Results: Winter, 1908

The Austrian front line expedition has been recalled to the homeland in an expedited maneuver in Winter 1908.

Orders:


Austria:
disband A Marseilles

Final Position:


DPY File

Deadline for 1908 builds will be FRIDAY, May 19, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC). The extension is because I'm late getting this set out. Sorry. Austria, France and Russia need to submit adjustment orders. I'll take care of Germany's.

Results: Fall, 1908

Sorry this took longer than just the ride home from work. I got busy for a bit. Sorry!

For the pundits, a very special episode of Fall 1908.

Germany played well, and I hope he uses some of his new free time to continue to comment on the game.

Orders:


Austria:
F Aegean Sea - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Apulia - Venice
A Budapest - Galicia
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
A Galicia - Bohemia
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Dislodged*)
A Rumania Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Smyrna Supports F Aegean Sea - Constantinople
A St Petersburg - Moscow (*Disbanded*)
A Trieste - Tyrolia

England:
A Edinburgh Hold
F North Atlantic Ocean Hold

France:
A Denmark - Kiel (*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Marseilles
F Holland - Kiel (*Bounce*)
A London Hold
A Munich Supports A Silesia - Berlin
F North Sea Hold
A Picardy - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
A Silesia - Berlin

Germany:
F Baltic Sea - Livonia

Italy:
F Spain(sc) Supports A Gascony - Marseilles

Russia:
A Ankara - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
F Black Sea Supports A Ankara - Constantinople
A Constantinople - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
A Finland - St Petersburg
A Livonia - Warsaw
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Spain(sc)
A Moscow Supports A Finland - St Petersburg
F Skagerrak - Norway
A Ukraine - Sevastopol

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Next Deadline: Winter 1908, Austria's retreat, Wednesday, May 16, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC). I don't think we need to lose any deadline tempo over this one.

Results: Spring, 1908

The assault on Russia continues through the Spring of 1908.

Orders:


Austria:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Constantinople - Smyrna
A Apulia Hold
A Budapest Supports A Bulgaria - Rumania
A Bulgaria - Rumania
A Constantinople - Smyrna
F Ionian Sea - Eastern Mediterranean
A Marseilles Hold
A Serbia Supports A Bulgaria - Rumania
A St Petersburg Supports A Edinburgh - Norway (*Void*)
A Trieste Hold
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
A Vienna - Galicia

England:
A Edinburgh Hold
F Norwegian Sea - North Atlantic Ocean

France:
A Bohemia - Silesia
A Brest - Gascony
A Denmark Hold
F Helgoland Bight - Holland
A London - Norway (*Bounce*)
A Munich Supports A Bohemia - Silesia
F North Sea Convoys A London - Norway
A Paris - Picardy

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Denmark

Italy:
F Spain(sc) Hold

Russia:
A Ankara - Constantinople
F Black Sea Supports A Ankara - Constantinople
F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Moscow - St Petersburg (*Fails*)
A Prussia - Livonia
A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
F Skagerrak - Norway (*Bounce*)
A Smyrna Supports A Ankara - Constantinople (*Dislodged*)
A Sweden - Finland

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Summer 1908, retreats for Russia. Wednesday, May 10, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Builds, 1907

Builds and disbands for 1907 are in. It's a report card for the year, so to speak. Is your empire waning or waxing? Check the answer key below!

Orders:


Austria:
Build A Vienna

France:
Build A Paris

Italy:
Remove F Gulf of Lyon

Russia:
Remove A Berlin

Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Spring 1908. Tuesday, May 9, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Winter, 1907

Russia regroups over the Winter of 1907 from the combined fall attack.

Orders:


Russia:
A Budapest - Rumania
F Denmark - Skagerrak

Final Position:


DPY File

Germany and England do not have adjustments, but everyone else -- Next deadline is Builds 1907, Thursday, March 4, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Fall, 1907

The chaos following the last major board shift seems to have settled by Fall 1907, but how stable are these alliances?

Orders:


Austria:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Ankara - Constantinople
A Ankara - Constantinople
A Apulia - Adriatic Sea (*Fails*)
A Bulgaria Supports A Ankara - Constantinople
F Ionian Sea Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis
A Livonia - St Petersburg
A Serbia Supports A Vienna - Budapest
A Spain - Marseilles
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis
A Venice - Trieste
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
A Liverpool - Edinburgh

France:
A Bohemia - Munich (*Fails*)
A Gascony - Brest
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Kiel - Denmark
A Kiel - Denmark
A London - Belgium (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Kiel (*Bounce*)
F North Sea Convoys A London - Belgium

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Kiel - Denmark

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon Supports F Western Mediterranean - Spain(sc)
F Western Mediterranean - Spain(sc)

Russia:
A Armenia - Ankara
A Berlin - Kiel (*Bounce*)
F Black Sea Supports F Constantinople
A Budapest - Serbia (*Dislodged*)
F Constantinople Supports A Armenia - Ankara (*Disbanded*)
F Denmark Supports A Berlin - Kiel (*Dislodged*)
F English Channel - Belgium (*Bounce*)
A Prussia - Berlin (*Fails*)
A Smyrna Supports A Armenia - Ankara
A Sweden Supports F Denmark
A Ukraine - Moscow

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Winter 1907, Russian Retreats. Wednesday, May 3, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Summer 1907

Austria didn't mind relocating early. Summer 1907.

Orders:


Austria:
A Constantinople - Ankara

Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline is Tuesday, May 2, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC), for Fall 1907.

Results: Spring, 1907

The old dynamics seem well and truly shaken up this Spring of 1907. At least two lines have been breached, depending on how you count them.

Orders:


Austria:
F Aegean Sea Supports A Greece - Bulgaria
F Albania - Ionian Sea
A Berlin - Livonia
A Constantinople Supports A Greece - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
A Greece - Bulgaria
A Marseilles - Spain
A Naples - Apulia
F Rome - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Trieste - Serbia
A Venice - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Vienna - Trieste (*Bounce*)

England:
F Edinburgh Supports F Belgium - North Sea
A Liverpool Supports F Edinburgh

France:
F Belgium - North Sea
A Burgundy - Gascony
F Kiel - Helgoland Bight
A Munich Supports A Tyrolia - Bohemia
A Ruhr - Kiel
A Tyrolia - Bohemia
A Yorkshire - London

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Convoys A Berlin - Livonia

Italy:
F Tunis - Western Mediterranean
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon

Russia:
F Black Sea Supports F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople
F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople
F Denmark Supports F Baltic Sea - Kiel (*Void*)
A Galicia - Budapest
A Moscow - Ukraine
F North Sea - English Channel
A Prussia Supports A Silesia - Berlin
A Sevastopol - Armenia
A Silesia - Berlin
A Smyrna Supports F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople
A Sweden Supports F Denmark

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

There's only one retreat for the Constantinople unit, unless it chooses to disband. We can extend the deadline to Thursday, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC), but I doubt we'll need to. I bet Austria won't have to think long or hard here.

Results: Builds, 1906

The world holds its breath for the Build of 1906, also known as the English Build.

Orders:


England:
Build F Edinburgh

Final Position:


DPY File

Deadline for Spring 1907 is Tuesday, April 25, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Winter, 1906

Each major power contemplates its possible mistakes over the Winter of 1906.

Orders:


Austria:
A Bulgaria - Greece

France:
F North Sea - Belgium

Russia:
A Berlin - Prussia

Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Builds for 1906. Only England has orders here. Thursday, April 20, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Fall, 1906

The warring has reached a fevered pitch. It's Fall 1906, do you know where your allies are?

Orders:


Austria:
F Albania - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
A Apulia - Naples
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Dislodged*)
A Constantinople - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
F Ionian Sea - Aegean Sea
A Kiel - Berlin
A Piedmont - Marseilles
F Rome - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Fails*)
A Trieste - Budapest (*Bounce*)
A Tuscany - Venice
A Vienna - Galicia (*Fails*)

England:
A Edinburgh - Liverpool

France:
A Burgundy Supports A Tyrolia - Munich (*Fails*)
F Holland - Kiel
A Liverpool - Yorkshire
A Munich Supports A Kiel - Berlin
F North Sea - Denmark (*Dislodged*)
A Ruhr Supports F Holland - Kiel
A Tyrolia - Munich (*Fails*)

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Supports A Kiel - Berlin

Italy:
F Tunis - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Rome (*Fails*)

Russia:
F Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc)
A Berlin Supports F Baltic Sea - Kiel (*Dislodged*)
F Black Sea Supports F Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc)
F Denmark Supports F Norway - North Sea
A Galicia - Budapest (*Bounce*)
A Moscow - Sevastopol (*Fails*)
F Norway - North Sea
A Sevastopol - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A Silesia Supports A Berlin
A Smyrna - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Sweden, no move received

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Austria, France, and Russia need to issue retreats. Deadline is Wednesday, April 19, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Summer 1906

Russia quickly consolidates in Summer 1906.

Orders:


Russia:
A Munich - Silesia


Final Position:



DPY File

Fall 1906 deadline is Tuesday, April 18, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Spring, 1906

This game should get a bit more lively. Let's hear what you think about Spring 1906!

Orders:


Austria:
F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea
F Albania Supports F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea
A Apulia Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples (*Void*)
A Bulgaria Supports A Constantinople
A Constantinople, no move received
A Kiel Supports F Denmark (*Ordered to Move*)
F Naples - Rome
A Rome - Tuscany
A Tyrolia - Trieste
A Venice - Piedmont
A Vienna Supports A Piedmont - Tyrolia

England:
A Edinburgh Hold

France:
A Belgium - Ruhr
A Burgundy Supports A Ruhr - Munich
F English Channel - North Sea
F North Sea - Holland
A Piedmont - Tyrolia
A Ruhr - Munich
A Yorkshire - Liverpool

Germany:
F Baltic Sea - Berlin (*Fails*)

Italy:
F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Tunis

Russia:
A Berlin Supports F Denmark - Kiel (*Cut*)
F Black Sea Supports A Smyrna - Constantinople
F Denmark - Kiel (*Fails*)
F Ionian Sea - Aegean Sea
A Moscow - Sevastopol
A Munich Supports F Denmark - Kiel (*Dislodged*)
F Norway Supports A Sweden
A Smyrna - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A St Petersburg - Moscow
A Sweden Supports F Norway
A Warsaw - Galicia


Results:



Final Position:



DPY File

Next turn deadline is Summer 1906, Russia's retreat. That'll be Wednesday, April 12, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC).

Results: Builds, 1905

In the Builds phase of 1905, several Western regiments surrender to the nearby occupying forces.

Orders:


Austria:
Build A Vienna

England:
Remove F Norwegian Sea

Germany:
Remove A Holland

Italy:
Remove A Tuscany

Russia:
Build A Warsaw
Build A Moscow
Build waived


Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Spring 1905, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC), Tuesday, April 11.

Results: Winter, 1905

In aftershocks from the Fall, Western forces continue to fall back throughout the Winter of 1905.

Orders:


England:
F Norway - Norwegian Sea

Germany:
F Denmark - Baltic Sea

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Tunis

Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Builds 1905, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC), April 6th. I need build orders from everyone except France.

Results: Fall, 1905

For the patient players: Fall 1905. Another season of crushing progress for AustroRussia. I for one welcome our new candycane overlords.

Orders:


Austria:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Venice
F Albania Supports F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
A Apulia Supports F Naples
A Bulgaria - Greece (*Bounce*)
A Constantinople Supports A Holland - Kiel (*Fails*)
A Kiel Supports F Helgoland Bight - Denmark
F Naples Supports A Rome
A Rome Supports A Venice (*Cut*)
A Venice Supports A Rome (*Cut*)
A Vienna - Tyrolia

England:
A Edinburgh - Liverpool (*Bounce*)
F Norway Supports F Denmark - Sweden (*Dislodged*)

France:
F Belgium - North Sea
A Burgundy - Ruhr
F English Channel Supports F Belgium - North Sea
A Marseilles - Burgundy
A Picardy - Belgium
A Piedmont - Venice (*Fails*)
A Yorkshire - Liverpool (*Bounce*)

Germany:
F Denmark - Kiel (*Dislodged*)
A Holland Supports F Denmark - Kiel

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Greece (*Dislodged*)
A Tuscany - Rome (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports A Tuscany - Rome

Russia:
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
A Berlin Supports A Kiel
F Black Sea Hold
F Helgoland Bight - Denmark
A Munich Supports A Vienna - Tyrolia
F Skagerrak - Norway
A Smyrna Hold
A St Petersburg Supports F Skagerrak - Norway
A Sweden Supports F Helgoland Bight - Denmark

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: 1905's Winter Retreats, 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm UTC) on Wednesday, April 5th.

Results: Summer 1905

Summer 1905 has some eerie convergence going on.

Orders:


Austria:
A Munich - Kiel

Germany:
F Sweden - Denmark

Russia:
F Holland - Helgoland Bight

Final Position:


DPY File

Next Deadline: Fall 1905. Tuesday, April 4, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm UTC).

Results: Spring, 1905

Actions speak louder than words in Spring 1905.

Orders:


Austria:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Tyrolia - Venice
A Apulia Supports A Naples - Rome
A Bulgaria Supports A Smyrna - Constantinople
F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Munich - Ruhr (*Dislodged*)
A Naples - Rome
A Smyrna - Constantinople
F Trieste - Albania
A Tyrolia - Venice
A Vienna - Tyrolia (*Bounce*)

England:
A Edinburgh - Liverpool (*Bounce*)
F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway

France:
F Belgium Supports A Ruhr - Holland
F Brest - English Channel
A Burgundy - Ruhr (*Bounce*)
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Fails*)
A Paris - Picardy
A Piedmont - Tyrolia (*Bounce*)
A Yorkshire - Liverpool (*Bounce*)

Germany:
A Ruhr - Holland
F Sweden Supports F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway (*Dislodged*)

Italy:
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
A Tuscany - Rome (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Tunis - Ionian Sea

Russia:
A Ankara - Smyrna
A Berlin Supports A Silesia - Munich
F Black Sea Hold
F Constantinople - Aegean Sea
A Finland - Sweden
F Holland - Belgium (*Dislodged*)
A Moscow - St Petersburg
A Silesia - Munich
F Skagerrak Supports A Finland - Sweden

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File

Retreats deadline will be Wednesday, March 29, normal time. That's 1:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm UTC. Maybe if I use UTC, that will cause less confusion.

I need the retreats from Austria, Germany, and Russia.

Results: Builds, 1904

France, Austria, and Russia prepare new forces to bolster their war efforts. 1904 sees layoffs for others, though.

Orders:


Austria:
Build F Trieste
Build A Vienna

France:
Build A Paris
Build F Brest

Germany:
Remove A Kiel

Italy:
Remove A Rome

Russia:
Build A Moscow


Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Spring, 1905. Tuesday, March 28, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Winter, 1904

No surprises in Winter, 1904.

Orders:


Austria:
A Rome - Apulia

Turkey:
Remove A Smyrna

Final Position:


DPY File

Next deadline: Builds, 1904. I'll need adjustments from everyone except England and Turkey. Thursday, March 23, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Fall, 1904

Ah, the end of an era! Turkey, it seems we hardly knew ye. First power eliminated, Fall 1904.

Orders:


Austria:
F Adriatic Sea - Venice (*Bounce*)
A Apulia - Naples
A Bohemia - Munich
A Constantinople - Smyrna
F Ionian Sea Supports A Apulia - Naples
A Rome - Venice (*Dislodged*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia - Munich

England:
A Liverpool - Edinburgh
F Norway - St Petersburg(nc)

France:
A Burgundy Supports A Ruhr - Munich
F English Channel - Belgium
A Marseilles - Piedmont
A Spain - Marseilles
A Yorkshire Supports A Liverpool - Edinburgh

Germany:
A Kiel Supports A Munich - Berlin
A Munich - Berlin (*Disbanded*)
A Ruhr - Munich (*Fails*)
F Sweden - Denmark (*Bounce*)

Italy:
A Naples - Rome
A Piedmont - Tuscany
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports A Naples - Rome
F Western Mediterranean - Tunis

Russia:
A Ankara Supports A Constantinople - Smyrna
A Berlin Supports A Bohemia - Munich
F Black Sea - Constantinople
A Finland - Sweden (*Fails*)
F North Sea - Holland
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
A Silesia Supports A Berlin
F Skagerrak - Denmark (*Bounce*)

Turkey:
A Smyrna - Ankara (*Dislodged*)

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File
Next deadline: Winter, 1904. Wednesday, March 22, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT). Austrian and Turkish retreats. Turkey, I'll just submit a disband for you, unless you'd like to attempt a retreat to Paris or something.

Results: Spring, 1904

Russia and Austria hang tight in Spring 1904. The rest of the world? Perhaps not so much!

Orders:


Austria:
A Apulia Supports A Tunis - Naples
A Bohemia Supports A Silesia
A Budapest - Serbia
A Constantinople Supports F Black Sea - Smyrna (*Void*)
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Tunis - Naples
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Tyrolia - Munich (*Fails*)
A Venice - Rome

England:
F North Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Liverpool

France:
A Burgundy Supports A Munich
F English Channel Hold
A Gascony - Marseilles
A London - Yorkshire
A Portugal - Spain

Germany:
A Berlin - Silesia (*Disbanded*)
A Kiel - Berlin (*Fails*)
A Munich Supports A Berlin - Silesia (*Cut*)
A Ruhr Supports A Munich
F Sweden Supports F North Sea - Norway

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Marseilles - Piedmont
F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean
A Tunis - Naples

Russia:
A Ankara Hold
F Black Sea Supports A Ankara
F Edinburgh - North Sea
A Prussia - Berlin
F Sevastopol - Armenia (*Bounce*)
A Silesia Supports A Prussia - Berlin
F Skagerrak Supports F Edinburgh - North Sea
A St Petersburg - Finland

Turkey:
F Naples Supports F Gulf of Lyon - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Disbanded*)
A Smyrna - Armenia (*Bounce*)


Results:



Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Fall 1904 -- Tuesday, March 21, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Builds, 1903

Builds 1903! New armies for everyone! Well... new armies for some. And fleets.

Orders:


Austria:
Build F Trieste
Build A Budapest

England:
Remove F Belgium
Remove F Denmark

France:
Remove F Liverpool

Germany:
Build A Kiel

Russia:
Build A St Petersburg


Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Spring 1904. Tuesday, March 14, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Winter, 1903

Few armies move in the Winter of 1903. Most are hunkered down, awaiting reinforcements promised to arrive soon.

Orders:


England:
A London - Yorkshire

France:
A Belgium - Burgundy
A Spain - Portugal


Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Builds, 1903. Thursday, March 9, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Fall, 1903

In Fall of 1903, too many world powers seemed to be claiming victory for it to all be true.

Orders:


Austria:
A Bulgaria - Constantinople
A Galicia - Bohemia
A Greece - Apulia
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Greece - Apulia
A Tyrolia Supports A Galicia - Bohemia
A Venice - Rome (*Bounce*)

England:
F Denmark Supports F Baltic Sea - Sweden
F Helgoland Bight - North Sea
F Holland - Belgium
A London Hold (*Dislodged*)

France:
A Belgium Supports A Ruhr - Holland (*Dislodged*)
F English Channel Supports A Wales - London
A Gascony Supports A Spain - Marseilles
F Irish Sea - Liverpool
A Spain - Marseilles (*Dislodged*)
A Wales - London

Germany:
F Baltic Sea - Sweden
A Kiel - Berlin
A Munich Supports A Kiel - Berlin
A Ruhr Supports F Holland - Belgium

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Marseilles
A Marseilles Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc)
A North Africa - Tunis

Russia:
A Ankara Supports A Bulgaria - Constantinople
F Black Sea Supports A Bulgaria - Constantinople
F North Sea - Edinburgh
F Sevastopol Hold
A Silesia - Berlin (*Fails*)
F Skagerrak - Sweden (*Fails*)
A Warsaw - Prussia

Turkey:
F Naples - Rome (*Bounce*)
A Smyrna Supports A Bulgaria - Constantinople


Results:



Final Position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Winter 1903 (French and English retreats) -- Wednesday, March 8, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Summer 1903

I'll process the retreats a little early, since neither power minds. Summer, 1903.

Orders:

France:
A Marseilles - Gascony

Germany:
A Holland - Ruhr

Final Position:


DPY File
Next deadline is Fall 1903, Tuesday, March 7, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Spring, 1903

Spring 1903. Is this any clearer to y'all now?

Orders:

Austria:
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
A Budapest - Galicia
A Bulgaria - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Greece Hold
A Trieste - Venice
A Vienna - Tyrolia

England:
F Denmark - Helgoland Bight
A London Hold
F North Sea - Holland
F Skagerrak - Denmark

France:
A Belgium Supports F North Sea - Holland
A Brest - Wales
F English Channel Convoys A Brest - Wales
A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Dislodged*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Irish Sea
A Portugal - Spain

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Convoys A Kiel - Livonia
A Holland - Belgium (*Dislodged*)
A Kiel - Livonia (*Bounce*)
A Munich - Burgundy (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Piedmont - Marseilles
A North Africa Hold
A Piedmont - Marseilles
F Western Mediterranean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Russia:
A Armenia - Ankara
F Black Sea Supports A Armenia - Ankara
F Norway - North Sea
F Sevastopol Hold
A Silesia Hold
F Sweden - Skagerrak
A Warsaw - Livonia (*Bounce*)

Turkey:
F Ankara - Constantinople (*Disbanded*)
A Constantinople - Smyrna
F Ionian Sea - Naples

Results:


Final Position:


DPY File
Deadline is Wednesday, March 1, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT) for German and French retreats.

Analysis actually got buried a post below this one. Look out below!

Pundit update, Spring 1903

turn information to come soon; I was too fast. Current maps here.

Europe has seen some of the most amazing development known to diplomacy this convulse season. Your trusty correspondent writes his last dispatch from London that fears becoming a provincial town of the French Empire. My next chronicle, alas, will be from the continent. On with the analysis.

The Western front: France unleashed

Developments in the Western threatre of operations have one chief master of mayhem: France. In a set of masterful moves, France has managed to lure Britain to an impossible position of lost sovereignty and defeat.

Their moves have been masterful. They read (correctly, and way better than your pundit) than Germany was doomed, and that they were not the ones to benefit for its downfall. Their brilliance, however, was realizing that luring the British to overcommitment would open them to a vicious, swift, brilliant stab. And boy, did they execute well. Baring an Italian surprise (more later), they are poised to to dismantle the British homeland in one year.

Germany, in turn, suffered from anti-French tunnel vision, and spreaded themselves too thin. The convoy attempt was brilliant (despite the failure), but the moves to Munich and Belgium were not. They probably fell in a British trap there, with France actually being the one that pulled the strings.

About England... greed and being too confident in a French backpedalling to cover the Italian excursion doomed them. I don't blame them, although leaving the North Sea open was criminal.

My take is that despite being at each other's throats, England should try to work out something with Germany the coming season. They don't have any other way out. The blue navies should survive at Belgium and Denmark while Germany fends of the attacks on their homeland with their help. Of course, it could well be that Germany is already on a deal with France, but this looks unlikely. I bet that they are the ones who leaked the German convoy to Russia, after all.

Eastern front and Italy: sharpening the knife too early

Pretty smooth sailing for the Eastern powers this season, with some major clouds in the horizon. First, Austria is getting restless, both on the board and according to some leaks from embassies. Their move to Galicia probably hints that either they distrust Russia like mad, or that they knew about the German convoy attempt. In any case, the brilliant Russian bounce and Silesia's army holding position shows that Russia is wary of any kind of foul play, and prefered to play it safe.

My take on the situation is that both countries should try to keep cooperating and stop testing each other. Both have huge open expanses of terrain to grow, without having any clear killing stab to finish each other offer. One turkish center in exchange of help in Munich, coulld be their coordinated moves, with Austria making a supported convoy to Southern Italy and Russia finishing off England now that they can.

In the medium term, my money is not on Austria, in any case. They probably though that I was wrong when I suggested they should support a German invasion and leave Italy alone harrassing France, as Russia was more likely to reap the benefits. Now they are in the situation of provoking a "slow kill" that keeps Italy alive while useful (not too long), get some centers, and after the reluctant Russian advance to Germany (due to French-induced paranoia, maybe?) grow faster than their neighbour. Their problem is that France and Russia are natural allies now in Germany, and probably elsewhere... and they have just stabbed their only natural ally left, Italy.

Russia and France should talk. A lot. They need to kill Germany as fast as possible. After that, they could be in a position to race to kill Austria as fast as possible to see who wins.

Results: Builds, 1902

After a slight delay -- Builds, 1902

Orders:



Austria:
Build A Budapest

France:
Build A Brest

Germany:
Remove F Helgoland Bight

Russia:
Build A Warsaw


Final Position:




DPY File

Next deadline: Spring, 1903
Tuesday, February 28, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT)
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Pundit update: on builds and expansion

According to my sources, the German authorities are really looking forward the French decision regarding builds. In their own words, they are tired of "spending far too much time trying to get France to see beyond the tip of his fscking nose", and trying to avoid going to a senseless war that will ruin the future of both countries. If France builds an army in Paris, our Wilhelmstrasse sources report that Germany is going to go Medieval on the Gauls, no matter the consequences.

In my view, I think that Germany has a fair point. Considering how fast the East front is unfolding, it is of the outmost importance for any country in the West to race to finishing off at least one neighbour before the Bear and the Empire decide to steamroll to the West.

What I am not that sure, however, is if France's best ally is Germany in this regard. Let me have a look at the East to see their options.

Turkey, barring any pathetic mistake by Austria and Russia, is pretty much toast. Right now, I don't think that even the fleet is worth much, depending on how events unfold. It is quite clear than Austria and Russia have the resources to tore the country down already in place; the best turk can do is backtrack, and scream for help from Italy, something that the fleet-on-exile is not likely to do moving West.

The question is, consequently, where are Austria and Russia headed? My guess is that they are both going to Germany. I don't see Austria moving against Italy this year; they lack the manpower to open Venice in Spring, and they really can't make much progress on their own (that is, not favouring Turkey) without more fleets. The fact that they didn't position their armies for a Venice push is telling; they are going to maul Germany, trying to inflict on them the same kind of swift, painful defeat that Turkey is going to enjoy.

This means that Italy is on Austria's side, obviously, and being used to tie down as many French units as possible in the Mediterranean. The question for France is, where England sits. If they are in bed with Russia (likely), they need to help Germany and prey. If they are still unattached, they need to reach an agreement with them fast. Call me paranoid, but if Austria and Russia are really cooperating as much as I suspect, and Italy is on board, the Western powers need a triple alliance there as fast as possible.

What is clear is that as it stands now, France doesn't have enough resources to be the most favoured nation in a German partition; specially if Italy keeps on the pressure. Italy can afford losing one SC to a doomed Turkey, so I won't bet my strategy on that fact. Their problem is, they don't have anywhere else to grow. Their lack of focus is going to force them play second fiddle, unless they seek a broad alliance.

If my speculation of an Italian-Austian agreement is right, that is. If Austria carves Italy something fierce, then they should stab Germany as hard as they can. Their South flank being safe, and with only Russia challenging Germany on land, they have the upper hand.

My bet is, however, in the first scenario.

Results: Winter, 1902

The Germans are Sent, croquet style, in Winter 1902.

Orders:



Germany:
F Denmark - Baltic Sea


Final position:



DPY File

Next deadline: Builds! Thursday, February 23, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT)

Results: Fall, 1902

A busy, busy season, was Fall 1902.

Orders:



Austria:
A Budapest - Vienna
A Bulgaria Supports A Rumania - Constantinople (*Void*)
F Greece - Aegean Sea
A Serbia - Greece
A Trieste - Venice (*Bounce*)

England:
F London - North Sea
F North Sea - Denmark
F Skagerrak Supports F North Sea - Denmark
A Wales - London

France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Burgundy - Marseilles
F English Channel Supports A Picardy - Belgium
A Picardy - Belgium
A Spain - Portugal

Germany:
A Belgium - Holland
F Denmark - North Sea (*Dislodged*)
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Denmark - North Sea
A Kiel - Denmark (*Fails*)
A Ruhr - Munich

Italy:
A North Africa Hold
A Piedmont - Venice (*Bounce*)
F Tunis - Western Mediterranean
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon

Russia:
F Black Sea Convoys A Rumania - Armenia
A Galicia - Silesia
A Rumania - Armenia
F Sevastopol Supports A Rumania - Armenia
F St Petersburg(nc) - Norway
F Sweden Supports F North Sea - Denmark

Turkey:
F Ankara Supports A Constantinople
A Constantinople Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Void*)
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea


Results:




Final Position:




DPY File
Next deadline is the German Retreat. Wednesday, February 22, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

The retrograde maneuver is invented in the Summer of 1902.

Orders:



France:
A Belgium - Picardy


Final Position:




DPY File

Next Deadline: Fall 1903 -- Tuesday February 21, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).

Results: Spring, 1902

1901 claimed all the open centers. All that's left is owned by someone else! Here is Spring, 1902.

Orders:



Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Galicia - Rumania (*Void*)
F Greece Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Trieste - Serbia
A Vienna - Trieste

England:
F London - English Channel (*Fails*)
F North Sea Supports F Norway - Skagerrak
F Norway - Skagerrak
A Yorkshire - Wales

France:
A Belgium - London (*Dislodged*)
F Brest Supports F English Channel
F English Channel Convoys A Belgium - London
A Paris - Burgundy
A Spain Hold

Germany:
F Denmark Supports F Kiel - Helgoland Bight
A Holland - Belgium
F Kiel - Helgoland Bight
A Munich - Kiel
A Ruhr Supports A Holland - Belgium

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Tunis
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Tunis - North Africa
A Venice - Piedmont

Russia:
A Galicia Supports A Ukraine - Rumania
F Rumania - Black Sea
F Sevastopol Supports F Rumania - Black Sea
F St Petersburg(nc) Hold
F Sweden Hold
A Ukraine - Rumania

Turkey:
F Ankara - Black Sea (*Fails*)
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Disbanded*)
A Constantinople - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
F Smyrna - Eastern Mediterranean


Results:




Final Position:




DPY File

Next deadline is for France's retreat. Wednesday, February 15, 1:00 pm EST (6:00 pm GMT).