CivDip005 The Guns of August

[Magnus]

Well, it looks like the party of five is fast becoming a trio. Italy took up rearguard positions in Austrian territories solely armed with daggers; Austria, as promised punished Russia; the Russian government was moved to lovely St. Petersburg (or was that Saint Richardthreesburg?); England feasted in Frisia while being ever watchful of those tricky Scandinavian elk hordes; France will soon be celebrating the Ille de Paris festival.

NO RETREATS!!!

Builds/disbands due in 48 hours to to my overwhelming kindness.

the build list is as follows:

Austria: Even
England: Build 2
France: Remove 1
Italy: Build 2
Russia: Remove 2

 

[EmperorSnefix]

When informed of the Italian attacks, the newly titled Emperor Snefix of Austria seemed to go into a catatonic shock and could only mutter one word-

"Phooey."

 

[TrailblazingScot]

You never wrote dude. Had no idea what you were going to do so I pulled out my biggest blade and went to work

 

[Toasty]

Disband A(Ruh).

 

[Magnus]

Spring 1912 orders & launch of the Titanic due Thursday 13 February

France: Disband A RUH

Italy: Build A VEN & A NAP

England: Build F LVP & F EDI

Russia: (NDR) Disband A PRU & A LIV per RealPolitik auto-disbands

And the latest map, as promised:

 

[Bill_in_PDX]

From his gulag in Bucharest, the former Sultan simply smiles and says, "I told you so..."

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Snefix should have simply waited untill he and I had destroyed you, then grabbed my Turkish gains from me.

Or alternatively simply station some forces down there as that would have deterred me and would not have hindered his other operations.

 

[Magnus]

There were a couple invalid orders, explained below.

Austria:
F Black Sea - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Bohemia - Trieste (*Dislodged*) (*Invalid Order*)
A Galicia - Budapest
A Moscow Hold
A Sevastopol - Armenia
A Silesia - Munich
A Ukraine - Rumania
A Vienna Supports A Galicia - Budapest
A Warsaw - Silesia

England:
F Barents Sea Supports F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F Belgium - Picardy
F Berlin Hold
A Denmark - Kiel
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F Finland Hold
A Holland - Ruhr
F Liverpool - Irish Sea
F Skagerrak - Kiel (*Fails*) (*Invalid Order*)
F Sweden - Gulf of Bothnia

France:
A Brest Supports A Paris
A Paris Supports A Brest

Italy:
F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Gascony - Clyde
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Naples - Greece
A Marseilles - Gascony
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Gascony - Clyde
A Munich - Bohemia
A Naples - Greece
F North Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Gascony - Clyde
A Piedmont - Venice
A Trieste - Serbia
A Tyrolia Supports A Munich - Bohemia
A Venice - Trieste

Russia:
A St Petersburg Hold

Snefix wrote: "A Boh - Tri" Bohemia is not adjacent to Trieste, so the order failed. If he meant the adjacent Tyrolia isntead, the only acceptable abbreviations I know of are 'TYR' and 'TRL'. In any event, the unit was dislodged and a valid move to Tyrolia would have not changed a thing.

naervod wrote: "F Skagerrak - Kiel" SKA is not adjacent to KIE, so the order fails, hwoever it does not interfere with the valid movement of A DEN - KIEL

 

[Magnus]

Italian troops stationed in Bordeaux got a rude shock by being transported all the way up to the Highlands of Scotland! Lambini's progress on the Eastern Front made vast headway into the Balkans. The British ran some nifty naval exercises, The Russians decided to look after their domestic situation for a change, the Austrians lost their road maps but still managed to cross into Bavaria, and the Toasty's troops dug into their (in)famous 'Maginot Circle' of fortifications.

There is one retreat due in 24 hours:

Austrian A Bohemia can retreat to Galicia or be disbanded.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Come on Magnus. He will retreat to Galicia.

You are just tempting an NMR disbandment by a 24 hour deadline unnecessarily

 

[Magnus]

Indeed, the good Habsburg Emperor has decided to retreat his troops to the passes of the Carpathians. Deadline for Fall 1912 orders shall be Saturday, 22 February.

 

[Magnus]

Austria NMR'd this turn.

Austria:
A Armenia, no move received
F Black Sea, no move received
A Budapest, no move received
A Galicia, no move received
A Moscow, no move received
A Munich, no move received
A Rumania, no move received
A Silesia, no move received
A Vienna, no move received (*Disbanded*)

England:
F Barents Sea - Norwegian Sea (*Fails*)
F Berlin Supports A Kiel
F Finland - St Petersburg(sc)
F Gulf of Bothnia Supports F Finland - St Petersburg(sc)
F Irish Sea - Liverpool (*Bounce*)
A Kiel Supports F Berlin
F Norwegian Sea - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)
F Picardy - Belgium
A Ruhr Hold
F Skagerrak - North Sea

France:
A Brest Supports A Paris (*Cut*)
A Paris Supports A Brest

Italy:
A Bohemia - Vienna
F Bulgaria(sc) - Constantinople
A Clyde - Edinburgh (*Bounce*)
A Gascony Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Brest
A Greece - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
F Ionian Sea - Greece (*Fails*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Brest (*Fails*)
F North Atlantic Ocean - Liverpool (*Bounce*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Bounce*)
A Trieste Supports A Bohemia - Vienna
A Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia - Vienna
A Venice Supports A Trieste

Russia:
A St Petersburg - Norway

Here is the map:

 

[Magnus]

The government of Austria has collapsed into anarchy as the Italians have made the Mediterranean Sea their personal Lake while also occupying the Austrian capital. Hungary will have to run the state, perhaps that is where Emperor Snefix is now? Russia moved its government into Olso in a stunning maneuver, while the British occupied the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The French huddled in their bunkers, successfully warding off an Italian marine landing in Normandy.

Italy gets to build two units

Austria must disband a unit

These are due by 10 PM US Eastern time Sunday (3AM GMT Monday).

WInter map before builds:

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Spot the deliberate mistake!

A nice series of moves this...

A Greece - Bul
A Serb - Bul
F Ion - Greece
F Bul (sc) - Con


I meant to have A Serb going to Budapest


Well done to the English leader for predicting my operations in Britain, there were two possible eventualities and you guessed right


I see the Austrian Leadership lost one of the most vital properties a leader must have. The Will to win

 

[Richard III]

I would be grateful if in future diplomatic correspondence, players could refer to my country as "Norway" from now on.



R.III

 

[naervod]

The problem is that after next turn there won't be a norway, it will be part of the British Commonwealth now.



I hope Italians know how to swin because thats what they will be doing in the North Atlantic this Fall.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Nonsense. We will take Liverpool. You can't stop us

 

[Toasty]

I beg to differ, Kitten .

 

[Magnus]

Italy builds F Naples and A Rome

Austria fails to give orders and F Black Sea is disbanded by default.

Snefix, are you there?

Spring, 1913 orders due Friday evening 28 February.

Map:

 

[Richard III]

Magnus, I'm pming my order(s)

R.III