Gents,
As usual, no retreats. Egypt gets the upper hand on Greece and Carthage thwarts a Roman invasion. Onward to the fall!
Prelims due Friday at the usual time; final orders in just under 168 hours.
Dirk
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PLAYERS
Carthage - alhabashi / Jim Tapp / namaanbathing(at)yahoo.com
Egypt - ConradW / Charles Welsh / welsh_stroud(at)msn.com
Greece - fencertim / Tim Crosby / tim_crosby(at)hotmail.com
Persia - pedros / Pete Dale / pete(at)atlantichouse.org.uk
Rome - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
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HEADLINES
Numidian Cavalry seemingly everywhere in northwest Africa
Egyptian ascent continues with Cretian conquest
Greek general staff forced to re-think tactics
Persian leadership may have found a new friend
Roman juggernaut shifts weight gently west
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Rome:
F Ausonian Sea Supports F Gulf of Tacape
F Berber Sea Supports A Sicilia - Carthage (*Cut*)
A Dalmatia Hold
F Gulf of Tacape Supports F Ausonian Sea
F Neapolis - Tyrrhenean Sea
F Punic Sea Convoys A Sicilia - Carthage
A Saguntum - Mauretania (*Bounce*)
A Sarmatia - Vindobona
A Sicilia - Carthage (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenean Sea - Sardinia
Carthage:
F Carthage Supports F Mauretania - Berber Sea (*Cut*)
A Cirta Supports F Carthage
F Mauretania - Berber Sea (*Fails*)
A Phazania - Numidia
A Sahara - Mauretania (*Bounce*)
Persia:
A Antioch Hold
Greece:
F Athens - Aegean Sea
A Chersonesus - Armenia
A Dacia Hold
A Galatia - Miletus
A Macedonia - Byzantium
F Messenian Sea - Crete (*Fails*)
A Sinope Supports A Chersonesus - Armenia
F Sparta - Messenian Sea (*Fails*)
Egypt:
F Alexandria - Libyan Sea
A Arabia - Sidon
F Cilician Strait Convoys A Sidon - Isauria
A Damascus Supports A Antioch
F Egyptian Sea Supports F Libyan Sea - Crete
F Gulf of Syrtis Supports F Alexandria - Libyan Sea
F Libyan Sea - Crete
A Marmarica Supports A Memphis - Bayuda
A Memphis - Bayuda
A Sidon - Isauria
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Ownership of supply centers
Carthage: Carthage, Cirta, Leptis, Numidia, Thapsus
Egypt: Alexandria, Cyprus, Cyrene, Jerusalem, Memphis, Petra, Sidon, Thebes, Tyre
Greece: Byzantium, Crete, Macedonia, Miletus, Sinope, Sparta
Persia: Antioch, Chersonesus, Damascus
Rome: Athens, Baleares, Dalmatia, Massilia, Neapolis, Ravenna, Roma, Saguntum, Sardinia, Sicilia, Vindonona
Carthage: 5 Supply centers, 5 Units: Remove 0.
Egypt: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Build 0.
Greece: 8 Supply centers, 8 Units: Remove 0.
Persia: 1 Supply centers, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Rome: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Build 0.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Fall 06 Prelims, Friday May 13
Fall 06 Orders, Tuesday May 17
Winter 07 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday May 19
Spring 07 Prelims, Friday May 20
Spring 07 Orders, Tuesday May 24
Summer 07 Retreats, Thursday May 26
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