- RUSSIAN NORTHERN ARMIES MEET A GRIM FINNISH
- JAPANESE ARMIES FIND THEMSELVES SHANGHAI'D
- TURKEY GETS GREECED
- EVERYONE GROANS COLLECTIVELY WHEN READING WHAT PASSES FOR GM WIT

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The Carnage is appalling after the Spring smoke clears. Bodies lie dead and twitching all over the globe - in New Orleans, Finland, Greece, Shanghai and Mindanao. Meanwhile, others are dislodged in Brazilian Current, Oman, Sargasso, Baku and Ionian. Things begin to look grim for the Confederates as they realize Sherman isn't just walking to the sea - he's already there. Meanwhile, Holland continues to play the shark in southern waters as everyone else asks "What time is it, Mr. Shark?"

Retreats are required from Brazil, Britain, France, Turkey and Austria - although only Lee and Felix have anything that resembles a choice. Deadline for the Summer 1867 retreats will be this Saturday - December 22nd (11:59 PM GMT).

As always, please just holler if you spot a screw-up. Cheers!

Trout

Dip 1264 / DC110 Guns, Germs and Steel
An Imperial Variant Game Game Started: June 13, 2007





Current Turn: Spring 1867

Next Deadline: Summer 1867 Retreats
Saturday, December 22nd (11:59 PM GMT)



The Assembly of Nations

Austria: Felix Kam Chung
felixkamchung(at)mac.com, felix388(at)mac.com ([email]felixkamchung(at)mac.com[/email]) Brazil: Ted Morley
Ted.Morley(at)SEN.CA.GOV ([email]Ted.Morley(at)SEN.CA.GOV[/email]) Britain: Steve Lytton
stevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email]) China: Dave Watson
dipknight(at)comcast.net ([email]dipknight(at)comcast.net[/email]) Confederate States: Jim Atkins
savwa4(at)comcast.net ([email]savwa4(at)comcast.net[/email]) France: Lee Taylor
leewarrentaylor(at)yahoo.co.uk ([email]leewarrentaylor(at)yahoo.co.uk[/email]) Holland: Rudi van Hal
rvhgames(at)xs4all.nl ([email]rvhgames(at)xs4all.nl[/email]) Japan: Bret Pollack
bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com ([email]bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com[/email]) Mexico: Randolph
ruffhaus8(at)aol.com ([email]ruffhaus8(at)aol.com[/email]) Prussia: Shane Whatsit
shanefgtoledo(at)yahoo.com ([email]shanefgtoledo(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Russia: Rob Ackerley
rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca ([email]rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca[/email]) Turkey: Jerry Todd
sgttodd(at)mainecav.org ([email]sgttodd(at)mainecav.org[/email]) United States: Rupert Alesbury
writetorupert(at)gmail.com ([email]writetorupert(at)gmail.com[/email])



Humble GM: Former Trout
former.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email]) Game Starting Map: http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/imperial-small.gif Variant Description: http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants/imperial.html

CURRENT TURN:


SPRING 1867 ORDERS:


BRAZIL:
F C Basin S F Drake OK F Co Argentina S F B Current OK F Drake S F B Current [CUT by APA] F NE Trades - Sargasso OK F Haiti S F NE Trades - Sargasso [CUT by WCS] F Cuba S F NE Trades - Sargasso OK F E Car - VRG [BOUNCE with VRG 1:1] F Cyn - NE Trades OK F Rec - M Atlantic [BOUNCE with MAT 1:1] F P Basin - Go Panama [BOUNCE with GOP 1:1] A Lima S A BGT OK A BGT H OK A RDJ H OK F SCT makes pornographic gesture at French fleet VRG [WATCH THOSE PENGUINS - THEY BITE!] F B Current S F Drake [DISLODGED by SAT 3:1] [GM NOTE: A PRM UNORDERED - HOLDS] OK

BRITAIN:
F Abyssinia (aby) moves to somalia since felix will stab me anyway. [BOUNCE with KEN 1:1] F Barents Sea (bar) - finland OK A Denmark (den) s f sweden [CUT by SKA] F Dublin (dub) - nat [BOUNCE with NAT 1:3] F Greenland (grn) - bar [BOUNCE with STP(nc) 1:1] F Hong Kong (hko) waits to die. [DEATH IS BUSY PLAYING TWISTER] F London (lon) s f nth OK F North Passage (nps) - nwg sea OK F North Sea (nth) s f nwy [CUT by ROU] F Norway (nwy) s a den OK F Oman (oma)- HDR (south coast) [BOUNCE with HDR 1:1; DISLODGED by ARA 2:1] F Red Sea (rse) - ade. [BOUNCE with HOA 1:1] F Sweden (swe) s f bar - fin OK

CHINA:
A FUC - SHA OK A LCH - PEK [DEFEATED by MNC 2:1] A WUH S A FUC - SHA OK A CCH - ANN OK A CAN S F HK OK A YUN S A CAN OK A CHK - LCH [BOUNCE with LCH 1:1] A BEN - LCK OK A RNG - BEN OK A KAS S A DEL - RAJ OK

CONFEDERATE STATES:
A NOL – ATL [DEFEATED & DISBANDED by ATL 3:1] F Tampa – Gulf of Mexico OK F Bhamas – Tampa. OK

FRANCE:
a Pie hold OK a Hol support a met OK a Cmn hold OK a Met support a hol OK a Nan to par OK f Tun support f sic to ion OK f sic to ion OK f rom wc to tys OK f gib to tld OK f Can to mat [BOUNCE with MAT 1:1] f bis to nan OK f Sar suport f vrg to hai [DISLODGED by NET 2:1] f vrg to hai [BOUNCE with HAI 1:1] f Lzn to luz [BOUNCE with LUZ 1:1] f rou to north [BOUNCE with NTH 1:2] f Sat to b.current OK f Azo hold OK f Mat to rec [BOUNCE with REC 1:1] f Gcs support f can to mat OK f Swp to kir [BOUNCE with KIR 1:1] f okn to sat OK

HOLLAND:
F Andaman Sea (ase) - Bangkok (bnk)(wc) OK F Antarctic Atlantic Ocean (aat) Supports F South Atlantic (sat) - Brazil Current (bcu) OK F Antarctic Pacific Ocean(apa) - Drake (dra) [BOUNCE with DRA 1:2] F Arabian Sea(ara) - Oman (oma) OK F Barrier Sea (brr) - Tasman (tas) OK A Cambodia (cmb) - Cochin (cch) OK F Cape Town (ctn) Supports F Malagasy Channel (mch) - Goodhope (goo) OK F Celebes Sea (cls) Supports F Sunda (sun) - Mindanao (mnd) OK A Congo (cng) - Kenya (ken) [BOUNCE with KEN 1:1] F Coral Sea (cor) - Bismark Sea (bis) OK A Delhi (del) - Rajputana (raj) OK F East Indian (ein) - Arabian Sea(ara) OK F Gulf of Manaar (gum) - Madras (mds) OK F Gulf of Siam (gos) - South China Sea (scs) [BOUNCE with SCS 1:1] A Hadramaut (hdr) Supports F Arabian Sea(ara) - Oman (oma) OK F Horn of Africa (hoa) - Aden (ade) [BOUNCE with RSE 1:1] F Java (jav) - Timor (tim) OK A Kenya (ken) - Somalia (som) [BOUNCE with ABY 1:1] F Madras (mds) - Bombay (bom) OK F Malagasy Channel (mch) - Goodhope (goo) OK F New Zealand (nzl) - Coral Sea (cor) OK F Perth (per) - Barrier Sea (brr) OK F Seychelles (sey) - Horn of Africa (hoa) [BOUNCE with HOA 1:1] F South Georgia Islands (sgr) Supports F South Atlantic (sat) - Brazil Current (bcu) OK F Sumatra (sum) - Java Sea (jse) OK F Sunda (sun) - Mindanao (mnd) OK

JAPAN:
A Kag to Hold OK A Mnc to Pek OK A Sha support F Mnc to Pek [DISBANDED by FUC 2:1] A Poa to Mnc [BOUNCE with IMG 1:1] F Mnd support F Phi to Luz [DISBANDED by SUN 2:1] F Yel support A Mnc to Pek OK F Fij to Hold OK F Eco support F Haw OK F Phi to Luz [BOUNCE with Luz 1:1] F Luz support F Mnd [CUT by LZN] F Wst support Haw OK F For support F Oki to Ecs OK F Vla - Sak OK F Haw - support Wst OK F Scs support British F Hgk [CUT by GOS] F Kur support F Wst OK F Soj to Hold OK F Kiribati to Swp [BOUNCE with SWP 1:1] F Oki to Ecs OK

MEXICO:
A Merida - hold OK F Western Caribbean Sea - Haiti [BOUNCE with HAI 1:1] A Panama - Bogota [BOUNCE with BOG 1:2] F Gulf of Panama supports USA F Galapagos Islands - Pacifc Basin VOID (No Such Order) F Countercurrent supports USA F Eastern Pacific Ocean - hold OK
RUSSIA: A Afganistan (afg) Supports A Karachi (krc) - Bangalore (ban) OK A Berlin (ber) - Prussia (pru) OK F Black Sea (bla) Supports A Georgia (geo) - Baku (bku) OK A Bokhara (bkh) - Karachi (krc) OK A Finland (fin) - Sweden (swe) [BOUNCE with SWE 1:1; DISBANDED by BAR 2:1] A Georgia (geo) - Baku (bku) OK A Inner Mongolia (img) - Manchuria (mac) [BOUNCE with POA 1:1] A Irkutsk (irk) Supports A Kamchatka (kam) - Vladivostok (vla) OK A Kamchatka (kam) - Vladivostok (vla) OK A Karachi (krc) - Bangalore (ban) OK A Kiel (kie) Supports F Skagerrak (ska) - Denmark (den) OK F Orenburg (orn) - Caspian Sea (cas) OK F Skagerrak (ska) - Denmark (den) [BOUNCE with DEN 2:2] F Sofia (sof)(ec) - Constantinople (con) [BOUNCE with CON 1:2] F St Petersburg (stp)(nc) - Barents Sea (bar) [BOUNCE with GRN 1:1] A Tehran (teh) - Tabrize (tbr) [BOUNCE with TBR 1:1] A Yakutsk (yak) Supports A Kamchatka (kam) - Vladivostok (vla) OK

TURKEY:
A Angora (ang) Supports A Constantinople (con) OK A Baghdad (bag) - Bangalore (ban) [DEFEATED by KRC 2:1] A Baku (bku) Supports A Angora (ang) [DISLODGED by GEO 2:1] A Constantinople (con) Supports A Angora (ang) [CUT by SOF(ec)] A Cyprus (cyp) - Syria (syr) OK F Eastern Mediterranean (eas) - Aegean Sea (aeg) [BOUNCE with ION 1:1] F Greece (gre) - Bosnia (bos)(ec) [BOUNCE with GRE 1:1; DISBANDED by ADR 2:1] A Tabrize (tbr) Supports A Baku (bku) [CUT by TEH]

UNITED STATES:
F Ber SUPPORTS F GoA - NPa OK A Ala HOLDS OK F Anc SUPPORTS F Ber OK F GoA - NPa OK F NPa - WCo OK F SFo - Son OK F EPa SUPPORTS F Glp OK F Glp SUPPORTS F EPa OK A Chi - Maz OK A NMe - Aus OK A Okl SUPPORTS F Atl - NOl OK A Chc SUPPORTS F Atl - NOl OK A Ten SUPPORTS F Ric - Atl OK F ESe - Bah OK F Atl - NOl OK F Ric - Atl OK F WDC - Ric OK F Che SUPPORTS F NAt OK F NSc SUPPORTS F NAt OK F NAt SUPPORTS F Rou - Nth [CUT by DUB] F Que - Hud OK

AUSTRIA:
BOS S ADR-GRE OK ION-AEG [BOUNCE with EME 1:1; DISLODGED by SIC 2:1]] ADR-GRE OK STU S RH OK RH S STU OK SIL S BAV OK BAV S STU OK VEN-HOLDS OK FZZ-ASW OK TBQ-CAI OK DAR S SUD OK SUD S FZZ-ASW OK

SUMMER 1867 RETREATS:
Brazilian F Brazilian Current may retreat to Fal or OTB
British F Oman may retreat to Prs or OTB
Confederate A New Orleans is Automatically Disbanded
French F Sargasso may retreat to Ese, Vrd or OTB
Japanese A Shanghai is Automatically Disbanded
Japanese F Mindanao is Automatically Disbanded
Russian A Finland is Automatically Disbanded
Turkish A Baku may retreat to Arm or OTB
Turkish A Greece is Automatically Disbanded
Austrian F Ionian may retreat to Adr, Cre, Tbq, Trp or OTB




Unit / Supply Center Breakdown


Brazil
16 Supply Centers - Bra, Oli, Rec, Rdj, Prg, Brc, Uru, Lpa, Fal, Cyn,
Lim, Bgt, Prm, Hai, Cub, Sct
4 Armies - Lim, Bgt, Prm, Rdj
12 Fleets - Hai, Ecs, [Bcu], Cub, Pba, Rec, Cba, Dra, Sar, Coa, Sct, Net


Britain
13 Supply Centers - Lon, Edi, Dub, Bom, Hgk, Ade, Nwy, Grn, Oma, Aby,
Swe, Den, Tnk
1 Army - Den
12 Fleets - Nrg, Nth, Nwy, Grn, Swe, Hgk, Aby, Fin(nc), Rse, [Oma], Lon, Dub


China
10 Supply Centers - Lch, Chk, Snk, Can, Ben, Brm, Yut, Kas, Cch, Rng
10 Armies - Wuh, Ann, Lck, Kas, Ben, Lch, Yun, Can, Sha, Chk
0 Fleets -


Confederate States
3 Supply Centers - Aus, Nol, Bha
0 Armies -
2 Fleets - Gom, Tam


France
22 Supply Centers - Nan, Mrs, Par, Crs, Mnv, Gcs, Sie, Ivc, Pie, Vlc
Vrd, Mrc, Tun, Cmn, Okn, Azo, Gib, Sal, Hol, Sic, Rom, Vrg
5 Armies - Pie, Hol, Cmn, Met, Par
16 Fleets - Tun, Can, [Sar], Lzn, Bcu, Azo, Tyn, Ion, Vrg, Mat, Sat, Nan, Gcs, Rou
Swp, Tld


Holland
26 Supply Centers - Ctn, Trn, Cey, Sum, Jav, Brn, Rho, Amn, Srw, Ngu
Mal, Ija, Bsw, Sey, Sgp, Mad, Bnk, Mld, Per, Qnl, Nsw, Del, Mds, Cmb
Nze, Sgr
5 Armies - Cng, Raj, Cch, Ken, Hdr
21 Fleets - Aat, Oma, Bom, Bis, Bnk(wc), Apa, Hoa, Ara, Cls, Mds, Cor, Sey, Gos, Mnd,
Tas, Sgr, Goo, Ctn, Brr, Tim, Jse


Japan
19 Supply Centers - Oki, Kag, Edo, Sap, Luz, Fsn, Sak, Seo, Crl, For,
Mhl, Poa, Sha, Vla, Mnc, Mnd, Haw, Pek, Fij
2 Armies - Pek, Poa
15 Fleets - Yel, Fij, Eco, Phi, Luz, Wst, For, Sak, Haw, Scs, Kur, Soj, Kse, Ecs
Kag


Mexico
5 Supply Centers - Mer, Hon, Pan, Maz, Mxc
2 Armies - Pan, Mer
3 Fleets - Ccu, Gop, Wcs


Russia
17 Supply Centers - Stp, Mos, War, Sev, Grg, Oms, Orn, Irk, Rmn, The,
Tsh, Khv, Sof, Pru, Ber, Kie, Krc
11 Armies - Yak, Afg, Nmg, Pru, Teh, Irk, Kie, Krc, Ban, Bku, Vla
5 Fleets - Ska, Bla, Sof(ec), Stp(nc), Cas


Turkey
8 Supply Centers - Ang, Cyp, Bag, Ban, Bku, Cre, Con, Gre
6 Armies - [Bku], Ang, Tbr, Bag, Con, Syr
1 Fleet - Eme


United States
21 Supply Centers - Wdc, Nyo, Det, Sfo, Org, Sea, Neb, Kan, Vic, Alb
Ric, Van, Yuk, Anc, Che, Nme, Que, Nsc, Okl, Atl, Glp
6 Armies - Aus, Okl, Ala, Chc, Maz, Ten
15 Fleets - Brs, Bha, Nat, Glp, Wco, Epa, Nsc, Che, Npa, Atl, Nol, Anc, Son, Ric,
Hud


Austria
12 Supply Centers - Vie, Bud, Crt, Ven, Ser, Bav, Sil, Sud, Ser, Trp,
Ruh, Cai
10 Armies - Stu, Sud, Dar, Ruh, Bav, Tbq, Ven, Sil, Bos, Fzz
2 Fleets - [Ion], Gre


PRUSSIA - ELIMINATED 1865


NEXT DEADLINE: SUMMER 1867 ORDERS DUE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22ND (11:59 PM GMT)!!