| dc459 Spring 05 - jerome777 (Jul 29, 2013, 3:40 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 24 March, 1905
*Draw proposal received!*
*Smyrna and Marseilles both fall to invading forces!*
Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of your incombobulable Catalan Chronicle!
Lots of movement on the board this turn:
Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Serbia
A Serbia supports Russian A Bulgaria - Greece (*Void*)
England:
F Barents Sea - St Petersburg(nc)
A Brest - Picardy (*Fails*)
F Edinburgh - Clyde
F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Liverpool Supports F Edinburgh - Clyde
F London - North Sea
F Norway Supports F Barents Sea - St Petersburg(nc)
F Portugal Supports F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France:
F Clyde Hold (*Dislodged*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Picardy Hold
Germany:
A Berlin - Kiel
A Burgundy - Gascony
F Denmark - Sweden
A Munich - Burgundy
A Paris Supports A Burgundy - Gascony
A Prussia - Warsaw
A Silesia Supports A Prussia - Warsaw
Italy:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste
F Albania Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste
F Greece Hold
A Piedmont - Marseilles
A Tyrolia - Trieste
A Vienna Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste
Russia:
A Armenia - Smyrna
F Baltic Sea - Prussia
F Constantinople Supports A Armenia - Smyrna
A Moscow - Livonia
A Rumania - Bulgaria
A Sevastopol - Ukraine
A Warsaw Hold (*Dislodged*)
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Smyrna (*Fails*)
Retreats:
French F Clyde can retreat to North Atlantic Ocean or Norwegian
Sea.
French F Mid-Atlantic Ocean can retreat to North Atlantic Ocean
or Irish Sea or Spain(nc) or Spain(sc) or North
Africa or Western Mediterranean.
Russian A Warsaw can retreat to Moscow or Galicia.
Retreats are due by 2000GMT tomorrow, Tuesday 30 July, though I'm travelling tomorrow evening and so would very much appreciate early final retreats from you guys if possible.
We have a four-way vote proposed for the Autumn turn:
E/G/I/R
Please include your votes for the Autumn 05 moves, due Monday 5 August, 2000GMT.
Just one cable received at the Barcelona newsdesk this turn:
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Does the German support the Italian, as his suggestion, this next turn?Does the German continue to spike the Bear?Does the German trust his English pals as much as his English pals trust him?
And where does the Turk fit into all of this?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
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Your next deadline is Summer 05 retreats, due 2000GMT tomorrow, Tuesday 30 July.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Winter 04 - jerome777 (Jul 23, 2013, 5:23 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 22 December, 1904
*Lots of armies and fleets raised and disbanded across the Continent!*
Welcome to the twenty-second edition of your insoluble Catalan Chronicle!
Here's your adjustments:
Austria:
Remove A Bohemia
England:
Build F London
Build F Edinburgh
France:
Remove F Tunis
Remove A Marseilles
Germany:
Build A Berlin
Russia:
Build A Sevastopol
Build A Moscow
Turkey:
Remove A Smyrna
And some press:
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Der Kaiser wonders what happened to his telegraphs. Replacements being made.Der Kaiser scratches his head at goodwill to waffles, badly smelling meatballs in return.Der Kaiser says actions and builds are better than words, but fleets in England are kind of hard to figure.
Der Kaiser says, battle on, Austria, battle on.Der Kaiser wonders why French are closest to Ireland but Russia quips about it?
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England
to Germany: Hope you're not too concerned about the Swedish bounce. I
thought it prudent to bounce, and now we can worry about finishing off
the French!
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Your next deadline is a press deadline of Thursday 25 July, 2000GMT, before your next full-season deadline of Spring 05, which will be Monday 29 July 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn 04 retreats and press - jerome777 (Jul 22, 2013, 3:42 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 21 November, 1904
*French fleet flees port in time to avoid advancing English army!*
*It's 1870 again as Germans parade down the Champs Elysees!*
*Massive battle for Baltic coast ends inconclusively!*
*Strike at Barcelona telegraph office stops incoming telegrams being received!*
Welcome to the twenty-first edition of your indisputable Catalan Chronicle!
If you've recovered enough from the happy news*, then how about some moves:
France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Paris - Picardy
Your next deadline is the Winter adjustments and press, and will be 2000GMT Tuesday 23 July.
Adjustments due:
Austria: Supp 2 Unit 3 Remove 1
England: Supp 8 Unit 6 Build 2
France: Supp 3 Unit 5 Remove 2
Germany: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1
Italy: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
Russia: Supp 7 Unit 5 Build 2
Turkey: Supp 1 Unit 2 Remove 1
And here's some exciting news from across the Continent:
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England
to Germany: Hope you're not too concerned about the Swedish bounce. I
thought it prudent to bounce, and now we can worry about finishing off
the French!
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Russia to Italy: With my two builds and the demise if the Turks &
Austrians we are in great shape to force a stalemate line. That would
leave us with a 4-way at the very worst. Might also force an E vs G and
we get in on the 3-way. Capice?
Russia to England & Italy: Alternatively, quickest way to the end
this is to collapse the center and proclaim an IRE. Who's in for
IRE-land?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Your next deadline is the Winter adjustments and press, and will be 2000GMT Tuesday 23 July. We will have a press deadline of Thursday 25 July, 2000GMT, before your next full-season deadline of Spring 05, which will be Monday 29 July 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
*I meant, of course, the news about Cookie and the boys going two-nowt up in the Ashes series, of course. Why, what else could I mean, there's nothing else important happening at the moment is there?[Reply] |
| - jerome777 (Jul 21, 2013, 1:37 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 20 September, 1904
*Editor announces shift to weekly deadlines!*
*It's 1870 again as Germans parade down the Champs Elysees!*
*Massive battle for Baltic coast ends inconclusively!*
*Strike at Barcelona telegraph office stops incoming telegrams being received!*
Welcome to the twentieth edition of your insufferable Catalan Chronicle!
After polling our loyal readership about the frequency of moves, it seems that our former publication deadline of one-game-year-per-week was a bit difficult for all of our correspondents to adhere to, particularly when trying to file weekend copy. Therefore we'll be shifting to a more leisurely one-major-season-per-week schedule from here on in. Major season deadlines will be Mondays 2000GMT from now on (except tomorrow), and minor season deadlines Tuesday or Wednesday (depending upon retreats before winter adjustments).
Here's the moves for Autumn 1904:
Austria:
A Bohemia - Vienna (*Fails*)
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Serbia Supports A Budapest - Trieste
England:
F Barents Sea - Norway (*Fails*)
F English Channel Supports A Picardy - Brest
F Irish Sea - Liverpool
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
F Norway - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Picardy - Brest
France:
F Brest Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Marseilles Hold
F North Atlantic Ocean - Clyde
A Paris Supports F Brest (*Dislodged*)
F Tunis Hold
Germany:
A Berlin - Silesia
A Burgundy Supports A Gascony - Paris
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Paris
A Munich Supports A Berlin - Silesia
A Prussia - Livonia (*Bounce*)
Italy:
F Albania Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste
F Greece Hold
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Fails*)
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Tyrolia - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Vienna, no move received
Russia:
A Armenia - Ankara (*Bounce*)
F Baltic Sea - Livonia (*Bounce*)
A Bulgaria - Rumania
F Constantinople Supports A Armenia - Ankara (*Cut*)
A Warsaw - Livonia (*Bounce*)
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Smyrna - Ankara (*Bounce*)
Two retreats are due, both from France:
French F Brest can retreat to Mid-Atlantic Ocean or Gascony.
French A Paris can retreat to Picardy.
The deadline for the retreats, and for any press you would like to send
before the winter adjustments, is tomorrow 2000GMT - that's Monday 22 July. Winter adjustments and press will be 2000GMT Tuesday 23 July.
I'd love to bring you our usual round-up of reports from around the Continent, but we haven't received any telegrams or letters due to a strike at the Barcelona post office. Therefore we have to complete this edition of the Chronicle at this point.
This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Your next deadline is Autumn 04, retreat and press on Monday 22 July 2000GMT. Winter 04
adjustments and press will be 2000GMT Tuesday 23 July.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Summer 04 retreats and press - jerome777 (Jul 17, 2013, 4:41 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 19 June, 1904
*Retreat to Bohemia!*
Welcome to the nineteenth edition of your inscrutable Catalan Chronicle!
I've
never seen players respond so quickly to a threat to being replaced
from the game. Thanks everyone for getting your moves in. I'm going to
attempt to get us back onto the one-game-year-per-week schedule that I
promised you at the start of the game
Here's the summer retreat:
Austria:
A Vienna - Bohemia
And some press:
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Austria to Russia: I didn't expect to lose Tri. Short-sighted, I know. Take what you can before Italy gobbles me up.
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PARIS???Overwhelming
despair has set in as English and German forces have aligned to take
Brest and Paris, respectively. ?????Rumor has it that the Fren??h president
has es??aped to Marseilles through the German lines, but this is
un??onfirmed.??
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This is the REAL Italy to the REAL Germany. ??France must die. ??In
exchange for your support into Mar this Fall I will support you into
Spain next year. ??From that point you and I will begin our conquest of
the world! ??See you in Spain my friend.
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we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
In accordance with trying to get the game back on schedule, our next deadline is Autumn 04 moves, they will be due
2000GMT Thursday 18 July. If anyone needs longer then please let me know.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Spring 04 adjudication and press - jerome777 (Jul 16, 2013, 2:32 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 18 March, 1904
*GM's titty lip spurs players to action!*
*Italians storm Vienna!*
*Secret telegraph line suspected underneath the Norwegian Sea!*
*Red faces at German army HQ as orders mix-up!*
Welcome to the eighteenth edition of your inscrutable Catalan Chronicle!
I've never seen players respond so quickly to a threat to being replaced from the game. Thanks everyone for getting your moves in. I'm going to attempt to get us back onto the one-game-year-per-week schedule that I promised you at the start of the game, let's see how that goes...
Here's the moves:
Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Rumania - Serbia
A Rumania - Serbia
A Vienna Supports A Budapest (*Dislodged*)
England:
F English Channel - Brest (*Fails*)
F Liverpool - Irish Sea
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc) (*Bounce*)
F Norway Hold
A Picardy Supports F English Channel - Brest
F St Petersburg(nc) - Barents Sea
France:
F Brest Hold
F Irish Sea - North Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Spain (*Bounce*)
A Paris Supports F Brest
F Western Mediterranean - Tunis
Germany:
A Berlin Hold
A Burgundy Supports A Picardy - Paris (*Void*)
A Gascony Supports A Picardy - Paris (*Void*)
A Munich Supports A Berlin
A Prussia - Livonia (*Bounce*)
F Sweden - Denmark
Italy:
F Adriatic Sea - Trieste
F Albania Supports F Adriatic Sea - Trieste
F Greece, no move received
A Trieste - Vienna
A Tyrolia Supports A Trieste - Vienna
A Venice - Piedmont
Russia:
F Ankara - Constantinople
A Armenia - Smyrna (*Fails*)
F Baltic Sea - Livonia (*Bounce*)
A Bulgaria Supports F Ankara - Constantinople
A Silesia - Warsaw
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Constantinople - Smyrna
A Constantinople - Smyrna
One retreat is due. Austrian A Vienna can retreat to Bohemia or Galicia.
The deadline for the retreat, and for any press you would like to send before the autumn moves, is tomorrow 2000GMT - that's Wednesday 17 July.
And here is your Spring press:
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Russia to Austria:  You couldn't even build with that extra SC. It wasn't a matter of survival.
Russia to England: Thanks for your secret email. Yes, I do think it is time to stab Germany.
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Yo! France, lets me gives you some adsvice. Youse happens to be at
a....shall I says a fork in da road. Ifs youse tink dat taking Tunis
der would be a good idear wellll youse needs to retink dat plan. here
is a deal for ya...No I won't says it is a deal dat you can't refuse.
But stay outta my land and I may send some help youse way against dem
Germans. Set foot on my lands and den...fagetaboutit! Youse get me?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Your next deadline is Summer 04, retreat and press on Wednesday 17 July 2000GMT. Autumn 04 moves will be due
2000GMT Thursday 18 July.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Winter 03 moves and press - jerome777 (Jul 10, 2013, 5:02 am) |
Catalan Chronicle, 17 December, 1903
*Armies raised in Berlin and Venice!*
*Belgian chef available for hire!*
*Leeds fans never change!*
*Reports received of aquatic ranidaphobic atrocities!*
Welcome to the seventeenth edition of your inscrutable Catalan Chronicle!
Here's your builds:
Germany:
Build A Berlin
Italy:
Build A Venice
And we have some press from our correspondents across the Continent for you to enjoy:
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LONDON-The Belgian chef of the Royal Household has been fired following
an unfortunate incident involving an improperly cooked waffle. No
report has reached our correspondents about the precise problem at hand,
but an advert was placed in The Times later that day for a
proper dessert chef. This then led the Leader of the Opposition to
raise the question of crêpes in Buckingham Palace. The Prime Minister
responded curtly, saying that the Crown has a legitimate claim to
Normandy and the Seine. Shipments of Brie de Meaux were also observed
en route to the Palace.
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From our Vienna correspondent:
Russia -- Many apologies. You are coming to my aid, and I grab a center.
Purely for survival sake, though. Expect Rum -> Ser, and you retake
Rum whenever you desire.
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CASABLANCA-Reports are coming in from nightclubs throughout the city that sporadic outbursts of La Marseillaise are rapidly being drowned out by drunken fans of Leeds United singing God Save the King.
Meanwhile, authorities are shocked, absolutely shocked, to hear that
illegal gambling is taking place within these very same nightclubs. The
odds on an E/G/I draw are 3:1.
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garble, garble, garbleLe Marseilles with a German Accent?garble, garble, garble
Paris pronounced PARRISS by anglophiles?garble, garble, garbleA frog being boiled is reaching boiling pointgarble, garble, garble
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PRAGUE-What are you looking at? Nothing ever happens here until 1906.
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This is your formerly-roving reporter, now heavily ensconsed on the
banks of the Po. It has long been my conclusion that Italy shall be the
winner of this worldwide skirmish, and I will be spending the rest of
my days drinking fine wines and eating cannolis. Austria has bungled the
entire eastern front, Russia's pleas are falling on deaf ears. France
is focused north, where England and Germany are working nicely together,
but don't have enough expansion room before tripping over each other.
Viva Italia!
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we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
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to enjoy.
I'm going away for the weekend, so there will be one more press deadline on Wednesday 10 July 2000GMT before the Spring 04 moves, due 2000GMT Monday 15 July.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn 03 and press - jerome777 (Jul 08, 2013, 3:55 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 16 September, 1903
*GM reiterates game timetable!*
*Tsar appoints Beavis and Butthead as telegraph operators in the Winter Palace!*
*Kaiser launches new cookbook onto the world!*
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of your indigestible Catalan Chronicle!
First of all thanks for your patience in waiting for this delayed adjudication. The deadline arrived for this move last week, and I was missing three sets of orders. Not good. Anyway, a couple of you were querying why I've been delaying the deadline like this given that I did make it abundantly plain to you all that this game was due to be played to tight deadlines, so I've resolved not to delay the deadline again like that unless one of you asks me for an extension. If that makes the game a bit odd to play, so be it. A second NMR from you and I will replace you in the game.
With that in mind, let's try and get back onto schedule. Mondays should be spring moves, Tuesdays summer retreats, Thursdays Autumn moves, and Fridays winter adjustments. From next week, that is how we will play. So, I'm going to ask you for your Winter adjustments for 2000GMT tomorrow, Tuesday 9 July, and I will publish press for you on Wednesday 10 July 2000GMT, ready for Spring 04 which will be 2000GMT Monday 15 July. And back to our usual publishing schedule.
Here's the latest news of army and fleet movements around us:
Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Serbia - Rumania
A Serbia - Rumania
A Vienna - Trieste (*Fails*)
England:
F English Channel Supports F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Liverpool - Irish Sea (*Fails*)
F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Norway Supports F Denmark - Sweden
A Picardy - Brest (*Fails*)
F St Petersburg(nc), no move received
France:
F Brest Hold
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
A Marseilles Hold
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean
A Paris Supports F Brest
Germany:
A Berlin - Prussia
A Burgundy - Gascony
F Denmark - Sweden
A Kiel - Munich
A Ruhr - Burgundy
Italy:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Venice - Trieste
F Albania Supports A Venice - Trieste
F Greece Hold
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice - Trieste
A Venice - Trieste
Russia:
A Armenia Supports F Black Sea - Ankara
F Black Sea - Ankara
A Bulgaria - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Galicia - Silesia
F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Hold
F Ankara Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Constantinople Hold
There are no retreats, so we're straight into Winter 03:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 0
England: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
France: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Germany: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
Italy: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
Russia: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 2 Unit 2 Build 0
And now we have some press, hot off the telegraph wires, straight from our Barcelona newsdesk!
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Russia to Austria: Sorry, Sil - Gal was supposed to help Rum.
Russia to Austria & Italy: Seriously. AIR. Stop the madness! Anyone? GE will call the shots if we don't unite.
Russia to GE: If my southern friends can't unite, please consider me
the third leg of your stool. I'll finish off T and occupy the corner.
Heh Heh... stool.
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Der Kaiser smacks his lips at the menu of frog legsDer Kaiser raises an eyebrow at the monstrous notion of endgames in year 1903
Der Kaiser's Munich army plans on patting Italian soldiers on their green little headsDer
Kaiser feels that he inspires trust in his colleague by letting him
enjoy waffles in exchange for meatballs, perhaps he will trade crepes
for those waffles?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
I'm looking for a build from each of Germany and Italy, and any press that you might want to publish in the Winter 03 adjudication, by 2000GMT tomorrow (just under 24 hours from now).
There will be one more press deadline on Wednesday 10 July 2000GMT before the Spring 04 moves, due 2000GMT Monday 15 July.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Summer 03 and press - jerome777 (Jul 03, 2013, 3:07 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 15 July, 1903
*Black Sea reoccupied!*
*News from the Underworld!*
Welcome to the fifteenth edition of your indescribable Catalan Chronicle!
Our Crimean correspondent has spotted Russia's dislodged southern fleet steaming into the centre of the Black Sea to regroup. What could this mean? Buy your next edition of the Chronicle to find out...
Russia:
F Constantinople - Black Sea
The next deadline is Autumn 03 moves and press Friday 5 July 2000GMT.
And we have messages to share with you:
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From our Vienna correspondent:
Russia: Con is locked supporting Ank. Assuming you retreat to Smy for the center. So how about Bul S Ser -> Gre? Also, Gal -> Boh? Sil -> Boh would have been nice......
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Telegrams from London:
to
Berlin: Looking good! I'll support you to Sweden and the assault on
France can begin. You take Paris and Marseilles, I take Brest and
Iberia?
to Moscow: I still have no qualms with you, and no interest in advancing beyond St. Petersburg.
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This is the REAL Italy...well maybe.
To France: Nice to see that you are a man/woman of your word. You don't bother me and I won't bother you.
To Germany: We each have our hands full, you can trust me to stay within our borders.....for now. Good luck out West!
To Russia: Now is the time my friend. If you would kindly cut
support by attacking Bud, Ser and or Vie. If I can march or sail into
Tri this turn it will cripple our common foe. I will then be free to
help you in your quest of the Turkish lands.
To Turkey: Sorry dude!
To England: Ummmmm. good luck!
To Austria: Buh Bye!
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?????? ??????? ?? ????!
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Russia to Vienna & Rome: AIR anyone? We dispatch Turkey, loop in France and form a flying wedge at Berlin?
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This is PERUN, GOD OF WAR!! You mere mortals have twice spurned my
advice. Thrice will be too much. Your brains are like sober warriors
in Valhalla. They don't exist. Heed my warning, ye fools. Angles and
Saxons now you fear, but Romans will soon call you deer. And because
your brains don't exist, I'll explain: when Caesar solos, you'll all
look like deer in the path of a Valkyrie, and scatter to hide. Abandon
your feuds to face the true threat of Rome!
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Your next deadline is Autumn 03 moves and press, Friday 5 July 2000GMT.
And if you are going to be over in the land of apple pie tomorrow, have a great day.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Spring 03 moves and press - jerome777 (Jul 02, 2013, 3:06 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 14 March, 1903
*Austrian fleet sinks - hundreds of hands feared lost!*
*Deaths not in vain, however, as Trieste is saved!*
*Mutiny in Liverpool as fleet refuses to leave port!*
*Russians and Turks exchange Constantinople for Bulgaria!*
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of your inscrutable Catalan Chronicle!
My apologies once again for the delay to the game. But what a turn it has turned out to be, with battles all over the continent!
First, we have the latest news of army and fleet movements around us:
Austria:
F Albania - Adriatic Sea (*Disbanded*)
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Serbia Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria
A Vienna Supports A Budapest - Trieste
England:
A Belgium - Picardy
F English Channel Supports A Belgium - Picardy
F Liverpool - Irish Sea (*Fails*)
F North Atlantic Ocean Supports F Liverpool - Irish Sea
F North Sea - Norway
F St Petersburg(nc) Hold
France:
F Brest Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Gascony - Paris
F Irish Sea Hold
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Irish Sea
Germany:
A Burgundy Supports A Belgium - Picardy (*Cut*)
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Holland - Kiel
A Munich - Berlin
A Ruhr Supports A Burgundy
Italy:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Venice - Trieste (*Cut*)
F Greece Supports F Ionian Sea - Albania
F Ionian Sea - Albania
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice - Trieste
A Venice - Trieste (*Bounce*)
Russia:
F Constantinople Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Rumania - Bulgaria
A Sevastopol - Armenia
A Silesia - Galicia
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Bulgaria - Constantinople
F Black Sea - Ankara
A Bulgaria - Constantinople
Russia's Constantinople fleet can retreat to Smyrna, or to the Black Sea. The deadline for these retreats (Summer 03) is also that of your press deadline for the Autumn turns, namely tomorrow -
Wednesday 3 July 2000GMT. Autumn 03 is due Friday 5 July, 2000GMT.
And now we have some press, hot off the telegraph wires, straight from our Barcelona newsdesk!
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From our Vienna correspondent:
Russia: Going to get you into Bul, then need to focus on Italy.
Germany: How about Mun -> Tyl? I'll share the spoils with you. France doesn't want them obviously.
Turkey: Sorry buddy. Italy's being too much of a pain for me to side with you.
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Russia to I and A: Anglo German alliance at hand. That will produce an
EGT draw, no? Shouldn't we respond with a AIR alliance. To make it a
functional AIRF vs. GET?
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Yo! What the hell is youse problem
Big Bear? I's telled youse to leave my good friend Turkey alone, did
youse listen? Nah youse tink that you is better dan us all. WELL YOUSE
AIN'T! Turkey is my buddy and he and I's is gonna kicks you in the
ass!
Hey Aussie Hungry fellow, care to join in the Bear butt kickin'?
I am Italian and I am pissed off!
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France to all: Won't anyone help me against the mighty england! Please!!
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The crazed emperor paced across the floor. Those Damn Turks aren't
moving, letting the pesky Russians box them in. The Austrian is a waste
of time, running in circles, fearing the Italian NAVY of all the jokes!
France is wavering in the fight against England, I fear another armada
coming along. Germany can't decide which direction to turn next. And all
this time, we're stuck sitting on the sidelines, not even playing the
game! Screw this! These leaders are all terrible and if we mobilize NOW,
we'll crush the entire lot of them. Cyprus will Rule the World!
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I
miei amici, mi sembra che più le cose cambiano più restano le stesse.
Vi prego di Germania aiuto me la rimozione dell'Austria. O almeno mi
lasciano. La ringrazio. Non posso aiutare l'inglese o il francese contro
di voi. MI considero un amico. La Russia lascia sola Turchia, è debole e
sempre più debole, L'Austria è la vera minaccia che ci troviamo ad
affrontare.
Grazie, Italia
For those who do not understand the only TRUE language.
My friends,
It seems that the more things change the more they stay the same. I ask that you Germany aid me in the removal of Austria . Or at least leave me to it. Thank you. I will not help the English or the French against you. I consider you a friend. Russia leave Turkey alone, he is weak and getting weaker, Austria is the true threat we all face.
Thank you,
Italy
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France to A, I and R: Anglo German alliance at hand. That will produce
an EGT draw, no? Shouldn't we... um... you respond with a AIR alliance.
To make it a functional AIRF vs. GET?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Next retreat and press deadline is Summer 03, due Wednesday 3 July 2000GMT. Your next main deadline is Autumn 03 Friday 5 July 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Winter 02 press and build - jerome777 (Jun 27, 2013, 4:22 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 12 December, 1902
*
New fleet created in Liverpool!*
*Turkey defaults!*
Welcome to the t
welfth edition of your indescribable Catalan Chronicle!
Your adjustments:
England:
Build F Liverpool
Turkey:
Defaults, removing A Ukraine
And some press:
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France to Germany: If anyone's going to make gains in the next
couple of years it's England. Already on 6, likely to be on more in
coming years. repent! repent! repent!
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England to Russia: Sorry mate, with French fleets encroaching and the
Turkish army in Crimea, that's how I thought the game was going. Didn't
realize you and the Sultan had something going on.
England to Germany: Now you might be able to sail into Sweden. Could
that suffice until I'm in a position to make up the future loss of
Belgium?
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Der Kaiser is anticipating a meatballs for waffles trade.Le Roi hopes for Vienna sausage.
The Sultan looks for borscht.
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England to Germany: I'll support you into Belguim in 1904
England to Italy: Can I interest you in Oktoberfest this year?
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Liebniz has a prophecy: Tories partying in Paris in the Fall.
Nietschze has a dream: Bulgars dancing in Cairo.Wittgenstein has a nightmare: Slavs in Munich.
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Next press deadline is Sunday June 30 0800GMT. Your next move deadline is Spring 03 Monday 1 July 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn press - jerome777 (Jun 25, 2013, 3:09 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 11 November, 1902
*Austrians retreat to Serbia!*
Welcome to the tenth edition of your inveterate Catalan Chronicle! Only one move on the board this turn:
Austria:
A Bulgaria - Serbia
...leaving us with the following adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
England: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Italy: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Russia: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 3 Unit 4 Remove 1
And some press:
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Russia to England: That made me both sad and, yet, filled with blind rage at the same time.
Russia to Turkey: Deleting Bla or Ukr, no?
Russia to Austria: let me know how I can help in S1903.
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That
concludes this edition of the Catalan Chronicle - we hope you have
enjoyed reading it. The next deadline is Winter 02 builds and press: Thursday 27 June 2000GMT.
Jerome - Editor[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn 02 moves and press - jerome777 (Jun 24, 2013, 3:10 pm) |
Catalan Chronicle, 10 September, 1902
*Winter Palace sacked by Royal Marines invading via Archangel!*
*Only the personal intervention of the admiral of Russia's southern fleet stops the precious Hagia Sophia being burned to the ground by vodka-swilling Cossack sailors!*
*Thousands of casualties as bitter four-army battle over Trieste and Croatia ends in stalemate!*
*Austrians unceremoniously kicked out of Bulgaria!*
*Panic buying of Gitanes reported as German army's advance on Paris is halted - but for how long!?!*
*Royal Navy shows its mastery of the seas once again in massive naval victory off the Normandy coast - French fleet last seen being towed back to Brest for emergency refit!*
*Viennese reports of a freak wormhole in space-time continuum linking Albania with the Aegean Sea prove unfounded!*
*'We were just passing through!' claim the Turks as they exit Sevastopol en route to Ukraine!*
*Sweden's independence preserved for another year!*
The next deadline is the Autumn 02 retreats phase and press, which is 2000GMT tomorrow - Tuesday 25 June
Welcome to the tenth edition of your inveterate Catalan Chronicle! Lots of exciting moves on the board this turn:
Austria:
F Albania - Aegean Sea (*Fails*)
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Bulgaria Supports F Black Sea - Constantinople (*Dislodged*)
A Vienna Supports A Budapest - Trieste
England:
A Belgium Hold
F London - English Channel
F North Sea Supports F London - English Channel
F Norway - St Petersburg(nc)
F Norwegian Sea - North Atlantic Ocean
France:
F Brest - English Channel (*Fails*)
A Gascony - Paris (*Bounce*)
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Irish Sea
F Spain(sc) - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
Germany:
A Burgundy - Paris (*Bounce*)
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Holland Supports A Belgium
A Munich - Ruhr
A Silesia - Munich
Italy:
F Greece Hold
F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice - Trieste
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea
A Venice - Trieste (*Bounce*)
Russia:
F Black Sea - Constantinople
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Moscow - Sevastopol
A Rumania Supports A Moscow - Sevastopol
A Warsaw - Silesia
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Constantinople - Bulgaria
F Ankara - Black Sea
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Sevastopol - Ukraine
Austria's Bulgarian army can only retreat to Serbia, so I have auto-retreated it there. Austria, you have till 2000GMT tomorrow (Tuesday 25 June) to retreat it off-the-board instead should you wish to do this. This is also the deadline for any press anybody would like to announce to the world before the Winter disbandments.
We have some telegraphs from our correspondents. The war in Europe must be hotting up as they seem to be getting shorter with each passing year. Enjoy!
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France to Italy: My word is my bond. Let's remain friends.
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France to England: Actions speak louder than words
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Italy, help would be appreciated.
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Germany to England: Fine, but i'll be needing Belguim sooner rather than later. Like next year soon.
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England to Russia: Hope that support into Sweden is noted and we can use that swedish fleet to good effect going forward
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Russia -- Let's keep working together. Turkey should fall quickly, and Italy can only keep this going until France moves West.
France -- Come on over, the water's fine!
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Germany to Italy: How long can you hold off the Austrians?
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France to Germany: Offers to give up centres seldom manifest
themselves. I'm not the one attacking you here! And I'd note that
Russia getting support into Sweden is eveidence of a Russia/England
alliance
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Turkey to Russia: This is Fun.
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That concludes this edition of the Catalan Chronicle - we hope you have enjoyed reading it. The next deadline is the Autumn 02 retreats phase and press, which is 2000GMT tomorrow - Tuesday 25 June. Winter 02 builds and press: Thursday 27 June 2000GMT.
Jerome - Editor[Reply] |
| dc459 Press 2 Summer 1902 - jerome777 (Jun 23, 2013, 7:09 am) |
Catalan Chronicle, 9 July, 1902
*News from across the Continent!*
Welcome to the ninth edition of your incorrigible Catalan Chronicle!
We have some telegraphs from our correspondents for your discerning attention:
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Buona
giornata a voi, amici miei, e mi sembra, i miei nemici. Vorrei
ringraziare i miei gli alleati francesi per onorare la parola. Spero che
i nobili guerrieri di Germania anche scegliere di
ci permettono di liberare il mondo dagli Austriaci. Non nego che gli
austriaci sono il mio nemico e sradicare dal mondo per renderlo un posto
migliore. Ringrazio i miei amici e la morte per i miei nemici!
To those not familiar with the only true language.
Good day to you my friends, and it seems, my foes. I would like to thank my French allies for honoring thier word. I hope that the noble warriors of Germany also choose to allow us to rid the world of the Austrians. I make no bones that the Austrians are my enemy and I will eradicate them from the world to make it a better place.
Thank you my friends and DEATH to my foes!
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England
to Germany: Well, you seem far more interested in going against France,
so let's stop dicking around and get it done. France has no interest
in working with me, so I'll refocus my attacks. We can work out a deal
wherein you take over administration of Belgium in the future, but for
now I'd like to hold onto it.
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Hey, if dat is youse Russia. Did you really tink it was cool to disrespect me like that. I sends my troops to help youse and den youse tell me you ain't gonna help me? Dat is not very nice of youse. Hey Turkey, do youse need a friend? If
you support my navy that is holding in Greece I will be more than happy
to help youse deal with the nasty Austrians and dat ungrateful Russian!
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Next deadline is Autumn 02 moves and press: Monday 24 June 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
[Reply] |
| dc459 Summer 02 moves and press - jerome777 (Jun 20, 2013, 3:12 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 9 June, 1902
*Retreats and press!*
Welcome to the eighth edition of your indefatigable Catalan Chronicle!
Here's your retreats:
France:
A Burgundy - Marseilles
Turkey:
A Bulgaria - Constantinople
We also have a couple of telegraphs from our correspondents for your delectation:
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Russia
to Italy: If that was you, thanks for the offer, but I'm sticking with
Austria in hopes to carve up Turkey. I think we can work on that common
goal, nyet?
Russia to Austria: I'll be ordering F Bla - Con, FYI in case you have nothing else to do, please order a support for that.
Russia to England: Sorry about that... please support me again this Fall  Thanks!
Russia
to Turkey: Opportunity missed. A and I in a slug fest and we can't
work it out? Should be steamrollin' by now. Still, retreat to Arm and
we'll talk.
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France to Germany: I really need you out of burgundy in order to help you against England
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Next deadline is Autumn 02 press: Saturday 22 June 2000GMT. Next moves deadline is Autumn 02 Monday 24 June 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
[Reply] |
| dc459 Spring 02 moves and press - jerome777 (Jun 19, 2013, 10:47 am) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 8 April, 1902
*Turkish power in the Balkans ended by triple attack even as Sultan's armies invade Sevastopol!*
*Memories of 1870 revived as Germans pour into Burgundy!*
*Blood flows in the fields of Flanders as German army smashes into BEF - the English hold the line!*
*Red faces in Russian admiralty as breakdown in communications allows Swedish independence to continue - but for how long!?!*
*Thousands of refugees clog Dalmatian towns as four titanic armies clash over city of Trieste!*
*Paper shortages and move receipt confusion prompt mea culpa from editor!*
Welcome to the eighth edition of your inimitable Catalan Chronicle! Wartime paper shortages and confusion about orders deadlines have conspired to hold up the production of this newspaper and we thank our loyal readership for their forbearance at this difficult time.
There have been lots of battles across our Continent over the past couple of months:
Austria:
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria
F Trieste - Albania
A Vienna Supports A Budapest - Trieste
England:
A Belgium - Holland (*Fails*)
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F London - English Channel (*Bounce*)
F North Sea Supports A Belgium - Holland (*Cut*)
F Norway Supports F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Void*)
France:
F Brest - English Channel (*Bounce*)
A Burgundy Supports A Holland - Belgium (*Dislodged*)
F Marseilles - Spain(sc)
F Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Spain - Gascony
Germany:
A Berlin - Silesia
F Denmark - North Sea (*Fails*)
A Holland - Belgium (*Fails*)
A Munich Supports A Ruhr - Burgundy
A Ruhr - Burgundy
Italy:
F Greece Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
F Rome - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
A Tyrolia - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Venice Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste
Russia:
F Gulf of Bothnia - St Petersburg(sc) (*Bounce*)
A Moscow - St Petersburg (*Bounce*)
A Rumania Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
A Ukraine - Warsaw
Turkey:
F Ankara Hold
A Armenia - Sevastopol
A Bulgaria Hold (*Dislodged*) - autoretreated to Constantinople
F Smyrna - Aegean Sea
Which means we have a couple of retreats for you:
Turkish A Bulgaria can retreat to Constantinople.
French A Burgundy can retreat to Marseilles or Paris or Picardy.
In situations such as Turkey this turn, where there is only one valid retreat possible, I will auto-retreat the unit concerned to the only valid province. If you would like to keep this retreat, no further action is necessary. However, if you would like to retreat the unit off-the-board instead of my autoretreat, then please inform me within 24 hours of the adjudication deadline.
I don't think it will be possible to get the game timetable 'back on track' this week. So, I'm going to give you some slightly different deadlines:
Summer 02 retreat and press: Thursday 20 June 2000GMT
Autumn 02 press deadline 1: Saturday 22 June 2000GMT
Autumn 02 press deadline 2 and autumn moves: Monday 24 June 2000GMT
Autumn 02 retreat and press: Tuesday 25 June 2000GMT
Winter 02 builds and press: Thursday 27 June 2000GMT
...and then we're back on track with Spring 03 Monday 1 July 2000GMT.
We also have some telegraphs from our correspondents in all the major cities of Europe for your perusal:
Editorial (the GM):
Sorry about the delay in getting your moves out, everybody. This was caused by some deadline confusion that I could probably have helped with by being more assiduous in confirming receipt of orders. I will confirm each and every set of orders I receive from now on - if you don't get a receipt from me by, say, an hour or two before the deadline, I strongly advise you to resubmit your orders.
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France to Germany and Italy: you'll see my promises are kept
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From our Vienna correspondent:
Russia -- Turkey leaves Con open? Lets us walk into Bul? Well, I
don't look twice at nice gifts, I just smaile and say "Thank You".
Appreciate the support!
Italy -- not too late to become friends. Your forces off my border,
my forces off of yours. You attacked first though, so your move
backwards first. Either army would be a good signal.Germany -- Any chance Mun would be free to help out in Tyl? Stay strong! Our cultural bonds will keep us safe from the heathens!
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France to Russia: if there's an EG, happy to work against both with you
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I
miei amici, perché l'odio? Non vi è alcun motivo di temere o ami i
vostri amici d'Italia. Siamo interessati solo a rendere il mondo un
posto migliore. Per farlo dobbiamo liberare il mondo dal maiale cani
noti come Austria affamati. Non
abbiamo problemi con il nostro Tedesco, Francese, Russo o gli amici
turchi. Chiedo che l'onorificenza francese la loro parola e sposta verso
nord per purificare la lingua inglese. Imploro i tedeschi in aiuto i
Francesi in questa nobile missione.
CHIEDO al mio russo e turco amici mettere da parte i loro litigi e aide me in Austria.
NON sono pazzo, mi sembra di capire che ci può venire un momento in cui
dobbiamo tutti lottare l'un contro l'altro ma fino a quel momento
chiedo la valorosi della Russia e della Turchia, unirsi a me nella lotta
contro il maiale cani dell'Austria.
Con grande grazie, Italia
(Translation for those not educated enough to understand the only TRUE language)
My friends, why all the hate? There is no reason to fear or loath your Italian friends. We are only interested in making the world a better place. To do that we must rid the world of the pig dogs known as Austria Hungry. We have no issues with our German, French, Russian or Turkish friends.
I ask that the French honor their word and move north to cleanse the English. I implore the Germans to aid the French in this noble quest. I ask the my Russian and Turkish friends put aside their squabbles and aide me in Austria. I
am no fool, I understand that there may well come a time when we must
all fight each other but until that time I ask the the brave warriors of
Russia and Turkey, join me in fighting the pig dogs of Austria.
With great thanks,
Italy
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Flying high over Europe in one of these crazy flying contraptions,
your roving reporter is wishing his feet were on the ground, somewhere
safe, like China.
Word on the street is that the Turks are not happy with Russia's
attempts to coax Austria into an alliance, and breathing easy as Austria
seems to be non-talkative.Russia is on a roll, but Turkey is fighting back.
What a start for the Italian! My bets were placed with the English
bookies a week ago. Got Austria back-pedaling, and France explaining Med
presence so as not to upset him. Everyone running scared from the
Italian (then again, it's France. Oh wait, France surrendering is a
timewarp from the future)
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Russia to England: you need to be sending me consistent messages if you want to work with me
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Yo Russia, If I was to helps youse into Bulgaria, and I may just to see if youse are worthy of trust. Lets me tell ya, I could use a pal right about now and I make a great pal and I make a bad enemy. Youse know whats I am talking about? Huh?
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France to Germany: England is clearly working with Russia
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Russia to Germany & England: If either of you supported me into
Swe, congrats! You've won yourself a grateful Tsar. How can I help?
Russia to Turkey: F Smy? A peace offering? Hopefully a vacant Armenia.
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Next deadline is Summer 02 retreat and press: Thursday 20 June 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
[Reply] |
| dc459 Winter 01 Builds and Press - jerome777 (Jun 16, 2013, 3:35 am) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 7 December, 1901
*Hopes for peace recede as further mobilisation occurs!*
*Dark Ages deity returns to haunt Europeans!*
*Befuddled Kaiser speaks out!*
*Celebratory victuals consumed by central Powers!*
Welcome to the seventh edition of your inestimable Catalan Chronicle!
News has been reaching us of mobilisations of further forces across Europe as the conflict deepens:
Austria:
Build A Vienna
England:
Build F London
Build F Edinburgh
France:
Build F Brest
Build F Marseilles
Germany:
Build A Berlin
Build A Munich
Italy:
Build A Venice
Build F Rome
Russia:
Build A Moscow
Turkey:
Build F Smyrna
Thanks to you all for getting your orders to me over the weekend. We should now be in a position to resume our usual schedule of moves. Spring 02 moves and press deadline is Monday 17 June, 2000GMT.
Here's some news and views from across Europe for you to enjoy:
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This
is PERUN, GOD OF WAR! Heed my message, mortal scum! The Italians have
done well this turn, but I have not favoured them! What is this
treachery!! Turkey and Russia fight over the meaningless Black Sea,
while England sends a useless army to Belgium! Dear Loki, is there a
competent leader amongst these filthy slime-covered mongrels? France,
Austria, and Turkey must all converge in the Mediterranean before their
demise is written in runes and their warriors sent to Valhalla. HEAR
ME, MISERABLE URCHINS! BURN ROME!
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England to Russia: Better move for spring is Gob - Bal. Lots more options in fall then
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Russia -- gladly accept your offer for Bul. I'll press my
other armies towards Italy, tying his forces up so France can take him
out from the West.
Italy -- don't know what you were thinking, but it's coming to haunt you now.
Turkey
-- Greece is on the table. Italy cannot hold, and we shouldn't let him.
I'd appreciate a one year grant of Greece to build more anti-Italian
forces.
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Der Kaiser is Konfused.. Welkom mat for merry olde Kinge and he slips in the side door?
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France to Italy: fleet in mar is headed to spain and mao as you can see by my other press.
France
to Germany: i'm on your side - builds demonstrate i'm aiming for
England. Bur will order support for Holland to Bel in Spring.
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Russia to Austria: I'm still planning on A Rum Supp A Ser - Bul and hope to hear confirmation.
Russia to Italy: This is a great time to get into Aeg, or join the fun with F Gre Supp A Ser -Bul!
Russia to England and Germany: I'm planning F GoB - Swe, who's got my support? One of you needs me unless its an EG.
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Spice and Rum cake for the Italians.Beer and Brautwurst for the Austrians.
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Spring 02 moves and press deadline is Monday 17 June, 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn 01 moves and press 2 - jerome777 (Jun 14, 2013, 1:04 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 5 July, 1901
*Italian army forced into westward retreat!*
*Marauding anthropoidian kidnapping crisis strikes Mediterranean!*
*Trichotomous whisperings received from across the Continent!*
*Autocratic GM orders weekend build orders!*
Welcome to the sixth edition of your inestimable Catalan Chronicle!
First of all, we have reports of military manoevres from the seven major Powers of our continent:
Austria:
F Albania - Trieste
A Budapest - Vienna (*Bounce*)
A Serbia Supports F Albania - Trieste
England:
F North Sea Convoys A Yorkshire - Belgium
F Norwegian Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Belgium
France:
A Gascony - Burgundy
A Marseilles - Spain
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Kiel - Holland
A Munich - Ruhr
Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Greece
A Trieste - Vienna (*Dislodged*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis
Russia:
A Galicia - Rumania
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
F Sevastopol - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
A Ukraine Supports A Galicia - Rumania
Turkey:
F Ankara - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
A Armenia - Sevastopol (*Fails*)
A Bulgaria Hold
Which all means that we have a retreat:
Italian A Trieste can retreat to Tyrolia or Venice.
...and builds:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
England: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
France: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Italy: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Russia: Supp 5 Unit 4 Build 1
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
I'd like to try to get this game back onto schedule, with the Spring 02 moves due on Monday evening at 2000GMT. Given this is a Gunboat game I'm hoping that is OK with everyone. If anyone has any major issues then tell me and I'll think again, but otherwise I'd like to make the deadline for the retreats, builds and weekend press 2000GMT tomorrow, Saturday 15 June.
Don't forget, you can make your build(s) conditional upon Italy's retreat, if you so wish.
We also have lots of news and views from YOUR continent in this, your latest issue:
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France to England: happy to work together. Build a fleet, nth - hel, fleet - nth and we're on our way to taking out Germany
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England, England, England. An England/France alliance is typically
a problem long term, but given Germany's aggressive attempts to grab my
vineyards in Burgundy, I'm happy to work with you to rid Europe of
German aggression for once and for all. Throw your fleets against
Germany and I'll throw my armies his way.
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Germany, Germany, Germany. A German/French alliance needs you to
stay out of Burgundy. Build a fleet this winter to show your good
intentions and i'm all yours. Together we'll get the English drinking
fine Bordeuax reds and quaffing good German beer.
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Russia
to Austria and/or Italy - Shall we form one of those anti-Turkish deals
where we gang up on him because it just makes so much long term sense?Russia to German - Thanks for letting me into Sweden. You did right?
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France, France, France. Despite your designs on Iberia I know
better. That fleet is headed for the Mediterranean and when your back
is turned, you'll be stabbed by Germany or I. Keep the fleet in
Portugal and we can work on Germany.
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Russia, Russia, Russia. Thank you so much for giving me free rein
in the north. Germany will betray you, that much is known. Watch out
for the fleet build in Kiel, and he'll have you out of Sweden by next
Fall. I may even help him.
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PIRATES!! PIRATES!!!
Yes, fellow citizens of Europe, you've heard this Roving Reporter correctly!
Terrible
news for the European continent! Pirates from the dark continent have
succeeded in crossing the Med, landing several gorilla troops on shore,
and made off with not one, but *TWO* world leaders in the past 48 hours!
That is not a typo! *TWO* world leaders, kidnapped by
*GORILLA* troops! Armed guards report, in both cases, baby chimps were
lying in the road in front of the motorcades. When the cars stopped,
they were besieged by 3 silverbacks and several female and male
gorillas! Guards and civilians were knocked aside, pure focus made on
only the leaders. No injuries were sustained by anyone involved.
"It was as if they were programmed to go for a specific
target", said one bystander of the apes actions. "They were purposely
hitting people with closed hands, or just shoving them aside. They
grabbed the President, wrapped him in vines, and carried him away".
Spotter planes reported losing the gorillas in the trees,
but discovered later that they made their way to the coast. All
gorillas were rounded up, accounted for, and sent to zoos in the United
States.
Unfortunately, there were no signs of the missing leaders.
Rescue teams are combing the forests, hillsides, beaches, and towns.
They are also calling on the general public to assist in this
Continental crisis! If you happen to discover a writhing bundle of
vines, call the authorities immediately!
Future News will be revealed as it is discovered, or made up if sales volume decreases.
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Austria, Austria, Austria. I see you're in a bad way. I'll see if
I can spare an army to help you out against the deceitful Italian.
Your friend Germany will come to the rescue!
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Italy, Italy, Italy. Oh Italy. Dearest Italy. You get two fleets
and you think you can rule the world. Well, France and I are on to
you. Fleet builds are coming to challenge your Mediterranean naval
dominance. You won't have it that easy.
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Russia to Austria: No prob on Gal. As you can see Im good to go with a
AR alliance. I can Support A Ser - Bul in Spring 1902. Please verify
this weekend.
Russia to England: Assuming I'm blocked out of Swe and there's a Fleet in Nwy, can you support F GoB - Swe in Spring 1902?
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Turkey. Tur-key. Turrrrrkey. We're coming to get you. Don't
trust the Russian. Russia never gives up the Black Sea lightly...
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
You have one retreat, builds press deadline (tomorrow, 2000GMT) before the Spring 02 moves and press are due Monday 17 May, 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
[Reply] |
| dc459 extension - jerome777 (Jun 13, 2013, 4:27 pm) |
Hi everyone,
Unfortunately I'm lacking two sets of moves for the Autumn turn. Rather than have NMRs this early in the game, I'm extending the autumn deadline by just under 24 hours to give those concerned a chance to get their moves in. If they are still not present by 2000GMT tonight, then I will remove and replace the players concerned.
Sorry for the delay, but this is shaping into an interesting game - best if we have seven committed players involved.
If any of you want to change your already submitted moves this is fine up to the deadline.
Deadline for all Autumn 1901 moves (and press ) is now Friday 14 June, 2000GMT.
Jerome[Reply] |
| dc459 Autumn 01 Press 1 - jerome777 (Jun 11, 2013, 4:22 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 5 July, 1901
*Multiple public press releases cause Kaiser to be called a kook!*
*Commentary from the Matterhorn!*
Welcome to the fifth edition of your indefatigable Catalan Chronicle!
We have lots of news and views from the continent in this, your latest issue:
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From our Vienna newsdesk:
From "The Kaiser":
Italy? Italy? Why are you
sitting on my coastline? Why are you in Trieste? Your best bet to
survive is to attempt Vienna, but you'll probably bounce with Russia.
Otherwise, let's stay out of each others way.
Russia -- didn't think you were serious about bouncing in Gal.
Would have been a good idea, though. Instead, I hope we find a way to
work together instead of fighting --- that just gives Italy and Turkey a
free run at us.
The Rest of the world -- Good Luck all, and stay out the midland areas.
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Russia
to Austria and/or Italy - Shall we form one of those anti-Turkish deals
where we gang up on him because it just makes so much long term sense?Russia to German - Thanks for letting me into Sweden. You did right?
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Der Kaiser wishes that all Cities surrender without firing a bullet!
Peaceful wishes to English Armies in the North. Bouncing in Burgundy is only fun for one year.
Was that the bear whining about Sweden already?
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Hear Ye, Here ye! (shh shh .. what are you yelling about? Shut Up, man, you'll get us all killed!)
This
is your roving reporter again, deeply embedded in a hillside on the
border of Switzerland, where I can see troop movements from 4 countries.
And movement there certainly is!
France and England, 2 countries with long histories of war, look
to have settled differences and steamed off in opposite directions. I am
currently in dealings to buy a nice villa on the Brest coast...
possibly the safest place to be in this war!
Austria made a typical, hardheaded, strong move south -- and is
now paying the inevitable price of having 2 countries knocking on the
back door. Whoopsie!
Turkey taking on Russia? Poke the bear much? Maybe that takes some pressure off Austria, though?
Russia has moved against everyone possible, in one form or another.
Desperate for a friend much? The Rumanians have flown the coop, last
seen racing over the Carpathians to more stable ground. But what's
there? Serbia? Already teaming with Austrian armies. Maybe a trip across
the Med would be more peaceful.
Germany looks to be a little worn-out, but I'm sure it's a purposeful slow start.
On
the opposite end of the spectrum -- Italy! Flexing muscle it didn't
know it had, and we outsiders can't see it either! But obviously some
notion of greatness has flooded into Italy and he's making a run at the
Solo. YES, you heard it here first, I am calling it: ITALY SOLO!
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Telegrammes from London!
To Paris: Germany offers an alliance, then moves to Burgundy? Classic.
As long as we can keep the Channel and North Atlantic DMZed, I think
we have a good chance to work together here-much better positioning for
us than for the F/G.
To Moscow: I keep my promises.
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
Autumn 01 moves and press are due Thursday 13 May, 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
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| dc459 Spring 01 moves - jerome777 (Jun 10, 2013, 4:09 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 4 March, 1901
*WAR BREAKS OUT ACROSS EUROPE!!! We have the latest reports of troop and ship movement for you!*
*Italian army enters Trieste; claims that the soldiers have 'come to help teach the Dalmatians how to make proper risotto' are looked upon with scepticism!*
*Massive naval engagement in the Black Sea, hundreds of sailors feared killed, both fleets limp home to port for summer refit!*
*Skirmishes between French and German units in Burgundy prove inconclusive!*
*Copenhagen falls to Kaiser without a bullet being fired!*
*Austrians hot on the tail of Archy Duke in Sarajevo!*
*Bulgaria's hard-won independence from the Ottomans reversed in lightening campaign!*
Welcome to the fourth edition of your super Catalan Chronicle! Although reports are still coming in from across the Continent, we have news of troop and ship movements to give you, our avid Catalan readership:
Austria:
A Budapest - Serbia
F Trieste - Albania
A Vienna - Budapest
England:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
A Liverpool - Yorkshire
F London - North Sea
France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
A Paris - Gascony
Germany:
A Berlin - Kiel
F Kiel - Denmark
A Munich - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
Italy:
F Naples - Ionian Sea
F Rome - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Venice - Trieste
Russia:
A Moscow - Ukraine
F Sevastopol - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
F St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
A Warsaw - Galicia
Turkey:
F Ankara - Black Sea (*Bounce*)
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Smyrna - Armenia
We also have some reports from our correspondents, received via the telegraph wires only yesterday morning:
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Russia to Germany: Re: Sweden - In case you did order to Den, why bump when we can hump? A Russian Sweden is a happy Sweden.
Russia to Austria: Assuming we bounced in Gal this Spring, I have no intention of moving there in the Fall, let's DMZ there.
Russia
to Turkey: The price for an alliance is BLA. Likely I'll take Rum
with a fleet leaving BLA open to you in the Fall. However, if you move
to Con or stay put in ANK you can consider it a deal and I won't have
to build F Sev.Russia to Austria part 2: If Turkey doesn't take me up on this, then let's certainly work together?
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Dear Paris,
Hopefully
we can figure a Win-Win FG alliance. My move to Den is hopefully a
small sign of that. You take Bel and I'll take Hol?
Berlin
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle,
we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories,
thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all
to enjoy.
You have one press deadline (tomorrow, 2000GMT) before the Autumn 01 moves and press are due Thursday 13 May, 2000GMT.
Jerome (Editor)
[Reply] |
| dc459 Spring 01 Press 3 - jerome777 (Jun 09, 2013, 2:54 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 28 February, 1901
*COUNTDOWN TO WAR! Mobilisation of armies and fleets across our Continent!*
*Highly improbable intervention from arcane Eastern European god heralds imminent European bloodbath!*
*War poems start early!*
*Auction to be held of Grand Duke's treasured artifacts!*
*Teddy-bear diplomacy attempted by London mandarins!*
*Einführung des Deutsch sprechend Kriegskorrespondent, zum unvorsichtig
zu verwirren!*
Welcome to the third edition of your super Catalan Chronicle!
This is the final press release before the first move deadline, which is tomorrow (Monday 10 June) at 2000GMT. Make sure you get your final moves in to me in good time! Press will be published simultaneously with those moves. There is then one press deadline (Tuesday 2000GMT) before the Autumn moves, due Thursday.
We
are pleased to report the receipt of multiple telegrams from our
correspondents, and are delighted to publish these for you below.
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TREMBLE,
MORTALS! Hear the words of PERUN, God of War! This game is written in
the stars for those whose comprehension is beyond that of yours, puny
humans. Seven come to the table. The first to fall will determine the
final victor; two more will collapse while three will live to see the
ultimate victory of MY UNWILLING CHAMPION. So you all might as well
just surrender and give the solo to the King.
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Russia, England here. Nwy will get a fleet, not an army, unless you act foolishly by moving Mos-StP.
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My dreams are filled with dead children bodies,
piling up in sweet Europa.
I see their smiles, their futures,
that could have been.
I cry while I sleep now.
While awake I see headlines,
carefully constructed by the mass media
"Countdown to War"
Who owns the media?
Who wants more children to die?
More glory, more power for the chosen few.
Who are the chosen few?
Are they me?
Are they you?
Can I remain awake or is life a living nightmare?
Can I look myself in the eyes and knowing
that I am just standing by
while the world is falling into the abyss of darkness?
Deeper by day.
Do we dare risk anything
for our fellow brothers and sisters,
that are suffering in our world?
Do we dare be heroes and not just sit by as
bullets and shells rain over the poor benighted children?
As the children in Flanders
die like flies yet another winter?
As the children in Galicia
wait with fear in their heart
about what will happen next?
Can we really sleep without seeing those bodies
pile up in our sleepless dreams?
The eyes, the smiles
that will be
no more. ---------------------------------------------------------------
The
untimely death of the Grand Duke of Smolensk has resulted in his assets
being sold off by the Emperor to fund the war effort. A great admirer
of history, his interested were wide-ranging, and among the bargains
which can be found in the Grand Duke's collection, like-minded persons
will find the following:
-An
authentic rock crusher used in the Silesian mines, formerly of the
Grand Duke's antique collection. The device was constructed in Milan by
Gabriel Reznicek, formerly of Prague, and serves as a symbol of Italian
ingenuity and enterprise growing in opposition to the Germanic
industrial complex.
-Roman
and Gallic swords taken from Alesia. Historians will recall that in
the year 52 BC, Cæsar's victory at Alesia turned the tide of the Gallic
Wars forever in favor of the Romans, and set the stage for Cæsar to
transition Rome from Republic to Empire.
-Letters
from the French writers Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas to Guiseppe
Garibaldi, concerning the topic of friendship between France and the
newly-born Italian Kingdom. Due to a clerical error in Switzerland, the
letters never arrived, but their discovery in 1880 sparked renewed
calls for a grand alliance between the two nations.
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Berlin
to London: Vi luv yur zili Eenglisch komedi, inkludin dis Been perzon.
Und ze teddi bar! Ach, zo funni! Vi kant ztop laafin in ze Reichstag
ver vi plan yur doom!
Berlin to Vienna: Unser Lieblingstier ist der Igel. Was ist Ihre?
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle, we
hope you've enjoyed reading it. Please do send in your news stories, thoughts, dreams, ambitions, and reviews, however mendacious, for us all to enjoy.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| dc459 Spring 01 Press 2 - jerome777 (Jun 06, 2013, 4:55 pm) |
Catalonian Chronicle, 2 February, 1901
*Multiple deaths in highly improbable series of mid-air pile-ups over the Alps!*
*It takes more than your mother's quilt to fox a Swedish fisherman, Herr Chancellor!*
*Kremlin makes peace overtures to neighbours - is Tsar just a big cowardy-custard?'*
*Fears of pasta stockpiling as surge of nationalist sentiment puts Italians on war footing!*
*Ireland becomes (even more) confused since the advent of strange graffiti!*
*French president hopes to gain pan-European agreement for drastic solution to national paella shortage!*
*Turkish belligerence shows no sign of being assuaged!*
*Joyous scenes as Liverpudlians exchange clogs for deeply-discounted army boots!*
Welcome to the second edition of your super Catalan Chronicle!
We are pleased to report the receipt of multiple telegrams from our correspondents, and are delighted to publish these for you below.
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This is your roving reporter, Johak Redovoski, reporting live and on tape from the depths of darkest Europe.
The skies at night are lit as bright as the Harvest moon as planes
roar in every direction from every major country. No missiles or shots
have been fired yet, but at least 200 planes have crashed due to mid-air
collisions. Could it be terrorism? Considering they were all flying
under the Lichtensteinian flag, one can only surmise.
Troops are also moving across the map. Turkish armies are
supposedly heading towards Bulgaria. The French are crossing onto the
Iberian peninsula. Germany forces are forging towards the North Sea
shoreline. And the poor people of Galicia are hastily building a dome,
expecting forces to invade their land from every direction.
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German military exercises in the Baltic
Reports are reaching us of extensive German military exercises in
the Baltic Sea. A small expeditionary naval force was seen by observers
to sail out of the Kiel Canal under the cover of darkness. Residents
of a number of small islands off Sweden reported a number of sightings
of unmarked military ships taking photographs of the Swedish coast, with
one Swedish fisherman reporting that one of these ships had an insignia
of the German Navy shoddily covered up with a bed sheet. These
manuvers lend further credence to previous reports that the German
Chancellor has designs on making Sweden part of the wider German Empire
towards the end of 1901.
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Yeah, hi there, Italy here. Just wanted everyone to know that I do not want to be friends with anyone until I get my army back. Come on guys! Really was that very nice? What the heck am I gonna do with another boat? Give it back.
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Russia to Austria: Let's bump in Gal and DMZ in the Fall?
Russia to Turkey: Ditto for Black Sea?
Russia to Germany: I'm yours if you let me into Sweden. Consider F Kie - Hol.
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Italian naval power to be displayed
The new battleship recently built in Rome is causing Italian
nationalists to campaign for a display of naval power. Many are
suggesting that Italian naval commanders are encouraging their
government to join the battleship with the naval force currently based
in Naples and show that Italy has serious ambitions on the European
stage. A campaign to recreate the decisive victory over the Ottomans in
the Battle of Lepanto is gathering pace. Many Ottoman workers in
Italian docks have been the subject of random attacks by the more
extreme nationalist factions and Ottoman officials are reportedly
considering cutting off diplomatic ties with Italy.
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ARCHY DUKE IS INNOCENT, OK!?!
Odd-looking graffiti has started to appear written on walls across Ireland. Claiming that somebody called 'Archy Duke' is 'innocent', experts have confessed to being bemused as to the meaning of these statements. Said one Gardai in Limerick, 'It's not as if anybody has been shot now, is it?'
Meanwhile, British governmental officials have denied that the graffiti is linked to any kind of Irish nationalist ruse, as well as playing down the chances of having to send the British Army based in Liverpool back to Ireland to restore order, at least in the short term.
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French government makes plea to other European powers over Iberia
The French government issued a communique through it's diplomats
across Europe this afternoon reiterating the previous position set out
by the government around recent tensions amongst the Great Powers of
Europe. The communique read "The French nation wishes to maintain
cordial relations with all Great Powers in Europe, and our territorial
designs are small scale and limited. However, in order to maintain
national security and to ensure we maintain enough military strength to
prevent an act of agression on French territory, it is our firm belief
that the great Iberian nations of Spain and Portugal should come within
the French sphere of influence. As neither of these nations border on
the territories of any other great power, we are confident that a
peaceful extension of French borders can be achieved over the next 12
months.
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Hello to all. This is Turkey speaking. I have every intent on attacking Austria Hungry from the very start of this game. I only hope that Russia stays out of the way and that Italy minds it's own damn business. France give me a call buddy.
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British army cancels winter clothing order
Textile manufacturers in Liverpool are offering winter clothing at
almost zero cost in their warehouses after the British army reportedly
cancelled a large winter clothing order for the army currently barracked
on the outskirts of the city. The owner of a scarf and hat factory
said "We've got to get rid of all these scarves and winter hats somehow -
the local barracks placed an order two months ago for 5,000 scarves and
hats, but cancelled the order last week - the quartermaster came and
cancelled it and muttered something about the winter campaign in Norway
being called off and Belguim now being the destination". British
military officials remained tightlipped at the time of going to press.
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This concludes our latest edition of the Catalan Chronicle, we
hope you've enjoyed reading it, and we hope that we will soon be
receiving plenty more telegrams from our seven correspondents to enliven
our future editions.
Correspondents are reminded that the deadline for
submission of press for the next edition of the Chronicle will be Friday 7 June, 2000GMT. If any of our correspondents would like to publish news and views from their region, then please do make sure to file copy with your editor before that time.
Jerome (Editor)[Reply] |
| Fwd: dc459 Spring 01 Press 1 - jerome777 (Jun 05, 2013, 4:17 pm) |
> Catalonian Chronicle, January 17, 1901.
>
> *Excitement builds all over Europe as great powers mobilise - war is in the air!*
>
> *Antipodean bird and esurient Hibernian rumoured to be cause of trouble!*
>
> *Physically-improbable events reported in port of Rome!*
>
> *First press-copy telegrams received from on-the-spot reporters!*
>
> Welcome to this, your first edition of the Catalan Chronicle!
>
> All over Europe, armies and navies are mobilising at breakneck speed in a seemingly inexorable march towards bloodshed. The Germans have been goose-stepping down Unter den Linden Strasse, the Turks have been calibrating their artillery by firing from the Bosphorus, Russian and English navies are building up steam in St Petersburg and Liverpool respectively, the French have been pressing their sartorially-elegant yet camouflage-challenging red pantaloons, and even the Austrian Field-Marschall has ordered new peacock feathers for his hat.
>
> However, the most remarkable event to report has taken place in the port of Rome. Whilst on parade an entire Italian army has disappeared, and been replaced with a brand-spanking-new fleet, of similar size and fire-power to the original Italian fleet stationed in Naples! Local physicists have postulated that a freak worm-hole in the space-time continuum might be to blame. Some believe this event to be a harbinger of other remarkable and deeply-improbably phenomena, rumoured to be about to occur throughout Europe in the forthcoming seasons and years. We hope to bring you news of these as they happen.
>
> The reason for the imminent continental conflagration has not yet become clear. Admittedly unconfirmed reports have been received from Ireland suggesting one possible explanation for the fast-approaching conflict. According to our intrepid on-the-spot reporter, 'some fella called Archy Duke was hungry, so he shot an ostrich'. However, doubt has been cast upon the definitude of this report as it was received in barely-legible handwriting, scrawled upon the back of an invoice for several cases of fine Irish whiskey. Make of this what you will - we hope to publish more reports giving more detail on the causes of the forthcoming war in future editions.
>
> Press telegrams
>
> Your super-soaraway Catalan Chronicle has sent intrepid reporters to the capital cities of all seven major European powers in the sincere hope that they will provide news and reports from across the Continent as the hostilities develop. As is our editorial policy, we will publish verbatim the telegrams received from our seven correspondents across the continent, together with any official governmental communications received.
>
> Telegrams will be published alongside full reports and maps of the manoevres, battles and retreats taking place between the Great Powers in the years to come. A first map is published together with this copy of the Chronicle.
>
> Two such telegrams are ready for publication, all labelled 'AOB':
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: His Majesty the King of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
> To: The World
>
> England greets all her neighbors in friendship. Join me for some tea and scones in Buckingham Palace, where we can lament the coming European war, and reminisce about fighting colonials in the backwaters of Africa and Asia.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> England offers peace to France.
>
> England offers peace to Germany.
>
> England does not offer peace to Russia.
>
> England suggests an alliance with Turkey.
>
> England lays claim to the Iberian Peninsula.
>
> England suggests friendship with Italy.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This concludes our first edition of the Catalan Chronicle, we hope you've enjoyed reading it, and we hope that we will soon be receiving plenty more telegrams from our seven correspondents to enliven our future editions. Correspondents are reminded that the deadline for submission of press for the second edition of the Chronicle will be Thursday 6 June, 2000GMT.
>
> There are three subjects for our reporters to concentrate upon at present:
>
> 1. Possible explanations for the war
> 2. Improbable events occurring across the Continent
> 3. AOB (any-other-business)
>
> ...further subjects will be suggested as and when our Editor makes them up.
>
>
> Jerome (Editor)
>
>
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