Come and get it, big boy ...

After looking at this picture, I decided to start a petition to force Tom to grow a chin curtain. Who's with me?

Winter Adjustments 1911

AUSTRIA destroys A-Vienna, A-Budapest, and A-Ukraine.

ENGLAND builds A-London and A-Liverpool.

TURKEY builds A-Constantinople.

Again, moves will due this Friday to me at william.gerrard@gmail.com, but everyone is welcome to submit early to speed things up a bit.

Hate....it's fantastic

"From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee, had his chest been a cannon he would have shot his heart upon it." - Moby Dick

I'll write my epitaph here. It won't be long now...oh no....and I sense no starry eyed re-birth, like that enjoyed by my turkish adversary. I underestimated my opponents at the brink of victory and paid a high price for my stupidity. I will die, hopeful that the strife of our times will continue into the summer.

Unless....of course you declare a 3 way tie in the spirit of brotherhood...but that, of course, would not be keeping with the spirit of the game. no, not in the least.

I'd like to say I played a good game, but it just isn't true, and as Eisenhauer said. In war, there is no second place.

Good luck to the remaining players. I will continue to write moves for my units, which may or may not be predecated on anything resembling sense.

Austria destroys - Army Vienna, Army Budapest, Army Ukraine

The saga continues ...

ABOVE: Tom (center) is giving in to hate. Craig (right), pulling the strings as usual, can't resist laughing at the expression on Tom's face.

ABOVE: Though they hail from opposite corners of the map, Owen (left) and Bill (right) are BFFs.

ABOVE: Larry, the indispensable ally, wants a cookie.

ABOVE: Having found sanctuary in the middle of the desert, Damian takes a breather and wistfully recalls his childhood in provincial France.

ABOVE: Tony is dead. (Unlike Greedo, Tony DID fire first.)

Fall 1911 Results

No retreats this round, despite all the backstabbing.  Winter adjustments will be due midnight Saturday.  Spring 1912 moves will be due midnight next Friday, though if people send them earlier, I'll process earlier.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

Ionian Sea -> Tyrhennian Sea

Trieste -> Vienna

Serbia -> Budapest

Galicia -> Warsaw

Sevastopol -> Ukraine

Finland -> St. Petersburg (bounce)

Moscow S Finland -> St. Petersburg

Berlin S Munich (support cut)

Munich S Berlin

ENGLAND

St. Petersburg Holds

Denmark -> Sweden

Kiel -> Berlin (bounce)

Baltic Sea S Kiel -> Berlin

Holland -> Kiel (bounce)

MAO -> Brest

English Channel -> Belgium (bounce)

North Sea -> Holland (bounce)

FRANCE

Portugal -> Spain (bounce)

Tunis Holds

GERMANY

Norway S St. Petersburg

ITALY

Spain Holds

Marseilles S Spain

Burgandy -> Belgium (bounce)

Venice -> Trieste

Tyrolia S Venice -> Trieste

Albania -> Ionian Sea

Greece Holds

No order issued to F-Naples, unit holds

TURKEY

Armenia -> Sevastopol

Black Sea S Armenia -> Sevastopol

Bulgaria -> Serbia

Romania S Bulgaria -> Serbia

Aegean Sea S Greece

Eastern Med. S Albania -> Ionian Sea

WINTER ADJUSTMENTS:

AUSTRIA controls the following supply centers: Vienna, Budapest, Warsaw, Moscow, Munich, Berlin (6 total).  Austria must destroy 3 units.

ENGLAND controls the following supply centers: Liverpool, London, Edinburgh, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Kiel, Sweden, St. Petersburg, Brest (10 total).  England may build 2 units.

FRANCE controls the following supply centers: Portugal, Tunisia (2 total).  France neither builds nor destroys units.

GERMANY controls the following supply centers: Norway (1 total).  Germany neither builds nor destroys units.

ITALY controls the following supply centers: Rome, Naples, Venice, Marseilles, Paris, Greece, Spain, Trieste (8 total).  Italy neither builds nor destroys units.

TURKEY controls the following supply centers: Constantinople, Ankara, Smyrna, Bulgaria, Romania, Sevastopol, Serbia (7 total).  Turkey may build 1 unit.

Spring 1911 - Corrected Map + Retreat

AUSTRIA retreated St. Petersburg -> Finland.  Also: I forgot to draw in Austria's fleet in the Ionian Sea.  My apologies.

Fall 1911 moves will be due Friday at midnight.  Send everything to me at william.gerrard@gmail.com.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

St. Petersburg Holds (unit dislodged, must retreat)

Moscow S Ukraine -> Sevastopol

Ukraine -> Sevastopol

Galicia -> Vienna (bounce)

Munich S Berlin -> Kiel

Berlin -> Kiel (bounce)

Serbia S Trieste

Trieste Holds

Ionian Sea -> Albania (bounce)

ENGLAND

MAO S Gascony -> Spain

London -> English Channel

Edinburgh -> Denmark

North Sea C Edinburgh -> Denmark

Holland S Kiel

Kiel S Holland (support cut)

Sweden -> Baltic Sea

Barents Sea -> St. Petersburg

FRANCE

Spain -> Portugal

Western Med. -> Tunisia

GERMANY

Norway S Barents Sea -> St. Petersburg

ITALY

Gascony -> Spain

Marseilles S Gascony -> Spain

Paris -> Burgundy

Tyrolia -> Vienna (bounce)

Venice -> Trieste (bounce)

Albania S Venice -> Trieste (support cut)

Apulia -> Naples

Greece -> Ionian Sea (bounce)

TURKEY

Constantinople -> Bulgaria

Aegean Sea S Constantinople -> Bulgaria

Sevastopol -> Romania

Black Sea S Sevastopol -> Romania

Ankara -> Armenia

Smyrna -> Eastern Med.

RETREATS:

AUSTRIA must retreat St. Petersburg to either Finland or Livonia.

Winter Adjustments 1910

ENGLAND builds F-London

RUSSIA destroys F-Norwegian Sea

TURKEY builds A-Ankara

Spring 1911 moves are due this Friday at midnight.  Send them to me at william.gerrard@gmail.com.

The board is set... the pieces are moving

It is clear now that new alliances have been drawn, and once again, the game will reach a stand still until another person decides to make a treacherous move. The armies of the east, led by Bill "Mr. Photoshop" Gerrard with his puppet Larry, and his minion Craig will crash against the armies of the west, led Tom "Mastermind of Evil" Mullane, with his puppet Damian, and his new ally of chance, Owen. One can only guess who will turn on his ally first. Who will take the chance. Only one thing is clear, someone will be stabbed in the back, and I can only hope we will see another Caesar-like photoshop from Bill, regardless of what side of the stabbing he falls on.

Russia may be dead, but her legacy of betrayal shall live on...

And then there was one

And here I go again on my own going down the only road i've ever known like a drifter I was born to walk alone....I am so alone right now

R.I.P.

Fall 1910 Results

There are no retreats this round.  Winter adjustments will be due Monday at midnight.  Moves for Spring 1911 will be due this Friday at midnight.  Send everything to me at william.gerrard@gmail.com    For fun, count how many different countries supported Germany's unit in Norway.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

St. Petersburg S Norway (support cut)

Moscow S Ukraine -> Sevastopol

Serbia -> Bulgaria (bounce)

Warsaw -> Galicia

Prussia -> Berlin

Munich S Prussia -> Berlin (support cut)

Tyrolia -> Trieste

Adriatic -> Ionian

No order issued for Ukraine.  Unit holds.  [Tom, you're lucky it didn't matter.]

ENGLAND

Edingburgh Holds

Sweden S Norway

York -> Holland

North Sea C York -> Holland

Kiel Munich (bounce)

English Channel -> MAO

Barents Sea -> St. Petersburg (bounce)

FRANCE

Spain Holds

Western Med. S Spain

GERMANY

Civil Disorder.  All units hold.

ITALY

Gascony -> Spain (bounce)

Marseilles S Gascony -> Spain

Brest -> Paris

Piedmont -> Tyrolia

Venice S Piedmont -> Tyrolia

Ionian -> Apulia

Greece -> Albania

Aegean -> Greece

RUSSIA

Norwegian Sea S Norway

TURKEY

Black Sea S Sevastopol

Sevastopol Holds

Bulgaria -> Aegean Sea

Smyrna S Bulgaria -> Aegean Sea

Constantinople -> Bulgaria (bounce)

WINTER ADJUSTMENTS:

AUSTRIA controls the following supply centers: Vienna, Budapest, Trieste, Serbia, Warsaw, Moscow, Munich, Berlin, St. Petersburg (9 total).  Austria neither builds nor destroys units.

ENGLAND controls the following supply centers: Liverpool, London, Edinburgh, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Kiel, Sweden (8 total).  England may build 1 unit.

FRANCE controls the following supply centers: Portugal, Spain (2 total).  France neither builds nor destroys units.

GERMANY controls the following supply centers: Norway (1 total).  Germany neither builds nor destroys units.

ITALY controls the following supply centers: Rome, Naples, Venice, Marseilles, Tunis, Brest, Paris, Greece (8 total).  Italy neither builds nor destroys units.

RUSSIA does not control any supply centers.  Russia must destroy his last remaining unit.

TURKEY controls the following supply centers: Constantinople, Ankara, Smyrna, Bulgaria, Romania, Sevastopol (6 total).  Turkey may build 1 unit.

Bush Administration Advisor selected to Austrian Cabinet

In what can only be described as welcome news by the Austrian people, the archduke has appointed longtime advisor to the Department of defense in the Bush administration, scarface, to the war cabinet of Austria. Regardless of what happens this turn, he will remain in charge of all military affairs. Please direct your suggestions or diplomatic requests to Mr. scarface.

Fall 1910 - Moves still needed

The following countries have yet to submit moves: GERMANY.

Any country that has not submitted moves by midnight Saturday will be in civil disorder for Fall 1910.

Spring 1910 Results

Once again, no retreats this round (except for my St. Petersburg unit, which I was forced to retreat to Barents Sea).  Moves for Fall 1910 will due this Friday at midnight to me at william.gerrard@gmail.com

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

Finland -> St. Petersburg

Moscow S Finland -> St. Petersburg

Ukraine -> Sevastopol (bounce)

Warsaw -> Ukraine (bounce)

Silesia -> Prussia

Berlin -> Munich

Tyrolia -> Venice (bounce)

Adriatic -> Apulia (bounce)

Albania -> Serbia

ENGLAND

St. Petersburg holds (unit dislodged, retreats to Barents Sea)

Baltic -> Sweden

Denmark -> Kiel

London -> English Channel

North Sea S London -> English Channel

Liverpool -> Edinburgh

York S Liverpool -> Edinburgh

FRANCE

Spain holds

MAO -> Western Med.

GERMANY

Norway S Baltic -> Sweden

ITALY

Paris -> Gascony

Brest S Paris -> Gascony

Marseilles -> Spain (bounce)

Piedmont S Venice

Ionian Sea -> Apulia (bounce)

Venice S Ionian Sea -> Apulia (support cut)

Aegean Sea -> Ionian (bounce)

Greece S Aegean -> Ionian

RUSSIA

Edinburgh -> Norwegian Sea

TURKEY

Romania -> Sevastopol

Black Sea S Romania -> Sevastopol

Constantinople -> Bulgaria (bounce)

Bulgaria -> Aegean Sea (bounce)

Smyrna Holds

Spring 1910 - Moves still needed

The following countries have yet to submit moves:  AUSTRIA.

Since Tom's play was this weekend, and he came down with a cold, we're taking pity on him and giving him an extra 24 hours before holding his sorry ass in civil disorder.

Winter Adjustments 1909

AUSTRIA destroys A-Munich, A-Serbia, and F-Eastern Med.

ENGLAND builds A-Liverpool

FRANCE destroys F-English Channel

TURKEY builds A-Constantinople and F-Smyrna

Spring 1910 moves are due (to me, once again) at midnight Friday.

Winter adjustments still needed

The following countries have yet to send me their winter adjustments: AUSTRIA.