This is a sad season in Dystopia.  Empires rise, and empires fall, but not like
this.  Not all at once.  This year, not only has an Empire fallen, but
so have The One Who Will Win and an innocent-sounding Spanish-Turkish candy
store called The Dulceria.  Perhaps we
should not have expected such yummy confections to survive long in this world
of sweet-toothed anarchists.



 



The following press release was found floating up on the
shores of a Norwegian fjord.  It contains
prophesies of the End Times and a promise for the eventual fulfillment of a
nation???s name:



 



???The "werehamster cure" has decimated
the armies of the harmless were-beasts. They have decided to change their
strategy. No longer will massed armies of rodents sweep across the
snow-covered plains. Instead, we will infiltrate homes, schools, and
pet shops and wait for our moment to strike. Then the world shall tremble
at our might. Humans shall be our servants, nay, our slaves. So continue
with your fruitless machinations. Our day will come. Our... day...
will... come...???



 



As the tattered banners of the Dulcerian, Imperial, and Were-Hamster
armies flutter in the wind, the survivors of this carnage ??? dare I call you the
Authors of This Armageddon ??? are left to ponder the immortal words of the 37th
President of the United States: ???You won't have Philip, Nathan, and John to
kick around anymore???.  And without them
to kick around, you???re going to have to find new targets.  Adaria, Itea, and Hembria have at least
established animosities in the north (though, of course, past animosities are
never binding in a game of Diplomacy). 
But Trigspor and Zonotrichia will have to find new foes.



 



There is one retreat, which I am auto-adjudicating as Army
Rome disbands.  That brings up the Winter
adjustments, which are due tomorrow at 3:00 CST (21:00 GMT).  All survivors except Hembria owe me orders.  The DRE, Dulcerians, and Were-Hamsters don???t have
to trouble with disbands.  I???ve already
taken care of those.



 



Adaria:    Supp  9 Unit 
7 Build  2



Itea:      Supp  4 Unit 
3 Build  1



Hembria:   Supp  7 Unit 
7 Build  0



Zonotrichia: Supp  8
Unit  6 Build  2



Trigspor:  Supp  6 Unit 
5 Build  1



 



I am setting the Spring 1905 deadline for Wednesday,
December 22nd at 3:00 p.m. CST (21:00 GMT). 
If anybody thinks that???s too short, then I???ll push it back all the way
to the following Tuesday.  Such is Dip
during Christmas.



 



Fall 1904 Adjudication:



 



Adaria:



Spa to Mar



ECH supports Bel to Nth



Bel to Nth (*Bounce*)



Yor to Edi (*Fails*)



Tyr to Mun



Tus to Pie



Eas to Smy



 



Democratic Roman Empire:



A Rom-Ven (*Disbanded*)



 



Dulceria:



F Aegean Sea Supports F Constantinople ??? Smyrna (*Cut*)

F Constantinople ??? Smyrna (*Disbanded*)



 



Hembria:



A Silesia - Munich (*Fails*)

A Burgundy - Paris

A Kiel - Denmark

F Norwegian Sea - Norway (*Bounce*)

F Edinburgh S Norway - North Sea (*Cut*)

F Holland S Norway - North Sea

A Warsaw ??? Silesia (*Fails*)



 



Itea:



F Nwy-Nth (*Bounce*)

A Swe-Nwy (*Bounce*)

A Mos H



 



The One Who Will Win:



F Skagerrak Supports A Sweden ??? Denmark (*Void*)



 



Trigspor:



A Ven S Tys -> Rom

A Nap S Tys -> Rom

F Tys -> Rom

F Ion -> Aeg (*Fails*)

A Gre S Ser -> Bul (*Void*)



 



Zonotrichia:



A Armenia S F Eastern Mediterranean - Smyrna

F Ankara S F Black Sea - Constantinople

A Bulgaria S F Black Sea - Constantinople

F Black Sea - Constantinople

A Serbia S A Bulgaria

A Bohemia S A Tyrolia - Munich