Fall 954: what happened to the French? Did their bonfire got out of hand and spread to the neighboring region?
Or was it planned this way? Black plumes of smoke rise from the cities of Nantes and Tours.
The Burgundians arrived just too late in Nantes to stop the French. In Tours the civilians are clueless as to why their villages were set on fire. The Norse army,expecting to support the French into Paris, is equally puzzled by this French display of, uh, suicidal genocide.
Confusion in the northern region of Mecklenburg, Hamsburg, Hedeby, Jomsborg and Jylland: units from the Danes, Norse and Slaves are scrambling to make some sense of their orders. And the Swedish army of Aldeigjuborg who intended to support the Swedish fleet in the Gulf of Finland into Reval realized at its border that it still had to cross Ingermannland to get there.

A DRAW proposal has been submitted: DRAW NORGE - ERE.
Any endgame proposals will be voted for in either major season (Spring, Fall).
So please submit your votes with the next Spring orders (yes, first there is Autumn and Winter).
If a player doesn't submit a vote, it will be counted as a 'NO' vote.

This Fall's orders:
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ArabCaliphates:
A Burgos Hold
F Gulf of Cadiz - Mid Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Lisboa Supports F Gulf of Cadiz - Mid Atlantic Ocean
F Serkland - Gulf of Cadiz (*Fails*)
A Sevilla - Cordoba
A Toulouse Supports A Auvergne - Nantes

Burgundy:
A Auvergne - Nantes
A Avignon - Auvergne
A Bavaria Supports A Tirol
F Berber Coast Supports F Serkland - Gulf of Cadiz
A Catalonia - Avignon
A Champagne Supports A Paris
F Dogger Bank - Dorestad
A Flanders Supports A Verdun - Rouen
F Gulf of Lyons Supports F Berber Coast
A Lombardy Hold
A Paris Supports A Verdun - Rouen
F Strait of Sicily Hold
A Tirol Supports A Bavaria
A Verdun - Rouen

Danmark:
F Bruges - English Channel (*Bounce*)
F English Channel - Bretagne
A Hedeby Hold
F Mecklenburg Supports A Hedeby
F Oerne - Bornholmer Sea (*Fails*)
A Rouen Supports A Paris (*Disbanded*)
F Sea of England - Jorvik (*Dislodged*)

EasternRomanEmpire:
F Aegean Sea - Miklagard
F Alexandria Hold
A Beograd - Transylvania
F Cypriot Sea - Smyrna
A Graz - Praha (*Fails*)
A Jorsal - Palmyra
A Khazar Empire Hold
A Miklagard - Paristria
F North Black Sea Supports A Khazar Empire
F Palermo Hold
A Paristria - Valakia
A Spalato - Buda
A Trebizond Supports A Khazar Empire
A Venezia Supports A Spalato - Buda

France:
A Nantes Des Nantes (*Disbanded*)
A Tours Des Tours

SlavicNations:
A Burta Supports F Vladimir - Khazar Empire
A Gardarike - Kjonugard
A Hamburg Supports A Jomsborg - Mecklenburg (*Void*)
A Holmgard Hold
A Kaffa Supports F Vladimir - Khazar Empire
A Praha Supports A Ruthenia - Pest (*Cut*)
A Przemysl Hold
A Rostov - Mordvin
A Ruthenia - Pest (*Fails*)
F Vladimir - Khazar Empire (*Fails*)

Norge:
F Bay of Biscay Supports F Mid Atlantic Ocean
F Hafrsfjord - North Sea
A Hastings Hold
F Irish Sea - English Channel (*Bounce*)
A Jylland Supports A Hamburg - Hedeby (*Void*)
A Lapland - Kvenland
F Lindisfarne Supports F North Sea - Sea of England
A London - Skegness (*Fails*)
A Maine Supports A Tours - Paris (*Void*)
F Mid Atlantic Ocean Hold
F North Sea - Sea of England
F Skagerrak Supports F Hafrsfjord - North Sea
A Skegness - Jorvik (*Bounce*)

Sverige:
A Aldeigjuborg Supports F Gulf of Finland - Reval (*Fails*)
F Baltic Sea Supports F Kalmar - Bornholmer Sea
A Breslau - Brandenburg
A Gdansk - Memel (*Bounce*)
A Goteborg - Kalmar (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Finland - Reval
A Jomsborg Hold
F Kalmar - Bornholmer Sea
A Vitebsk - Memel (*Bounce*)

Independent:
A Buda Supports A Pest (*Disbanded*)
A Pest Supports A Buda (*Cut*)


Autumn 954:
only one retreat due for the Danish Fleet in Sea Of England. It can retreat to either Essex or Dogger Bank, or OTB.
Deadline for retreat is Friday Sep 25 at 23:00 and I'll adjudicate as soon as I have received it.
A look ahead: Deadline for Winter 954 will be Tuesday , Sep 30 at 23:00 GMT.

As you can see I have adopted the icons for Fleets and Armies from the Stonehenge game.
They are much more appropriate for this Viking game set in 950 AD.
If you like them, let me know and I'll send them to you.
The DPY and other files will be attached with the Autumn Adjudication.

Frank