Smid's Diplomacy Game Thread #3

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The holy warriors of the great Ottoman Empire wish the best to the new President Muromtsev.

[The Mikado]

Sorry I've been MIA, boys, I've been absolutely crazed.  Houseguests.

Orders will be in within two minutes.

[Smid]

Moves for Spring 1907 were:



France
A Gascony - Paris (*Fails*)
F Marseilles Supports F Spain (sc) (*Cut*)
A Munich - Burgundy (*Bounce*)

Russia
F Baltic Sea - Kiel (*Bounce*)
A Berlin Supports F Baltic Sea - Kiel
A Galicia - Vienna
A Livonia - Prussia
A Sevastopol Holds

Italy
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Rome Supports F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Spain (sc) Supports F Western Mediterranean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Venice - Trieste
F Western Mediterranean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Germany
A Denmark - Kiel (*Bounce*)
A Holland Supports A Denmark - Kiel
A Vienna Supports F Trieste (*Dislodged*)

Austria-Hungary
N/A

Turkey
F Adriatic Sea - Albania
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
A Budapest Supports A Galicia - Vienna
A Constantinople - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
A Greece - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
F Smyrna - Syria

England
A Belgium - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles (*Fails*)
F Liverpool - Irish Sea
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
F North Africa - Western Mediterranean
A Paris - Burgundy (*Bounce*)
F Sweden Holds

After the moves, the map appears thus:



A retreat is required for the German Army in Vienna.

As per the discussion following Winter 1906, I'm allowing England to build now. Mikado advises he wishes his builds to be as he previously requested, ie:

Fleets in Edinburgh and London. I'll update the map with those builds once I've received Germany's retreat.

[ilikeverin]

Turkey's plans are devious!

[minionofmidas]

Turkey's plans are devious!

I pity the poor Bulgarians.

[ilikeverin]

Turkey's plans are devious!

I pity the poor Bulgarians.

Oh, I bet they enjoyed the beautiful square dance.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Also note that I moved to Syria. At this point, I think the list of provinces/sea spaces not ordered to yet consists of:

Armenia
Black Sea
Finland
Skagerrak
Wales

[minionofmidas]

So what's wit' dat retreat?

[Smid]

So what's wit' dat retreat?

I was logging on to say that as I haven't heard from Erc, I'm going to retreat it back towards Germany, to Bohemia. I'm uploading the map now.

[muon2]

So what's wit' dat retreat?

I was logging on to say that as I haven't heard from Erc, I'm going to retreat it back towards Germany, to Bohemia.

You are generous, sir. The rules require that a unit that is not ordered to retreat when it must is disbanded.

[Smid]

I'm still waiting on a few orders and Germany's retreat was pretty late in the week, so I'll grant an extension until next weekend. At that point my holiday will be over and I'll be very strict in requiring orders to be in on time.

[minionofmidas]

Oh. Lol.

[Smid]

The moves for Fall 1907 were:



France
A Gascony - Brest (*Bounce*)
F Marseilles Supports F Spain (sc)
A Munich - Ruhr

Russia
F Baltic Sea - Denmark (*Fails*)
A Berlin Supports A Prussia - Silesia
A Prussia - Silesia
A Sevastopol Supports A Budapest - Rumania
A Vienna Holds

Italy
F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal (*Fails*)
F Rome - Tuscany
F Spain (sc) Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal (*Cut*)
A Trieste - Serbia
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean (*Fails*)

Germany
A Bohemia NMR
A Denmark NMR
A Holland NMR

Austria-Hungary
N/A

Turkey
F Albania Holds
A Budapest - Rumania
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
A Greece Supports F Albania
F Ionian Sea - Tunis
A Rumania - Galicia
A Serbia - Budapest
F Syria Holds

England
A Belgium Holds
F Edinburgh - North Sea
F Gulf of Lyon Supports F Western Mediterranean - Spain (sc)
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F London - English Channel
A Paris - Brest (*Bounce*)
F Portugal Supports F Western Mediterranean - Spain (sc) (*Cut*)
F Sweden NMR
F Western Mediterranean - Spain (sc) (*Fails*)

Following these moves, the map appears thus:



Builds required are:

F 0
R Build 1
I 0
G Remove 1
A 0
T 0
E 0

[Smid]

I have heard from Russia: to build an Army in Warsaw, however I still have not heard from Erc. The Rulebook reads:

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Germany has three units: Belgium, Denmark and Bohemia. All three units are equidistant from German home supply centres - Belgium and Denmark border on Kiel, Bohemia borders on Munich. All three units are Armies. As Belgium is the first province when listed alphabetically, the German Army in Belgium should be disbanded, however... since I should have disbanded the Army in Bohemia last turn when it was forced to retreat from Vienna (as pointed out by Muon), I shall disband it instead (since had it been disbanded at the time, Germany would not currently have to disband any units).

[minionofmidas]

Besides, that German army is not in Belgium at all, but in the Netherlands (or are they called Holland in Dip?), so you're all good.

[Smid]

Besides, that German army is not in Belgium at all, but in the Netherlands (or are they called Holland in Dip?), so you're all good.

Ah, yes... now I feel foolish!

[minionofmidas]

Happens to the best of us.

[Smid]

The moves for Spring 1908 were:



France
A Gascony - Paris (*Fails*)
F Marseilles Supports F Spain (sc)
A Ruhr - Belgium (*Fails*)

Russia
F Baltic Sea - Livonia
A Berlin Supports A Silesia - Munich
A Sevastopol - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Silesia - Munich
A Vienna Holds
A Warsaw - Ukraine (*Bounce*)

Italy
F Ionian Sea - Tunis (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal (*Dislodged*)
A Serbia - Trieste
F Spain (sc) Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean
F Tuscany - Gulf of Lyon (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean

Germany
A Denmark, NMR (*Disbanded*)
A Holland, NMR

Austria-Hungary
N/A

Turkey
F Albania - Greece
A Budapest Supports A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Galicia - Bohemia
A Greece - Bulgaria
A Rumania Holds
F Syria - Smyrna
F Tunis - North Africa (*Bounce*)

England
A Belgium, NMR
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Gulf of Lyon - Western Mediterranean (*Fails*)
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F North Sea - Denmark
A Paris Holds
F Portugal Supports F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Sweden Supports F North Sea - Denmark
F Western Mediterranean - North Africa (*Disbanded*)

Following the moves, the map appears thus:



The German Army in Denmark was NMR and therefore disbanded instead of retreats. The Italian Fleet in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean is forced to retreat.

[Јas]

F Mid-Atlantic - North Atlantic please Smid

[muon2]

Interesting action around the Straits of Gibraltar. England plays a gambit by dislodging the Italians in the Spring, when they might strike into England's home centers in the Fall. The gambit could have been mitigated by attacking from English Channel, but that leaves the Irish Sea fleet with no other purpose than to harry the Italians.

On the other side of the Strait I had seen two general directions for the TIF forces. One plan that was executed would concentrate on destroying one of the English fleets. The other idea I saw was to push the English to the coasts and keep the pressure off Spain. That plan might have orders like:

France:
F mar S F tus - lyo

Italy:
F tus - lyo
F tys - wes
F spa(sc) S F mao - por
F mao-por
F ion - tys

Turkey:
F tun S F tys - wes

This set of orders cannot lose spa, and forces the English fleets to pie and naf where they cannot threaten centers in the Fall. The downside is that there would still be two English fleets in the Med to deal with in the fall instead of one.

[The Mikado]

Interesting action around the Straits of Gibraltar. England plays a gambit by dislodging the Italians in the Spring, when they might strike into England's home centers in the Fall. The gambit could have been mitigated by attacking from English Channel, but that leaves the Irish Sea fleet with no other purpose than to harry the Italians.

It seems to be Liverpool's fate to fall to the scum of the Mediterranean periodically.  They survived the Frogs, they'll survive the Eyetyes.  (Note, this post should not be quoted out of context and used to "prove" racism on my part.  It's purely in-game.)  Rest assured, Jas isn't getting off this easily.

By the way, the way we kept him out of Tunisia was hilarious.  That fleet did its duty, even if it was scuttled in the process.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Interesting action around the Straits of Gibraltar. England plays a gambit by dislodging the Italians in the Spring, when they might strike into England's home centers in the Fall. The gambit could have been mitigated by attacking from English Channel, but that leaves the Irish Sea fleet with no other purpose than to harry the Italians.

It seems to be Liverpool's fate to fall to the scum of the Mediterranean periodically.  They survived the Frogs, they'll survive the Eyetyes.  (Note, this post should not be quoted out of context and used to "prove" racism on my part.  It's purely in-game.)  Rest assured, Jas isn't getting off this easily.

By the way, the way we kept him out of Tunisia was hilarious.  That fleet did its duty, even if it was scuttled in the process.

     The fleet's duty was to keep me in Tunisia?

[Smid]

Following the Italian Fleet's retreat to the North Atlantic, the map appears thus:

[Bacon King]

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[Smid]

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