Hi folks,
Interesting moves all around as the board begins to take shape. Everyone gains at least one build from the first year - as per tourney rules the deadline for Winter 1901 adjustments will be set for Friday, January 11th (11:59 PM GMT).
A note about the Austrian fleet order. I adjudicated this order as valid after consultation with the Tournament Directors. The question was whether the omission of the province that the fleet was in rendered the move order invalid.
Going back to the basic diplomacy rule-book, it says that "[u:d127727583]a poorly written order that has only one meaning must be accepted.[/u:d127727583]" As Austria has only one fleet, and can only be ordering for one fleet, this order only has one meaning and is valid. Note that if Austria had had MORE than one fleet, then this would have been an ambiguous order and ruled invalid. (The diplomacy rules can be found at <
http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf> and the page that the quotation may be found on is page 4.)
I, of course, welcome all your opinions on this matter and any of the rest of the adjudication. My ruling on the validity of the Austrian fleet order, however, is final.
Cheers!
Trout
DC-152 Winter Blitz Game WB0812 Standard Variant Game Started: January 3rd, 2008
Current Turn: Fall 1901
Next Deadline: Winter 1901 Adjustments Friday, January 11th (11:59 PM GMT)
The Rowdy Cast
Austria: Eric Lindsay ericzred(at)gmail.com ([email]ericzred(at)gmail.com[/email]) England: Rene Kroll rk(at)giorsoine.dk ([email]rk(at)giorsoine.dk[/email]) France: Michael Thompson psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email]) Germany: Troy Dulihanty tdulihan(at)yahoo.com ([email]tdulihan(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Italy: Nick Buscaglia busckeeper0018(at)verizon.net ([email]busckeeper0018(at)verizon.net[/email]) Russia: Max Victory Maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk ([email]Maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk[/email]) Turkey: Spencer Jensen jensends(at)yahoo.com ([email]jensends(at)yahoo.com[/email])
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CURRENT SEASON:
FALL 1901 ORDERS:
TURKEY:
Con-Smy OK Ank-Con OK Bul-Ser OK
AUSTRIA:
Army Serbia-Greece OK Fleet - Trieste [GM NOTE: INTERPRETED AS F ALBANIA -> TRIESTE] OK Army Vienna-Gal [BOUNCE with WAR 1:1]
ENGLAND:
A Edinburgh - Belgium OK F North Sea Convoys A Edinburgh - Belgium OK F Norwegian Sea - Norway OK
FRANCE:
A MAR-BUR OK A GAS-SPA OK F MAO-ENG OK
GERMANY:
A Kie-Hol OK A Mun-Ruh OK F Den H OK
ITALY:
F Ionian Sea - Tunis OK A Tuscany hold OK A Venice hold OK
RUSSIA:
f gob move swe OK a ukr move rum OK f sev s ukr move rum OK a war move gal [BOUNCE with VIE 1:1]
WINTER 1901 ADJUSTMENTS:
TURKEY: BUILDS 1 AUSTRIA: BUILDS 1 ENGLAND: BUILDS 2 FRANCE: BUILDS 1 GERMANY: BUILDS 2 ITALY: BUILDS 1 RUSSIA: BUILDS 2
NEXT DEADLINE: WINTER 1901 ADJUSTMENTS DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH (11:59 PM GMT)!!