"Second draw proposal to vote upon!"

 

"Russian Constantinople fleet hits minefield; all hands lost!"

 

"Winter Blitz tournament gets underway on world's greatest website; GM reminds players to put 'dc395' in the subject bar of all further emails upon pain of much wailing and gnashing of teeth!"

 

"Due to Winter Blitz, GM is going to need to get a bit firmer with the deadlines!"

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

Here's your Autumn 1908 adjudication.

 

Austria:
A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Vienna - Trieste

 

England:
A Bulgaria Supports A Ankara - Constantinople (*Cut*)
F North Sea - Norway
F
Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway
A Paris Hold (*Dislodged*)
F Skagerrak Supports A Denmark - Sweden
A Spain Supports A Piedmont - Marseilles

 

France:
A Brest Supports A Gascony - Paris
A Gascony - Paris

 

Germany:
A Denmark - Sweden
F Greece Supports A Bulgaria
A Munich - Silesia (*Dislodged*)

 

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Piedmont - Marseilles
F Ionian Sea - Aegean Sea (*Bounce*)
A Piedmont - Marseilles
A Tyrolia - Bohemia

 

Russia:
A Armenia - Sevastopol
A Berlin Supports A Bohemia - Munich (*Cut*)
F Black Sea Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria
A Bohemia - Munich
A Burgundy - Belgium
F Constantinople - Aegean Sea (*Disbanded*)
F Norway - North Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Silesia Supports A Bohemia - Munich
F Sweden - Denmark (*Dislodged*)

 

Turkey:
A
Ankara - Constantinople
F Kiel - Berlin (*Fails*)
A Smyrna Supports A Ankara - Constantinople
A Venice Hold

 

Retreats are due as follows:

 

England: Army Paris retreats to Picardy, Burgundy, or OTB

 

Germany: Army Munich retreats to Ruhr, Tyrolia, or OTB

 

Russia: Fleet Norway retreats to St Petersburg (nc), or OTB

 

Russia: Fleet Sweden retreats to Finland, Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea, or OTB

 

Retreats are due by 2100GMT tomorrow - that's Tuesday 17 January - though I will announce the retreats earlier than this as soon as I receive them. I'm going to need to bring the  build/disband deadline forwards a bit, I'm away from home on business Wednesday evening. The build/disband deadline will be 1500GMT Wednesday 18 January - six hours earlier than usual. Feel free to put your build/disband
orders in with your retreats, and you can also make them conditional if you like.


There is a draw proposal to be voted upon. The suggestion is for a three-way ERI draw. Please do insert your votes within your Spring 09 orders - remember, all seven of you need to vote in favour for the three-way draw to pass.

 

Finally, I'm now involved in several games with the advent of the Winter Blitz tournament. I'm maybe not going to be able to be as liberal with sending out lots of reminders to you all to get your orders in on time, so if you want to avoid the dreaded NMR, then I suggest you submit preliminary orders in good time. Also, unless you want insults to be thrown at you from my direction, please ensure you put 'dc395' into the subject bar of emails you send me. Or else....!

 

Stay saucy
everyone,

 

Jerome