Well... it seems the highlight of this turn is the number of offered
cruises on the board. And one of them was even turned down! Who
turns down a cruise? Ah well... we move full force ahead with only
two retreats needed. Thanks to those of you who have given some input
on the map. I've been working on a tweaking it a bit for a live game
I'm playing in on Sunday. I'll let you know what I learn! On to the
moves, then:
Mexico:
F Vancouver - Alaska
F Arizona Supports F Alaska - Pacific Ocean
F Revillagigedo Sea Suppports F Fijian Sea
F Fijian Sea Supports F Tongan Sea - Auckland
F Quebec - Halifax (*bounce*)
A Winnipeg - Nunavut
A Boston - Halifax (*bounce*)
A Florida - Iberia (*fails*)
F Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Florida - Iberia
F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Iberia - Rome
F Morocco Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
A Iberia - Rome (*bounce*)
South America:
A Argentina - Pretoria
F Falkland Sea Convoys A Argentina - Pretoria
F Skeleton Coast Convoys A Argentina - Pretoria
F Sandwich Sea Convoys A Florida - Yaounde (*invalid*)
F Cape Verde Sea Convoys A Florida - Yaounde (*invalid*)
F Rio de Janeiro Supports F Sandwich Sea
F Chile - Tongan Sea
F Tongan Sea - Auckland
F Alaska - Pacific Ocean
F Bay of Bengal Supports F Mumbai - Indian Ocean
F Maputo Supports A Argentina - Pretoria
Russia:
F Micronesian Sea - Philippines Sea
F Beaufort Sea Supports F Bering Sea
F Labrador Sea Holds
A Holland Supports F Paris
F Arctic Ocean Supports F Labrador Sea
F Oslo - North Sea
A Nizhniy-Novgorod Holds
A Irkutsk - Vladivostok
A Ulaanbaatar Holds
A Beijing Holds
F Vladivostok - Sea of Japan
A Bering Sea Holds
F East China Sea Supports F Micronesian Sea - Philippines Sea
West Africa:
A Niamey - Libya
A Algeria Supports A Niamey - Libya
A Lagos - N'Djamena (*fails*)
F Gulf of Guinea - Supports A Florida - Yaounde (*invalid*)
South Africa:
A Libya - Niamey (*dislodged*)
A N'Djamena Supports A Libya - Niamey (*cut*)
F Yaounde - Lagos (*fails*)
F Congo - Angola
A Zambezi Supports F Congo - Angola
A Nairobi - Addis Ababa
F Somalia - Nairobi
Persia:
A Tibet - Shanghai (*bounce*)
A Hong Kong - Shanghai (*bounce*)
A Muscat - Khartoum
A Egypt Supports A Muscat - Khartoum
F Ankara - Greece
A Tehran - Ankara
A Baghdad - Riyadh
A Galilee Supports A Egypt
F Ionian Sea - Rome (*bounce*)
F Paris Holds
F Mumbai - Indian Ocean
F Arabian Sea Supports F Mumbai - Indian Ocean
A Pakistan - Mumbai
China:
F Red Sea Convoys A Muscat - Khartoum
Oceania:
F Indian Ocean - Cocos Sea
F Jakarta Supports F Siam
F Siam Supports F Jakarta
F South China Sea - Taiwan (*bounce*)
F Philippines Sea - Taiwan (*dislodged*)
F Tasman Sea - Auckland (*fails*)
F Great Australian Bight - Tasman Sea (*fails*)
Retreats:
SAf's A Libya may retreat to Tunis or OTB
Oce's F Philippines Sea may retreat to Jayapura, Arafura Sea, Manila or OTB
Next Deadline:
Summer 2010 retreats due Friday, Feb 13, 2200GMT