Hi Players,

Well, just when you think you know what's going to happen, we have a turn like this.  Welcome to lucky Year 13!

I thought I was going to be announcing the first elimination of the game.  I thought England was a goner.  I thought wrong.

Germany NMR's for the second (or is third?) time, and instead of being eliminated, England actually grows back up to two units!  I guess the Kaiser is just uncomfortable with success.  I don't know what else to say.

Other highlights of the year include

. Italy and France swap dots.  Brest returns to the French, but Marseilles falls to the Italians.  How about that French army in Piedmont?  That could prove interesting.

. The apathetic German fleet holds on to MAO,
thanks to support from his French friends.  Can he count on that support again?

. Austria forces his way into the Ukraine, leaving Rumania open behind him, while Russia focuses on covering his dots.  I predict another round of guessing games on that front next year.

. The Sultan continues his favorite sport:  Smyrna Bouncing!  I wonder if one of these days the Italian fleet might not just duck?

RETREATS:  None.

ADJUSTMENTS:  Germany must remove 1.  England may build 1.  Everybody else is doing the status quo thing.

DEADLINE:  Adjustment orders are due by Friday, November 5, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time.  If I get them in tomorrow I'll adjudicate early.  If I fail to receive an adjustment from Germany then the unit furthest from home is automatically disbanded.

Germany is now officially on probation.  I need to see orders for Spring 1914 well in
advance or I will seek a replacement.

Cheers,
Chris

Orders as resolved.  Read 'em and weep... or laugh, if that suits you better.
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Austria:
F Albania - Adriatic Sea
A Galicia Supports A Rumania - Ukraine
A Rumania - Ukraine
A Trieste Supports A Tyrolia
A Tyrolia Hold
A Vienna Supports A Galicia

England:
A Liverpool - Edinburgh

France:
F English Channel - Brest
A Gascony Supports F Spain(sc)
A Marseilles - Piedmont
F Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Spain(sc) Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Germany:
A Belgium, no move received
A Berlin, no move received
A Bohemia, no move received
F Clyde, no move received
F Irish Sea, no move received
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean, no move received
A Munich, no move received
F Norwegian Sea, no move received
A Silesia, no move received
A St Petersburg, no move
received

Italy:
A Apulia - Greece
F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Apulia - Greece
F North Atlantic Ocean - Clyde (*Fails*)
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Smyrna - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
F Western Mediterranean Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Russia:
A Moscow Supports A Ukraine - Sevastopol
A Ukraine - Sevastopol
A Warsaw - Ukraine (*Fails*)

Turkey:
A Ankara - Smyrna (*Fails*)
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Ownership:

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

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
England:   Supp  2 Unit  1 Build  1
France:    Supp  5 Unit  5 Build  0
Germany:   Supp  9 Unit 10 Remove  1
Italy:     Supp  8 Unit  8 Build  0
Russia:    Supp  3 Unit  3 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  1 Unit  1 Build  0