An intercepted Letter

The following letter was delivered to Warsaw from Spain earlier this year.

Dear Uncle Bob,

I don't know how much longer we can hold out here in Madrid. The English troops are led by a bloodthirsty beast know as El Gerrard. Our city will soon be burned to the ground. I am worried that I will starve to death before...(handwriting change) El Gerrard's handsome and fair troops calmly enter our city with a minimal amount of raping and pillaging of the local shops and apartment buildings. Oh what a wonderous man General Gerrard is. All hail El Gerrard and his glorious new regime.

sincerely, Little Girl

Retreats Spring 1914

ITALY retreats Venice -> Rome

TURKEY retreats Moscow -> Sevastopol

Fall 1914 moves are due midnight Friday.

Results Spring 1914

The Turkish Delight rejoined civilization and submitted his moves.  Retreats are due midnight Wednesday.  Fall 1914 moves are due midnight Friday.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

Warsaw S St. Petersburg -> Moscow

ENGLAND

London -> Holland

North Sea C London -> Holland

St. Petersburg -> Moscow

Norway -> St. Petersburg

Barents Sea S Norway -> St. Petersburg

Baltic Sea -> Kiel

Tyrolia -> Munich

Berlin S Tyrolia -> Munich

English Channel Holds

Gascony -> Spain

MAO S Gascony -> Spain

Paris -> Gascony

Burgandy -> Marseilles

ITALY

Portugal -> Spain (bounce)

Gulf of Lyon -> Western Med.

Naples Holds

Tyrhennian Sea S Naples

Venice -> Trieste (unit dislodged, must retreat or disband)

Albania S Venice -> Trieste (support cut)

Munich -> Bohemia

Galicia -> Vienna (bounce)

TURKEY

Trieste -> Venice

Apulia S Trieste -> Venice

Ionian Sea -> Naples (bounce)

Smyrna -> Eastern Med.

Serbia -> Trieste

Vienna S Serbia -> Trieste (support cut)

Greece -> Albania (bounce)

Aegean Sea S Ionian Sea

Bulgaria -> Serbia

Romania -> Budapest

Constantinople -> Bulgaria

Moscow Holds (unit dislodged, must retreat or disband)

RETREATS:

ITALY must either retreat Venice to Tyrolia, Piedmont, Tuscany or Rome, or disband the unit.

TURKEY must either retreat Moscow to Livonia, Ukraine or Sevastopol, or disband the unit.

Winter Adjustments 1913

The winter adjustments are late this round because Owen was, by his own account, "in the woods all weekend."  One can only imagine what he was doing out there.  (Did it involve a pine cone?  I'm just asking.)  Everyone has sent in moves except for Owen, so if he doesn't submit by midnight Monday, civil disorder will be declared in Turkey and the Sultan's harem will be dismissed.  Them's the breaks.

AUSTRIA destroys A-Livonia.

ENGLAND builds A-London.

TURKEY builds A-Constantinople and F-Smyrna.

Retreats Fall 1913

ITALY retreats Vienna -> Galicia.

TURKEY retreats Warsaw -> Moscow, and (by default) Naples -> Apulia.

Winter adjustments are due midnight tonight.

Results Fall 1913 - CORRECTION BELOW

CORRECTION:  Italy also controls Munich, thus does not need to destroy a unit this year.   My apologies.

Sorry for the delay, everyone. I was without my laptop the whole weekend and had limited internet access. Retreats will be due midnight Wednesday. Winter adjustments will be due midnight Thursday. Spring 1914 moves will be due midnight Saturday. Of course, sending information earlier would greatly speed things up, which I'm sure would be much appreciated by everyone at this late stage of the game.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

Silesia -> Warsaw

Warsaw S Silesia -> Warsaw

ENGLAND

MAO S Spain -> Portugal

Brest -> Gascony

Picardy -> Paris

English Channel Holds

Belgium -> Burgandy

York -> Norway

North Sea C York -> Norway

Munich -> Tyrolia

Berlin Holds

Baltic Sea Holds

Finland -> St. Petersburg

Norway -> Barents Sea

FRANCE

Civil Disorder, all units hold

Portugal dislodged, forced to retreat off board

ITALY

Spain -> Portugal

Burgandy -> Munich

Marseilles -> Gulf of Lyon

Venice -> Rome (bounce)

Ionian Sea -> Naples

Tyrrhenian Sea S Ionian Sea -> Naples

Vienna -> Trieste (unit dislodged, must retreat or disband)

Albania S Vienna -> Trieste (support cut)

TURKEY

Budapest -> Vienna

Trieste S Budapest -> Vienna

Naples -> Rome (unit dislodged, must retreat or disband)

Eastern Med. -> Ionian Sea

Greece S Eastern Med. -> Ionian Sea

Aegean Sea S Eastern Med. -> Ionian Sea

Serbia -> Albania (bounce)

Bulgaria -> Romania

Constantinople -> Bulgaria

Warsaw Holds (unit dislodged, must retreat or disband)

RETREATS:

ITALY must either retreat Vienna to Bohemia or Galicia, or disband the unit.

TURKEY must either retreat Warsaw to Moscow, Prussia, Galicia or Ukraine, or disband the unit. Turkey must either retreat Naples to Apulia, or disband the unit.

WINTER ADJUSTMENTS:

AUSTRIA controls the following supply centers: Warsaw (1 total). Austria must destroy 1 unit.

ENGLAND controls the following supply centers: Liverpool, London, Edinburgh, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Kiel, Sweden, St. Petersburg, Brest, Berlin, Norway, Paris (13 total). England may build 1 unit.

FRANCE does not control any supply centers. France must destroy his last remaining unit.

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

TURKEY controls the following supply centers: Constantinople, Ankara, Smyrna, Bulgaria, Romania, Sevastopol, Serbia, Budapest, Vienna, Greece, Moscow, Trieste (12 total). Turkey may build 2 units.

Retreats Spring 1913

ITALY retreats Trieste -> Venice.

Upstart nations ...

... shouldn't get any bright ideas.

(Above: Protesters carrying a picture of their dear leader, the Dali Landrey)

Spring 1913 Results

I was going to hold off on processing until France submitted his move, but then I realized that, given Italy's and my moves, there was nothing France could possibly do.  I'm sure France will understand; this game has, after all, gone on long enough.  Italy's retreat will be due midnight Sunday.  Fall 1913 moves will be due midnight Friday.

MOVES:

AUSTRIA

Prussia -> Livonia

Munich -> Silesia

ENGLAND

MAO S Brest

London -> Picardy

English Channel C London -> Picardy

Brest S London -> Picardy

Edinburgh -> Belgium

North Sea C Edinburgh -> Belgium

York Holds

Ruhr -> Munich

Kiel -> Berlin

Berlin -> Baltic Sea

Sweden -> Finland

Norway Holds

FRANCE

Either Portugal -> Spain (bounce)

Or Portugal Holds

ITALY

Gascony -> Spain

Paris -> Burgandy

Marseilles S Gascony -> Spain

Bohemia -> Vienna

Trieste S Bohemia -> Vienna (support cut, unit dislodged, must retreat)

Albania -> Greece (bounce)

Tunisia -> Ionian

Tyrhennian Sea S Tunisia -> Ionian Sea

TURKEY

Constantinople -> Bulgaria

Aegean Sea -> Ionian Sea (bounce)

Ionian Sea -> Naples

Greece S Aegean Sea -> Ionian Sea (support cut)

Bulgaria -> Serbia

Ankara -> Constantinople

Smyrna -> Eastern Med.

Vienna -> Trieste

Budapest S Vienna -> Trieste

Moscow -> Warsaw

RETREATS:

ITALY must retreat Trieste to either Tyrolia or Venice.

The Fate of the World

Alas, poor Turkish King, I believe lady luck, after loving you expectantly for several years, shall leave you suddenly. You, a self described Sideshow Bob, shall find Italy become a rake at your every turn. Whether it be in the Mediterranean, where your horrendous bottleneck of fleets chokes itself, or across the Austrian killing fields, where you foolishly should have taken Trieste when it was before you, you shall see Italy stand stalwartly in your way.

So, Turkey, my dear frenemy, I must throw the support of my pasta and woman loving army behind those who will help me drive the cheese-eating surrender monkeys into the ocean and ensure that a poor fool who caught the luckiest break in the game does not ride the luck to victory.