MARBLED HATCHETFISH - Spring 1905 GM Ally Bain
I've seen odd orders in my Diplomacy life but not as funny as these, I daren't mention the country so see below & then the press.
ENGLAND (Henrik Lublin) F(NWG) - NAO; A(StP) - Mos; F(Swe) - Den; F(NTH) Stands; A(Mos) - Ukr; A(Bel) - Bur; F(ENG) c A(Wal) - Bre; A(Wal) - Bre
FRANCE (Jacques Breton) F(WMS) c A(Tun) - Mar; F(MAO) - IRI; F(TYS) - Rom; A(Tun) - Mar; A(Vie) Stands; F(GoL) c A(Tun) - Mar; A(Par) - Pic
GERMANY (Pierre Magnus) A(Sil) - Gal; F(BAL) Stands; A(Sev) s A(Gal) - Rum; A(Gal) - Rum; A(Bud) s A(Tri) - Ser (CUT); A(Tri) - Ser (FAILED, DISLODGED - DISBANDED NRP); A(Ber) - Sil; A(Mun) - Tyr; A(Kie) - Mun
ITALY (Anarchy) A(Rom) Stands (DISLODGED - DISBANDED BY GM)
TURKEY (Pete Younger) A(Ven) - Tri; F(Nap) s FRENCH F(TYS) - Rom; F(ADS) s A(Ven) - Tri; A(Ser) s A(Rum) - Bud (CUT); A(Rum) - Bud (FAILED, DISLODGED TO Bul); F(Con) - BLA; A(Ank) - Arm; A(Smy) s A(Ank) - Arm; F(ION) - Alb
COUNTRY NOT IDENTIFIED Fleet(Nowhere)->Oblivion(NO ORDER); Army(None)->LessThanZero(NO ORDER); Army(Void)->Sea Of Tranquility(NO ORDER) PRESS ALB: Sadly I haven't written an article to help players those orders are like that but hopefully this should give you a clue. I know I usually saw write the provinces/waterways in full but in this case I have to try & figure any abbreviations to see if those moves worked. I thought you meant the fleet in Norwegian Sea but its designation was hard but thought Oblivion meant LIVonia so that would have been a miss-order. The next wasn’t to bad as I thought it must be Norway but LessThanZero isn’t close to DMZ & even so you have to name the province. Your final army seemed to come from Vienna but then seeing Sea Of Tranquility I wondered how can you move to the sinking Venice? Autumn 1905 deadline: 19:00 BST, 16th July 2003.
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