A dance is performed on the North American west coast, a three-way bounce happens in Addis Ababa and the Indian Ocean sends all courters packing. It's all in a season's work and we're off to the summer. We've got two retreats to resolve before we can move on. See for yourselves:
Mexico:
F Morocco Supports F Canary Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Canary Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Florida - Paris
A Florida - Paris (*fails*)
F Quebec - Gulf of St. Lawrence
A Ontario - Quebec
A WInnipeg - Ontario
F Arizona Supports F Revillagigedo Sea
F Pacific Ocean - Vancouver
F Revillagigedo Sea Supports F Micronesian Sea - Fijian Sea
F Oaxaca - Galapagos Sea
South America:
F Vancouver - Alaska
F Falkland Sea - Tongan Sea (*bounce*)
F Micronesian Sea - Fijian Sea
F Hong Kong - South China Sea (*fails*)
F Bay of Bengal - Indian Ocean (*fails*)
F Cocos Sea - Nosy Barrens
F Sandwich Sea - Skeleton Coast
F Recife - Rio de Janeiro
F Trinidad & Tobago - Amazon
F Columbia - Peru
F Cape Verde Sea - Sandwich Sea
Russia:
F Alaska - Pacific Ocean
F Nunavut Holds
F Labrador Sea Holds
F Arctic Ocean Supports F Labrador Sea
A London Holds
A Holland Supports F Paris
A Caucasus - Nizhniy-Novgorod
F Beaufort Sea Supports F Bering Sea
F Bering Sea Supports F Alaska - Pacific Ocean
F Honshu - East China Sea
A Vladivostok Supports A Beijing
A Ulaanbataar Supports A Beijing
A Beijing Supports A Shanghai (*ordered to move*)
West Africa:
F Gulf of Guinea Supports F Cape Verde Sea - Sandwich Sea
A Ouagadougou Supports A Niamey - Lagos
A Niamey - Lagos
A Algeria Supports F Ionian Sea - Libya
South Africa:
A Tunis - Libya
A Egypt Supports A Tunis - Libya
A N'Djamena Supports A Tunis - Libya
F Yaounde - Lagos (*fails*)
F Congo - Yaounde (*fails*)
A Addis Ababa - Nairobi
F Somalia - Addis Ababa (*bounce*)
A Maputo - Zambezi
Persia:
F Paris - Tyrrhenian Sea (*fails*)
F Ionian Sea - Libya (*fails*)
A Ankara - Galilee
A Khartoum - Addis Ababa (*bounce*)
A Riyadh Supports A Tehran - Muscat
F Arabian Sea Supports A Tehran - Muscat
F Mumbai - Indian Ocean (*fails*)
A Tibet Holds
A Shanghai - Hong Kong (*fails*)
A Pakistan - Tehran
A Tehran - Muscat
China:
F Muscat - Addis Ababa (*dislodged*)
F Persian Gulf - Muscat (*fails*)
Oceania:
F Melbourne - Great Australian Bight
F Fijian Sea - Tongan Sea (*dislodged*)
F Arafura Sea - South China Sea
F Manila - Philippines Sea
F Siam Supports F Arafura Sea - South China Sea
F Indian Ocean Suppports F Jakarta (*cut*)
F Jakarta Supports F Indian Ocean
Retreats:
China's F Muscat may retreat to Red Sea or OTB
Oceania's F Fijian Sea may retreat to Jayapura, Coral Reef, Tasman Sea, Auckland, Easter Sea or OTB
Next Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2200GMT for Summer 2009. If I get them in more quickly, I'll adjudicate and move us along.
ps. I'm doing an edit of the map as I prepare for a live game we're scheduling here in Winnipeg. If anyone has suggestions on how to make it more even or better in any way, let me know and I'll consider it.