Winter 1901 Resolved, Spring 1902 started, like, a week ago.

I'm been slow updating. But here is the current map, fort he start of Spring 1902.

Here were the Winter 1901 build orders, for reference.


3 CON ANG CYP

Build F ANG(nc)


6 The Unbearable Lightness of French Democracy VLC MRS NAN

Build F VLC


8 Independent Fiefdom of Hestpo. NOR SWE DEN

Build A ferocious fleet to be forged in the fiery furnaces of... Sweden


9 Cossacks SEV GRG BKU
Disband A PRM, F BLACK, A GLC


16 HAI BRC BGT(nc)

Build F BGT (SC), A BRC


17 BER STU KIE

Build A BER


18 ORN KHV THE

Build A TEH


22 Hubristic Pope ROM SAL CRS

Disband F W.MED


23 HOL RH PAR

Build A Holland


26 Frito-Laysia BNK MLS AMN

Disband GoSIAM


28 BOR SP SRW

Fleet in SRW


29 YUT CMB CCH

Build A CCH


31 LPA PRG OLI

Disband COH


32 Da Ali G Islands MHL FIJ HAW

Build F HAW


33 RCM ATL BHA

A ATL


35 MNC PA SEO(ec)

A SEO, A PA


38 STP OMS TSH IRK

Disband A STP


40 Edo-Shogunate EDO KG OKI

Disband YELLOW


45 MAZ MXC MER

Build A MAZ


46 PIE VEN CRT

Disband WLC


51 BUD SR RMN

Build Army Budapest


52 AUS OKL NOL

Disband A TNN, A CHI


54 SIL BAV VIE

He blew a film of dust off the antique book, lifted its heavy cover, looking with disbelief at the malevolent characters scrawled there as by some demonic amanuensis.  "My god," he thought as he read its dread letters, "VIENNA BUILDS ARMY."


55 Big 12 Conference NEB KAN CHI

Jeeves, build me an army in Kansas.

Fall 1901 Resolved

I've been late posting the orders and resolution from the last turn, and Winter 1901 is now complete anyway. This is the map as it stood after retreats at the start of Winter 1901. Here's the goods:


FALL 1901 (retreats are at the bottom)



NORTHERN ATLANTIC, BRITISH ISLES

8 Independent Fiefdom of Hestpo. NOR SWE DEN

F. DEN supports F. NORTH,
F. NORTH convoys A. NOR to EDI,
A. NOR attacks EDI

39 DUB EDI LON

*Fleet LON attacks North Sea [bounce with 8. NORTH]
*Fleet N. Atlantic supports fleet LON's attack on North Sea [cut by 15. HUDSON - N.ATLANTIC. Dislodged by the

same. May retreat to AZO, BISCAY, E.SEABOARD, SARGASSO]
Army EDI moves to DUB

15 GRN NVS QBC

F Hudson - N. Atlantic,
F N. Passage S A Nor - EDI,
A NVS holds

47 DET WDC NYO

Chesapeake supports Hudson -> North Atlantic,
DET->MNN,
WDC->OHI


WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

2 AZO GB MRC

fleet AZO ---> Canary
fleet ALG ---> TUN

6 The Unbearable Lightness of French Democracy VLC MRS NAN

F NAN supports F NORTH
A PIE holds
F VLC --> SGB

19 SIC TUN TRP

*A TRP - Tun [bounced by 2. ALG - TUN supported by 22. W.MED]
F ION-Sic,
F Adr-ROM

22 Hubristic Pope ROM SAL CRS

F W.MED S F ALG -->TUN,
F TYR --> IONIAN,
A ROM --> SAL


THE SPRAWLING INTERCONNECTED HELLHOLE THAT IS CENTRAL EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE, ASIA MINOR, AND THEN SOME
[Roughly West to East]
[There's a lot going on here.]
[A couple teams won't recover.]

23 HOL RH PAR matthew.longley@gmail.com,

HOL (army) to RH
*MET (army) to STU [bounce with 17. STU]
*KIE (army) supports PRS (army) to BER [cut by 17. STU - KIE]

54 SIL BAV VIE

Silesia supports Berlin's attack on Prussia
Venice supports Budapest's attack on Croatia
Bavaria supports Venice

17 BER STU KIE

BER to PRS
*STU to KIE [bounce with 23. KIE. Cuts support.]

46 PIE VEN CRT

*CRT H [If I may add, stalwartly. However, dislodged by 51. BUD - CRT, supported by 51. SR and, gratuitously,

54. VEN. Can retreat to WLC, BOS]

51 BUD SR RMN

SR supports BUD to CRT
BUD to CRT
RMN supports WRS to SEV

13 PRS WRS MOS

*prussia attacks berlin [Support from 23. KIE cut by 17. STU. Bounced and dislodged by 17. BER - PRS supported

by 54. SIL. May retreat to LIV, WRS]
warsaw attacks sevastopol
moscow supports warsaw into sevastopol

9 Cossacks SEV GRG BKU

CIVIL DISORDER

[SEV is dislodged by 13. WRS supported by 13. MOS, 51. RMN, 38. GRG. I think the word is "overkill." Can

retreat to GLC.]
[Note that this team *could* have survived the turn through any number of moves: convoying SEV - ANG, using

BLACK to support an attack on GRG, doing anything to bounce BKU.... Civil disorder is a merciless killer.]

14 GR CRE SOF

*A SOF --> CON [bounce with 3. CON]
*F AEG sup A SOF --> CON [cut by 3. E.MED]
*F CRE --> E. MED [bounces with E.MED]

3 CON ANG CYP

*CON to SOF (sc) [bounce with 14. SOF]
*E. MED to AEG [bounces with 14. AEG. Cuts support]
ANG to BKU

38 STP OMS TSH IRK

A GRG Supports A WRS-SEV
*A STP-PRM [bounces with 9. PRM]
A BKH Supports A BAN-KRC
*A IRK Holds & Prays Orange and Pink Won't Be Belligerent [Orange (53) and Red (35) were belligerent.

Dislodged; can retreat to EVE, KRA, MON, NMG.]

18 ORN KHV THE

Orn to OMS
KHV to ORN
TEH to KHV

[Smooth.]


MIDDLE EAST, EAST AFRICA

5 BAG BAN OMA

*BAN->KRC [Bounce with 42. KRC. BAN supported by 5. AFG and 38. BKH. 42. KRC supported by 42. KAS and 1.

ARABIAN]
AFG supports BAN->KRC
OMA->PERSIAN

42 KRC KAS DEL
F KRC HOLD
A KAS Supports F KRC
A DEL -> RAJ

1 Monkey Islands ADE SEY MLD

A ADE Holds
*F NE. Monsoon - SEY [bounce with 48. KEN - SEY]
F Arabian S F KRC Hold

11 CAI SUD ABY

Army ASW Supports A Somalia to Cairo
A Somalia to Cairo
F Red Sea convoys A Somalia to Cairo

48 KEN CNG MAD

*CNG --> KEN [bounc with KEN]
*KEN --> SEY [bounce with 1. NE.MONSOON - SEY]
M.CHANNEL convoys unit from KEN to SEY [convoy order succeeds, but movement of KEN fails. See above.]


WEST AFRICA, SOUTH ATLANTIC

7 GCS IVC CMN

GoGuinea (Fleet) -> South Atlantic
GCS (Army) Holds
*CMN (Army) -> Okn [bounce with 34. OKN]

56 Japants VRD SIE MNV

Fleet in M. Atlantic Supports Fleet in GoGuinea -> S. Atlantic
Army in SIE -> MNV
Fleet in VRD Holds

34 Most Glorious Imperium of Angola OKN AGL CTN

CIVIL DISORDER

[S.ATLANTIC dislodged by 7. GoGUINEA supported by 56. M.ATLANTIC. Can retreat to A.ATLANTIC, B.CURRENT, CTN,

DML, GOODHOPE]


SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
[Things get raunchy real fast]

12 URU FLK SGR

CIVIL DISORDER

[Special anti-props for repeated disordering.]

10 BRA REC RDJ

BRA -> LPA
REC Stands
*RDJ -> OLI [bounce with 31. OLI]

31 LPA PRG OLI
COM sup PRA -> BRA
*OLI -> RDJ [bounce with 10. RDJ]
PRG -> GOY

37 PRM CYN VRG

*VRG supports E. Carribean move to Sargasso [support order invalidated by 16. E.CAR S HAI -> VRG. Incidentally,

cut by 16. HAI - VRG. Dislodged by 16. HAI to VRG supported by 16. E.CAR. Can retreat to SARGASSO]
*Ne Trades attacks REC [bounce with 10. REC]
PRA attacks BRA

16 HAI BRC BGT(nc)

CLD to PRM
HAI to VRG
E. CAR supports HAI to VRG


CENTRAL AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA
[Don't mess with Texas.]

4 SCT GLP LMA

F G.Panama -> E.Pacific
A LMA -> GLP
F P.Basin C A LMA -> GLP

21 CUB HON PAN

CIVIL DISORDER
[Gross negligence. However, nobody bothered them.]

45 MAZ MXC MER

Army in COA attacks AUS
Fleet in GofMexico supports move of COA into AUS
Army in MXC holds

52 AUS OKL NOL

*Army OKL supports AUS [cut and dislodged by 55. KAN - OKL supported by 55. CHIC. No surrender, no retreat.

Well, maybe surrender is an option. OKL is vaporized.]
*Army AUS supports ATL -> NOL [cut and dislodged by 45. COA - AUS supported by 45. GoMEXICO, 41 NME. Can

retreat to CHI.]
Army NOL -> TNN

33 RCM ATL BHA

army ATL to NOL
fleet Tampa supports army ATL to NOL
army BHA holds

55 The Heartland NEB KAN CHIC
The Kansas Jayhawks (KAN) take on the Oklahoma Sooners (OKL). It’s sure to be a barnburner.
The U. Chicago Maroons (CHIC) hold up placards that support the Kansas Jayhawks (KAN) as they take on the

Oklahoma Sooners (OKL).
The Nebraska Cornhuskers (NEB) send a nice Hallmark card to support The U. Chicago Maroons (CHIC).

41 ORG SFR NME

A SFR S A ORG
A NME S A COA-AUS
A ORG holds

20 VCT VNC WSH

ALK->VNC
*WSH->ORG [bounce with 41. ORG. WSH supported by W.BAY. 41. ORG supported by 41. SFR.]
W.BAY supp WSH->ORG

25 ANC YUK ALB

YUK s anc to alk
ALB to BCL
ANC to Alk


SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, A LITTLE TO THE NORTH OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, PACIFIC ISLANDS, SHRIMPS ON BARBY

24 BRM BEN RNG

RNG hold
A BRM support A RNG
A BEN support A RNG

36 SNK CHK WUH

*CHK-> YUN [bounce with 57. CAN - YUN]

27 LUZ MND FM

Fleet in FM -> E. China
Fleet in Luzon Hold
Fleet in MND -> Sunda

57 TNK CAN HK

A TNK support A SIA into YUT
*A CAN => YUN [bounce with 36. CHK - YUN]
F HK => S. China

26 BNK MLS AMN

Army SIA -> YUT
*Fleet Andaman sea -> AMN [bounce with 44. GoMANAAR - AMN]
*Fleet MLS supports fleet JVA -> Java sea [Dislodged by 28. JAVA supported by SP. Unable to offer support when

dislodged. Can retreat to GoSIAM]

29 YUT CMB CCH

army BNK hold
*army YUT support army BNK hold [cut and dislodged by 26. SIA - YUT supported by 57. TNK. Can retreat to MLY.

I bet 29 wishes he'd remembered to have BNK S YUT.]
fleet CMB support army BNK hold

28 BOR SP SRW

Fleet Java (Sea) moves to MLS
Fleet SP supports Fleet Java move to MLS
*Fleet BOR moves to Java (Sea) [bounce with 50. JVA - JAVA supported by 40. SUM]

44 BOM MDS CEY

*GoMANAAR -> AMN [bounce with 26. ANDAMAN - AMN]

50 SUM JVA PRT

I want my JVA to move into Java sea
SUM should support JVA into Java sea
NTR moves to PRT

43 QUE NSW NZE

F QUE -> TIMOR
F TASMAN -> QUE
F NZE -> TASMAN

30 CRL IJA NGU

CIVIL DISORDER

[NGU dislodged by 32. CORAL supported by 32. BISMARK. No retreat available. NGU is disbanded.

32 Da Ali G Islands MHL FIJ HAW

F Eq Countercurrent - Coral
F Coral - NGU
F Bismark SUPPORTS F Coral - NGU


EAST ASIA

53 Sovereign State of Siberia VLA SK SAP

Fleet Sap to Edo
Fleet SoJapan supports Sap in Edo
Army Yak supports Army Vla in Irk

35 MNC PA SEO(ec)

A Vla -> Irk
F Seo -> Vla
A MNC supports NMG -> Peking

49 PEK SHA FSN

*F FSN-> Yellow [bounce with 40. OKI - YELLOW with support: 40. IZE, 40. KG. FSN supported by 49. SHA.]
F Sha supports FSN ->Yellow
A NMG -> Peking

40 Edo-Shogunate EDO KG OKI

F OKI to YELLOW
F IZU support F OKI to YELLOW
F KG support F OKI to YELLOW



RETREATS

39 N.ATLANTIC - AZO
13 PRS - WRS
46 CRT - WLC
9 SEV - GLC
38 IRK - KRA
34 S.ATLANTIC - A.ATLANTIC
37 VRG disbands
52 AUS - CHI
29 YUT Disbands
26 MLS - GoSIAM

FALL 1901 Begins

Fall 1901 begins.

The current map.

Initial deadline: Thursday, December 8th, 11:59 pm.
Quorum: 55
Slacker Pressure Rate: 1 team / 2 hours

SPRING 1901 Resolved.

SPRING 1901 has been resolved. The current map can be found here.

These are the SPRING 1901 orders. Starred orders were orders that failed due to bouncing, cutting, or invalidity.


*******NORTH ATLANTIC

15 GRN NVS QBC
A Qbc - Nvs
F Nvs - Hudson
F Grn - N. Passage

47 DET WDC NYO
DET holds
WDC holds
NYC --> Chesapeake

39 DUB EDI LON
Fleet DUB moves into N. Atlantic
Fleet LON supports the DUB Fleet's move into the N. Atlantic
Army EDI stays put (no action taken)


8 Independent Fiefdom of Hestpo. NOR SWE DEN
F. NOR to NORTH
F. DEN to support A. RH into KIE
A. SWE to NOR

17 BER STU KIE
*KIE to RH (countered by 23. RH -> KIE with 8. DEN and HOL support. KIE is dislodged by 23. RH. No permissible retreat. Unit is vaporized.)
STU sup KIE to RH
*BER to PRS (bounce with 13. PRS)


46 PIE VEN CRT
*A PIE - ROM (bounce with 22. ROM. Dislodged by 6. MRS -> PIE with 22. ROM support. No permissible retreat. Unit is vaporized.)
*A VEN Supports A PIE - ROM (cut by 54. VIE -> VEN. VEN is dislodged by 54. VIE -> VEN with 54. BAV and 51. BUD support. No permissible retreat. Unit is vaporized.)
*A CRT Supports A VIE - BUD (Invalid due to 54. VIE -> VEN. Incidentally cut by 51. SR -> CRT)

51 BUD SR RMN
BUD supports VIE to VEN
*SR to CRT (bounce with 46. CRT)
*RMN supports CON to SOF(sc) (Support invalidated by illegal order 3. CON -> SOF (no coast specified). Incidentally cut by 9. SEV -> RMN)

54 SIL BAV VIE
Vienna attacks Venice (cuts support at VEN and enters)
Bavaria supports Vienna's attack on Venice
*Silesia attacks Warsaw (bounce with 13. WRS.)

23 HOL RH PAR
PAR (army) to MET
RH (army) attacks KIE (succeed against 17. KIE -> RH with STU support due to HOL and 8. DEN support)
HOL (army) supports RH (army) to KIE


*******BLACK SEA AND WEST ASIA

13 PRS WRS MOS
a mos supp a oms v grg
*a wars supp a rmn v sevastopol (support order invalid due to 51. RMN sup CON -> SOF(sc). Also, incidentally, cut by 54. SIL -> WRS)
*a prussia attacks silesia (bounce with 54. WRS)

9 Cossacks SEV GRG BKU(wc)
*SEV-RMN (bounce with 51. RMN. Support from 14. SOF was cut. Cuts support from 51. RMN.)
BKU-Black
*GRG-BKU (bounce with 3. ANG -> BKU. Dislodged by 38. OMS -> GRG with 13. MOS support. Only permissible retreat to PRM. Retreats to PRM.)

38 STP OMS TSH IRK
A STP Supports A MOS
A OMS-GRG
A TSH-BKH
A IRK Supports A MNC-VLA


*******THE MEDITERRANEAN


2 AZO GB MRC
MRC--->ALG

19 SIC TUN TRP
F Tun - Ionian
F SIC - ADR
*A TRP supports F Tun -Ionian (Invalid support order. A unit can only support a movement into a territory that it can move into itself. TRP is an army and cannot move into IONIAN.)

3 CON ANG CYP
*ANG to BKU (bounce with 9. GRG -> BKU)
*CON to SOF (Order invalid--did not specify coast!)
CYP to E. Med.

6 VLC MRS NAN
F NAN supports F NOR --> NORTH
A MRS --> PIE
F VLC holds

14 GR CRE SOF
Fleet GR --> Aeg sea
Fleet CRE sup GR --> Aeg sea
*Army SOF sup Army SEV --> RMN (cut by 3. CON -> SOF)


22 Hubristic Pope ROM SAL CRS
A ROM S A MRS --> PIE (not cut by 46. PIE -> ROM because of the "no active defense" rule -- territory cannot cut support of attack against itself)
F CRS --> W.MED
F SAL --> TYR

*******THE MIDDLE EAST


1 Monkey Islands ADE SEY MLD
A ADE Holds
F SEY - NE. Monsoon
F MLD - Arabian

11 CAI SUD ABY
F CAI to RED
A SUD to ASW
A ABY to SOM

5 BAG BAN OMA
*OMA-> persian gulf (bounce with 42. KRC -> PERSIAN)
BAG->BAN
BAN->AFG

18 ORN KHV THE
KHY sup ORN defensively
ORN sup GRG defensively
TEH sup BAN - AFG


*******SOUTH ASIA

42 KRC KAS DEL
*F KRC -> PERSIAN (bounce with 5. OMA -> PERSIAN)
*A KAS -> KRC (bounce with 42. KRC)
A DEL -> HOLD

44 BOM MDS CEY
CEY->GoMANAAR



*******AFRICA

7 GCS IVC CMN
CMN (Army) stays put
IVC (Army) to GCS
GCS (Fleet) to GoG

34 OKN AGL CTN
AGL supports OKN
OKN supports CTN-> south atlantic
CTN moves to south atlantic


56 VRD SIE MNV
Fleet VRD Supports Fleet MNV to M. Atlantic
Fleet MNV to M. Atlantic
Army SIE holds

48 KEN CNG MAD
MAD --> M.Channel
KEN - HOLD
CNG - HOLD

*******SOUTH AMERICA


4 SCT GLP LMA
fleet in SCT moves into P. Basin
fleet in GLP moves into G. Panama
army in LMA holds

10 BRA REC RDJ
BRA supports RDJ.
REC stands.

12 URU FLK SGR
CIVIL DISORDER!

37 PRM CYN VRG
Fleet in CYN to Ne. Trades
Army in PRM to PRA
Fleet in VRG supports fleet moving to Ne. Trades


31 LPA PRG OLI
LPA -> COH
*PRG sup. OLI (defensive support order invalid due to offensive 31. OLI -> RDJ order)
*OLI -> RDJ (bounce with RDJ)



*******CARIBBEAN



16 HAI BRC BGT(nc)
F BGT moves to E. Car
*F HAI supports Cuba to Saragasso (invalid due to 21. CUB in civil disorder)
A BRC moves to CLD

33 RCM ATL BHA
Fleet BHA to Tampa
Army Atlanta to BHA (via land bridge)
Army RCH to Atlanta

21 CUB HON(wc) PAN
CIVIL DISORDER!

*******NORTH AMERICA


20 VCT VNC WSH
VNC->ALK
VCT->W.BAY
WSH holds

52 AUS OKL NOL
*Army AUS -> NME (bounce with 41. NME. Cuts support.)
*Army OKL supports AUS -> NME (cut by 55. KAN -> OKL.)
Army NOL supports OKL

55 NEB KAN CHI
*Army KAN-OKL (bounces with 52. OKL, supported by 52. NOL. KAN -> OKL has only one support, 55. CHI. Support from 41. NME cut by 52. AUS -> NME.)
Army CHIC supports Army KAN-OKL
Army NEB supports Army CHIC

25 ANC YUK ALB
CIVIL DISORDER!

41 ORG SFR NME
A SFR S A NME
*A NME S A KAN-OKL (cut by 52. AUS -> NME)
*A ORG-WSH (bounce with 20. WSH)

45 MAZ MXC MER
Army in MAZ moves to COA.
Army in MXC supports move of MAZ into COA.
Fleet in MER moves to GoMexico.

*******EAST ASIA

35 MNC PA SEO(ec)
*F Seoul --> SoJapan (bounced by 53. SK -> SoJAPAN)
A MNC --> Vla
A PA --> MNC

36 SNK CHK WUH
A-CHK supports A-WUH
A-SNK moves to LCH.

49 PEK SHA FSN
*F FSN --> Yellow Sea (bounces with 40. OLI -> YELLOW, supported by 40. KG.)
A Pek --> NMG
F Sha supports FSN to Yellow Sea

53 Sovereign State of Siberia VLA SK SAP
F SK --> SoJapan
F Sap supports SK into SoJapan
A Vla --> Yak

40 Edo-Shogunate EDO KG OKI
*Our mighty fleet of Okinawa (OKI) will move to the Yellow Sea (YELLOW). (bounces with 49. FSN -> YELLOW, supported by SHA)
Our honorable boats berthed at Kyushu (KG) will support the fleet of OKI
moving to YELLOW.
The invincible EDO fleet will sail to the sea off the coast of the Izu
peninsula (IZU).


*******SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS

24 BRM BEN RNG
RNG hold
A BRM support A RNG
A BEN support A RNG

26 BNK MLS AMN
A at BNK :hold (Dislodged by 29. CMB -> BNK supported by 29. YUT. Only permissible retreat is to SIA. Retreats to SIA)
F at AMN : move to Andaman Sea
*F at MLS: support A holding at BNK (cut by 28. SP -> MLS)

27 LUZ MND FM
luz -> luzon
mnd support luz -> luzon
*fm -> south china (bounce with 57. HK -> S.CHINA)

29 YUT CMB CCH
army CMB move BNK
army YUT support army CMB move BNK
fleet CCH move CMB

57 TNK CAN HK
[A] TNK hold
[A] CAN hold
*[F] HK => S. China (bounce with 27. FM -> S.CHINA)


30 CRL IJA NGU
CIVIL DISORDER!


28 BOR SP SRW
*Fleet SP Moves to MLS (bounces with 26. MLS. Cuts support)
Fleet SRW Moves to Java (Sea)
Fleet BOR Supports Fleet SRW Moving to Java


32 Da Ali G Islands MHL FIJ HAW
F Haw - Eq. Countercurrent
F Fij - Coral
F MHL - Bismark

50 SUM JVA PRT
*sumatra fleet -> java (bounced by 28. SRW -> JAVA)
*jva fleet -> timor (bounce with 43. QUE -> TIMOR)
PRT flet -> NTR

43 QUE NSW NZE
F NSW -> TASMAN
*F QUE -> TIMOR (bounce with 50. JVA -> TIMOR)

Order Deadlines

[These are the rules, currently, for the deadlines for orders. If you feel they are lacking, please do not hesitate to suggest ammendments. I am all ears.]

For each phase in which orders are submitted, a will declare

• an initial deadline, a time when orders are sort of due,
  
• an initial quorum, a number of teams whose orders I sort of need to resolve the turn,
  
• a slacker pressure rate (see below),
  
• and will use these three things, plus information from my mailbox about when your orders were sent, to decide when the end of turn is.

Here's how it will work:

1. At the initial deadline (e.g., 11:59 pm on Tuesday), the quorum will be set to the initial quorum. (e.g, 55 teams)
   
2. The quorum will then decrease in discretely according to the slacker pressure rate (e.g., 1 team/3 hours. So, if the initial deadline is 11:59 pm on Tuesday and initial quorum is 55, then at 3:14 pm on Wednesday, quorum will be 50 teams).
   
3. For the phase in question, there will be a first time when the number of teams who have submitted orders is equal or greater to the quorum. Thattime will be the end of turn.
   
4. If a teams has not submitted orders by the end of turn, that team's orders for the turn will revert to the defaults:
   
   • In the standard Order Writing phase, the default orders are holds for all units. This is also known as civil disorder.
     
   • For Retreat Order Writing phases, the default order for each unit required to retreat or be disbanded is a retreat to the alphabetically first territory that would provide a legal retreat, if one exists, or a disbandment otherwise.
     
   • For a Building and Disbanding Order Writing phase, the default orders are the disbandment of as many units as necessary in alphabetical order, and the building of as many units as possible in alphabetical order of home center, should such legal builds be available.
   
   
5. Fpr teams who have submitted orders by the end of turn, I will use the last set of orders dated before the end of turn that has been sent from any team member.
   
6. I will inform you all of the end of turn as soon as I know it has occurred, along with a list of any teams whose orders were defaulted, for the purpose of public shaming. Otherwise, the only information I will reveal will be clarifications of the fact that the end of turn has not yet occurred.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions.

Information about turns and phases in PBEM Diplomacy

Some of this information will be of no surprise to experienced Diplomacy players. I would advise you to look it over, but not let it confuse you—I think the way I’m managing things is pretty intuitive. For those of you who are new to the game and are really learning this straight from the manual, this might be helpful

Those of you who are particularly attentive to the manual will notice that a game of Diplomacy is officially broken down into turns, and subdivided into phases:

Spring four-phase turn:

1. Diplomatic phase
2. Order Writing phase
3. Order Resolution phase
4. Retreat and Disbanding phase

Fall five-phase turn:

1. Diplomatic phase
2. Order Writing phase
3. Order Resolution phase
4. Retreat and Disbanding phase
5. Gaining and Losing Units phase

For the purposes of our game, we are collapsing the first two phases of each turn into one. Also, I have a habit of referring to the Gaining and Losing Units phase as either the Build Turn or the Winter Turn. So, it might be helpful if you think about it like this:

Spring and Fall turns:

1. Order Writing phase, during which you should write and submit orders to me.
2. Order Resolution phase, during which I’ll read and post your orders and get information back to you about how the turn went.
3. Retreat and Disbanding Order Writing phase, during which you should send me your retreat orders.
4. Retreat Resolution phase, during which I’ll read and post the retreat orders and their results.

Winter turn (occurs once after each fall turn):

1. Building and Disbanding Units Order Writing phase, during which you should write you build, disband, assimilate, abandon orders.
2. Building and Disbanding Resolution phase, during which I read those orders and post the results.

SPRING 1901: The game begins.

Spring 1901 has begun. This is the starting map. Team assignments have been mailed and may eventually be posted.

North America

Made some changes to the North American setup. Give me feedback SOON, since we're going to official start tomorrow night.

There were some pretty significant shifts in North America.


Chill out--I'll color the units as soon as I have time.

Balkans.

Scharf complained, rightfully, about the Balkans. How is this?



Oh yeah. I've added color. Units will be colored as well soon.

I fixed Africa

Africa should suck less now. Do you agree?

Redoing Europe

Europe is problematic. I got some feedback on it, and made some changes. Please take note. If nobody complains, I'll keep this setup. Otherwise, your feedback is very welcome.