Day is done, gone the sun,

From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

And so, after 15 years, we bid adieu to our very first eliminated player.  Ankara falls to Italy and the Sultan is left homeless.  Many thanks to our noble emir.  You don't know him (yet) but I will say that I very much appreciated his consistent good humor, even in the face of the unshakable A/I onslaught that was his downfall.

What else happened in Europe this year?  Not much, actually.  There was a vote, if you'll recall, on a draw for Austria, France and Germany.  It didn't succeed.  Final vote count was 3 YEA, 1 NAY, and two abstentions, which are equivalent to NAYS.  We have a couple of new proposals, which we will get to shortly.

Meanwhile, our modest highlights:

. Our new Kaiser is still warming up, apparently.  Embarrassed by my glowing
introduction, he betrayed opening jitters by attempting to jump his fleet from NAO to Edinburgh.  Sorry, mein Herr.  It's one space at a time in this game.

. France and Italy switch roles, kinda sorta.  This time it was the Frenchman's turn to attack.  Don't worry, though, the end result was the same, and our stand-off in the Western Med region remains intact.

. In the east, Austria, Germany and Russia play defense.  Successfully.

And that's that.

RETREATS:  None.

END OF GAME PROPOSALS:  Two of them.

1.  Turkish solo!  Okay, this one represents a last favor to our departing Sultan.  You can smile and proceed to option 2.
2.  AFI draw.  No, that's not the American Film Institute.  Rather, a proposal that Austria, France and Italy should be awarded a draw.


NEXT DEADLINE:  See below for the full status
table.  The nutshell version is that Italy needs to submit a build order.  I'll take that whenever you're ready, but no later than Monday, December 6,, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern US time.

Cheers,
Chris


Orders as resolved.  Do remember to check for errors.
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Austria:
A Galicia - Silesia (*Fails*)
A Rumania Supports F Black Sea - Sevastopol (*Void*)
A Tyrolia Supports A Vienna - Bohemia
A Ukraine Supports A Warsaw
F Venice Hold
A Vienna - Bohemia (*Fails*)
A Warsaw Supports A Galicia - Silesia

England:
A Liverpool Hold
A Wales - London (*Bounce*)

France:
F English Channel - London (*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Spain (*Fails*)
A Marseilles Supports A Gascony - Spain (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean (*Cut*)
F Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean
(*Fails*)

Germany:
A Bohemia Supports A Silesia (*Cut*)
F Irish Sea - North Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
A Munich Supports A Bohemia
F North Atlantic Ocean - Edinburgh (*Fails*)
F Norway Hold
A Prussia Supports A Silesia
A Ruhr - Belgium
A Silesia Supports A Bohemia (*Cut*)

Italy:
A Ankara Hold
F Black Sea Supports A Rumania - Sevastopol (*Void*)
F Greece - Ionian Sea
F Gulf of Lyon Supports F Western Mediterranean
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Smyrna Hold
F Western Mediterranean Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Cut*)

Russia:
A Moscow Supports A Sevastopol
A Sevastopol Supports A Moscow (*Cut*)
A St Petersburg - Norway (*Fails*)

Turkey:
A Armenia - Sevastopol (*Fails*)
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Ownership:

Austria:   Budapest, Rumania, Serbia, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw.
England:  
Edinburgh, Liverpool.
France:    Brest, London, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany:   Belgium, Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Norway, Sweden.
Italy:     Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Naples, Rome, Smyrna, Tunis.
Russia:    Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg.

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  7 Unit  7 Build  0
England:   Supp  2 Unit  2 Build  0
France:    Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
Germany:   Supp  8 Unit  8 Build  0
Italy:     Supp  8 Unit  7 Build  1
Russia:    Supp  3 Unit  3 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  0 Unit  1 Remove  1    ...eliminated 1915