Episode 3: A Tribute to Kenny Rogers
Know when to hold 'em,Know when to fold 'em,Know when to walk away,Know when to run.
Ironically, the name of the tune which gave us these classic lyrics was "The Gambler." Ironic, I say, because I feel confident in saying that this season's orders were anything but risky. If I may coin a word, I would say they were the "holdingest" orders I've ever seen, short of a stalemate line.
Susie, queue up the
statistics:
> Of the seven countries, only ONE, the Sultan, did not order at least one hold.
> Out of 30 total units, 11 were ordered to hold, or support a unit in holding. That's 37% units devoted to not moving.
> According to this nifty chart that I found on musicVF.com, Kenny Rogers had 14 number 1 hits on the US Country music charts. I don't think I've ever heard most of them, but "The Gambler" was huge. It definitely played on the pop stations I was listening to at the time. http://www.musicvf.com/Kenny+Rogers.art
RETREATS: Austrian A Serbia can retreat to Greece or Albania or OTB (off the board).
NEXT DEADLINE: Fall 1902 orders are due Thursday, February 2, at 18:00 EST. This deadline shall be unaffected by the news that day, good or bad, out of Punxatawny, PA.
Cheers,Chris
Orders as resolved. Please notify the GM immediately if you spot an
error.=======================================================Austria:
A Budapest - Vienna
A Serbia - Budapest (*Dislodged*)
F Trieste Hold
England:
F London - English Channel
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F London - English Channel (*Cut*)
F North Sea Supports A Norway
A Norway Hold
France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
A Gascony Hold
F Marseilles Hold
A Portugal Hold
Germany:
A Belgium - Picardy
A Berlin - Silesia (*Bounce*)
A Denmark Hold
F Holland - Belgium
A Kiel Supports A Denmark
A Munich - Burgundy
Italy:
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Fails*)
F Tunis - Western Mediterranean
A Venice Hold
Russia:
A Galicia - Budapest (*Bounce*)
A Rumania Supports A Bulgaria - Serbia
F Sevastopol Hold
A St Petersburg - Norway (*Fails*)
F Sweden Hold
A Warsaw - Silesia (*Bounce*)
Turkey:
F Black Sea Supports A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
F Smyrna - Aegean Sea
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