Hilariously brutal.....
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
*Cut*
*Dislodged*
*Disbanded*
Those are the results for Germany, and what a brutal set they are. Rene, I fear you may not outlive 1904. Your neighbors all seem intent on remedying their short-term unit shortages with temporary boost from German home centers. Berlin, Kiel, and Munich all change hands.
In other lands (and seas), a chain of Austrian, Italian, and Turkish fleets advances toward Western Med; the Turks dislodge a Russian fleet in Rumania; Belgium is swapped; and the Tsar applies judo to advance his St. Petersburg fleet to Norway while allowing England entry into Barents Sea.
In addition to the disbandment (A Kiel), we have three retreats due tomorrow... not to mention adjustments. So, let me remind you that you *are* allowed to submit winter adjustments that are conditional upon autumn retreats. For example:
If Munich retreats to Silesia, build this;
if Munich retreats to Ruhr, build that; and
if Munich retreats OTB, don't build.
Just remember, the conditional orders must be crystal clear and should cover all possible scenarios.
Retreats:
French Fleet Western Mediterranean may retreat to Mid-Atlantic Ocean, Spain (sc), or OTB.
German Army Munich may retreat to Ruhr, Silesia, or OTB.
Russian Fleet Rumania may retreat to Bulgaria (ec), Sevastopol, or OTB.
Adjustments:
Assuming that all units remain on the map, the adjustments are as follows. Please note that Russian and Turkish totals depend on Fleet Rumania's retreat (Turkey may be advised to use conditional orders...).
Austria: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1
England: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
France: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
Germany: Supp 1 Unit 2 Remove 1
Italy: Supp 1 Unit 2 Remove 1
Russia: Supp 6/7 Unit 6 Build 0/1
Turkey: Supp 7/8 Unit 6 Build 1/2
So, England can take tomorrow off. Everybody else... submit orders!
Fall 1903:
Austria:
A Bohemia Supports A Tyrolia - Munich
F Greece - Ionian Sea
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Bounce*)
A Rome - Tuscany
A Tyrolia - Munich
A Venice - Tyrolia
England:
F Belgium - English Channel
F Holland Supports A Ruhr - Kiel
F North Sea - Denmark (*Fails*)
F Norwegian Sea - Barents Sea
A Ruhr - Kiel
France:
A Burgundy - Munich (*Fails*)
A Gascony - Marseilles (*Bounce*)
F Marseilles - Gulf of Lyon
A Picardy - Belgium
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Marseilles - Gulf of Lyon (*Dislodged*)
Germany:
F Denmark Supports A Kiel (*Cut*)
A Kiel Supports A Munich (*Disbanded*)
A Munich Supports A Kiel (*Dislodged*)
Italy:
A North Africa Hold
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean
Russia:
F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea
A Norway - Finland
A Prussia Supports A Silesia - Berlin
F Rumania Hold (*Dislodged*)
F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway
F Sweden Supports F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Greece - Ionian Sea
F Black Sea - Rumania
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Serbia Supports F Black Sea - Rumania
A Silesia - Berlin
F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
