Players,
 
Reminder that our first deadline is in about 12 hours.  I have 5-1/2 sets of orders submitted.  I will adjudicate as quickly after the deadline as I can.  We have a short turn-around to Fall this year, so please consider ahead of time whether you have any possible retreats and be prepared to send them in promptly.  Thanks.
 
Glad to hear everyone is enjoying -- or is that agonizing over? -- the process of placing their first units.  I'd like to tell you that it gets easier after this turn, but that would be a lie.    Well, unit placement gets easier since it goes back to restricting you to your home SC, but the rest of the game gets harder.  Heh, heh, heh.
 
Some answers to questions asked about initial placement.
 
1.  Finland - Neutral.  I know it looks Russian on our RP maps, but common sense and a quick consult with my Stab! guru confirms that allowing a Russian unit to start in Finland is just too big an advantage.  Sorry, Tsar.
 
2.  Piedmont - Italian
 
3.  Tyrolia - Austrian
 
4.  North Sea - Neutral.  There are some games that let England start out here.  This isn't one of them.
 
Any more ambiguities?  Just ask me.
 
Cheers,
Chris