Let the speculation begin!  Who's the dissenter who refuses to play along (or forgets to vote)?  I'm not telling, and based on the communication I've seen, neither are you.  Such fun (unless, of course, you're one of the many who sees your remaining centres surrounded with little hope of escape).


So, as it were, we reveal the moves of Spring 2009.  Three retreats will be necessary... see below for more details.

Quebec:
A Manitoba - Toronto
A Wyoming Supports Dallas
A Dallas Holds
A New York - Quebec

F Gulf of Mexico Supports Dallas
F Havana Supports Haiti
F Haiti Supports Atlantic Ocean
F Atlantic Ocean Holds

F Arctic Ocean - Labrador Sea
F Norwegian Sea Holds
F Spain Supports Casablanca
F Casablanca Supports Tunisia - Algiers
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports Tunisia - Algiers
F Rome Supports Austria
A Austria Holds (*dislodged*)


A Tunisia - Algiers
F Tripoli Holds (*dislodged*)

Mexico:
F Baffin Bay - Hudson Bay

Amazon:
A Addis Ababa Supports Sudan
F Ascension Sea - Cape Verde Sea
A Bogota - Panama
A Chad Supports Niger - Tripoli


F Dakar Supports Ascension Sea - Cape Verde Sea
F Galapagos Sea - Sea of Alcatraz
A Guadalajara Supports Panama - Mexico City
A Fortaleza - Amazonas
F Mexico City - Galapagos Sea
F Pacific Ocean - Bering Sea


A Panama - Mexico City
F Rio de Janeiro - Ascension Sea
F Sea of Alcatraz - Queen Charlotte Sea
A Sudan Supports Chad
F Trinidad & Tobago Supports Rio de Janeiro - Ascension Sea

Sahara:
A Niger - Tripoli


A Algiers Supports Niger - Tripoli (*dislodged*)
A Mali Supports Algiers

Congo:
A Cairo Supports Niger - Tripoli

Persia:
A Novosibirsk - Yakutsk

A Xinjiang Supports Novosibirsk - Yakutsk
F Red Sea - Yemen
F Karachi - Arabian Sea

F Mumbai Supports Karachi - Arabian Sea

A Orissa - Burma (*fails*)
A Delhi Supports Orissa - Burma
F Aegean Sea Supports Cairo
A Moscow - St. Petersburg
A Danube - Austria
A Kiev Supports Danube - Austria
F Athens Supports Danube - Austria



China:


F Vladivostok - Sea of Japan (*fails*)
A Beijing Holds
A Ulaanbaatar Supports Beijing

Oceania:
F Anchorage Supports Pacific Ocean - Bering Sea
A Los Angeles - Dallas (*fails*)
F Micronesian Sea - Pacific Ocean


F Nairobi - Somalia
A Somalia - Hong Kong
F Indian Ocean Convoys Somalia - Hong Kong
F Sough China Sea Convoys Somalia - Hong Kong
A Jakarta - Bangkok
F Bay of Bengal Supports Burma
A Burma Supports Somalia - Hong Kong (*cut*)


F Palau Sea Convoys Port Moresby - Korea
F East China Sea Convoys Port Moresby - Korea
F Sea of Japan Supports Port Moresby - Korea (*cut*)
A Port Moresby - Korea
A Shanghai - Beijing (*fails*)

Retreats:

Quebec's A Austria may retreat to Poland, Elbe, Frankfurt, or OTB

Quebec's F Tripoli may retreat to Tunisia, Ionian Sea, or OTB
Sahara's A Algiers may retreat to Niger or OTB

End Game Proposal:

We've got an Oceania, Persia, Quebec, and Amazon 4-way draw up once again for voting. This will be voted on with your Fall moves.

Next Deadline:
Summer 2009 retreats are due on Thursday, May 31, at 9pm CDT.  Notice the quick deadline, as if we don't get them done by then, it would have to wait until after the weekend.