The walls of the bunker shook with each new wave of bombardment. Field Commander Kommel stood – riding out every shock-wave and staring out the narrow slit of a window with his binoculars. The countryside outside Rome, once as familiar as the back of his hand, had been blasted beyond recognition.
"Field Commander!" The voice came from below him. Looking down, he saw his immediate subordinates cringing from the incoming fire and hiding under a table.
"What are you doing down there?" Kommel idly asked.
"Commander, Rome is lost. We must order the retreat."
Kommel calmly put his binoculars down and unbuttoned his holster. "Surely you are not advocating that we abandon our post, Captain?"
Ignoring the warning tone of the Commander's voice, his subordinate continued – fear twisting his voice into a girlish shriek. "Sir, we have been betrayed. The French are shelling from the west, the Italians are slaughtering are troops in the south and our support from Venice has not arrived. Sir – we are lost!"
Kommel took his pistol out and casually shot the Captain in the face. Dust and debris fell from the ceiling as he addressed the corpse. "Better we should fall in battle than retreat to Berlin and admit our failure. We hold our ground Captain." Turning back to the window slit, he again picked up his binoculars… ----------------------------------------------------------------------

It's like a scene from Star Wars with the Rebel Alliance blowing up the Death Star as the Germans are annhilated in Rome. However, the German Empire doesn't wait to strike back, as it annhilates two Russian armies in turn in Warsaw and Budapest. The Brits lose St. Petersburg but survive by the skin of their teeth in Brest and Russia secures the Motherland's hold on the Turkish Peninsula, sailing into Constantinople.

Three automatic disbands, but no retreats required after the Fall turn. We'll move directly into Winter 1906 with the deadline set for Monday, September 17th (11:59 PM GMT).

And oh yes, the German solo proposal has been vetoed and shelved for another day.

Please let me know if you spot any errors. Cheers folks!

Trout

DC104 Invitational A Standard Game Game Started: May 29, 2007



Current Turn: Fall 1906
Next Deadline: Winter 1906 Adjustments Monday, September 17th (11:59 PM GMT)


The Rowdy Cast
Austria: Bruce Ray raybrucea(at)aol.com ([email]raybrucea(at)aol.com[/email]) England: Steve Lytton stevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email]) France: Felix Kam Chung felixkamchung(at)mac.com ([email]felixkamchung(at)mac.com[/email]) Germany: Mike Sims mike(at)jenningstech.com ([email]mike(at)jenningstech.com[/email]) Italy: Kevin O'Kelly kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com ([email]kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com[/email]) Russia: Mikael Johannsen m_don_j(at)hotmail.com ([email]m_don_j(at)hotmail.com[/email]) Turkey: Erik Swiatek swiatek(at)ruc.dk ([email]swiatek(at)ruc.dk[/email])


Humble GM: Former Trout former.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email])

CURRENT SEASON:


FALL 1906 EOG PROPOSAL:
German Solo Proposal - FAILS


FALL 1906 FRENCH PRESS:
LONG LIVE SCRUFFY, SHELLAC AND THE STAR!!!


FALL 1906 ORDERS:


GERMANY:
A Ven S Rom [CUT by ADR] A Rom S Ven [DISBANDED by APU 3:1] A Tus S Ven OK A Vie S Tri-Bud OK A Gal-Ukr [DEFEATED by MOS 2:1] A Pru-War OK A Sil S Pru-War OK A Lvn-Mos [BOUNCE with WAR 1:1] F GoB-StP(sc) OK F ENG-IRI OK F NTH-ENG OK F Bel-Pic OK A Yor-Wal OK

ITALY:
Adr - Ven [BOUNCE with VEN 1:1] Apu - Rom OK Nap S Apu - Rom OK

RUSSIA:
A Mos --> Ukr OK A War --> Mos [BOUNCE with LVN 1:1; DISBANDED by PRU 2:1] A Rum S A Mos --> Ukr OK A Ser S A Bud [CUT by ALB] A Bud S A Tri --> Vie [DISBANDED by TRI 2:1] F Bla --> Con OK A Ank S F Bla --> Con OK

TURKEY:
F ION -> Alb [BOUNCE with ALB 1:1] F AEG -> ION [BOUNCE with ION 1:1] A Gre S Russian A Ser Hold OK

AUSTRIA:
Albania - Serbia [BOUNCE with SER 1:1] Trieste - Budapest OK

ENGLAND:
F bre s french f wmed - map [GM NOTE: INTERPRETED AS MAO] VOID (No Such Order)

FRANCE:
F TYN S ITALIAN A APU-ROM OK f mao-bre [BOUNCE with BRE 1:1] a spa-mar OK f wes-tys [BOUNCE with TYN 1:1] f tun-ion [BOUNCE with ION 1:1]



EARLY WINTER 06 RETREATS:
German Army Rome is Automatically Disbanded
Russian Army Warsaw is Automatically Disbanded
Russian Army Budapest is Automatically Disbanded




WINTER 06 ADJUSTMENTS:
GERMANY: BUILDS 3 ITALY: DISBANDS 1 RUSSIA: BUILDS 2 TURKEY: DISBANDS 1 AUSTRIA: No Adjustments ENGLAND: No Adjustments FRANCE: No Adjustments



UNIT / SUPPLY CENTER BREAKDOWN
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GERMANY:
13 Supply Centers - Mun, Kie, Ber, Bel, Hol, Den, Swe, Mar, Lon, Edi, Ven, Nwy, Lvp GAIN: Stp, War, Vie 8 Armies - Tus, Yor, Ven, Vie, Gal, Lvn, Sil, War LOSE: Mar 4 Fleets - Iri, Pic, Eng, Stp(sc) BUILDS 3

ITALY:
3 Supply Centers - Nap, Rom, Gre GAIN: 1 Army - Rom LOSE: Gre 2 Fleets - Nap, Adr DISBANDS 1

RUSSIA:
7 Supply Centers - Mos, War, Sev, Rum, Bul, Ser, Bud GAIN: Ank, Con 4 Armies - Ser, Rum, Ank, Ukr LOSE: War, Bud 1 Fleet - Con BUILDS 2

TURKEY:
3 Supply Centers - Ank, Con, Smy GAIN: Gre 1 Army - Gre LOSE: Ank, Con 2 Fleets - Aeg, Ion DISBANDS 1

AUSTRIA:
2 Supply Centers - Tri, Vie GAIN: Bud 2 Armies - Alb, Bud LOSE: Vie 0 Fleets


ENGLAND:
1 Supply Center - Stp GAIN: Bre 0 Armies LOSE: Stp 1 Fleet - Bre


FRANCE:
5 Supply Centers - Par, Bre, Spa, Tun, Por GAIN: Mar 1 Army - Mar LOSE: Bre 4 Fleets - Tun, Tyn, Wme, Mao


NEXT DEADLINE: WINTER 1906 ADJUSTMENTS DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH (11:59 PM GMT)!!