OOOPS
AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR TROUT FOR A WELL HOSTED GAME!!

F


On Oct 12, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Former Trout wrote:

Deep within the bomb-proof walls of an undisclosed location in southern Europe, the leaders of the unoccupied territories gathered.  The walls shook as explosions rocked the ground above them - dust sifting from the ceiling with each bone-jarring thump to collect on the ground.

The Tsar pointed at the map spread on the table before them.  "Nyet, comrades.  This cannot be!"  His finger hovered above the black dot that represented Vienna, as if somehow he could change it back from black to red.

The pink-clad Austrian before him grimaced.  "Unfortunately, its true.  The attack from Tyrolia was too much for us to hold."

"But can they really be at nineteen supply centers?"  The Italian questioned - his voice cracking.

The Sultan smirked.  "Their gains came in the west, from France, not from our Eastern centers."  He sat in his chair quietly smoking his hookah and trying to ignore the sounds of the war above them.  "We might as well all be waving white flags."

At that moment, the door opened and the French President walked in.  His wardrobe consisted of shining white garments, from his stylish coat to his burnished shoes.  A white beret topped his smiling face.  Whistling to himself, he stopped as he suddenly noticed that the other four men were glaring at him.  "What?" he asked.  "Something I said?"

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And with France, so goes the board.  Congratulations to Mike Sims for a sweeping 19 center German solo victory in DC-104.  Finessing his way back into Vienna, the German also storms into Marseilles and Spain to seal the deal.  And with that, the first round of the Invitational comes to a close.

There was one retreat required from Spain, but it had only the Gulf of Lyons to go to.  But of course, that is purely window-dressing with the game resolved.  My thanks to all you players who made this game a very memorable one.

EOG's are, of course, extremely welcome.  I would greatly look forward to what all of you have to say about this crazy game of ours.  It's been an honour being the GM for this - my hat is off to all of you.

As always, please let me know if I've made a mistake at all in the adjudication.  For those who keep track of these things, the last few Subject Headers came from the great White Stripes album "Get Thee Behind Me Satan."

Cheers!  (And congratulations once again to Mike..)

Trout

DC104InvitationalA Standard GameGame Started:May 29, 2007



Current Turn:Fall 1908
GAME RESULT:GERMAN SOLO - FALL 1908


The Rowdy Cast
Austria:Bruce Rayraybrucea(at)aol.com ([email]raybrucea(at)aol.com[/email])England:Steve Lyttonstevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email])France:Felix Kam Chungfelixkamchung(at)mac.com ([email]felixkamchung(at)mac.com[/email])Germany:Mike Simsmike(at)jenningstech.com ([email]mike(at)jenningstech.com[/email])Italy:Kevin O'Kellykodiplomacy(at)gmail.com ([email]kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com[/email])Russia:Mikael Johannsenm_don_j(at)hotmail.com ([email]m_don_j(at)hotmail.com[/email])Turkey:Erik Swiatekswiatek(at)ruc.dk ([email]swiatek(at)ruc.dk[/email])


Humble GM:Former Troutformer.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email])

CURRENT SEASON:


FALL 1908 ORDERS:


TURKEY:
F ION C A Gre -> ApuOKA Gre -> ApuOK

AUSTRIA:
Vie s Tri - Tyrolia[DISBANDED by TYL 2:1]Bud s Vie[CUT by GAL]

FRANCE:
Spa, sc s Por[DISLODGED by MAO 2:1]Por HOKNap - RomOKTyn Sea - West MedOKTun - N. AfrOK

GERMANY:
A Gas S MAO-Spa(sc)OKF MAO-Spa(sc)OKF ENG-BreOKF NAT-MAOOKF Nwy-NWGOKF Hol-NTHOKA Bur-MarOKA Mun-SilOKA Tyr-VieOKA Boh S Tyr-VieOKA Gal-Bud[BOUNCE with BUD 1:1;  DISBANDED by UKR 2:1]A Sil-WarOKA War-UkrOKA Mos S War-UkrOKA StP S MosOKA Tus-Ven[BOUNCE with VEN 2:2]A Pie S Tus-VenOK

ITALY:
a ven s triVOID (Unit Ordered to Move)f adr s venOK

RUSSIA:
Tri - TyrOKSer - TriOKSev - Ukr[DEFEATED by WAR 2:1]Arm - Sev[BOUNCE with SEV 1:1]Ukr - GalOKRum s Ukr - GalOK

EARLY WINTER 1908 RETREATS:
Austrian A Vienna is Automatically Disbanded
French F Spain(sc) is Auto-Retreated to Gulf of Lyons
German A Galicia is Automatically Disbanded


WINTER 1908 ADJUSTMENTS:
Turkey:No AdjustmentsAustria:No AdjustmentsFranceISBANDS 2Germany:BUILDS 3Italy:No AdjustmentsRussia:BUILDS 1



UNIT / SUPPLY CENTER BREAKDOWN
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TURKEY:
2 Supply Centers - Smy, GreGAIN:1 Army - ApuLOSE:1 Fleet - Ion


AUSTRIA:
2 Supply Centers - Tri, BudGAIN:1 Army - BudLOSE:  Tri0 Fleets


FRANCE:
5 Supply Centers - Spa, Tun, Por, Mar, RomGAIN:1 Army - PorLOSE:  Mar, Spa4 Fleets - Rom, Wme, Naf, GolDISBANDS 2

GERMANY:
17 Supply Centers - Mun, Kie, Ber, Bel, Hol, Den, Swe, Lon, Edi, Nwy, Lvp, Stp, War, VieGAIN:  Mar, Spa  Par, Bre, MosLOSE:11 Armies - Tus, Gas, Pie, Stp, Ukr, Mos, Mar, Vie, War, Sil, BohBUILDS 35 Fleets - Mao, Spa(sc), Bre, Nwg, Nth


ITALY:
2 Supply Centers - Nap, VenGAIN:1 Army - VenLOSE:1 Fleet - Adr


RUSSIA:
6 Supply Centers - Sev, Rum, Bul, Ser, Ank, ConGAIN:  Tri6 Armies - Tri, Ser, Arm, Rum, Sev, UkrLOSE:0 Fleets -  BUILDS 1

ENGLAND - ELIMINATED 1907



190019011902190319041905190619071908AUSTRIA357632221ENGLAND344431100FRANCE343345553GERMANY36791113151719ITALY356543222RUSSIA464467767TURKEY343333222










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