I shoulda listened to my wife when she warned me not to go to the forum yesterday, but me with my big mouth: "Come on, dear, whaddya think this is?  The Ides of October?"
 
The worst part of all of this is that I'm stuck in a (likely boring) conference all day today and will be unable to write to any of you but will also probably be unable to think of anything else.

--- On Tue, 10/5/10, Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: dc340 DCI 2010 - F02 Don't Look Behind the Curtain
To: "Adam WB2K9 235" <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>, camorse22(at)yahoo.com, dirk(at)knemeyer.com, jhack16(at)gmail.com, kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com, m_don_j(at)hotmail.com, "Michael Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>, untitled36(at)hotmail.com, michael.alan.walters(at)gmail.com, dci(at)diplomaticcorp.com
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 11:15 PM



So Much for the Results I Was Expecting
Burgandy Seems to Pull Off a Coup By Being One of Two to Go +2 (Sicily WAS Expected to Be the Other)
Spain Manages to Defend the Homeland Pretty Well and Trades South Spain for Northern Spain
Hungary Seems to Be Left at the Alter By Some?
Byzantium Makes It Through With No Losses (Trading Con for Arm)? You Read That Right...I Double-Checked
ESPECIALLY After Kevin's Condemnation of the Southeast
Eire Builds One But Gets the Unlucky Order of the Day Award - The Move to Gascony Gave Brittany to Another


All,

PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK ORDERS. Make that a standing rule. The abbreviations and board configuration are unique and I am still getting used to it. Plus there are quite a few versions submitted over time. 


We have one retreat that was required: A Bavaria could retreat to Tyrol or Swabia or OTB.


In the interest of getting through Winter and Spring before we have an extended break, I auto-retreated to Tyrol. If desired, Adam can change that with our Winter orders (I don't foresee that his desired retreat would affect builds or removals BUT if you feel they do please let me know ASAP OR write conditional builds/removals). Winter orders are as follows:


Burgundy - Build 2
Sicily - Build 2
Eire - Build 1
Hungary - no change UNLESS retreat OTB from Bav in which case build 1
Israel - Remove 1
Poland - Remove 1
Spain - Remove 1
Ukraine - Build 1
Byzantium - no change


Let's have Winter adjustments due Thursday night at 9pm CDT and Spring 03 due next Wednesday the 13th at 6pm CDT. After that we will have an extended break until the 28th of October due to the Lord of the March's wedding celebration and subsequent tour of the countryside to show off the wife (so that the loyal subjects can meet her - a tradition called the honeymoon?). 


Well, that should cover us. Can't wait for the next chapter.


Lord of the March




Burgundy: 
F Denmark Supports F Baltic Sea - Sweden (*Cut*)
A Estremadura - Valencia
A France - Brittany
A Hague Supports A Hesse
A Hesse Supports A Ruhr - Bavaria
A Ruhr - Bavaria


Sicily: 
F Algeria - Morroco (*Bounce*)
A Languedoc Supports F Brittany - Gascony
F Malta Sea - Pylos Sea (*Fails*)
F Palma Sea Supports A Estremadura - Valencia
A Umbria - Venezia


Eire: 
F Brittany - Gascony
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)
F North Sea - Denmark (*Fails*)
F Sweden Hold
A Yorkshire - Cymru


Hungary: 
A Austria - Bohemia (*Bounce*)
A Bavaria Supports A Mark - Hesse (*Dislodged*)
A Budapest Hold
F Ionian Sea - Athens (*Fails*)
A Serbia Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Void*)


Israel: 
A Cilicia - Anatolia (*Bounce*)
F Eastern Mediterranean - Pisidia (*Fails*)
F Libyan Sea - Aegean Sea
A Mesopotamia - Armenia (*Fails*)
F Pylos Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Athens (*Cut*)


Poland: 
F Baltic Sea - Sweden (*Fails*)
A Mark - Saxony (*Fails*)
A Masuria Hold
A Novgorod - Finland
A Saxony - Bohemia (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw - Livonia


Spain: 
F Gascony - Santander
A Santander - Catalonia
F South Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)
A Toledo Supports A Santander - Catalonia
F Western Mediterranean - Morroco (*Bounce*)


Ukraine: 
F East Black Sea Supports F Anatolia - Armenia
A Kiev Supports A Muscovy
A Muscovy Hold
F Odessa - West Black Sea
A Rumania - Transylvania
F West Black Sea - Constantinople


Byzantium: 
F Anatolia - Armenia
F Athens Supports F Malta Sea - Pylos Sea (*Cut*)
A Bulgaria Supports F Athens
F Constantinople - Aitolia
A Pisidia - Anatolia (*Bounce*)