Go, go, Gumball!
You guys have done it again! Just at the time when most Diplomacy games would be looking at one or two powers starting to dominate the board, you guys are actually becoming MORE evenly balanced. I'm thinking I'd better reconsider my Christmas vacation plans because this game is still going to be playing.
Three powers entered 1907 at three SC. At the end of the year, two of those three are now up to four, and the third is holding his own. Meanwhile, our board leader (Germany) is knocked back to seven dots. I'll have another cup of parity, please!
Highlights of our Lucky 7th year:
* Germany and Austria, our two biggest powers with 7 SC each, continue to jostle along their mutual border. Each one forces one of his opponents units to retreat. Is this a war or a square dance? One step forward, one step back, do-si-do with red and black!
* Russia finally convinces England to take Norway away from the Germans. But what's this? It looks like Germany may be trying to make peace with the White Army. Will the Tsar give him a listen or are past injuries still too sore to ignore?
* Turkey wins the lottery. Okay, not the MEGA-MILLIONS, but certainly the daily numbers. Not only does he outguess the A-I team and take back Smyrna, but his lonely fleet in Sevastopol gets to remain unmolested in that port through the coming Winter. Mark that down as +1 for the Sultan.
* England has a successful turn, too, taking Norway away from the Germans, who no doubt expected one or both of those English fleets to sail to North Sea. That's a nice +1 for the Brits, too.
* By the way, it looks like that German offer to give Belgium to the French is off the table. Losing a dot does tend to cut into one's charitable impulse.
* Italy can't help but say the naughty words as his dual front war is producing dual doo-doo. No progress in France and going backward in Turkey. I expect there will be some hard questions being asked in Rome this Winter about the direction this war is taking.
* And our last note is a doozy. Seriously, you might want to sit down for this one. France moves a unit! No really, he does. Look at F Portugal now out in MAO. It wasn't there before, I'm sure. Better watch out, Europe! Here it comes! Vive La Republique!
Orders as resolved. Please check 'em and let me know ASAP if there are any errors.
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Austria:
A Budapest - Galicia
A Bulgaria Supports F Smyrna - Constantinople (*Void*)
A Piedmont - Tyrolia (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports A Budapest - Galicia
F Trieste Supports A Ukraine - Sevastopol (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia - Bohemia (*Dislodged*)
A Vienna Supports A Budapest - Galicia
England:
F Edinburgh - Yorkshire (*Bounce*)
F London - Yorkshire (*Bounce*)
F Norwegian Sea - Norway
France:
F Brest Supports F Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles Supports A Spain
A Picardy - Belgium (*Fails*)
F Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Spain Supports A Marseilles (*Cut*)
Germany:
A Belgium Hold
A Bohemia - Tyrolia
A Galicia - Vienna (*Dislodged*)
F Helgoland Bight - North Sea
A Munich Supports A Bohemia - Tyrolia
F North Sea - Norwegian Sea
A Norway Supports A St Petersburg (*Dislodged*)
A Silesia - Bohemia
Italy:
F Aegean Sea Convoys A Greece - Smyrna
A Greece - Smyrna (*Fails*)
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Smyrna - Eastern Mediterranean
F Western Mediterranean - Spain(sc) (*Fails*)
Russia:
A Moscow - Warsaw
A St Petersburg Supports F Norwegian Sea - Norway
A Ukraine Supports A Moscow - Warsaw
Turkey:
A Ankara Supports A Constantinople - Smyrna
A Constantinople - Smyrna
F Sevastopol Hold
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RETREATS:
Austrian army Tyrolia is auto-retreated to VENICE cuz there ain't nowhere else to go. Let me know if you prefer to retreat OTB.
Ditto with German army Galicia, which is auto-retreated to Silesia. Ditto with the OTB choice.
That leaves German army Norway, which has a choice of retreats: Sweden or Finland or OTB. Let me know by 8 pm tomorrow, please. I'm actually not home tomorrow night, so if you could get it in by 5 pm that would be cool. Otherwise it's not going to get passed on till Friday morning.
Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Bulgaria, Rumania, Serbia, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Belgium, Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden.
Italy: Greece, Naples, Rome, Tunis.
Russia: Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Constantinople, Sevastopol, Smyrna.
Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 7 Unit 7 Build 0 ... or build 1 if A Tyrolia retreated OTB
England: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 5 Build 0
Germany: Supp 7 Unit 8 Remove 1 ... or build/remove 0 if A Galicia retreated OTB
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 5 Remove 1
Russia: Supp 3 Unit 3 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
NEXT DEADLINE: Winter adjustments are due Friday, August 13, at 8 pm. I doubt you really care where the German army goes, so don't delay. And I promise that if A or G do something crazy, I'll let you change your build orders if you want to. Okay?
Cheers,
Chris |
