Hey all,

Interesting turn! In the east, Austria is under attack from all sides, as france, italy and Turkey all clamor for a piece of the pie. In the west, after a lot of manuvering but little open conflict, first blood is drawn. Germany and England swap centers in scandanavia, but the English come out on top as they also nab st. pete.

One side note as your friendly neighborhood GM. There have been several poorly written orders coming in the past couple of turns. Based on the 4th edition rules (avalon hill), that "a poorly written rule that has only one meaning must be followed," I have always gone ahead and adjucated the apparent intent behind the order. So, for example, England this turn ordered Nwy-stp this turn. Obviously Stp (nc) is intended, and since that order is legal and stp (sc) is not, I allowed it to go through. I've done the same with a few misabbreviated orders as well, as long as there was only one possible move for them. For example, F ska-Nor would fail, because Nor could mean either North Sea or Norway. However, if we had F Swe-Nor, I'd grudgingly give the player the move, since sweden can only legally move to Norway of the possible "Nor" locations. Likewise, F Mao-Spa would fail, because F Mao could move to either coast. Long story short, I'll interpret your moves if it is abundantly clear what the meaning is and you get the abreviations somewhat close, but checking those abbreviations, or writing it out helps me out a lot! (One final note, I believe a few turns ago we had "Mun-War" when the unit was not in mun, but sil. If the province is wrong, I'm not going to correct that. You're on your on for that one.)

Ok, enough talk, let's get on with the orders! We do have one retreat, A trl, that can retreat to Boh or Vie (or OTB). Of course, Retreats/Builds are 9:00 AM CST, (15:00 GMT)

Austria:
A Budapest Supports F Trieste
A Galicia - Warsaw (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports A Sevastopol (*Ordered to Move*)
F Trieste Supports A Tyrolia - Venice (*Cut*)
A Tyrolia - Venice (*Dislodged*)
A Ukraine - Moscow (*Fails*)

England:
F Baltic Sea Supports F North Sea - Denmark
F London - North Sea
F North Sea - Denmark
F Norway - St Petersburg(nc)
A Wales - London

France:
A Belgium Supports A Burgundy - Ruhr
A Burgundy - Ruhr
F English Channel Supports A Belgium
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F English Channel
A Picardy Supports A Belgium
A Piedmont - Tyrolia

Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden
F Helgoland Bight - Kiel
A Holland - Ruhr (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Ruhr (*Bounce*)
A Silesia - Berlin

Italy:
F Adriatic Sea - Trieste (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
A Venice Supports A Piedmont - Tyrolia

Russia:
F Black Sea - Sevastopol (*Fails*)
A Moscow - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw - Ukraine (*Bounce*)

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
F Greece Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A Sevastopol - Rumania (*Fails*)

So Builds/Removals are as follows:

Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Rumania, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway, St Petersburg.
France: Belgium, Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Berlin, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden.
Italy: Naples, Rome, Tunis, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Serbia, Sevastopol, Smyrna.

Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 6 Remove 2 (Or 1 if Trl retreats OTB)
England: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
France: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
Russia: Supp 2 Unit 3 Remove 1
Turkey: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1


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