Hi Players,

Hope you're enjoying this last week of 2010.  I know it hasn't been the best week for everyone, but here's wishing all of you a healthy and happy new year in 2011.

As you'll recall, we had three end-of-game proposals on the table:

1.  France/Germany/Austria
2.  France/Germany/Austria/Italy
3.  Austria/Italy

None of the proposals passed, though ALL of them had a majority in favor.  I'm not going to break it down further than that, except to say that every player did submit votes.  There were no abstentions.  You may submit new proposals (or resubmit a previous one) at any time.  Now on to the results for Fall 1917.

Headline:  "Austria-Hungary Rolls over Russia
as Kaiser's Scandinavian Buns are Buttered by Fleeing White Army"

In other words:

. Austria captures both Moscow and St. Pete, as the Tsar chooses to abandon the last defense of his homeland.  A difficult choice, I'm sure, but St. Pete would have fallen next year anyway if he had chosen to defend it this year at the cost of one of his remaining armies.

. Germany pays the price for not making amends for earlier transgressions on the Eastern front.  It looks like he was counting on goodwill that simply does not exist.  Now he must decide whether to shift forces away from England in order to recapture Scandinavia.  And what about his armies in the East and in Piedmont?  Somewhere, somehow, two German units need to be disbanded.  Which will go and which will stay?

. Fortunately for Germany's friend, France, the (soon-to-be-gone?) army in Piedmont did prove to be the key in his recapture of
Marseilles.  Sunbathers up and down the coast look up from their novels and order another glass of Beaujolais.

. Observers on both sides of the Atlantic (and on the moon, too, for that matter) are wondering why Italy chose to use his fleet in Western Med to signal the Germans in Norwegian Sea, rather than cut the French support from Spain.  Crazy, or genius?  It seems that in losing Marseilles the wily Italians have gained Burgundy.  Now THERE is a nightmare for France and Germany.

. And we can't leave without remarking that the plucky British forces are still sitting pretty at home, having successfully blocked yet another attempt to take away Edinburgh.  I think it is safe to say that no one is enjoying the current German and French predicaments more than they.

RETREATS: 
. Italian army Marseilles has been auto-retreated to Burgundy.  Let me know if you want to remove the unit instead,
Monseignor. 
. Austrian army Silesia has been dislodged and may retreat to Prussia, Warsaw or OTB.

ADJUSTMENTS:  Austria builds 2 new units.  Germany must remove 2.

DEADLINES:  Since only two players are involved in the Winter season, I'd like to do both retreats and adjustments together.  This assumes, of course, that the Kaiser can make his choices without knowing the Austrian retreats.  Let me know, Herr Kaiser. 

Officially:  The Austrian retreat is due ASAP, and Winter adjustments are due within 24 hours after I post the Austria retreat.

Cheers,
Chris


Orders as resolved:
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Austria:
A Livonia - St Petersburg
A Moscow Supports A Livonia - St Petersburg
A Sevastopol Supports A Moscow
A Silesia - Bohemia (*Dislodged*)
A Trieste - Tyrolia
A Ukraine - Galicia
F Venice Hold
A Vienna Supports A Trieste -
Tyrolia

England:
A Liverpool Supports A Yorkshire - Edinburgh
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)

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

Germany:
A Belgium - Denmark
A Berlin Supports A Munich - Silesia
A Bohemia - Tyrolia (*Fails*)
F Clyde - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Silesia
F North Sea Convoys A Belgium - Denmark
F Norwegian Sea Supports F Clyde - Edinburgh
A Piedmont Supports A Gascony - Marseilles

Italy:
A Armenia Supports A Sevastopol
F Black Sea Convoys A Armenia - Edinburgh (*Void*)
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Marseilles
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Marseilles Hold (*Dislodged*)
F North Africa Supports F Western Mediterranean
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tuscany
F Western
Mediterranean Supports F Norwegian Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Void*)

Russia:
A Finland - Sweden
A St Petersburg - Norway
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Ownership:

Austria (10):   Budapest, Moscow, Rumania, St Petersburg, Serbia, Sevastopol, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw.
England (2):   Edinburgh, Liverpool.
France (6):    Brest, London, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany (6):   Belgium, Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich.
Italy (:     Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Naples, Rome, Smyrna, Tunis.
Russia (2):    Norway, Sweden.

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  10 Unit  8 Build  2
England:   Supp  2 Unit  2 Build  0
France:    Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
Germany:   Supp  8 Unit  8
Remove  2
Italy:     Supp  8 Unit  8 Build  0
Russia:    Supp  2 Unit  2 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  0 Unit  0 Build  0    ... eliminated 1915