There is only one retreat: the Adarian army in Munich auto-retreats to Ruhr, which is good for the schedule, because it allows us to get Winter 1905 adjudicated before a player vacation from the 12th through the 17th.

Adjustments are needed from Adaria (disband), Itea (build), Trigspor (build), and Zonotrichia (build). They are due tomorrow at the usual 3:00 p.m. CST.

Then, I don???t think we???ll have Spring 1906 until January the 20th.


The undeniably intriguing move of the season has to be the Zonotrichian support of Trispor???s army in Tyrolia to seize Munich, thus dislodging Adaria???s army into Ruhr. In spite of all the center-captures in Vienna, Greece, and Smyrna, I remain uncertain of the relationships among Adaria, Trigspor, and Zonotrichia. I have my suspicions, but they will be validated or disproven by the actions on the board, where all ideas (good and bad) get purified in fire.

There are other moves of interest on the map as well. Itea also is forced to retreat, but as there are no open retreats, his army in Ukraine must disband; Warsaw looks vulnerable. Trigspor performs the uncommon but straightforward convoy of Naples to Tuscany??? really, when???s the last time you saw that? And the ongoing battle for the North Sea stalemates this season; equal supports cancel between North Sea and Belgium.

As we head into 1906, there sure are a lot of units packed in and around Germany (actually, they???re packed all along an arc from Gascony to Kiel to Sevastopol). Something must give!

Fall 1905 Adjudication:

Adaria:
Lvp to Edi (*Fails*)
Yor to Lon
Mun to Kie (*Dislodged*)
Mar to Bur
Gas supports Mar to Bur
ECH supports Bel to Nth
Bel to Nth (*Fails*)
Bre to MAO

Hembria:
A Denmark - Kiel
A Berlin S Denmark - Kiel
F Holland S North Sea - Belgium
F Norwegian Sea S Edinburgh
F Edinburgh Holds
A Silesia ??? Warsaw (*Bounce*)
A Burgundy ??? Paris

Itea:
A stp - mos
A ukr S A stp -mos (*Disbanded*)
F NTH - bel (*Fails*)
A swe H

Trigspor:
F Aeg -> Ion
A Alb -> Tri
A Tyl -> Mun
A Nap -> Tus
F Tys C Nap -> Tus
A Vie Hold

Zonotrichia:
A Armenia - Sevastopol
A Sevastopol - Ukraine
A Rumania S A Sevastopol - Ukraine
A Galicia - Warsaw (*Bounce*)
A Bohemia S A Tyrolia - Munich
A Greece hold
F Constantinople - Bulgaria (sc)
F Smyrna hold