25 | +26 | +19 | +18 | -19 | -2 | 0 | -5 | +11 | -15 | +15 | -11 | +3 | +8 | +10 | +6 | +11 | -24 | -1 | +4 | +9 | +36 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | -3 | -3 | +1 | 0 | +3 | +15 | -12 | -8 | -27 | -22 | -11 | -12 | -21 | -30 | -20 | -25 | +5 | +6 | +8 | +9 | +10 | +13 | +8 | +15 | +11 | -14 | -12 | -11 | +15 | +24 | -1 | +8 | -10 | -19 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | -3 | -6 | -2 | -1 | +2 | +13 | -11 | -5 | -22 | -17 | -7 | -6 | -30 | -35 | -22 | -24 | +6 | +5 | +9 | +7 | +8 | +8 | +6 | +4 | +5 | -8 | -7 | -4 | +11 | +19 | -5 | 0 | -9 | -9 |
- 2 SD below
- 1 SD below
- same as the baseline
- 1 SD above
- 2 SD above
Absolute
| Strategist | Condition | Military | Nuclear | Naval and air | Economy | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off | Def | CDef | Mob | MTrn | Rec | Rng | Mobl | Nuke | UNuk | Nav | NRec | Air | AA | Carr | Lift | Exp | Gro | Tile | Infr | Prod | Gold | Sci | Cul | Hap | NGro | NTile | WCon | GP | Wond | Rel | Dip | Esp | Spc | |
| Completed-experiment average | 41 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 59 | 45 | 54 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 49 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 66 | 63 | 64 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 65 | 71 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 65 | 44 | 46 | 68 | 53 | 41 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 22 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 69 | 58 | 70 | 82 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 85 | 50 | 39 | 52 | 83 | 66 | 47 | 90 | 75 | 26 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 29 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 34 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 66 | 59 | 66 | 80 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 79 | 51 | 41 | 48 | 75 | 56 | 40 | 81 | 65 | 27 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 34 | 58 | 60 | 44 | 50 | 20 | 57 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 49 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 46 | 49 | 43 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 64 | 57 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 60 | 43 | 44 | 56 | 51 | 51 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 59 | 78 | 73 | 72 | 79 | 51 | 76 | 65 | 60 | 32 | 62 | 43 | 59 | 56 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 81 | 77 | 79 | 94 | 86 | 91 | 75 | 85 | 45 | 39 | 53 | 62 | 30 | 47 | 82 | 65 | 40 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 47 | 71 | 63 | 62 | 64 | 48 | 59 | 51 | 42 | 24 | 51 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 21 | 44 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 87 | 82 | 88 | 73 | 82 | 38 | 38 | 45 | 68 | 43 | 52 | 79 | 53 | 38 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 48 | 66 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 59 | 53 | 52 | 41 | 52 | 45 | 51 | 50 | 38 | 39 | 49 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 83 | 77 | 84 | 68 | 77 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 66 | 51 | 52 | 71 | 55 | 47 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 59 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 65 | 46 | 64 | 58 | 43 | 32 | 63 | 51 | 55 | 54 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 63 | 68 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 63 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 55 | 42 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 44 | 58 | 54 | 50 | 54 | 48 | 58 | 51 | 43 | 42 | 57 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 65 | 61 | 66 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 60 | 46 | 58 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 45 | 56 | 54 | 49 | 56 | 45 | 56 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 54 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 60 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 58 | 44 | 53 | 58 | 54 | 50 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 65 | 63 | 65 | 53 | 73 | 52 | 60 | 61 | 45 | 39 | 54 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 64 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 67 | 51 | 56 | 70 | 75 | 51 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 62 | 58 | 55 | 52 | 67 | 49 | 54 | 58 | 44 | 30 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 59 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 66 | 50 | 51 | 65 | 71 | 52 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 52 | 60 | 60 | 53 | 62 | 53 | 61 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 59 | 66 | 62 | 53 | 78 | 56 | 68 | 63 | 60 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 65 | 56 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 38 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 32 | 69 | 66 | 54 | 68 | 43 | 65 | 46 | 33 | 21 | 45 | 35 | 50 | 52 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 89 | 74 | 88 | 57 | 80 | 28 | 25 | 38 | 65 | 25 | 34 | 65 | 56 | 52 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 37 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 68 | 46 | 65 | 51 | 41 | 22 | 52 | 44 | 52 | 54 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 87 | 73 | 87 | 62 | 78 | 41 | 37 | 48 | 69 | 33 | 40 | 64 | 61 | 53 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 35 | 68 | 65 | 57 | 67 | 43 | 66 | 50 | 32 | 23 | 44 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 88 | 75 | 87 | 57 | 79 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 64 | 24 | 37 | 57 | 54 | 51 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 50 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 50 | 55 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 64 | 58 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 77 | 59 | 67 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 57 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 53 | 53 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 50 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 65 | 57 | 75 | 61 | 64 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 53 | 54 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 35 | 65 | 65 | 50 | 62 | 52 | 61 | 54 | 38 | 34 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 47 | 48 | 42 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 89 | 81 | 78 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 75 | 49 | 63 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 40 | 63 | 61 | 42 | 58 | 45 | 51 | 51 | 31 | 16 | 50 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 83 | 71 | 68 | 80 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 75 | 45 | 46 | 78 | 57 | 28 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 42 | 62 | 61 | 45 | 60 | 43 | 56 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 53 | 47 | 46 | 50 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 77 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 73 | 53 | 49 | 69 | 57 | 36 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 35 | 61 | 58 | 51 | 50 | 25 | 41 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 47 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 68 | 61 | 55 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 60 | 41 | 16 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 36 | 62 | 60 | 50 | 52 | 27 | 45 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 53 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 79 | 70 | 62 | 58 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 51 | 29 | 25 | 53 | 37 | 22 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 24 | 54 | 51 | 33 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 65 | 60 | 61 | 79 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 58 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 56 | 32 | 35 | 85 | 32 | 20 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 24 | 55 | 54 | 36 | 44 | 30 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 64 | 59 | 59 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 59 | 59 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 55 | 29 | 33 | 80 | 30 | 21 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 17 | 46 | 46 | 28 | 34 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 69 | 61 | 63 | 79 | 70 | 70 | 61 | 61 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 66 | 27 | 36 | 76 | 31 | 29 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 65 | 75 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 57 | 62 | 58 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 65 | 66 | 53 | 51 | 38 | 61 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 57 | 74 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 52 | 50 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 62 | 71 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 59 | 60 | 56 | 75 | 68 | 60 | 51 | 66 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 62 | 71 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 51 | 51 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 17 | 74 | 68 | 37 | 61 | 41 | 63 | 48 | 27 | 25 | 48 | 45 | 65 | 66 | 45 | 47 | 23 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 87 | 55 | 91 | 55 | 73 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 76 | 20 | 45 | 72 | 62 | 78 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 39 | 58 | 59 | 51 | 63 | 59 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 86 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 82 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 79 | 68 | 45 | 76 | 43 | 22 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 39 | 55 | 57 | 50 | 61 | 57 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 84 | 78 | 82 | 70 | 76 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 75 | 63 | 41 | 68 | 44 | 32 |
- 0 forbid
- 30 enough
- 50 balanced (in-game AI)
- 70 prioritize
- 100 emergency focus
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Diplomatic behaviorDescribes diplomatic persona traits and the public and private stances strategists set toward rivals, including how often the two conflict. Module: behavior.diplomacy n_absolute_players: 1444; baseline: matched in-game AI; baseline_experiments: vanilla-standard-fixed; n_relative_players: 1444; n_unmatched_controlled_players: 0; n_baseline_players: 192; traits: DiplomaticBalance, Friendliness, WorkWithWillingness, WorkAgainstWillingness, Loyalty, DenounceWillingness, Forgiveness, Meanness, Neediness, Chattiness, DeceptiveBias; rate: per_100_turns
Friendliest: Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn (+207.4 net) · Least friendly: MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 (-37.3 net) · Most masked: DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn (4.4%)
Relative
| Strategist | Condition | Diplomacy | Personality | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bal | Frd | With | Agst | Loy | Den | Fgv | Mean | Need | Chat | Dec | |
| Matched in-game AI | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +1.6 | +2.3 | +0.8 | +1.8 | -1.7 | +3.2 | -1.9 | -0.2 | +0.3 | -1.7 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +1.4 | +2.3 | +0.1 | +0.9 | -1.4 | +2.2 | -1.7 | -0.1 | +0.3 | -1.0 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.4 | +0.3 | 0.0 | +1.1 | -1.2 | +1.4 | -2.4 | -0.5 | +0.2 | -1.1 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | -0.7 | +2.3 | -1.3 | +1.5 | -2.0 | -0.8 | +1.2 | -3.1 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | -0.4 | +1.9 | -2.0 | +1.7 | -2.1 | -1.2 | +1.2 | -2.1 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.7 | +0.6 | -0.3 | +1.5 | -1.6 | +1.2 | -2.0 | -0.9 | +0.5 | -1.4 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.9 | +0.6 | 0.0 | +1.9 | -3.0 | +1.3 | -2.0 | -1.6 | +2.6 | -2.0 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.5 | -1.0 | +0.5 | -1.5 | -0.3 | +0.9 | -1.0 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.4 | -0.6 | +0.6 | -1.2 | -0.3 | +0.3 | -0.6 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 0.0 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | +1.2 | -0.7 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.7 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | +0.5 | -0.5 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.2 | +0.5 | 0.0 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | +1.3 | -0.5 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.7 | -1.3 | +2.2 | -3.1 | +2.5 | -3.2 | -2.6 | +1.5 | -2.8 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.8 | +0.6 | -0.4 | +1.8 | -2.1 | +1.8 | -2.3 | -2.0 | +1.1 | -2.3 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.8 | -0.6 | +1.6 | -2.0 | +1.8 | -2.6 | -2.3 | +1.5 | -2.4 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | +0.2 | -0.2 | +0.2 | -1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.2 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.6 | +0.3 | -0.3 | +0.7 | -1.7 | +0.7 | -2.1 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -1.3 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +1.6 | +1.9 | +0.7 | +2.7 | -1.6 | +2.1 | -2.7 | -2.5 | +3.3 | -2.5 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.4 | +2.4 | -1.6 | +2.1 | -2.7 | -2.5 | +2.5 | -2.2 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +0.1 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.3 | -1.6 | +1.9 | -2.2 | -1.6 | +1.2 | -2.0 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.3 | -1.6 | +1.6 | -2.2 | -1.2 | +0.7 | -1.8 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +0.2 | +1.4 | +2.0 | -0.1 | +2.8 | -2.9 | +3.1 | -3.0 | -1.1 | +2.0 | -2.9 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.9 | +1.6 | -0.1 | +2.8 | -2.9 | +2.5 | -3.0 | -1.1 | +1.8 | -3.1 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +0.4 | +1.3 | -0.7 | +1.8 | -3.6 | +1.7 | -3.7 | -1.2 | +4.2 | -2.6 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.6 | -0.6 | +0.2 | -0.8 | -0.2 | +0.3 | -0.4 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -0.1 | +0.2 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +1.3 | +2.3 | +0.4 | +2.9 | -1.8 | +1.7 | -3.3 | -1.4 | +0.3 | -2.6 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 0.0 | +1.6 | +1.8 | -0.1 | +2.8 | -2.5 | +3.4 | -2.7 | -0.8 | +0.9 | -1.6 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 0.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | -0.3 | +1.8 | -1.8 | +2.8 | -2.4 | -0.4 | +0.4 | -1.2 |
- 2 SD below
- 1 SD below
- same as the baseline
- 1 SD above
- 2 SD above
Absolute
| Strategist | Condition | Diplomacy | Personality | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bal | Frd | With | Agst | Loy | Den | Fgv | Mean | Need | Chat | Dec | |
| Matched in-game AI | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 7.0 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 6.1 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 4.1 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 4.4 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 6.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 4.1 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 6.2 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 6.4 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
- 1 lowest
- 4
- 5.5 middle
- 7
- 10 highest
| Strategist | Condition | Activity | Stance | Mixed signals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changes | Public | Private | Net | Hostility % | Goodwill % | |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 111.9 | 38.3 | 13.1 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 33.5 | 19.7 | 4.0 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 21.0 | 30.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 33.1 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 23.3 | 27.2 | 31.7 | 58.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 10.9 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 32.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 27.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 17.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 23.5 | -1.4 | -2.0 | -3.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 8.8 | -13.4 | -13.6 | -27.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 11.2 | -16.7 | -20.6 | -37.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 26.3 | 41.0 | 32.3 | 73.4 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 18.8 | 18.0 | 8.3 | 26.3 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 19.9 | 34.7 | 31.9 | 66.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 5.1 | 7.7 | 15.9 | 23.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 13.6 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 8.7 | 30.6 | 25.3 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 28.8 | 20.3 | 16.9 | 37.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 21.7 | 9.0 | 5.7 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 38.9 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 19.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 18.7 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 51.8 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 51.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 27.8 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 24.7 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 41.4 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 25.7 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 3.7 | -1.9 | -32.0 | -33.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 2.1 | -3.5 | -31.5 | -35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 6.6 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 27.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 31.0 | 137.0 | 70.4 | 207.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 15.6 | 44.9 | 42.4 | 87.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
- hostile: -50 (net -100), or 2 SD below the average player
- -25 (net -50), or 1 SD below
- neutral: 0, or average
- +25 (net +50), or 1 SD above
- warm: +50 (net +100), or 2 SD above
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Strategic commitmentShows how often strategists act and revise their settings, how large and how lasting their changes are, and which grand strategy they hold. Module: behavior.commitment n_absolute_players: 1444; baseline: completed-experiment average; n_relative_players: 1444; n_unmatched_controlled_players: 0; n_baseline_players: 1444; n_baseline_experiments: 30; grand_strategies: Conquest, Culture, UnitedNations, Spaceship; rate: per_100_turns
Domination: Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn (43%) · Culture: MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn (53%) · Diplomatic: GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn (51%) · Science: GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 (76%)
Relative
| Strategist | Condition | Acts % | Revises % | Touched | Step | Net % | Persona |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed-experiment average | 58 | 52 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 25 | 6.4 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | +35 | -9 | -1.4 | +4.9 | -14 | +8.9 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | -29 | +7 | -0.7 | +4.9 | -5 | +0.4 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | -7 | -0.4 | -2.7 | +5 | -5.1 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | +34 | +28 | -1.5 | -3.8 | -7 | -2.3 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | +38 | -13 | -2.2 | -1.3 | -1 | -2.2 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | -29 | +4 | -1.4 | -1.1 | +15 | -4.4 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | +27 | -3.2 | -0.3 | +4 | -0.7 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +36 | -39 | -3.5 | -0.7 | +19 | -4.5 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -26 | -24 | -2.6 | -1.3 | +21 | -5.4 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +36 | -41 | -3.4 | +1.9 | +20 | -1.4 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | -28 | -30 | -3.0 | +1.6 | +25 | -3.5 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | -28 | -35 | -1.1 | +2.6 | +40 | -2.8 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +40 | +11 | +2.7 | +0.3 | -19 | +3.4 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | +29 | +4.2 | -0.1 | -13 | -1.6 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | +35 | -1 | +1.2 | +1.5 | -16 | +0.8 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +41 | -39 | -1.5 | -4.3 | +10 | -5.6 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | -9 | -0.8 | -4.8 | +8 | -5.7 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -29 | +15 | +0.2 | -5.0 | +8 | -5.2 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | +38 | +9 | -0.1 | -2.7 | -16 | +11.7 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | -26 | +23 | +1.5 | -2.8 | -9 | +3.9 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +39 | +6 | +3.8 | -1.9 | -18 | +7.0 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | -29 | +25 | +6.0 | -1.5 | -11 | -0.3 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +39 | +16 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -15 | +12.2 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | -28 | +39 | +4.0 | -0.4 | -12 | +6.1 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | +42 | +7.9 | -3.8 | -11 | +14.2 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | +38 | -37 | -4.0 | +9.8 | +5 | -5.3 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | -28 | -12 | -3.8 | +7.0 | +8 | -5.5 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | -27 | +30 | +1.1 | -3.7 | -4 | -2.9 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | +26 | -16 | +0.3 | +4.6 | -13 | -1.4 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | -30 | -4 | +1.1 | +3.9 | -2 | -4.0 |
- 2 SD below
- 1 SD below
- same as the baseline
- 1 SD above
- 2 SD above
Absolute
| Strategist | Condition | Acts % | Revises % | Touched | Step | Net % | Persona |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed-experiment average | 58 | 52 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 25 | 6.4 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 94 | 43 | 4.8 | 14.0 | 12 | 15.2 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 29 | 59 | 5.7 | 14.0 | 21 | 6.8 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 45 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 30 | 1.3 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 92 | 80 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 18 | 4.1 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 96 | 39 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 25 | 4.2 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 29 | 56 | 4.9 | 8.0 | 40 | 2.0 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 79 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 30 | 5.6 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 94 | 13 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.8 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 32 | 29 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 46 | 1.0 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 94 | 11 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 45 | 5.0 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 30 | 22 | 3.3 | 10.7 | 50 | 2.9 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 30 | 17 | 5.3 | 11.7 | 65 | 3.6 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 98 | 63 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 6 | 9.8 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 82 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 93 | 51 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 10 | 7.2 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 99 | 13 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 36 | 0.8 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 43 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 33 | 0.7 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 29 | 67 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 34 | 1.2 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 96 | 61 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 10 | 18.1 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 32 | 75 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 16 | 10.3 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 97 | 58 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 8 | 13.4 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 29 | 77 | 12.4 | 7.6 | 14 | 6.1 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 97 | 68 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 10 | 18.6 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 30 | 91 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 13 | 12.5 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 94 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 14 | 20.6 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 96 | 15 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 31 | 1.1 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 30 | 40 | 2.5 | 16.1 | 33 | 0.9 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 31 | 82 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 21 | 3.5 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 84 | 36 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 13 | 5.0 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 28 | 48 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 23 | 2.4 |
- 2 SD below the average strategist
- 1 SD below
- average
- 1 SD above
- 2 SD above
Grand strategy
| Strategist | Condition | Main | Conquest % | Culture % | UN % | Spaceship % | Switches | Pivot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Null | Spaceship 40% | 24 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 1.03 | 130 |
| Vanilla | Spaceship 36% | 28 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 1.05 | 160 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | United Nations 51% | 20 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 0.57 | 198 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | United Nations 38% | 27 | 19 | 38 | 16 | 0.27 | 225 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 46% | 18 | 46 | 8 | 28 | 0.09 | 220 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | Conquest 33% | 33 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 0.21 | 260 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 32% | 27 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 0.22 | 262 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 32% | 26 | 32 | 12 | 30 | 0.10 | 254 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | Conquest 33% | 33 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 0.22 | 226 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 48% | 24 | 48 | 13 | 15 | 0.11 | 294 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 47% | 31 | 47 | 11 | 11 | 0.06 | 324 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 53% | 31 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 0.03 | 178 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 52% | 31 | 52 | 4 | 12 | 0.01 | 38 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 52% | 35 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 0.03 | 91 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | Spaceship 45% | 21 | 22 | 11 | 45 | 0.56 | 168 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | Spaceship 37% | 24 | 22 | 17 | 37 | 0.34 | 174 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | Spaceship 47% | 21 | 19 | 13 | 47 | 0.52 | 128 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | Spaceship 39% | 26 | 24 | 12 | 39 | 0.10 | 252 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 31% | 27 | 31 | 12 | 31 | 0.12 | 259 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 37% | 22 | 37 | 16 | 25 | 0.13 | 221 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 34% | 26 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 0.34 | 264 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 41% | 29 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 0.24 | 258 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 44% | 32 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 0.73 | 174 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 44% | 31 | 44 | 10 | 16 | 0.42 | 189 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 36% | 15 | 36 | 27 | 22 | 0.84 | 165 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 31% | 16 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 0.63 | 190 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 47% | 22 | 47 | 11 | 20 | 0.22 | 243 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | Conquest 43% | 43 | 26 | 7 | 24 | 0.09 | 266 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | Conquest 39% | 39 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 0.04 | 218 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | Spaceship 76% | 8 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 0.08 | 274 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | Culture 48% | 23 | 48 | 13 | 16 | 0.59 | 217 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | Culture 33% | 24 | 33 | 12 | 32 | 0.41 | 241 |
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Policy pathsShows which policy branches and ideologies each player type adopts, which it picks first in each tier, and how early, against the in-game AI on the same map and seat. Module: behavior.policies n_absolute_players: 1492; baseline: matched in-game AI; baseline_experiments: vanilla-standard-fixed; n_relative_players: 1492; n_unmatched_controlled_players: 0; n_baseline_players: 192; branches: tradition, authority, progress, fealty, statecraft, artistry, industry, imperialism, rationalism, freedom, autocracy, order
Freedom: Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn (29%) · Autocracy: Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn (33%) · Order: GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 / Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn / Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 / Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn (58%)
Relative
| Strategist | Condition | Ancient | Medieval | Industrial | Ideology | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trad | Auth | Prog | Feal | Stat | Art | Ind | Imp | Rat | Free | Auto | Ord | |
| Matched in-game AI | 58 | 38 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 32 | 51 | 31 | 17 | 41 |
| Null | +35 | +58 | +92 | +15 | +41 | +35 | +43 | +16 | -16 | -4 | -3 | +7 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | +35 | +67 | +92 | +48 | +79 | +63 | +68 | +47 | +33 | -10 | -4 | -5 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | +38 | +56 | +96 | +44 | +84 | +52 | +72 | +22 | +32 | -16 | +4 | +5 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | -6 | -8 | +21 | -29 | +14 | +18 | +14 | -28 | +43 | -18 | +4 | +7 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | -8 | -4 | +67 | -8 | +28 | +14 | -1 | +5 | +20 | -18 | +2 | +5 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | -10 | 0 | +65 | -4 | +16 | +24 | +9 | -9 | +34 | -12 | -5 | +7 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | +2 | 0 | +79 | -12 | +22 | +24 | +14 | -9 | +28 | -14 | -3 | -1 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | -25 | -4 | +60 | +5 | +14 | +12 | +7 | +5 | +20 | -12 | +4 | +16 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +21 | -6 | +75 | +22 | +16 | +29 | +20 | -11 | +34 | -15 | +14 | +2 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +15 | +2 | +71 | +32 | +16 | +29 | +9 | -1 | +36 | -16 | +2 | +18 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +10 | -4 | +15 | -2 | -7 | +20 | -3 | -9 | +1 | -18 | +8 | +5 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | +15 | -2 | +15 | -12 | +7 | +20 | +3 | -16 | +9 | -14 | +12 | +1 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | +31 | +27 | +12 | -18 | +20 | +27 | +61 | +11 | -11 | -16 | +6 | +5 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | -31 | -4 | +62 | +5 | +20 | +8 | +14 | +7 | +30 | -2 | -1 | +18 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | -33 | -6 | +69 | +5 | +20 | +8 | +24 | -3 | +28 | -14 | +8 | +16 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | -19 | -4 | +81 | -2 | +32 | +27 | +16 | +1 | +39 | -8 | +4 | +7 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | -6 | -4 | +73 | +11 | +9 | -9 | +9 | -14 | +36 | -8 | -1 | +11 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -8 | -6 | +77 | +11 | +7 | +12 | +9 | -14 | +36 | -12 | +6 | +14 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | -15 | -6 | +29 | -27 | +9 | +18 | +11 | -16 | +32 | -22 | +6 | +5 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | +27 | +38 | +90 | +21 | +82 | +54 | +53 | +30 | +22 | -12 | +6 | +7 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | +17 | +27 | +92 | +30 | +76 | +47 | +59 | +19 | +14 | -11 | +2 | +16 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +38 | +56 | +96 | +28 | +78 | +43 | +47 | +26 | +32 | -16 | +16 | +3 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | +38 | +60 | +96 | +21 | +74 | +41 | +49 | +30 | +32 | -16 | +10 | +1 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +27 | +19 | +96 | +11 | +76 | +43 | +53 | +11 | +16 | -12 | +12 | +18 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | +19 | +29 | +94 | +19 | +70 | +37 | +45 | +18 | -3 | -10 | +12 | -1 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | +27 | +21 | +87 | +31 | +37 | +38 | +30 | -5 | +1 | -21 | +10 | +12 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | +21 | +15 | +90 | -8 | +45 | +4 | +61 | +36 | +43 | -4 | +8 | +1 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | +25 | +21 | +81 | -6 | +47 | +18 | +68 | +34 | +36 | -14 | +8 | +7 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | -25 | -21 | +88 | +1 | +36 | +37 | +11 | -26 | +47 | -8 | +10 | +7 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | +21 | +15 | +94 | +23 | +66 | +41 | +28 | -7 | +28 | -8 | +8 | -5 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | +33 | +17 | +92 | +21 | +68 | +41 | +32 | +1 | +24 | -18 | -3 | +16 |
- 2 SD below
- 1 SD below
- same as the baseline
- 1 SD above
- 2 SD above
| Strategist | Condition | Ancient | Medieval | Industrial | Ideology | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trad | Auth | Prog | Feal | Stat | Art | Ind | Imp | Rat | Free | Auto | Ord | |
| Matched in-game AI | 21 | 27 | 18 | 160 | 151 | 146 | 250 | 281 | 237 | 330 | 341 | 327 |
| Null | +31 | +30 | +100 | +61 | -2 | +64 | +2 | +8 | +47 | +3 | +33 | +8 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | +7 | -1 | +16 | +12 | -25 | +18 | -2 | +32 | +16 | +2 | +33 | +13 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | +5 | +9 | +17 | +8 | -37 | -2 | -17 | +4 | +25 | +36 | +37 | +4 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | +1 | +10 | -7 | -4 | -11 | +9 | +27 | -8 | -25 | -7 | -49 | |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | +14 | -1 | 0 | +12 | +48 | +15 | +63 | 0 | +11 | -31 | -12 | -29 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | +14 | +7 | +94 | +12 | -8 | +9 | +61 | -7 | +6 | -16 | -2 | -33 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | +3 | +11 | +14 | +6 | +57 | +3 | +65 | -11 | +9 | -1 | 0 | -28 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | +10 | -52 | +25 | +24 | -19 | +27 | +4 | -10 | -37 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +15 | +10 | +29 | +26 | +25 | +9 | +62 | -12 | +7 | -6 | -11 | -35 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +15 | +6 | 0 | +33 | -12 | +10 | -19 | -6 | +7 | -9 | -10 | -23 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +2 | +14 | -6 | -2 | -3 | +31 | -9 | -10 | +38 | -3 | -17 | |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 0 | +17 | 0 | -11 | -7 | +9 | -8 | -11 | -4 | -12 | -16 | -12 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | +1 | +22 | +5 | +52 | +11 | -8 | -2 | +33 | +18 | -9 | -15 | |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | +21 | +5 | 0 | -5 | -45 | +39 | -36 | -17 | +4 | -6 | +3 | -20 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | +41 | +4 | 0 | +11 | -75 | +11 | -18 | -7 | +6 | -7 | -5 | -31 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | +29 | 0 | +13 | -4 | -43 | +2 | +7 | -14 | -3 | +2 | -5 | -31 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | +43 | 0 | 0 | -1 | +20 | -4 | +6 | +1 | -1 | +20 | -3 | -33 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +29 | 0 | 0 | +32 | -25 | +39 | -22 | +3 | -4 | -13 | +12 | -25 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | +1 | 0 | 0 | -9 | -8 | -8 | +29 | -25 | -15 | +17 | -35 | -46 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | +38 | +10 | +99 | +46 | -6 | +17 | +21 | -5 | +21 | +16 | +10 | -24 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | +20 | +1 | 0 | +15 | +33 | +15 | +45 | -11 | +24 | +16 | +20 | -13 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +10 | +7 | +16 | +26 | -3 | +21 | +78 | -2 | +9 | +15 | +29 | -11 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | +7 | +10 | +6 | +37 | +8 | +31 | +67 | -17 | +21 | +23 | -4 | -4 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | +24 | +56 | +14 | +60 | -11 | +28 | +50 | -11 | +92 | +10 | -11 | -11 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | +39 | +39 | +1 | +44 | +20 | +56 | +34 | +48 | +82 | +37 | -2 | -27 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | +8 | -3 | +14 | +26 | +50 | +34 | -10 | +3 | +12 | +35 | +6 | -25 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | +1 | +24 | +126 | +29 | +18 | +26 | +14 | -8 | +7 | +48 | -10 | -8 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | +4 | +58 | +99 | +63 | +43 | +24 | +18 | -10 | +6 | +9 | 0 | +11 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | +16 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -24 | -6 | +100 | +62 | -14 | -5 | -10 | -31 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | +19 | 0 | 0 | +46 | +26 | +12 | +7 | +45 | +28 | 0 | -9 | -30 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | +39 | -2 | +30 | +46 | +33 | +35 | +30 | +25 | +32 | +11 | +46 | -12 |
- 2 SD earlier than the baseline
- 1 SD earlier
- same as the baseline
- 1 SD later
- 2 SD later
Absolute
| Strategist | Condition | Ancient | Medieval | Industrial | Ideology | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trad | Auth | Prog | Feal | Stat | Art | Ind | Imp | Rat | Free | Auto | Ord | |
| Matched in-game AI | 58 | 38 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 32 | 51 | 31 | 17 | 41 |
| Null | 94 | 96 | 96 | 65 | 56 | 71 | 54 | 48 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 48 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 100 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 98 | 85 | 75 | 85 | 25 | 12 | 38 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 94 | 100 | 88 | 83 | 54 | 83 | 15 | 21 | 46 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 52 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 54 | 25 | 4 | 94 | 12 | 21 | 48 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 50 | 33 | 71 | 42 | 44 | 50 | 10 | 38 | 71 | 12 | 19 | 46 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 48 | 38 | 69 | 46 | 31 | 60 | 21 | 23 | 85 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 60 | 38 | 83 | 38 | 38 | 60 | 25 | 23 | 79 | 17 | 15 | 40 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 33 | 33 | 65 | 54 | 29 | 48 | 19 | 38 | 71 | 19 | 21 | 56 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 77 | 31 | 81 | 73 | 31 | 62 | 31 | 21 | 85 | 17 | 31 | 42 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 73 | 40 | 75 | 81 | 31 | 65 | 21 | 31 | 88 | 15 | 19 | 58 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 69 | 33 | 19 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 12 | 25 | 46 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 73 | 35 | 19 | 38 | 23 | 56 | 15 | 17 | 60 | 17 | 29 | 42 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 90 | 65 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 62 | 73 | 44 | 40 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 27 | 33 | 67 | 54 | 35 | 44 | 25 | 40 | 81 | 29 | 17 | 58 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 25 | 31 | 73 | 54 | 35 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 79 | 17 | 25 | 56 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 40 | 33 | 85 | 48 | 48 | 62 | 27 | 33 | 90 | 23 | 21 | 48 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 52 | 33 | 77 | 60 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 88 | 23 | 17 | 52 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 50 | 31 | 81 | 60 | 23 | 48 | 21 | 19 | 88 | 19 | 23 | 54 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 44 | 31 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 54 | 23 | 17 | 83 | 8 | 23 | 46 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 85 | 75 | 94 | 71 | 98 | 90 | 65 | 62 | 73 | 19 | 23 | 48 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 77 | 62 | 96 | 77 | 90 | 88 | 69 | 50 | 69 | 21 | 19 | 58 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 96 | 94 | 100 | 77 | 94 | 79 | 58 | 58 | 83 | 15 | 33 | 44 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 96 | 98 | 100 | 71 | 90 | 77 | 60 | 62 | 83 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 85 | 56 | 100 | 60 | 92 | 79 | 65 | 44 | 67 | 19 | 29 | 58 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 77 | 67 | 98 | 69 | 85 | 73 | 56 | 50 | 48 | 21 | 29 | 40 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 85 | 60 | 90 | 81 | 52 | 75 | 40 | 29 | 52 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 79 | 52 | 94 | 42 | 60 | 40 | 73 | 69 | 94 | 27 | 25 | 42 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 83 | 58 | 85 | 44 | 62 | 54 | 79 | 67 | 88 | 17 | 25 | 48 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 33 | 17 | 92 | 50 | 52 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 98 | 23 | 27 | 48 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 79 | 52 | 98 | 73 | 81 | 77 | 40 | 25 | 79 | 23 | 25 | 35 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 92 | 54 | 96 | 71 | 83 | 77 | 44 | 33 | 75 | 12 | 15 | 56 |
- 0% never
- 50%
- 100% always
| Strategist | Condition | Ancient | Medieval | Industrial | Ideology | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trad | Auth | Prog | Feal | Stat | Art | Ind | Imp | Rat | Free | Auto | Ord | |
| Matched in-game AI | 21 | 27 | 18 | 160 | 151 | 146 | 250 | 281 | 237 | 330 | 341 | 327 |
| Null | 68 | 63 | 83 | 223 | 240 | 195 | 316 | 309 | 297 | 357 | 357 | 344 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Every-turn | 48 | 64 | 66 | 177 | 158 | 170 | 278 | 303 | 269 | 342 | 353 | 340 |
| GPT-OSS-120B-Simple | Per-5 | 40 | 69 | 69 | 175 | 164 | 172 | 291 | 299 | 270 | 373 | 353 | 344 |
| Opus-5.5-Simple | Per-5 | 28 | 37 | 53 | 172 | 180 | 144 | 324 | 286 | 248 | 303 | 327 | 280 |
| GLM-5.1-Simple | Every-turn | 39 | 26 | 98 | 170 | 222 | 156 | 301 | 284 | 261 | 312 | 318 | 304 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Every-turn | 43 | 33 | 93 | 183 | 232 | 167 | 332 | 261 | 257 | 324 | 308 | 295 |
| GLM-5.2-Simple | Per-5 | 50 | 43 | 80 | 188 | 265 | 156 | 315 | 259 | 263 | 332 | 329 | 298 |
| GLM-5.3-Simple | Per-5 | 41 | 26 | 65 | 169 | 208 | 158 | 258 | 253 | 278 | 342 | 336 | 290 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 48 | 41 | 77 | 189 | 218 | 161 | 336 | 271 | 264 | 322 | 324 | 303 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 51 | 56 | 67 | 195 | 257 | 157 | 316 | 289 | 261 | 342 | 344 | 309 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 23 | 50 | 127 | 152 | 144 | 164 | 312 | 273 | 236 | 349 | 349 | 311 |
| MiniMax-M2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 25 | 53 | 121 | 147 | 197 | 168 | 287 | 270 | 245 | 310 | 326 | 308 |
| MiniMax-M3-Simple | Per-5 | 33 | 113 | 124 | 200 | 222 | 173 | 266 | 295 | 267 | 349 | 338 | 310 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Every-turn | 42 | 32 | 46 | 164 | 160 | 191 | 323 | 268 | 267 | 333 | 338 | 313 |
| Kimi-K2.7-Simple | Per-5 | 63 | 31 | 55 | 170 | 178 | 169 | 280 | 270 | 263 | 317 | 326 | 309 |
| Kimi-K2.6-Simple | Every-turn | 52 | 31 | 58 | 181 | 196 | 172 | 290 | 278 | 256 | 322 | 332 | 310 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Every-turn | 111 | 28 | 77 | 175 | 208 | 131 | 300 | 281 | 262 | 349 | 337 | 300 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 62 | 28 | 85 | 201 | 208 | 165 | 318 | 280 | 259 | 321 | 334 | 315 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Simple | Per-5 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 157 | 171 | 134 | 325 | 262 | 247 | 328 | 321 | 292 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Every-turn | 93 | 123 | 85 | 225 | 200 | 173 | 302 | 301 | 279 | 357 | 346 | 301 |
| Qwen-3.5-Simple | Per-5 | 73 | 93 | 76 | 194 | 224 | 176 | 316 | 290 | 275 | 335 | 341 | 332 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 65 | 71 | 52 | 208 | 210 | 177 | 335 | 298 | 270 | 336 | 352 | 321 |
| Qwen-3.6-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 54 | 95 | 60 | 216 | 211 | 194 | 323 | 290 | 274 | 375 | 335 | 325 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Every-turn | 60 | 110 | 45 | 217 | 212 | 202 | 308 | 291 | 324 | 337 | 335 | 326 |
| Qwen-3.8-27B-Simple | Per-5 | 79 | 105 | 45 | 207 | 240 | 227 | 324 | 319 | 323 | 355 | 337 | 323 |
| Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next-Simple | Per-5 | 52 | 66 | 104 | 196 | 280 | 181 | 309 | 300 | 258 | 368 | 343 | 305 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Every-turn | 35 | 100 | 141 | 198 | 206 | 169 | 313 | 286 | 263 | 376 | 350 | 317 |
| Gemma-4-Simple | Per-5 | 33 | 114 | 140 | 202 | 225 | 179 | 306 | 287 | 263 | 338 | 349 | 343 |
| GPT-6-Luna-Simple | Per-5 | 43 | 28 | 33 | 165 | 151 | 158 | 305 | 327 | 238 | 331 | 329 | 295 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Every-turn | 69 | 60 | 62 | 224 | 229 | 166 | 324 | 304 | 272 | 330 | 338 | 300 |
| Nemotron-3-Super-Simple | Per-5 | 92 | 75 | 66 | 203 | 241 | 182 | 317 | 310 | 276 | 365 | 361 | 322 |
- 2 SD earlier than the average player
- 1 SD earlier
- average
- 1 SD later
- 2 SD later