After eight major seasons, what little I can divine is this: Byzantium is on the edge of destruction, but stays alive possibly due to Ukrainian efforts to keep the middle strong. The Irish and Spanish look like formidable allies, and early-leader syndrome has avoided this game thus far, as Poland continues to expand at will. I do enjoy being a fly on the wall of Diplomacy games.
Five units dislodged! Get your retreat orders or countermanding OTB orders to me by 06 June at 08:00 GMT.
Burgundy
F Norway - Norwegian Sea
A Picardy - BrusselsF Anglican Sea S Pol F Skagerrak - North Sea (*dislodged*)
A Hesse S Pol A Saxony - BavariaA Languedoc Hold
A Dijon S A Languedoc (*cut*)
Byzantium
F East Black Sea - AnatoliaA Constantinople S F East Black Sea - Anatolia (*dislodged*)
Éire
A Brittany - PicardyF Wessex - Anglican Sea
F English Channel S F Wessex - Anglican SeaF Edinburgh - Yorkshire
Hungary
A Bohemia - Saxony (*bounce*)A Bavaria S A Bohemia - Saxony (*dislodged*)
A Serbia - TransylvaniaA Budapest S A Serbia - Transylvania (*cut*)
A Austria S A BudapestF Venezia Hold
Israel
A Iran - Turkestan
A Anatolia - Armenia (*dislodged*)F Georgia - Armenia (*bounce*)
F Aegean Sea S Sic F Thrace - ConstantinopleF Smyrna S F Aegean Sea
Poland
F Skagerrak - north SeaF Sweden - Skagerrak
F Bornholm Sea - DenmarkA Saxony - Bavaria
A Silesia - Saxony (*bounce*)A Galicia - Bohemia (*fails*)
A Lemberg - Budapest (*fails*)A Odessa - Donbas
A Holstein Hold
Sicily
F Thrace - ConstantinopleF Tobruk Sea - Malta Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea - RomeF Tunisia - Tyrrhenian Sea (*dislodged*)
F Gulf of Lion - Palma SeaA Piedmont S Bur A Languedoc
F Athens Hold
Spain
F Utica Sea - TunisiaF Algeria S F Utica Sea - Tunisia
F Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea (*bounce*)A Catalonia - Gascony
F Santander S A Catalonia - GasconyA France - Dijon (*fails*)
Ukraine
A Rumania - Bulgaria
F West Black Sea S Byz F East Black Sea - AnatoliaF Yalta - East Black Sea
F Circassia S F Yalta - East Black Sea
RetreatsBurgundian F Anglican Sea can retreat to Hague or Heligoland Bight.
Byzantine A Constantinople can retreat to Pisidia or Aitolia.Hungarian A Bavaria can retreat to Ruhr, Swabia, or Tyrol.
Israelite A Anatolia can retreat to Cilicia or Pisidia.
Sicilian F Tunisia can retreat to Tripolitania, so ordered.