Hey Players,
Good to see everyone all in their places with bright, shiny faces. We just managed to avoid another NMR, which is good, but I think a couple people may have written their orders in too much of a hurry. You'll see what I mean.
Highlights:
. Italy retakes Smyrna and MAO. It's party time in Rome this season!
. France invites Austria to the Italian party. Once, twice, thrice! Who elected you social director, Monsieur? The Archduke has his Piedmont army deliver his regrets to Marseilles.
. England has a bad year at the office. France gets help from Germany to capture the English capital. In the confusion, The Admiralty sends F Skaggerak's orders to Norway where they are intercepted by the German
navy steaming unopposed into the beautiful fjords.
. Russia retakes Sevastopol to stay even at three SC. Russian language teachers are sent by train from Moscow to teach the mother tongue to an entire generation that has grown up speaking Turkish. Elsewhere, a side-trip to Prussia has some observers scratching their heads.
. A bad year for witches all around, as Turkey joins England in being reduced to just two SC. The Turks do manage to sneak into Bulgaria, but a poorly written support order loses them the chance to take Constantinople. Russia, Italy and Austria all take away a yellow dot, leaving only Ankara and Bulgaria under the Sultan's rule.
All in all, quite an interesting end to an interesting year.
RETREATS REQUIRED: Please submit by 8 pm Eastern time on Thursday, September 9. That's tomorrow.
English F London is auto-retreated to Yorkshire. As always, the king may opt
to remove the unit instead.
French F Mid-Atlantic Ocean can retreat to North Atlantic Ocean or Irish Sea or English Channel or Brest or Gascony or Portugal or off the board.
Turkish F Sevastopol can retreat to Black Sea or Armenia or off the board.
Turkish A Smyrna can retreat to Syria or Armenia or off the board.
ADJUSTMENTS: Looking ahead, none of the retreats will affect the SC count. Germany leaps into the top spot and our two witches take a tumble. I will republish this tomorrow when I post the retreats. Builds and disbands are due on Friday.
Austria: Supp 7 Unit 7 Build 0
England: Supp 2 Unit 4 Remove 2 ...
Remove only 1 if F London retreats OTB.
France: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1 ... Build 2 if F MAO retreated OTB.
Germany: Supp 9 Unit 7 Build 2
Italy: Supp 5 Unit 4 Build 1
Russia: Supp 3 Unit 3 Build
0
Turkey: Supp 2 Unit 4 Remove 2 ... Remove only 1 or 0 if one or two units, respectively, are retreated OTB.
Cheers,
Chris
Orders as received and resolved:
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Austria:
A Bohemia Supports A Galicia (*Cut*)
A Constantinople Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
A Galicia Supports A Rumania
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports A Galicia (*Cut*)
A Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia
F Venice, no move received
England:
A Edinburgh - Liverpool
F London Hold (*Dislodged*)
F North Sea Supports F London (*Cut*)
F Norway Supports F North (*Invalid* ... no such unit)
F Skagerrak, no move received
France:
F English Channel - London
A
Marseilles Supports A Tyrolia - Rome (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Venice - Rome (*Dislodged*)
A Spain Supports A Piedmont - Rome (*Fails*)
A Wales Supports F English Channel - London
Germany:
A Belgium Hold
F Denmark - North Sea (*Fails*)
A Kiel Supports A Munich
A Munich Supports A Silesia - Bohemia
F Norwegian Sea - Norway
A Silesia - Bohemia (*Fails*)
A St Petersburg Supports F Norwegian Sea - Norway
Italy:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Western Mediterranean Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
Russia:
A Moscow Supports A Ukraine - Sevastopol
A Ukraine - Sevastopol
A Warsaw - Prussia
Turkey:
A Ankara Supports A Smyrna (*Ordered to Move*)
F Black Sea - Bulgaria(ec)
F Sevastopol - Rumania (*Dislodged*)
A Smyrna - Constantinople
(*Dislodged*)
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