Perdita - GM Comments

Spring 2011 Results.
Britain (Jim Hill) R.I.P. 2005	Egypt (Suzi Holyoake) A Sib s UKRAINE A Vol A Ode s A Pod A Pod s UKRAINE A Kie - Bie A Ist - Gre F SOG - Gib F Alg - Mor A Nap - TYR - LIG - Mon F LIG c A Nap - Mon F TYR c A Nap - Mon A Alb - ADR - Ven A Rom s A Alb - Ven F ADR c A Alb - Ven F LBN hold F WME - SOG A And - Sve F MAL hold
France (Mike Smith) F SAO Support F Por Hold F Por Hold A Nav Support F Bar Hold (void) F Bar Hold A Mar Hold A Lyo Hold (dislodged, disbanded NRP) A Swi Hold A Pie Support A Swi Hold A Aus Hold A Cro Support A Aus Hold (cut, dislodged) A Mil Support A Aus Hold A Ven Support A Aus Hold (cut, dislodged) Madrid was unordered.	Germany (Hippie) A Mur s A Ura hold A Ura s A Gor hold A Gor s A Mos hold A Mos s A Bie hold A Lat s A Bie hold A Lit s A Bie hold A Bie s A Mos hold (cut) A Kra s A Slo hold A Cze s A Slo hold A Slo s A Cze hold A Sax s A Ruh - Mun A Mun - Swi (bounce) A Ruh - Mun (bounce) A Als - Lyo A Par s A Als - Lyo F Nav - Por (bounce) F MAO - SAO (cut, bounce) A Bor - Auv (bounce) F Bri - Bor (bounce) A Pic - Als F IRI s F ENG - MAO F NWG - BRN A Auv - Mar (bounce) A Bel s A Pic - Als F ENG - MAO (bounce)
Italy (John Fouhy) R.I.P. 2005	Poland (Drew Buddie) R.I.P. 2004
Russia (Ross A Chapman) R.I.P. 2002	Spain (Jason Gool) R.I.P. 2002
Turkey (David Ashton) R.I.P. 1998	Ukraine (Piers Forrest) A Vol H A Don S A Vol A Kie-Bie (bounce) A CRP S A Kie-Bie A Kha S A CRP A Ser-Cro A Hun S A Ser-Cro F WBS-Ist A Rum S Egypt A Pod

The following table summarises the changing situation, detailing the number of units currently owned, the number of SC's and the number of available adjustments, after the number of free SCs has been considered. A positive adjust number means that builds are due, a negative number means that units are to be removed. Note, builds do not have to be taken, they can be waived - please send a waive order to the GM if you wish to do this.

Also detailed are the number of SC's required to win (the win condition is 33 SC's).

The following table contains a game summary, broken down by SC. Sc's are grouped roughly according to geographical area.

Start End 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 SC 5 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ----Africa----------------------------------------- Libya . E E E I I I E E E E E E E E E E E Morocco . B S S S S S S F F F E E F F F F E Tunisia . I I I I I I I E E F F E E E E E E ---Britain----------------------------------------- Edinburgh B B B B B B B B B G G G G G G G G G Gibraltar B B B S S S F F F F F F F F F F F E Liverpool B B B B B B B G G B B G G G G G G G London B B B G G G B B G G G G G G G G G G -Central Europe------------------------------------ Austria . I I I I G G G G F F F F F F F F G Bulgaria . T T I I I I U U U E U U U U U U U Croatia . I I I I I I I I I I F F F F F F U Czechoslovakia . P P P P P P P P G G G G G G G G G Greece . T T I I I I E E G E E E E E E E E Hungary . U U U I I I I U U U U F U U U U U Rumania . U U U I U I U U U U U U U U U U U Serbia . . I I I I I I E E E U U U U U U U ----Egypt------------------------------------------ Alexandria E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Aswan E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Cairo E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ----France----------------------------------------- Bordeaux F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G G G G Lyon F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G Marseilles F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G Paris F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G G G G ---Germany----------------------------------------- Berlin G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G Frankfurt G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G Hamburg G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G Munich G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G ----Italy------------------------------------------ Milan I I I I I I F F F F F F F F F F F F Naples I I I I I I I I E E E E E E E E E E Rome I I I I I I I I I F F F F E E E E E Venice I I I I I I I I I F F F F F F F F E --Middle East-------------------------------------- Iran . T T T E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Israel . E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Saudi Arabia . E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ----Poland----------------------------------------- Gdansk P P P P P P P P P P G G G G G G G G Krakow P P P P P P P P P G G G G G G G G G Warsaw P P P P P P P P P P G G G G G G G G ----Russia----------------------------------------- Gorky R R R R R R R R U U G G G G G G G G Moscow R R R R R R R R P U U U G G G G G G Murmansk R R R R R R R G G G G G G G G G G G Rostov R U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U St. Petersburg R R R R R R R R P G G G G G G G G G -SovSatellite-------------------------------------- Bielorussia . P P P R R U P P P U U G G G G G G Georgia . T R R R R U U U U U U U U U U U U Lithuania . P P P P R P P P G G G G G G G G G --Scandinavia-------------------------------------- Denmark . G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G Norway . B B B B B G G G G G G G G G G G G Sweden . R R P P P G G G G G G G G G G G G ----Spain------------------------------------------ Barcelona S S S F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F Madrid S S S S F F F F F F F F F F F F F F Seville S S B B S F S F F F F F F F F F F E ----Turkey----------------------------------------- Adana T T T T E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Ankara T T T U U U U U U U U U E E E E E E Istanbul T T T I I I E E E E E U U U U E E U Izmair T T T E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ---Ukraine----------------------------------------- Kiev U U U P U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Kharkov U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Odessa U U U U U U U U U U U U U E E E E E Sevastipol U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U -West Europe--------------------------------------- Belgium . G G G G G G G B B G G G G G G G G Holland . G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G Ireland . B B B B B G G G G G G G G G G G G Monaco . F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F E Portugal . S S B B F F F F F F F F F F F F G Switzerland . F F F F F F F F I F F F F F F F G

By my calculation, Hippie now only needs three Supply Centres, and this can be done, luck will be needed to stop him.

Madrid can be kept from Hippie by bouncing Nav-Mad using Sve, but if Hippie fails to order Nav-Mad then Sve is left open. The fleet in Gibraltar must decide Gibraltar or Seville.

Assuming that Mikey fightm to stay alive, then Andalusa is likely to move toward Barcelona. Hippie would be well advised to attack Barcelona from Auvergne, with support of Navarra. This puts units in place for an attack on Madrid. (Though And can cut support if the attack comes from Barcelona)

With regard to Portugal and the Egyptian fleet in SAO, Germany is probably best running the risk of losing Portugal for the benfits of position around Spain. If Hippie can make one coastal space available for a convoyed army then Spain is as good as his.

A priority for Suzi, with the open coasts of Southern Spain is to get her army in there first.

It comes to this. Suzi needs to hold off Hippie long enough to bring an army into Spain. Hippie needs to slide around Suzi and get his armies in!

Next phase, he should take Madrid using Barcelona with support from Nav, and use Auv to prevent Barcelona being occupied (or even to take Barcelona).

Suzi, in the meantime, must get a fleet into GoL, and thus be able to take Barcelona with support from Mikey (!) or help Mikey to keep Barcelona.

Of course, the main deciding factor will be what Mikey does with his fleet in Spain.

The state of play in the 'Perdita' Game at the end of 2011

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