DC229: The Fall 911 season has been adjudicated. Thanks for your patience with this adjudication. The guilty party with the NMR was Arabia. Matt sends his sincere apologies to the group, although I still must point out that another NMR would lead to a replacement search.
As you can see in the subject line, the big news this year is that there has been movement on the stalemated Eastern Front, with Dalmatia finally captured after 5 years of Frankish effort. Moving east, Arabia suffered losses in Tibet and Indraprastha, and now faces yet another serious threat with 5 Danish armies amassed on his northern front. Turning to Africa, Wagadu not only survived, but Wagadu dislodged the Srivijayan fleet in the South Ocean Sea. Dogged effort until the last SC is taken from your cold dead hands earns my utmost respect in Diplomacy, and Mikael has been a great example of this.
Looking to our future deadlines, our Byzantine player Gregory will be absent without e-mail access from Sun July 5th to Sun July 12th. This means that we will have a one week delay in the game that week. Also, please remember that we have a special Wednesday deadline next week, and that we must meet this deadline, as I will be away on vacation from Thu July 2nd to Mon July 6th. Please make a special effort to send in prelims this week.
Here is our upcoming schedule:
Fall 911 Retreat: Fri Jun 26th
Winter 911: Sun Jun 28th
Spring 912: Wed Jul 1st
Spring 912 Retreat: Thu Jul 2nd (I'll adjudicate the retreat by hand while on vacation)
Fall 912: Thu Jul 16th
If the Sunday deadline for the winter is problematic for anyone, please let me know. I try to avoid weekend deadlines whenever possible, but I'm making an exception in this special case.
Before the adjudication, we have one set of press, and we also have creative order sets from numerous players, including an especially elaborate and entertaining set from Axum. Enjoy!
Anonymous Press
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If the campaign is protracted, the resources
of the State will not be equal to the strain.
You find your strength exhausted, your Will
diminished, and your treasure spent.
Such a situation is perilous and all is mere chance.
Other chieftains will spring up to take advantage
of your extremity. Then no man, however wise,
will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.
Sun Tzu
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Power Player
Abbasid Caliphate (Arabia) Matt Kremer
Byzantine Empire Gregory Alexopoulos
Tang Empire (China) Lynn Mercer
Kingdom of Denmark Sanford "Former Trout" O'Donell
Tulunid Emirate (Egypt) Ian Moes
West Frankish Kingdom (France) Nigel Phillips
East Frankish Kingdom (German) Russell Manning
Pratihara Kingdom (India) Andy "The White Wolf" Jameson (elim 909)
Khaganate of Khazaria David E. Cohen (elim 906)
Principality of Kiev (Russia) Darren Sharma
Umayyad Emirate (Spain) Nathan Deily (elim 910)
Samanid Emirate (Turan) John Reside (elim 910)
Kingdom of Sri Vijaya Mike Morris
Kingdom of Wagadu Mikael Johansson
Kingdom of Axum Benjamin Hester
Fall Adjudications
Arabian A Ati S A Mrd *Cut*
Arabian A Bag S A Dam *Cut*
Arabian A Bal S A Ati
Arabian A Blk S A Kas
Arabian A Bsr S A Man *Cut*
Arabian A Buk - Sam *Bounce*
Arabian A Dam H *Dislodged*
Arabian A Ghu S A Kip
Arabian A Ind H *Dislodged* *Disbanded*
Arabian A Isf S A Bsr
Arabian A Kas S A Ind *Cut*
Arabian A Kip S A Kyk
Arabian A Kyk S A Kip
Arabian A Man S A Bsr
Arabian A Mrd S A Sev *Cut*
Arabian A Sev S A Kie *Cut*
Arabian A Sha S A Ind *Cut*
Arabian A Srk S A Mrd
Axum A Kus - Awd (says if at first you don't succeed, try, try again) *Bounce*
Axum A Wal - Kus (reminds A KuS of Einstein's definition of insanity) *Bounce*
Axum A Tir - Jel (tells A KuS and A Wal to piss off, and heads east to hop a cruise further east)
Axum A Jel - Sud (tells A Tir to get in line, he was here first)
Axum A Sud - Mro (turns north for their own private cruise ship)
Axum A Roh - Mal (is the first in a long line of Carnival Cruise passengers)
Axum A Nef - Bag (wishes they were on a cruise instead of the miserable desert) *Bounce*
Axum A Mec - Dam (circumambulates the Kaaba a few times, and then heads north to Damascus)
Axum A Ale S F Bar (goes to the library to pick up the new Harry Potter book)
Axum F Srs S F Gad (goes spearfishing)
Axum F Gad S F Ars (points and laughs when F SRS spears an old rusty can instead of a fish)
Axum F Ars S F Oma - Bsr (points and laughs when F SRS slaps F GAd upside his ugly head)
Axum F Oma - Bsr (points and laughs while F SRS and F GAd kick each other's ass) *Bounce*
Axum F Soc S F Gad (points and laughs when F Oma catches a stray punch and gets laid out cold)
Byzantine A Ava - Vol *Bounce*
Byzantine A Dal - Ono *Bounce* *Dislodged*
Byzantine A Mac S A Dal - Ono
Byzantine A Thr S A Dal - Ono
Byzantine F Egs S F Ios
Byzantine F Ios S F Lis
Byzantine F Lis S F Ios *Cut*
Byzantine F Scl S F Lis
Chinese A Cha - Uyg
Chinese A Gui - Jia
Chinese A Orb S A Sam
Chinese A Qar S A Sam
Chinese A Sam S A Uyg - Sog *Cut*
Chinese A Tib - Kas *Bounce*
Chinese A Uyg - Sog
Chinese F Yes H
Danish A Bas S A Udm - Ati
Danish A Bul - Mrd *Bounce*
Danish A Kar - Che
Danish A Kom - Yug
Danish A Kri S A Ros - Vya
Danish A Stb S A Bas
Danish A Udm - Ati *Bounce*
Danish F Bor counts their toes (holds)
Danish F Ngs pulls some teeth (holds)
Danish F Tas S F Awl - Sos
Danish F Whs makes snow Danishes (hold)
French A Jer (yes of course Jerusalem is French) S F Mec - Dam (outremer for ever!)
French A Kut - Ifr *Bounce*
French A Rom H (a party)
French A Spo H (to avoid spoiling the party)
French A Slr H (why not, every other italian army is on holiday too)
French A Ros - Vya (con dios) *Bounce*
French A Sla S A Ono - Dal (crossing its fingers that it has more luck than A aqu)
French A Val - Gra
French A Vya - Sev(erely punish the arabs) *Bounce*
French A Yug - Kyr
French F Bar S F Ifr - Lis
French F Crs - Tys *Bounce*
French F Ifr - Lis *Bounce*
French F Ils S A Ono - Dal (will he get there, finally?)
French F Lgs S F Crs - Tys
French F Nos H (it's nose)
French F Sjt S F Crs - Tys
French F Sta gets confused and decides to hunt for sardines (holds)
French F Swo S F Tka - Wts
French F Tar H
French F Tka - Wts (in search of el dorado) *Bounce*
French F Tri S F Bar
French F Tys H
German A Aqu is happy for the little bit of rest (supports A Ono - Dal)
German A Maz S A Smo - Kie
German A Mor - Ono
German A Ono - Dal
German A Smo now goes looking for that wonderful chicken dish (moves to Kie) *Bounce*
German A Vis S A Mor - Ono
German A Vol S A Smo - Kie *Cut*
Russian A Kie S A Pec *Cut*
Russian A Pec S A Kie
Srivijayan A Knj S A Nep - Ind
Srivijayan A Nep - Ind
Srivijayan A Ujj - Sha *Bounce*
Srivijayan A Var - Nep
Srivijayan F Cob - Mis
Srivijayan F Gos S F Wts
Srivijayan F Krs - Cob
Srivijayan F Mah S F Mas
Srivijayan F Mas S F Ras - Ujj
Srivijayan F Ras - Ujj *Bounce*
Srivijayan F Sos S F Wts *Cut* *Dislodged*
Srivijayan F Sus S F Mas
Srivijayan F Wts S F Sos *Cut*
Wagadu A San - Awd *Bounce*
Wagadu F Awl - Sos
Retreat Possibilities
Arabian A Dam can retreat to Arm, Cap, Mos or disband
Arabian A Ind is destroyed (no valid retreats)
Byzantine A Dal can retreat to Epi or disband
Srivijayan F SOS can retreat to Bur, Kng, Kon, Nam or disband
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