I guess that's what you get for going against your first impressions. Thanks Rupert for clarifying your intentions. Most honorable stab. I had not considered that perhaps you wanted Holland to win the game.



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-----Original Message-----
From: Former Trout [mailto:former.trout(at)gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:09 AM
To: Cat23 1200 List; DC110(at)diplomaticcorp.com
Cc: Bret Pollack; David E Watson; Jerry Todd; Jim Atkins; Lee Taylor; Mike Hoffman; Randolph; Rob Ackerley; Rob Bristol; Rob Bristol; Rudi Van Hal; Rupert Armstrong; Steve Lytton; Suzanne Castagne; Ted Morley; Morley, Ted
Subject: Guns, Germs and Steel 1264 / DC110 - Fall 1868 - Good Morning Cockerel


- RUSSIA SHARES A TURKEY SANDWICH WITH AUSTRIA AND HOLLAND!!
- UNITED STATES SLAPS BRAZIL WITH A MEXICAN BURRITO!!
- RUSSIA ANEXES JAPANESE SUSHI BARS ACROSS NORTHERN ASIA!!
- FRENCH NAVY ONCE AGAIN FAILS TO GET SAILORS TO VACATE FIJIAN PARADISE!!

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Heya folks,

Definitely an exciting fall turn as with the turn of the year we will see our numbers drop by two. Despite all efforts to the contrary, our friendly Mexican and our good Sultan finally succomb to the pressure of all their neighbours beating them with sacks of doorknobs. The Japanese make a valiant struggle in the southern seas and Russia dominates in northern Asia and the Turkish peninsula.

There is many a retreat needed after this turn. I will need orders from Turkey, United States, Brazil, Holland, Japan and Mexico. (Although admittedly, the Turkish and Mexican retreats are a foregone conclusion -and in fact I already have the Mexican retreats in hand.) Deadline for Early Winter 1868 adjustments will be set for Saturday, February 9th (11:59 PM GMT).

My thanks to both Randolph and Jerry for sticking it through and playing out what must have been some very frustrating game-years. We all appreciate it, fellows. =)

With that, please let me know if you spot any errors. Cheers!

Trout

Dip 1264 / DC110 Guns, Germs and Steel
An Imperial Variant Game Game Started: June 13, 2007





Current Turn: Fall 1868

Next Deadline: Early Winter 1868 Retreats
Saturday, February 9th (11:59 PM GMT)



The Assembly of Nations

Austria: Mike Hoffman
mrh(at)panix.com ([email]mrh(at)panix.com[/email]) Brazil: Ted Morley
Ted.Morley(at)SEN.CA.GOV ([email]Ted.Morley(at)SEN.CA.GOV[/email]) Britain: Steve Lytton
stevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email]) China: Dave Watson
dipknight(at)comcast.net ([email]dipknight(at)comcast.net[/email]) Confederate States: Jim Atkins
savwa4(at)comcast.net ([email]savwa4(at)comcast.net[/email]) France: Lee Taylor
leewarrentaylor(at)yahoo.co.uk ([email]leewarrentaylor(at)yahoo.co.uk[/email]) Holland: Rudi van Hal
rvhgames(at)xs4all.nl ([email]rvhgames(at)xs4all.nl[/email]) Japan: Bret Pollack
bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com ([email]bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com[/email]) Mexico: Randolph
ruffhaus8(at)aol.com ([email]ruffhaus8(at)aol.com[/email]) Prussia: Shane Whatsit
shanefgtoledo(at)yahoo.com ([email]shanefgtoledo(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Russia: Rob Ackerley
rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca ([email]rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca[/email]) Turkey: Jerry Todd
sgttodd(at)mainecav.org ([email]sgttodd(at)mainecav.org[/email]) United States: Rupert Alesbury
writetorupert(at)gmail.com ([email]writetorupert(at)gmail.com[/email])



Humble GM: Former Trout
former.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email]) Game Starting Map: http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/imperial-small.gif Variant Description: http://www.diplom.org/Online/variants/imperial.html
CURRENT TURN:


FALL 1868 ORDERS:


TURKEY:
A Angora (ang) - Constantinople (con) [BOUNCE with CON 1:1; DISBANDED by BAK 3:1] A Armenia (arm) - Angora (ang) [DEFEATED by BAK 3:1] A Baghdad (bag) Hold [DISLODGED by NEJ 3:1]

UNITED STATES:
F Bse - Kam OK F NPa - Wst OK F WCo - EPa OK F EPa - PBa OK F KSe - Sct OK F GoC - GoP OK F Glp SUPPORTS F GoC - GoP OK A Oax SUPPORTS A Mex - Mer OK A Mex - Mer OK A Coa - Mex OK A Uta - Sea OK A Aus HOLDS OK A Ten HOLDS OK F GoM SUPPORTS F Tam - Cub OK F Tam - Cub OK F Bah SUPPORTS F Tam - Cub OK F Atl - Tam OK F ESe - Sar OK F Ric - ESe OK F Che SUPPORTS F NAt OK F NSc SUPPORTS F Hud OK F Hud SUPPORTS F NAt [CUT by GRN] F NAt SUPPORTS F Nan - Nth OK F Ice - Nwg [DEFEATED & DISBANDED by NWG 2:1]

AUSTRIA:
A Syr -> Cai OK F EME -> Cyp OK F Bos -> Gre OK F Aeg S Rmn -> Sof OK A Rmn -> Sof OK A WLC -> Rmn OK A GLC -> War [BOUNCE with WAR 1:1] A Ven S Pie VOID (Unit Ordered To Move) A Ber -> Prs [BOUNCE with PRS 1:1] A Sil S Ber -> Prs [CUT by WAR] A Rhr S Stu OK A Stu S Kie OK A Kie S Rhr OK A Sud S Aby OK A Aby S Gal -> Dar [CUT by RSE] A Gal -> Dar OK

BRAZIL:
F W Car - Honduras OK A Panama S F W Car - Honduras OK A BGT H OK A LIM H OK F Cuba S USA F E. Seaboard - Sargasso [DISLODGED by TAM 3:1] F Haiti S USA F E Seaboard - Sargasso OK F SCT - SW Pacific [BOUNCE with SWP 2:2; DISBANDED by KSE 2:1] F S. Pacific S F ScT - SW Pacific OK F C Basin - A Pacific OK F Drake S F C Basin - A Pacific OK F Co Argentina S F Drake OK F Falklands S F Drake OK A RDJ S F REC OK F NE Trades - M Atlantic [BOUNCE with MNV 2:2] F Rec S F NE Trades - M Atlantic OK F E Car - NE Trades [BOUNCE with NET 1:1]

BRITAIN:
Britain: F Barents Sea (bar) supports f nwg - Iceland OK Britain: F Denmark (den) supports F NTH OK Britain: F Edinburgh (edi) - London OK Britain: F Greenland (grn) - Hudsiin [BOUNCE with HUD 1:2] Britain: F Hong Kong (hko) supports Japanese fleet South china seas VOID (Unit Ordered To Move) Britain: F North Passage (nps) - dublin OK Britain: F Norway (nwy) supports f north OK Britain: F Norwegian Sea - iceland OK Britain: F North Sea (nth), supports Ruhr move to Holland [CUT by NAN]

CHINA:
A Pek S A IMG - MAC OK A LCH - IMG OK A FUC - SHA [BOUNCE with WUH 1:1] A WUH - SHA [BOUNCE with FUC 1:1] A ANN S F GoSIAM - CCH VOID (No Such Order) A TNK - YUT OK A CAN S F HK OK A YUN - TNK OK A TIB - BEN OK [GM NOTE: A KSG UNORDERED - HOLDS] OK [GM NOTE: A KAS UNORDERED - HOLDS] OK [GM NOTE: A DEL UNORDERED - HOLDS] OK

FRANCE:
a Rom hold OK a Hol to met OK a Okn hold OK a Met to mar OK a Par support f bis to nan OK a Pie to ven [BOUNCE with VEN 1:1] f Trp hold OK f Can support f e.seaboard to sargasso OK f biscay to nan [BOUNCE with NAN 1:1] f Azo hold OK f Tyn hold OK f Sic hold OK f Nan to north [BOUNCE with NTH 2:3] f Rou to hol OK f Fij to eo.countercurrent [BOUNCE with ECO 1:1] f moroco to w.med OK F Brazil Current (bcu) Supports F South Atlantic (sat) - Antarctic Atlantic Ocean (aat) OK F Cape Verde Islands (vrd) Supports F Monrovia (mnv) - Middle Atlantic (mat) OK F Gulf of Guinea (gog) - South Atlantic (sat) OK F Middle Atlantic (mat) - Recife (rec) [BOUNCE with REC 1:1] F Monrovia (mnv) - Middle Atlantic (mat) [BOUNCE with NET 2:2] F South Atlantic (sat) - Antarctic Atlantic Ocean (aat) OK

HOLLAND:
F Andaman Sea (ase) - Bangkok (bnk)(wc) OK F Antarctic Atlantic Ocean (aat) - Antarctic Indian Ocean(ain) OK F Antarctic Pacific Ocean(apa) - Drake (dra) [BOUNCE with DRA 1:3; DISLODGED by CBA 2:1] A Bangkok (bnk) - Cambodia (cmb) OK F Cambodia (cmb) - Cochin (cch) OK F Cape Town (ctn) Supports F Goodhope (goo) OK F Celebes Sea (cls) Supports F Mindanao (mnd) - Bismark Sea (bis) OK F Coral Sea (cor) Supports F Fiji (fij) - Equatorial CounterCurrent (eco) [CUT by BIS] F Goodhope (goo) Supports F South Atlantic (sat) - Antarctic Atlantic Ocean (aat) OK A Gujarat (guj) Hold OK F Gulf of Siam (gos) Supports F Sunda (sun) - South China Sea (scs) OK F Hadramaut (hdr)(nc) Supports A Nejaaz (nej) - Baghdad (bag) OK F Horn of Africa (hoa) - Somalia (som) OK F Java Sea (jse) - Sunda (sun) [BOUNCE with SUN 1:1] A Kenya (ken) Supports A Somalia (som) - Gall Land (gld) OK F Luzon (luz) Supports F Mindanao (mnd) - Bismark Sea (bis) OK F Luzon Sea (lus) - Philippine (phi) [BOUNCE with PHI 1:1; DISLODGED by SCS 2:1] F Madras (mds) - Arabian Sea(ara) OK F Malagasy Channel (mch) - Horn of Africa (hoa) OK F Mindanao (mnd) - Bismark Sea (bis) OK A Mozambique (moz) - Congo (cng) OK A Nejaaz (nej) - Baghdad (bag) OK F New Guinea (ngu) Supports F Mindanao (mnd) - Bismark Sea (bis) OK F New Zealand (nzl) Supports F South West Pacific (swp) OK F Persian Gulf (pgu) Supports A Nejaaz (nej) - Baghdad (bag) OK F Red Sea (rse) - Abyssinia (aby) [BOUNCE with ABY 1:12] A Somalia (som) - Gall Land (gld) OK F South Georgia Islands (sgr) Supports F Brazil Current (bcu) OK F South West Pacific (swp) Supports F Kirbati Sea (kse) - Society Islands (sct) OK F Sunda (sun) - South China Sea (scs) [BOUNCE with ECS 2:2] F Timor (tim) - Irian Java (ija) OK

JAPAN:
A Mac to hold [DISLODGED by NMG 2:1] F Equitorial CouterCurrent supports Brazil F SCT to SWP [CUT by FIJ] F SCS to Luz OK F Phi to F SCS to Luz OK F ECS to SCS [BOUNCE with SUN 2:2] F For supprt F ECS to SCS OK F Bis to Cor [BOUNCE with COR 1:1; DISBANDED by MND 4:1] F IZU to Bis [DEFEATED by MND 4:3] F Crl support F IZU to Bis OK F MHL support F IZU to Bis OK F Haw to hold OK F Oki to IZU [BOUNCE with IZU 1:1]

MEXICO:
All units hold
[GM NOTE: A MER HOLDS] [DISLODGED by MEX 2:1] [GM NOTE: F CCU HOLDS] OK [GM NOTE: F GOP HOLDS] [DISBANDED by GOC 2:1]

RUSSIA:
A Afganistan (afg) Supports A Karachi (krc) OK A Baku (bku) - Angora (ang) OK A Bangalore (ban) Supports A Karachi (krc) OK F Black Sea (bla) Supports A Baku (bku) - Angora (ang) OK F Caspian Sea (cas) - Baku (bku)(ec) OK F Constantinople (con) Supports A Baku (bku) - Angora (ang) OK A Inner Mongolia (img) - Manchuria (mac) OK A Irkutsk (irk) - Krasnoyarsk (kra) OK A Karachi (krc) Supports A Bangalore (ban) OK A Warsaw (war) - Silesia (sil) [BOUNCE with SIL 1:1] A Prussia (pru) - Silesia (sil) [BOUNCE with SIL 1:1] A Sevastopol (sev) - Warsaw (war) [BOUNCE with WAR 1:1] F St Petersburg (stp)(nc) - Finland (fin)(nc) OK A Tabrize (tbr) - Armenia (arm) [BOUNCE with ARM 1:1] A Vladivostok (vla) - Sakhurlin (sak) OK A Yakutsk (yak) - Vladivostok (vla) OK

EARLY WINTER 1868 ADJUSTMENTS:
Turkish A Angora may retreat to Syr or OTB
Turkish A Baghdad may retreat to Syr or OTB
United States F Iceland may retreat to Nps or OTB
Brazilian F Cuba may retreat to Wcs or OTB
Brazilian F Society Islands is Automatically Disbanded
Dutch F Antartic Pacific Ocean may retreat to Brr, Tas or OTB
Dutch F Luzon Sea may retreat to Mnd or OTB
Japanese A Manchuria may retreat to Poa, Seo or OTB
Japanese F Bismark Sea may retreat to Wpa or OTB
Mexican A Merida may retreat to Gtm or OTB
Mexican F Gulf of Panama is Automatically Disbanded


WINTER 1868 ADJUSTMENTS:
Turkey: DISBANDS 3 United States: BUILDS 5 Austria: BUILDS 3 Brazil: BUILDS 2 Britain: DISBANDS 1 China: BUILDS 1 France: BUILDS 1 Holland: BUILDS 1 Japan: DISBANDS 1 Mexico: DISBANDS 2 Russia: BUILDS 4



Unit / Supply Center Breakdown


Turkey
4 Supply Centers - Ang, Cyp, Bag, Con GAIN: 3 Armies - Arm, [Bag], [Ang] LOSS: Ang, Cyp, Bag, Con 0 Fleets - DISBANDS 3

United States
25 Supply Centers - Wdc, Nyo, Det, Sfo, Org, Sea, Neb, Kan, Vic, Alb GAIN: Sct, Mex, Mer, Cub Ric, Van, Yuk, Anc, Che, Nme, Que, Nsc, Okl, Atl, Glp, Aus, Nol, Bha, Maz LOSS: 6 Armies - Aus, Mex, Oax, Sea, Mer, Ten BUILDS 5 18 Fleets - Kam, Bha, Glp, Pba, Sct, Nat, Che, Wco, Cub, Nol, Wst,
Gop, Sar, Hud, Nsc, Ese, Tam, [Ice]


Austria
16 Supply Centers - Vie, Bud, Crt, Ven, Ser, Bav, Sil, Sud, Ser, Ruh, GAIN: Cyp, Sof, Aby Cai, Kie, Ber, Rmn, Cre, Gre LOSS: 13 Armies - Stu, Aby, Dar, Kie, Ber, Cai, Ven, Sil, Sof, Sud, Gal, Rmn, Ruh BUILDS 3 3 Fleets - Cyp, Aeg, Gre


Brazil
16 Supply Centers - Bra, Oli, Rec, Rdj, Prg, Brc, Uru, Lpa, Fal, Cyn, GAIN: Hon, Pan, Hai Lim, Bgt, Prm, Cub, Sct, Vrg LOSS: Sct, Cub 4 Armies - Lim, Bgt, Pan, Rdj BUILDS 2 11 Fleets - Hon(ec), Ecs, Fal, [Cub], Spa, Rec, Apa, Dra, Hai, Coa, Net


Britain
9 Supply Centers - Lon, Edi, Dub, Hgk, Nwy, Grn, Aby, Swe, Den GAIN: 0 Armies - LOSS: Aby 9 Fleets - Ice, Nth, Nwy, Grn, Den, Hgk, Bar, Lon, Dub DISBANDS 1

China
12 Supply Centers - Lch, Chk, Snk, Can, Ben, Brm, Yut, Kas, Rng, Del GAIN: Pek Tnk, Sha LOSS: 12 Armies - Wuh, Ann, Del, Kas, Ben, Nmg, Yut, Fuc, Pek, Can, Ksg, Tnk BUILDS 1 0 Fleets -


France
24 Supply Centers - Nan, Mrs, Par, Crs, Mnv, Gcs, Sie, Ivc, Pie, Vlc GAIN: Vrd, Mrc, Tun, Cmn, Okn, Azo, Gib, Sal, Hol, Sic, Rom, Trp, Fij, Hai LOSS: Hai 6 Armies - Rom, Met, Okn, Mar, Par, Pie BUILDS 1 16 Fleets - Trp, Can, Vrd, Bcu, Azo, Tyn, Sic, Mat, Aat, Nan, Sat, Hol, Fij
Bis, Mnv, Wme


Holland
31 Supply Centers - Ctn, Trn, Cey, Sum, Jav, Brn, Rho, Amn, Srw, Ngu GAIN: Bag Mal, Ija, Bsw, Sey, Sgp, Mad, Bnk, Mld, Per, Qnl, Nsw, Mds, Cmb, Nze LOSS: Sgr, Cch, Luz, Mnd, Bor, Oma, Ade BUILDS 1 6 Armies - Ken, Guj, Cmb, Gld, Bag, Cng
25 Fleets - Ain, Hdr(ec), Ara, [Luz], Bnk(wc), [Apa], Rse, Som, Bis, Pgu,
Swp, Hoa, Gos, Lus, Nze, Sgr, Goo, Ctn, Cor, Ngu, Sun, Ija, Cls, Cch,
Jse


Japan
15 Supply Centers - Oki, Kag, Edo, Sap, Fsn, Sak, Seo, Crl, For, Mhl GAIN: Poa, Vla, Mnc, Haw, Pek, LOSS: Mnc, Pek, Sak, Vla 1 Army - [Mnc] DISBANDS 1 11 Fleets - Oki, Eco, Mhl, Phi, For, Haw, Luz, Oki, Kse, Ecs, [Bis]


Mexico
4 Supply Centers - Mer, Hon, Pan, Mxc GAIN: 1 Army - [Mer] LOSS: Mer, Hon, Pan, Mxc 1 Fleet - Ccu DISBANDS 2

Russia
16 Supply Centers - Stp, Mos, War, Sev, Grg, Oms, Orn, Irk, The, Tsh GAIN: Con, Ang, Mac, Vla, Sak Khv, Sof, Pru, Krc, Bku, Ban LOSS: Sof 12 Armies - Vla, Afg, Mac, War, Tbr, Kra, Krc, Ban, Ang, Sak, Pru, Sev BUILDS 4 4 Fleets - Bla, Con, Fin(nc), Bku(ec)


PRUSSIA - ELIMINATED 1865


CONFEDERATE STATES - ELIMINATED 1867



NEXT DEADLINE: EARLY WINTER 1868 ADJUSTMENTS DUE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH (11:59 PM GMT)!!