| dc330: Fa44 delay - dknemeyer (Oct 27, 2010, 10:30 pm) |
Hi Everyone,
I've had a request to delay the fall season due to a serious family illness. For now I am going to delay the game for a week to accommodate this situation. Further delays or accommodation are possible given the sensitivity of this situation. Thank you for understanding.
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Sp44 Player Press! - dknemeyer (Oct 27, 2010, 9:57 am) |
Italian Press
El Duce wishes to present to the leaders of European great powers a proposal to end the conflict that has forced pacifistic Italy to defend itself against the anachronistic imperial ambitions of Germany, France, Poland, Britain and Turkey and the cruder Marxist notions of the Spanish and the Soviets.
While some have said that Europe must be either all facist or all communist, it can be both; while some have said that Europe must be either all Islamic or all Christian, it can be both; while some have said that the seas must be all British or all Italian, they can be both; while some have said that Europe must be dominated by Italian infantry or Polish cavalry, both can co-exist.
The proposal, then, is that the nations of Britain, Poland, Turkey and Italy and the Socialist Internationale sign a peace treaty that ends the conflict now. The exclusion of France is, unfortunately, a condition that Italy must demand, as the history books will show that French aggression triggered much of this conflict and has cost many Italian lives.
Shall the guns fall silent? El Duce says yes.=[Reply] |
| dc330: Sp44 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 27, 2010, 9:54 am) |
Gents,
The votes fail; the war continues!!! There are two new votes due with your FALL orders: a 4-way BIPT and a 5-way BIPST.
In what has been a rare occurrence, the Turkish military suffers setbacks in the east, center and west, with armies in Slovakia and Western Ukraine being disbanded and the fleet in Morocco looking for higher ground. There are two retreats:
British F South-Western Approaches can retreat to Irish Sea or Bay of Biscay or Galicia or Gibraltar or OTB
Turkish F Morocco can retreat to Gibraltar or OTB
Sorry for the late adjudication. As some of you are aware I've been diagnosed with both mono and Lyme disease. I'm generally making the best of it but it has been a brutal month that is continuing into a second. Not fun. Anyway...down to business!
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de (eliminated Winter 1943)
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
Successful landing in Belgium prevents season from being utter failure As the invaders knock on the gates the Brest garrison remains resolute...for now Italy's push north largely slowed, but sweet nectar of Morocco tasted once again Polish power asserts self in various operational victories Stalin unperturbed, even comfortable, in humble Moscow holdings Only silver lining for Turks: eastern Med should be locked down imminently Spanish naval successes a cause celeb in Madrid
***Britain: F Berlin - Hamburg (*Fails*)F Edinburgh - IrelandF Hamburg - Netherlands (*Fails*)A London - BelgiumA Netherlands - Rhineland (*Bounce*)F Suez - Eastern Mediterranean (*Fails*)F English Channel Convoys A London - BelgiumF South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Dislodged*)
France: A Brest Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Fails*)
Italy: F Algiers - MoroccoA Austria Supports A Silesia - SlovakiaA Czechia - Saxony (*Bounce*)A Hungary - Serbia (*Fails*)A Marseille - BurgundyA Munich - Rhineland (*Bounce*)A Paris - Brest (*Bounce*)A Rome - CroatiaA Switzerland - LorraineF Adriatic Sea - Naples (*Bounce*)F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Bounce*)F Western Mediterranean Supports F Algiers - Morocco
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Moscow (*Cut*)A Byelorussia Supports A Volhynia - Western UkraineA Cracow - Rumania (*Bounce*)F Denmark - SwedenA Greater Poland - Saxony (*Bounce*)A Leningrad Supports A ArchangelA Silesia - SlovakiaA Transylvania - Rumania (*Bounce*)A Volhynia - Western UkraineA Warsaw - Silesia
Turkey: A Eastern Ukraine Supports A MoscowA Iran HoldF Izmir - Eastern MediterraneanF Morocco - Atlantic Ocean (*Dislodged*)A Rumania Supports A Western Ukraine - Cracow (*Cut*)A Serbia - Transylvania (*Fails*)A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)A Slovakia Supports A Serbia - Transylvania (*Disbanded*)F Stalingrad(wc) HoldA Tripoli - EgyptA Western Ukraine - Cracow (*Disbanded*)F Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian SeaF Ionian Sea HoldF Libyan Sea Supports F Izmir - Eastern Mediterranean
USSR: A Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel
Republican_Spain: A Gascony - Brest (*Bounce*)F Madrid - South-Western ApproachesF Portugal Supports F Madrid - South-Western ApproachesA Valencia - Madrid
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Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Berlin, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Suez.
France: Brest.
Germany: None.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Munich, Naples, Paris, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland: Cracow, Denmark, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Morocco, Rumania, Serbia, Stalingrad, Tripoli.
USSR: Moscow.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 8 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 0.
France: 1 Supply centers, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Germany: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Remove 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Build 0.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 14 Units: Build 0.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Build 0.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5) Summer 1944 Retreats, Thursday October 28 Fall 1944 Prelims, Friday October 29 Fall 1944 Orders, Tuesday November 2 Winter 1944 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday November 4 Spring 1945 Prelims, Friday November 5 Spring 1945 Orders, Tuesday November 9***[Reply] |
| dc330: Sp44 Deadline approaching!!! - dknemeyer (Oct 25, 2010, 7:28 pm) |
Folks,
Only one set of orders in the box and finals due just over 20 hours away. Get em in gents...
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Wi43 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 22, 2010, 12:47 pm) |
Sorry for the late adjudication. I was waiting on French orders and finally just applied the default disband.
In 1943 we saw a reversal or, at minimum, slowing of the ambitions of our leaders. What will 1944 present?
Don't forget to vote for or against a Turkish solo with your spring orders. Additionally, there has been proposed a 4-way British, Italian, Polish, Turkish draw. So vote for or against that as well!
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de (eliminated Winter 1943)
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
Army and navy bolster British ambitions Brest is the final refuge for French war effort Germany fades into the dustbin of history Equine shortage reported as Poles gather armies in Warsaw, Cracow Turkish navy enjoys further investment New fleet sets sail in Madrid
***
Britain: Build F EdinburghBuild A London
France: Remove A Lorraine
Germany: Remove A Saxony
Poland: Build A CracowBuild A Warsaw
Turkey: Build F Izmir
Republican_Spain: Build F Madrid
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Berlin, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Suez.
France: Brest.
Germany: None.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Munich, Naples, Paris, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland: Cracow, Denmark, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Morocco, Rumania, Serbia, Stalingrad, Tripoli.
USSR: Moscow.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 8 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 0.
France: 1 Supply centers, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Germany: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Remove 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Build 0.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 14 Units: Build 0.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Build 0.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5) Spring 1944 Prelims, Friday October 22 Spring 1944 Orders, Tuesday, October 26 Summer 1944 Retreats, Thursday October 28 Fall 1944 Prelims, Friday October 29 Fall 1944 Orders, Tuesday November 2***[Reply] |
| dc330: Wi43 reminder and update - dknemeyer (Oct 20, 2010, 9:32 am) |
Hi Everyone,
First, while it is fine to send in spring orders already I want to make sure there is no ambiguity: winter adjustments are first - due tomorrow at our usual time - and most players have an adjustment one way or the other. so, get those in.
The other thing is an update: Turkish A SAl actually ordered to Tripoli, not Algiers last season. This will be updated in the winter adjudication but please keep it in mind as you puzzle through your builds and disbands.
Thanks,
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa43 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 19, 2010, 5:53 pm) |
Friends,
This season we say farewell to our first player as Germany drops their final centers to an ongoing British attack. Thanks for playing - and designing the variant - Charles. Please don't forget to submit an EOG statement for us.
We have our first end game proposal this season: for a Turkish solo! Please be sure to include your vote with your SPRING orders.
There are no retreats this season as the dislodged German unit is forced to disband thanks to no remaining supply centers, while the Turkish army in Transylvania was destroyed; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note.
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
Is Britain back? Expansionist policy says "maybe" Paris finally falls as Brest stronghold remains The death of a nation: Germany subsumed fully by British, Italian invaders Gains mix with losses for Italy and all is square once the dust settles Poles show operational excellence in Transylvania, vulture-like instincts in Scandinavia Moscow the capitol once again! Despite great promise Turk war effort sputters in the fall Valencia back in Spanish hands
***Britain: F Berlin Supports F Denmark - Hamburg (*Cut*)F Denmark - HamburgA Netherlands Supports F Denmark - HamburgF Atlantic Ocean - SuezF English Channel - South-Western Approaches (*Fails*)F South-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)
France: A Brest Supports A Lorraine - ParisA Lorraine - Paris (*Fails*)
Germany: A Hamburg - Denmark (*Dislodged*)A Saxony - Berlin (*Fails*)
Italy: F Algiers Supports F Western Mediterranean (*Cut*)A Austria Supports A HungaryA Catalonia - MarseilleA Czechia Supports A Switzerland - MunichA Hungary Supports A Cracow - TransylvaniaA Paris Supports A Brest (*Cut*)A Piedmont - SwitzerlandA Rome - Croatia (*Bounce*)A Switzerland - MunichF Adriatic Sea - Naples (*Bounce*)F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Bounce*)F Western Mediterranean Supports F Algiers
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Moscow (*Cut*)A Byelorussia - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)A Cracow - TransylvaniaA Greater Poland - Saxony (*Fails*)A Leningrad Supports A ArchangelA Silesia - Slovakia (*Fails*)F Sweden - DenmarkA Volhynia - Cracow (*Bounce*)
Turkey: A Eastern Ukraine Supports A MoscowA Kazakhstan - IranF Morocco - Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)A Rumania - Cracow (*Bounce*)A Serbia - Croatia (*Bounce*)A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)A Slovakia - Silesia (*Fails*)A Southern Algeria - Algiers (*Fails*)A Transylvania Supports A Rumania - Cracow (*Disbanded*)F Tunisia - Ionian SeaA Western Ukraine - Volhynia (*Fails*)F Aegean Sea Supports F Tunisia - Ionian SeaF Black Sea - Stalingrad(wc)F Ionian Sea - Libyan Sea
USSR: A Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel
Republican_Spain: A Gascony Supports A ParisA Madrid - ValenciaF Portugal Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Ordered to Move*)
***
Winter 1942 Builds:
BritainBuildBuild
FranceRemove
GermanyRemove
PolandBuildBuild
Turkey:
Build
Republican_SpainBuild
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Berlin, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London, Netherlands, Suez.
France: Brest.
Germany: None.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Munich, Naples, Paris, Rome, Switzerland.
Poland: Cracow, Denmark, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Morocco, Rumania, Serbia, Stalingrad, Tripoli.
USSR: Moscow.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 8 Supply centers, 6 Units: Build 2.
France: 1 Supply centers, 2 Units: Remove 1.
Germany: 0 Supply centers, 1 Units: Remove 1.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 10 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 2.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 13 Units: Build 1.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 1.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1943 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 21 Spring 1944 Prelims, Friday October 22 Spring 1944 Orders, Tuesday, October 26 Summer 1944 Retreats, Thursday October 28 Fall 1944 Prelims, Friday October 29 Fall 1944 Orders, Tuesday November 2***[Reply] |
| dc330: Su43 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 14, 2010, 2:10 pm) |
Hi Everyone,
Attached are the summer 1943 results. Britain retreated from Hamburg to Berlin, while Poland left Western Ukraine for the friendly confines of Volhynia.
Also, please note that there was a small error in the orders inputted for Poland. Instead of:
A Cracow - Transylvania (*Fails*)A Slovakia, no move received
The correct final orders were:
> Army Cracow to Rumania
> Army Slovakia to Transylvania
The updated maps reflect the correct board situation. Thanks to Robert for pointing this out, despite the correct orders adversely affecting his position.
Here is our upcoming schedule:
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19 Winter 1943 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 21 Spring 1944 Prelims, Friday October 22 Spring 1944 Orders, Tuesday, October 26***[Reply] |
| dc330: Sp43 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 13, 2010, 9:06 am) |
Hi Everyone,
Apologies on not adjudicating last night. As some of you know I have been bed-ridden for now more than a week, and last night our adjudication feel victim to my suffering. I had expected to get it out and thus did not send out a notice that it would not be done. Sorry about that.
There are two retreats: British F Hamburg can retreat to Helgoland Bight or Baltic Sea or Berlin or OTB. Polish A Western Ukraine can retreat to Volhynia or OTB. If either of you need an extension due to the late adjudication please let me know; otherwise these are due tomorrow at the usual time.
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
Swap of Hamburg for Netherlands improves British defensive position Legendary French tenacity may be nearing an end The good people of Hamburg welcome spirited Wehrmacht divisions All of African holdings appear compromised for Italy Bitter fighting drives Poland from the Ukraine NKVD spotted distributing vodka in Moscow! Is Turkish domination of the continent now imminent? Republicans show fighting spirit in beating back Italian invaders
***
Britain: A Belgium - NetherlandsF Denmark - North Sea (*Bounce*)F Hamburg Supports A Belgium - Netherlands (*Dislodged*)F Ireland - Atlantic OceanF English Channel - North Sea (*Bounce*)F South-Western Approaches Supports F Atlantic Ocean - Morocco
France: A Brest - Paris (*Fails*)A Rhineland - Lorraine
Germany: A Czechia - Munich (*Disbanded*)A Netherlands - HamburgA Saxony Supports A Netherlands - Hamburg
Italy: A Austria Supports A Munich - CzechiaA Catalonia - Madrid (*Fails*)A Hungary Supports A Transylvania - Slovakia (*Void*)A Lorraine - ParisA Marseille - PiedmontF Morocco - AlgiersA Munich - CzechiaF Naples - Adriatic SeaA Switzerland - Austria (*Fails*)A Valencia - RomeF Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Valencia - RomeF Western Mediterranean Convoys A Valencia - Rome
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - MoscowA Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)A Cracow - Transylvania (*Fails*)A Gdynia - Greater PolandA Leningrad Supports A ArchangelF Norway - SwedenA Slovakia, no move receivedA Warsaw - Silesia (*Fails*)A Western Ukraine - Rumania (*Dislodged*)
Turkey: A Eastern Ukraine Supports A Moscow - Western UkraineF Izmir - Aegean SeaA Kazakhstan Supports A Stalingrad - MoscowA Moscow - Western UkraineA Rumania Supports A Moscow - Western UkraineA Serbia Supports A TransylvaniaA Siberia Supports A Stalingrad - MoscowA Silesia - Slovakia (*Fails*)A Transylvania Supports A Silesia - Slovakia (*Cut*)A Tripoli - Southern AlgeriaF Atlantic Ocean - MoroccoF Black Sea Supports A RumaniaF Ionian Sea - TunisiaF Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea
USSR: A Stalingrad - Moscow
Republican_Spain: A Gascony Supports A Lorraine - ParisA Gibraltar - MadridF Portugal Supports A Gibraltar - Madrid
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.
Britain: 6 Supply centers, 6 Units: Remove 0.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Build 0.
Germany: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Build 0.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 14 Units: Build 0.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Remove 0.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14 Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19 Winter 1943 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 21 Spring 1944 Prelims, Friday October 22 Spring 1944 Orders, Tuesday, October 26***[Reply] |
| dc330: Wi42 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 07, 2010, 7:37 pm) |
And so we bring 1942 to an end. Will a solo bid emerge in 1943? Will our three Towers of Power remain above the rest? Or will one of our beleaguered heroes pick themselves up and assert their will on the endgame?
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
British navy shows trust of expeditionary Turks Austrian Wehrmacht divisions winter in Czechia Another fleet bolsters the Italian position Re-energized Hussar regiments re-form in Gdynia Mediterranean domination on the mind of Ataturk
***
Britain isband F NWA
Germany:A Austria - Czechia
Italy:Build F Naples
Poland: Build A Gdynia
Turkey: A Cracow - SilesiaBuild F Izm
Republican_Spain: F South-Western Approaches - PortugalDisband A Madrid
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.
Britain: 6 Supply centers, 6 Units: Remove 0.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Build 0.
Germany: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Build 0.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Build 0.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 14 Units: Build 0.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Remove 0.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14 Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19 Winter 1943 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 21
***[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa42 Results! - raistlin (Oct 06, 2010, 5:40 am) |
Dirk,
Given the bounce in Rome, my press kind of looks a little silly now. But I guess that we in the Ministry of Truth can simply rewrite history ... again ... and again ... and again ... 
---- Dirk Knemeyer wrote:
A tumultuous season. The end game seems to be crystallizing: Britain and Poland were part of a shaky middle, and this year we see it is Poland who exercises some upward mobility to try and break into the lead group with Italy and Turkey, while Britain loses ground and now juggles a more shaky position. Germany's back appears broken, the Republicans glimmer of hope takes a hit, and France and the Soviets keep playing out the string. But those French...in Rheinland now?!
There are 3 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note. And, don't look now, but we have some beloved player press!!!
Italian Press:
After their holiday in Valencia the Italian marine corps has returned refreshed to Rome, ready to fight new battles for the expanding empire. Despite terrible propaganda that has occasionally appeared in the Italian media - propaganda frowned upon by el Duce and his government, as he has always been fairminded regarding legitimate socialism - about evils of the Spanish Republican regime, the visit was a friendly one, with fine food, good companionship and fun in the sun and the waters.
As the history books will say (once they have been altered) the friendship between Spain and Italy has always been strong, no matter the internal politics of each peaceloving peoples. There has never been any war between us. Guernica was never bombed; Valencia was never occupied.
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
The joys of securing Hamburg more than offset by British losses in Netherlands, Norway
You cannot stop the French: you can only hope to contain them!
Hamburg and Munich fall as talk of a Fourth Reich grips a weary populace
Haphazard Italian orders do not prevent myriad military successes
Resurgent Poland committed to being an important part of the endgame
White Russians for everyone as Stalin keeps the boys alive in his new capitol
Africa is the next frontier for rangy Turks
Ruthless German aggression improbably costs the Republicans Valencia
***
Britain:
A Belgium Hold
F Denmark - Hamburg (*Fails*)
F Hamburg - Berlin (*Bounce*)
F Ireland Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F North-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France:
A Gascony - Brest
A Picardy - Rhineland
Germany:
A Austria - Rome (*Dislodged*)
A Munich - Austria (*Disbanded*)
A Rhineland - Netherlands
A Saxony - Berlin (*Bounce*)
Italy:
A Catalonia - Marseille (*Fails*)
A Czechia - Munich
A Hungary Supports A Slovenia - Austria
A Lorraine Supports A Czechia - Munich
A Marseille - Switzerland (*Fails*)
F Morocco Supports F South-Western Approaches
A Slovenia - Austria
A Switzerland - Munich (*Fails*)
A Valencia - Rome (*Bounce*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Valencia - Rome
F Western Mediterranean Convoys A Valencia - Rome
Poland:
A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Cut*)
A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)
A Leningrad Supports A Archangel
A Slovakia - Transylvania (*Fails*)
F Sweden - Norway
A Volhynia - Cracow
A Warsaw Supports A Volhynia - Cracow
A Western Ukraine - Rumania (*Fails*)
Turkey:
A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Cracow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)
A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)
A Egypt - Tripoli
A Kazakhstan Supports A Moscow
A Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel (*Cut*)
A Rumania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)
A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)
F Suez - Libyan Sea
A Transylvania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)
F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Cut*)
F Black Sea Supports A Rumania
F Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea
USSR:
A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain:
A Gibraltar Supports A Madrid
A Madrid Hold
A Navarra - Gascony
F South-Western Approaches Supports A Gibraltar (*Dislodged*)
Retreats:
German A Austria can retreat to Czechia or South Tyrol or OTB.
Turkish A Cracow can retreat to Silesia or OTB.
Republican Spain F South-Western Approaches can retreat to Bay of Biscay or Galicia or Portugal or OTB.
***
Winter 1942 Builds:
Britain
Disband
Germany
Build?
Italy
Build
Poland:
Build
Turkey:
Build
Republican_Spain
Remove
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.
Britain: 6 Supply centers, 7 Units: Remove 1.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Build 0.
Germany: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 11 Units: Build 1.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 1.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 13 Units: Build 1.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply centers, 4 Units: Remove 1.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1942 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 7
Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14
Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15
Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19
***[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa42 Results! - dknemeyer (Oct 06, 2010, 12:40 am) |
A tumultuous season. The end game seems to be crystallizing: Britain and Poland were part of a shaky middle, and this year we see it is Poland who exercises some upward mobility to try and break into the lead group with Italy and Turkey, while Britain loses ground and now juggles a more shaky position. Germany's back appears broken, the Republicans glimmer of hope takes a hit, and France and the Soviets keep playing out the string. But those French...in Rheinland now?!
There are 3 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note. And, don't look now, but we have some beloved player press!!!
Italian Press:
After their holiday in Valencia the Italian marine corps has returned refreshed to Rome, ready to fight new battles for the expanding empire. Despite terrible propaganda that has occasionally appeared in the Italian media - propaganda frowned upon by el Duce and his government, as he has always been fairminded regarding legitimate socialism - about evils of the Spanish Republican regime, the visit was a friendly one, with fine food, good companionship and fun in the sun and the waters.
As the history books will say (once they have been altered) the friendship between Spain and Italy has always been strong, no matter the internal politics of each peaceloving peoples. There has never been any war between us. Guernica was never bombed; Valencia was never occupied.
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
The joys of securing Hamburg more than offset by British losses in Netherlands, Norway You cannot stop the French: you can only hope to contain them! Hamburg and Munich fall as talk of a Fourth Reich grips a weary populace Haphazard Italian orders do not prevent myriad military successes Resurgent Poland committed to being an important part of the endgame White Russians for everyone as Stalin keeps the boys alive in his new capitol Africa is the next frontier for rangy Turks Ruthless German aggression improbably costs the Republicans Valencia
***
Britain: A Belgium HoldF Denmark - Hamburg (*Fails*)F Hamburg - Berlin (*Bounce*)F Ireland Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF Irish Sea - South-Western ApproachesF North-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France: A Gascony - BrestA Picardy - Rhineland
Germany: A Austria - Rome (*Dislodged*)A Munich - Austria (*Disbanded*)A Rhineland - NetherlandsA Saxony - Berlin (*Bounce*)
Italy: A Catalonia - Marseille (*Fails*)A Czechia - MunichA Hungary Supports A Slovenia - AustriaA Lorraine Supports A Czechia - MunichA Marseille - Switzerland (*Fails*)F Morocco Supports F South-Western ApproachesA Slovenia - AustriaA Switzerland - Munich (*Fails*)A Valencia - Rome (*Bounce*)F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Valencia - RomeF Western Mediterranean Convoys A Valencia - Rome
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Cut*)A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)A Leningrad Supports A ArchangelA Slovakia - Transylvania (*Fails*)F Sweden - NorwayA Volhynia - CracowA Warsaw Supports A Volhynia - CracowA Western Ukraine - Rumania (*Fails*)
Turkey: A Bulgaria - SerbiaA Cracow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)A Egypt - TripoliA Kazakhstan Supports A MoscowA Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel (*Cut*)A Rumania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)F Suez - Libyan SeaA Transylvania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Cut*)F Black Sea Supports A RumaniaF Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea
USSR: A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain: A Gibraltar Supports A MadridA Madrid HoldA Navarra - GasconyF South-Western Approaches Supports A Gibraltar (*Dislodged*)
Retreats:German A Austria can retreat to Czechia or South Tyrol or OTB.Turkish A Cracow can retreat to Silesia or OTB.Republican Spain F South-Western Approaches can retreat to Bay of Biscay or Galicia or Portugal or OTB.
***
Winter 1942 Builds:
BritainDisband
GermanyBuild?
ItalyBuild
Poland:Build
Turkey:
Build
Republican_SpainRemove
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.
Britain: 6 Supply centers, 7 Units: Remove 1.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Build 0.
Germany: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 11 Units: Build 1.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 1.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 13 Units: Build 1.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply centers, 4 Units: Remove 1.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1942 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 7
Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14 Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15 Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19
***[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa42 Results! (dc330) raistlin Oct 06, 05:40 am |
Dirk,
Given the bounce in Rome, my press kind of looks a little silly now. But I guess that we in the Ministry of Truth can simply rewrite history ... again ... and again ... and again ...
---- Dirk Knemeyer wrote:
A tumultuous season. The end game seems to be crystallizing: Britain and Poland were part of a shaky middle, and this year we see it is Poland who exercises some upward mobility to try and break into the lead group with Italy and Turkey, while Britain loses ground and now juggles a more shaky position. Germany's back appears broken, the Republicans glimmer of hope takes a hit, and France and the Soviets keep playing out the string. But those French...in Rheinland now?!
There are 3 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note. And, don't look now, but we have some beloved player press!!!
Italian Press:
After their holiday in Valencia the Italian marine corps has returned refreshed to Rome, ready to fight new battles for the expanding empire. Despite terrible propaganda that has occasionally appeared in the Italian media - propaganda frowned upon by el Duce and his government, as he has always been fairminded regarding legitimate socialism - about evils of the Spanish Republican regime, the visit was a friendly one, with fine food, good companionship and fun in the sun and the waters.
As the history books will say (once they have been altered) the friendship between Spain and Italy has always been strong, no matter the internal politics of each peaceloving peoples. There has never been any war between us. Guernica was never bombed; Valencia was never occupied.
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
The joys of securing Hamburg more than offset by British losses in Netherlands, Norway
You cannot stop the French: you can only hope to contain them!
Hamburg and Munich fall as talk of a Fourth Reich grips a weary populace
Haphazard Italian orders do not prevent myriad military successes
Resurgent Poland committed to being an important part of the endgame
White Russians for everyone as Stalin keeps the boys alive in his new capitol
Africa is the next frontier for rangy Turks
Ruthless German aggression improbably costs the Republicans Valencia
***
Britain:
A Belgium Hold
F Denmark - Hamburg (*Fails*)
F Hamburg - Berlin (*Bounce*)
F Ireland Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches
F North-Western Approaches - Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
France:
A Gascony - Brest
A Picardy - Rhineland
Germany:
A Austria - Rome (*Dislodged*)
A Munich - Austria (*Disbanded*)
A Rhineland - Netherlands
A Saxony - Berlin (*Bounce*)
Italy:
A Catalonia - Marseille (*Fails*)
A Czechia - Munich
A Hungary Supports A Slovenia - Austria
A Lorraine Supports A Czechia - Munich
A Marseille - Switzerland (*Fails*)
F Morocco Supports F South-Western Approaches
A Slovenia - Austria
A Switzerland - Munich (*Fails*)
A Valencia - Rome (*Bounce*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Valencia - Rome
F Western Mediterranean Convoys A Valencia - Rome
Poland:
A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Cut*)
A Byelorussia - Moscow (*Fails*)
A Leningrad Supports A Archangel
A Slovakia - Transylvania (*Fails*)
F Sweden - Norway
A Volhynia - Cracow
A Warsaw Supports A Volhynia - Cracow
A Western Ukraine - Rumania (*Fails*)
Turkey:
A Bulgaria - Serbia
A Cracow Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Dislodged*)
A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine (*Fails*)
A Egypt - Tripoli
A Kazakhstan Supports A Moscow
A Moscow Supports A Siberia - Archangel (*Cut*)
A Rumania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)
A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)
F Suez - Libyan Sea
A Transylvania Supports A Cracow (*Cut*)
F Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western Approaches (*Cut*)
F Black Sea Supports A Rumania
F Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea
USSR:
A Stalingrad Supports A Moscow
Republican_Spain:
A Gibraltar Supports A Madrid
A Madrid Hold
A Navarra - Gascony
F South-Western Approaches Supports A Gibraltar (*Dislodged*)
Retreats:
German A Austria can retreat to Czechia or South Tyrol or OTB.
Turkish A Cracow can retreat to Silesia or OTB.
Republican Spain F South-Western Approaches can retreat to Bay of Biscay or Galicia or Portugal or OTB.
***
Winter 1942 Builds:
Britain
Disband
Germany
Build?
Italy
Build
Poland:
Build
Turkey:
Build
Republican_Spain
Remove
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Liverpool, London.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Munich, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Valencia.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Suez, Tripoli.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Madrid, Portugal.
Britain: 6 Supply centers, 7 Units: Remove 1.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Build 0.
Germany: 3 Supply centers, 3 Units: Build 0.
Italy: 12 Supply centers, 11 Units: Build 1.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 8 Units: Build 1.
Turkey: 14 Supply centers, 13 Units: Build 1.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Remove 0.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply centers, 4 Units: Remove 1.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1942 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday October 7
Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12
Summer 1943 Retreats, Thursday October 14
Fall 1943 Prelims, Friday October 15
Fall 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 19
*** |
| dc330: Deadline extended - dknemeyer (Oct 05, 2010, 1:33 pm) |
Hi Everyone,
Britain is traveling today and has requested to use his extension this turn. Thus the deadline is pushed back up to eight hours, at the point which he inputs his orders marked "Final".
FYI, if the full eight hours are taken I will likely be asleep and adjudicate in the morning. If it comes earlier than that and I am still up I will adjudicate immediately.
Happy dipping!
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa42 Deadline! - dknemeyer (Oct 04, 2010, 5:09 pm) |
Diplomats,
Just under 23 hours remain until the deadline! A full four Great Powers have yet to submit their orders. Get em in!
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Su42 Results! - dknemeyer (Sep 30, 2010, 5:49 pm) |
The Polish army retreats from Cracow to Warsaw. Fall 1942 prelims due in about 22 hours!
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Fall 1942 Prelims, Friday October 1
Fall 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 5
Winter 1942 Retreats, Thursday October 7
Spring 1943 Prelims, Friday October 8
Spring 1943 Orders, Tuesday October 12[Reply] |
| dc330: Sp42 Results! - dknemeyer (Sep 29, 2010, 12:32 pm) |
An odd season. While a variety of centers change hands - generally following a theme of "rich get richer" - there are misorders and unused supports in various places. Perhaps the officer corps is napping and letting the NCO's dictate strategy this spring? Treat this as a reminder to all players to double-check your orders and make sure you are placing valid ones!
Elsewhere...
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor; within days the United States has declared war on Japan and is officially part of the imbroglio.
On January 11 Japan declares war on the Netherlands, invades the Netherlands East Indies, and captures Kuala Lumpur.
On February 15 Singapore surrenders to Japan.
On April 9 the Bataan Peninsula falls to Japan and the Bataan Death March began.
In May the first undersea oil pipeline is tested in the English Channel between England and France.
There is one (Polish) retreat this season. Robert, let me know if you need more time on it since the spring adjudication is late. More upcoming deadlines at the end of this note:
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
Determined defense of Ireland shifts into place French armies are again on the move Joy of Austrian reclamation is short-lived as Hamburg, Czechia pillaged Italian generals on holiday as conquest, confusion intermingle Polish homeland pierced for first time as fine citizens of Cracow sent running for their lives Soviet attempts to break out of Stalingrad thwarted by Hussars Turkish war machine continues to progress As Italians pillage Valencia, Republicans left to re-assess strategy
***
Britain: F Belgium - English ChannelF Denmark Supports F Netherlands - HamburgF Netherlands - HamburgA Picardy - BelgiumF English Channel - Irish SeaF Irish Sea - IrelandF North-Western Approaches Supports F Irish Sea - Ireland
France: A Brest - PicardyA Paris - Gascony
Germany: A Czechia - AustriaA Hamburg - SaxonyA Munich Supports A Czechia - AustriaA Rhineland - Lorraine (*Fails*)
Italy: A Austria - HungaryA Granada - ValenciaA Lorraine Supports A Picardy - Rhineland (*Void*)A Marseille Supports A Navarra - CataloniaF Morocco Supports F Irish Sea - South-Western Approaches (*Void*)A Navarra - CataloniaA Slovakia - CzechiaA Slovenia Supports A Czechia - AustriaA Switzerland Supports A LorraineF Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)F Western Mediterranean, no move received
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Byelorussia - MoscowA Byelorussia - Moscow (*Bounce*)A Cracow - Rumania (*Dislodged*)A Eastern Ukraine - Western UkraineA Leningrad Supports A ArchangelA Silesia - SlovakiaF Sweden HoldA Volhynia Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Western Ukraine
Turkey: A Egypt - Libyan Sea (*Fails*)A Georgia - Eastern UkraineA Istanbul - BulgariaA Kazakhstan Supports A Stalingrad - MoscowA Moscow - Archangel (*Fails*)A Rumania Supports A Transylvania - CracowA Serbia - TransylvaniaA Siberia Supports A Moscow - ArchangelF Suez - Egypt(nc) (*Fails*)A Transylvania - CracowF Atlantic Ocean Supports F South-Western ApproachesF Black Sea Supports A Georgia - Eastern UkraineF Libyan Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
USSR: A Stalingrad - Moscow (*Bounce*)
Republican_Spain: A Burgos - NavarraA Madrid - GibraltarA Portugal - MadridF South-Western Approaches Supports A Madrid - Gibraltar
Retreats olish A Cracow can retreat to Warsaw or Silesia or OTB.
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Netherlands, Norway.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Rumania, Serbia, Suez.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 7 Supply centers, 7 Units: Builds 0 units.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Builds 0 units.
Germany: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
Italy: 11 Supply centers, 11 Units: Builds 0 units.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Removes 0 unit.
Turkey: 13 Supply centers, 13 Units: Builds 0 units.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Removes 0 unit.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply center, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1941 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday September 30
Spring 1942 Prelims, Friday October 1
Spring 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 5
Summer 1942 Retreats, Thursday October 7 Fall 1942 Prelims, Friday October 8 Fall 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 12
***[Reply] |
| dc330: Deadline extended - dknemeyer (Sep 28, 2010, 9:12 am) |
Hi Everyone,
I'm on the last day of a business trip today (flying tonight) and am very ill. As such I don't want to push myself to get the adjudication done late when I get home. So I'm going to extend the deadline by 18 hours, to 17:00 GMT tomorrow.
My apologies.
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Deadline extended (dc330) dknemeyer Oct 05, 01:33 pm |
Hi Everyone,
Britain is traveling today and has requested to use his extension this turn. Thus the deadline is pushed back up to eight hours, at the point which he inputs his orders marked "Final".
FYI, if the full eight hours are taken I will likely be asleep and adjudicate in the morning. If it comes earlier than that and I am still up I will adjudicate immediately.
Happy dipping!
Dirk |
| dc330: Wi41 Deadline - sunchung (Sep 23, 2010, 4:36 pm) |
Can I build for them? Are you sure there isn't some commerce element to the game such that Turkey or Spain would be willing to spend their money at British shipyards? We do have the world's best... Of course they would have to sail under the Union Jack...
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)makethinkplay.com> wrote:
Oh noes!!! 2 missing sets of orders with a scant 14 minutes left!!!
Get em in gents...
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Wi41 Deadline - dknemeyer (Sep 23, 2010, 3:46 pm) |
Oh noes!!! 2 missing sets of orders with a scant 14 minutes left!!!
Get em in gents...
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Wi41 Deadline (dc330) sunchung Sep 23, 04:36 pm |
Can I build for them? Are you sure there isn't some commerce element to the game such that Turkey or Spain would be willing to spend their money at British shipyards? We do have the world's best... Of course they would have to sail under the Union Jack...
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)makethinkplay.com> wrote:
Oh noes!!! 2 missing sets of orders with a scant 14 minutes left!!!
Get em in gents...
Dirk |
| dc330: Fa41 Update - dknemeyer (Sep 22, 2010, 12:14 am) |
Hi Folks,
Two mistakes I'm aware of so far:
I keep counting 11 Turkish units but an observer is assuring me there are 12 and thus Turkey only gets 1 build. So, I'm sure I'm missing something and expect just 1 Turkish build.
Also: I mixed up two Italian units: the mover into Austria should be STy, not Slo. I will update the map for this in the winter adjudication.
Thanks,
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa41 Player Press! - dknemeyer (Sep 21, 2010, 11:34 pm) |
Italian Press:
Communists: are they evil, stupid or both?
Everyone knows that Stalin is a mass murderer. But how many know the evil extremist agenda of President Azana, the leader of the far left regime of Spain?
Walk through any Spanish town in the heat of the afternoon. Bodies lie everywhere - on benches, on sedan chairs, on cosy couches on sweeping verandas. Are they asleep or have they been horribly massacred by the evil ruler lurking in his luxurious apartments in Barcelona? We did not check, but we are pretty sure that they have been horribly massacred. And they stupidity? They did not even destroy the evidence. Evil *and* stupid.
The luxurious apartments? We visited. And what we found was so shocking and so horrifying - and so stupid - that we hesitate to mention it. Having hesitated, here goes: they are torturing puppies. Badly. (By that, we mean that they are trying to torture puppies, demonstrating their evil, but doing it in an incompetent way, such that the puppies are having fun running around chasing toys, getting well fed, wagging their tails, getting lots of pats and so on.) These communists are evil and stupid, that is for sure. They do not know how to torture puppies. Mussolini does, showing his clear superiority.
And that is why Spain must be destroyed: they must be taught how to torture puppies properly.
This exclusive look into the dark world of communism and its many apologists brought to you from the dark world of fascism and its many apologists.[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa41 Results! - dknemeyer (Sep 21, 2010, 11:31 pm) |
Apologies, but owing to my long day I will eschew the historical flavour this season and simply produce the adjudication. I accidentally skipped the step to produce the map with arrows, sorry about that...
Thanks in advance for correcting any errors, I do get tripped up by the forced Autumn season in Realpolitik that blocks the program from listing proper builds.
There are 2 retreats this season; upcoming deadlines at the end of this note:
***
PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
British holdings continue to recede Gritty French regulars continue to hold the line Wehrmacht return to trench warfare tactics in bid to defend the Vaterland Italian marines and infantry coordinate activities in besieged Spain Glory of second capitol in Moscow short-lived for the Poles Stalin's vengeance sated by catapulting Turks against Polish conquerors Turkish war galleys in the Atlantic cause panic across western Europe Republicans grow again, but will this be the end of their leftist adventure?
***
Britain: F Belgium - English ChannelF Denmark HoldF Netherlands - BelgiumA Picardy Supports A Rhineland - Lorraine (*Void*)F Atlantic Ocean - North-Western ApproachesF English Channel - Irish SeaF Helgoland Bight - Netherlands
France: A Brest Supports A ParisA Paris Supports A Brest
Germany: A Czechia Supports A MunichA Hamburg Supports A MunichA Munich Supports A Hamburg (*Cut*)A Rhineland Supports A Hamburg
Italy: A Gascony - NavarraA Hungary - SlovakiaA Lorraine - Munich (*Fails*)A Marseille - Catalonia (*Bounce*)F Morocco Supports F Gibraltar - South-Western ApproachesA Rome - GranadaA Slovenia - AustriaA South Tyrol Supports A Slovenia - AustriaA Switzerland Supports A Slovenia - AustriaF Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Rome - GranadaF Western Mediterranean Convoys A Rome - Granada
Poland: A Archangel Supports A Moscow (*Cut*)A Byelorussia Supports A MoscowA Cracow - Western Ukraine (*Bounce*)A Moscow Supports A Western Ukraine - Eastern Ukraine (*Dislodged*)A Slovakia - Cracow (*Dislodged*)F Sweden Supports F Baltic SeaA Volhynia Supports A Slovakia - Cracow (*Fails*)A Western Ukraine - Eastern UkraineF Baltic Sea Supports A Hamburg
Turkey: A Bulgaria - SerbiaA Eastern Anatolia - GeorgiaA Eastern Ukraine - MoscowA Egypt HoldA Kazakhstan Supports A Eastern Ukraine - MoscowA Rumania - Western Ukraine (*Bounce*)A Siberia - Archangel (*Fails*)F Suez Supports F Arabian Sea - Atlantic OceanA Transylvania Supports A Hungary - SlovakiaF Arabian Sea - Atlantic OceanF Black Sea Supports A Rumania (*Ordered to Move*)F Libyan Sea Hold
USSR: A Stalingrad Supports A Eastern Ukraine - Moscow
Republican_Spain: F Gibraltar - South-Western ApproachesA Madrid - Catalonia (*Bounce*)A Portugal - Madrid (*Fails*)
Retreatsolish A Moscow can retreat to Leningrad or OTB.Polish A Slovakia can retreat to Silesia or OTB.
***
Winter 1941 Builds:
Poland:Build?
Turkey:
Build
Build
Republican_SpainBuild
***
Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Netherlands, Norway.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Rumania, Serbia, Suez.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 7 Supply centers, 7 Units: Builds 0 units.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Builds 0 units.
Germany: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
Italy: 11 Supply centers, 11 Units: Builds 0 units.
Poland: 8 Supply centers, 9 Units: Removes 1 unit.
Turkey: 13 Supply centers, 11 Units: Builds 2 units.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Removes 0 unit.
Republican_Spain: 4 Supply center, 3 Units: Builds 1 unit.
***
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Winter 1941 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday September 23
Spring 1942 Prelims, Friday September 24
Spring 1942 Orders, Tuesday September 28
Summer 1942 Retreats, Thursday September 30 Fall 1942 Prelims, Friday October 1 Fall 1942 Orders, Tuesday October 5
***[Reply] |
| dc330: Fa41 Reminder! - dknemeyer (Sep 20, 2010, 10:55 am) |
Diplomats,
The deadline for fall 1941 is in a scant 29 hours. I've only received two sets of orders to date, so don't delay in, at least, getting prelims in!
FYI, I will be traveling this week and thru our main adjudication next as well. In each case I will be adjudicating before bed the same night as orders are due but it may be some hours after the deadline. Just FYI...
Dirk[Reply] |
| dc330: Su41 Results! - dknemeyer (Sep 14, 2010, 6:02 pm) |
You all saw it: the French armies retreat into Brest.
Prelims due Friday! Let's get those in folks...
Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Summer 1941 Retreats, Thursday September 16
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Winter 1941 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday September 23
Spring 1942 Prelims, Friday September 24
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| dc330: Sp41 Results! - DrSwordopolis (Sep 14, 2010, 5:16 pm) |
Oh never mind. Now my email client decides to display it properly. As if I haven't embarassed myself enough already this game...
I'll retreat to Brest. OTB isn't happening, and going to Spain would be silly. That's final. You can adjudicate it whenever you like.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Nick Powell <nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dirk,
It's harder for me to decide on my retreat when you don't publish the moves (I don't like interpreting the pictures). Maybe those are forthcoming?
-Nick
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)makethinkplay.com> wrote:
(cue the gentle, soothing sounds of the pan flute)
1941. A year of love, optimism, ponies skipping thru dewy meadows...
(cue some weird futuristic band called "Rage Against the Machine"Europe is in flames! Europe is in (bleep)ing FLAMES!!!
Ahem. On that undignified note let us review the world headlines from the last 6 months before dipping back into the boiling cauldron. Mr. Murrow?
On January 10 the U.S. Congress approved Lend-Lease, to provide war supplies to European allies.
The first fully electronic computing device, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, is described in print for the first time on January 15.
On February 23 Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
The first radio station in the world to broadcast on the improved FM band, W47NV in Nashville, Tennessee, begins broadcasting.
In an alternate universe, on March 30, a German Lorenz code machine operator sent a 4,000 character message twice, allowing British mathematician Bill Tutte to decipher the coding mechanism.
On April 19 celebrated playwright Bertolt Brecht staged an anti-war play, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder in Zurich.
In late April the political jockeying around U.S. involvement in World War 2 begins to boil. Charles Lindbergh keynotes the first mass rally of the America First Committee. President Franklin D. Roosevelt publicly criticizes the American hero resulting in his resigning his commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve.
On May 1 the first Defense Bonds and Defense Savings Stamps go on sale in the United States and will fund greatly increased production of military equipment.
Also on May 1 a product called "breakfast cereal" is introduced by General Mills. Called "CheeriOats", it would go on to become Cheerios.
Also on May 1 the movie Citizen Kane premieres in New York City.
In an alternate universe, on May 9 German sub U-110 is captured. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers use to break coded German messages.
On May 12 Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working, programmable, fully automatic computer in Berlin.
4,000 Chongqing civilians are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Japanese Bombing of Chongqing on June 5.
In an alternate universe, on June 13 TASS, the official Soviet news agency, denies reports of tension between Germany and the Soviet Union.
There is only one summer retreat: French A Gascony may retreat to Bre, Cat, Nav or off the board. Nick, please get me your retreat by Thursday at our normal adjudication time.
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PLAYERS
Britain - sunchung / Sun Chung / sun.chung(at)gmail.com
France - DrSwordopolis / Nick Powell / nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com
Germany - charlesf / Charles Feaux de la Croix / charlesf(at)web.de
Italy (and Nationalist Spain) - raistlin / David Gould / davidchegould(at)bigpond.com
Poland - smileyrob / Robert Stein / smileyrob68(at)gmail.com
Turkey - Wladimir7 / Wladimir Mysonski / wmysonski(at)gmail.com
USSR (and Republican Spain) - Nitsch / Karsten Nitsch / karsten.nitsch(at)gmx.de
***
HEADLINES
British army comes ashore in Picardy
Gascony falls as enemies continue to encroach Cooperation with Polish proves impotent for Wehrmacht; defensive pact with British seems apparent Italians and Spanish conspire to slam British out of the south
Retreat north signals shift in policy and ambition for Poles Soviets encourage Turkish encroachment into former homelands Turkish and Italian juggernauts seem content with one another's ongoing expansion
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And now, for a GM's best friend, player press!
Eastern Ukraine, Crimean Peninsula, Sevastopol
The tides of war never stop turning - a lesson the Polish troops occupying the Eastern Ukraine by now will have learned. The recent days might be a turning point in the sheer unstoppable advance of the Polish Armed Cavalry, their ranks bolstered by the tanks of their German allies. After having won one of the bloodiest battles of the war so far at Sevastopol, burning two thirds of the strategically important city to ashes, the Soviet remnants were driven into the countryside, scattering in the snow-covered plains. The more surprised was the Polish Generality, as the reconnaissance found the remaining Soviet Army holding on to Stalingrad advancing in full force towards Sevastopol. With the Polish line of communication constantly harassed by Soviet attacks, the lines of defense built slower tan expected, and more forces were relocated to meet the desperate Soviets in the plains before they could once again dig in the ruined streets of Sevastopol. A small series of skirmishes began, drawing more and more attention to the north towards Kharkov and away from the Crimean Peninsula. Polish troops closed in on the Soviet army, trying to cut the route to Stalingrad and circumvent it southwards - expecting to be the anvil for the Polish hammer from Moscow to fall - they took the bait Stalin had prepared...
With the coastal lines of Odessa and Sevastopol only defended with a minimum garrison, Turkish troops launched a major naval assault and amphibious landing. Within 3 days, the Turkish troops were able to secure a coastal strip as far as 60 km inland from Odessa and 85 km inland from Sevastopol, amassing heavy artillery and AT guns in the area. While in the north-east, the Soviet army withdrew, the Polish found themselves with one option left: retreat to Kiev, now facing a closed Turkish front line ranging from Chisinau, Moldavia to Zaporozhye, Eastern Ukraine. The tides of war never stop turning, they say...
Destroyed coastal guns at Fort Maxim Gorky I, Sevastopol, Russia
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Orders:
Britain: F Belgium Supports F NetherlandsF Denmark Supports A Hamburg (*Cut*)
A London - PicardyF Madrid - South-Western Approaches (*Disbanded*)F Netherlands Supports F BelgiumF Atlantic Ocean Supports F Madrid - South-Western ApproachesF English Channel Convoys A London - Picardy
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Denmark
France: A Gascony - Burgundy (*Dislodged*)A Paris Supports A Gascony - Burgundy (*Cut*)
Germany:
A Czechia - Austria (*Bounce*)A Hamburg Supports A MunichA Munich Supports A Hamburg (*Cut*)A Rhineland Supports A Hamburg
Italy: A Burgundy - Gascony
A Croatia - SloveniaA Hungary - Slovakia (*Fails*)A Lorraine - Paris (*Fails*)A Marseille Supports A Burgundy - GasconyA Milan - South TyrolF Morocco Supports F Gibraltar - South-Western Approaches
A Rome - Austria (*Bounce*)A Switzerland - Munich (*Fails*)F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean (*Fails*)F Western Mediterranean - Gibraltar (*Fails*)
Poland:
A Byelorussia Supports A MoscowA Cracow - VolhyniaA Leningrad - ArchangelA Moscow Supports A Leningrad - ArchangelA Slovakia Supports A Czechia - Austria (*Cut*)
F Sweden - Denmark (*Fails*)A Transylvania - CracowA Western Ukraine Supports A Transylvania - CracowF Gulf of Danzig - Baltic Sea
Turkey: A Ankara - Eastern Anatolia
A Bulgaria Supports A RumaniaA Egypt HoldA Iran - KazakhstanA Istanbul - Eastern UkraineA Rumania Supports A Istanbul - Eastern UkraineA Serbia - Transylvania
A Siberia Supports A Iran - KazakhstanF Suez - Arabian SeaF Black Sea Convoys A Istanbul - Eastern UkraineF Eastern Mediterranean - SuezF Libyan Sea Hold
USSR: A Stalingrad Supports A Istanbul - Eastern Ukraine
Republican_Spain: A Burgos - MadridF Gibraltar - South-Western Approaches (*Bounce*)A Portugal Supports A Burgos - Madrid
***Ownership of supply centers
Britain: Belgium, Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Netherlands, Norway.
France: Brest, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Czechia, Hamburg, Munich.
Italy: Algiers, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Marsailles, Milan, Morocco, Naples, Rome, Switzerland, Tripoli.
Poland: Cracow, Finland, Gdynia, Latvia, Leningrad, Lithuania, Moscow, Sweden, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Beirut, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Izmir, Rumania, Serbia, Suez.
USSR: Stalingrad.
Republican_Spain: Burgos, Portugal, Valencia.
Britain: 8 Supply centers, 8 Units: Builds 0 units.
France: 2 Supply centers, 2 Units: Builds 0 units.
Germany: 4 Supply centers, 4 Units: Builds 0 unit.
Italy: 11 Supply centers, 11 Units: Builds 1 units.
Poland: 9 Supply centers, 9 Units: Builds 0 units.
Turkey: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Builds 2 unit.
USSR: 1 Supply center, 1 Units: Removes 1 unit.
Republican_Spain: 3 Supply center, 3 Units: Builds 0 unit.
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5) Summer 1941 Retreats, Thursday September 16
Fall 1941 Prelims, Friday September 17 Fall 1941 Orders, Tuesday September 21
Winter 1941 Retreats and Adjustments, Thursday September 23 Spring 1942 Prelims, Friday September 24 Spring 1942 Orders, Tuesday September 28[Reply] |
