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30 Jul 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: (TCB): Make sure you read the special rules regarding mid Atlantic ocean to Egypt, Siberia and note that the victory condition is less than 50%+1.
30 Jul 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: (TCB): Also I made it so there's no messaging during retreats and builds to speed up these phases (I think you are also only allowed to ready and not save during them).
31 Jul 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: Good luck all!
31 Jul 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: Good luck all!
01 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: Is this box still anonymous?
01 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: It says "Germany" for me, is that what you meant?
01 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1900: I'll take that as a no
02 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1900: 1900 Summer Press (obviously a bit more fun if anonymous) - INERTIA FOR L'ARMEE AFRIQUE AS SUPPLY DIFFICULTIES AND THE DUAL FRONT CAUSES CONFUSION - THE TSAR ORDERS TROOPS WEST AS THE BUILD UP OF FORCES ON THE AUSTR-HUNGARIAN BORDER CONTINUES - SWISS PROMISES TO STAY OUT OF THE WAR REMAIN DESPITE PRESSURE FROM ALL SIDES - SCANDENAVIAN NATIONS ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT REAFFIRMING THEIR NEUTRALITY AS FLEETS SET SAIL IN SURROUNDING SEAS - RUMOURS OF AN ICELANDIC AND IRISH PACT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER CIRCULATE AS BRITAIN ABANDONS EGYPT TO FOCUS ON WEST AFRICA - THE OTTOMANS REASSERT SOVERIGNTY OF MACEDONIA AND SIGN NON AGRESSION PACT WITH THE TSAR OVER THE BLACK SEA - THE POPE CLAIMS THE “HOLY WATERS’ OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AS THE 10TH CRUSADE BEGINS - SPAIN CALLS FOR FRENCH SUPPORT AS PORTUGAL REQUESTS THE BRITISH AS PROTECTORATE - FEARS OF ANOTHER FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR ARISE AS THE GERMANS SURPRISE BELGIAN FORCES WHO FLEE TO THE NEIGHBOURING NETHERLANDS - CONFUSION REIGNS ON THE GALICIAN STREETS OF AS CONFLICTING POWERS CLAIM OWNERSHIP
02 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1900: We're all going to eagerly expect the German news bulletin each turn now.
02 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1900: If you are being sarcastic then I'll quite happily not! I may be a little sad but seemed fun
02 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1900: Not at all, no sarcasm intended.
06 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1901: - TURKISH ARMY DOUBLES IN SIZE AS THE RUSSIAN-OTTOMAN ALLIANCE BLOCKADES THE BLACK SEA PORTS - CONFUSION TURNS TO BLOOD ON THE STREETS OF GALICIA AS THE TSAR IMPOSES RULE AND THE MASS EXODUS TO UNOCCUPIED SILESIA BEGINS - CLAIMS OF WAR CRIMES SPARKS A GUERRILLA WAR WHICH THREATENS TO SLOW THE MOVEMENT OF NEWLY FORMED RUSSIAN/TURKISH GROUND FORCES ACROSS THE BALKANS - THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LANDS IN PORTUGAL IN RESPONSE TO THE SPANISH WELCOME OF FRENCH TROOPS - THE NETHERLANDS JOIN BELGIUM IN SURRENDER AS THE KAISER OVERSEAS A VICTORY PARADE THROUGH AMSTERDAM - GERMANY AND FRANCE ISSUE RARE JOINT DECLARATION CONDEMNING THE ITALIAN VIOLATION OF SWISS NEUTRAILTY. IN RESPONSE THE POPE IS REPORTED TO HAVE TOLD THE PRESIDENT TO “GO TO HELL” - COMMENTATORS WARN OF A PENDING NORTH AFRICAN WAR AS TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN THE FOUR NATIONS CLAIMING COLONIES ON THE CONTINENT - THE SWEDEN-NORWAY UNION ENDS AFTER NEARLY A CENTRY AS KING OSCAR II GIVES IN TO INTERNAL PRESSURE AND DIVIDES THE NATION “IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE”. HOWEVER, CALLS HAVE ALREADY ARISEN ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE REUNIFICATION UNDER THE RUSSIAN OR BRITISH BANNER. - THE PRIME MINISTER’S APPROVAL RATINGS SOAR AS SHIPBUILDING WORKS GO ‘FULL STEAM AHEAD’ ON MERSYSIDE AND CANARY WHARF
06 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1901: If anyone's interested in something confusing on the side with a few randoms: https://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=35615
08 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1901: - FRENCH FORCES FLEE IN DISARRAY AS THE BRITISH WALK INTO SPAIN AND ALGERIA - SWEDEN STRIKES FIRST IN THE FIGHT FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF SCANDINAVIA, PROMISING THAT THE WAR WILL BE OVER BY THE END OF THE YEAR - THE GUERRILLA WAR IN THE BALKANS CONTINUE, AS THE RUSSIANS ARE UNABLE TO REINFORCE DUE TO LOCAL RESISTANCE - THE ONCE BUSTLING CITIES OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ANKARA LEFT DESERTED AS MORE TROOPS ARE PRESSED INTO SERVICE ON THE FRONT LINE - THE PRESIDENT SUSPENDS TALKS WITH THE KAISER AS THE MARCH ON PARIS BEGINS - ITALIAN FLEETS CEMENT THEIR POWER IN THE MED AS SHELLING BEGINS ON MARSEILLE - AUSTRIA SEEKS FURTHER ASSISTANCE ALLEDGING RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES IN BOHEMIA. THE TSAR DISMISSES THE CLAIMS AS PROPAGANDA SPARKING PROTESTS IN THE REGION - THE PRIME MINISTER WINS A SNAP ELECTION, REFORMING THE WAR CABINET WITH PROMISES OF “PEACE IN WESTERN EUROPE”
13 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1902: - THE TRICOLOUR IS REMOVED FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER AS GERMAN TANKS ROLL INTO PARIS - L’ARMIE AFRIQUE RECOVERS FROM EARLIER CONFUSIONS TO RETAKE TUNISA, FORCING BRITISH SHIPS IN A RETREAT BACK TOWARDS MOROCCAN PORTS - CONTROL OF SPAIN CHANGES FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN TWO YEARS AS THE LOCAL POPULATION LOOK TO OTHER CONTINENTAL POWERS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE BRITISH/PORTUGESE ALLIANCE - TURKISH MILITARY EXERCISES CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, KEENLY WATCHED BY ITS ITALIAN AND AUSTRIAN NEIGHBOURS - REBELS IN BULGARIA FINALY FORCE RUSSIAN TROOPS OUT OF RUMANIA FOLLOWING THE SCUTTLING OF THE FLEET WHICH HAD BEEN FORCED INTO THE BLACK SEA - RUSSIAN ROADS ARE REDUCED TO MUD TRACKS WITH CIVILLIANS FLEEING WARSAW WHILST TROOPS RUSH TO AVOID AN ENCIRCLEMENT - FINLAND JOINS THE GERMAN BACKED DANISH UNIFICATION OF SCANDINAVIA, AS ICELAND AND ARABIA REMAIN THE ONLY NATIONS TO HAVE YET AVOIDED THE WAR
15 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1903: - THE TSAR ORDERS A ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ POLICY LEAVING VILLAGES BURNING IN THE WAKE OF THE RETREAT TO SIBERIA - CELEBRATIONS IN LISBON AS THE BRITISH BACKED PORTGUESE TAKE CONTROL OF SPAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME - FRENCH FORCES VALIENTLY DEFEND BREST DESPITE A COLLAPSE IN TROOP MORALE - A CEASEFIRE IS AGREED ON THE HUNGARIAN/TURKISH BORDER AS OTTOMAN FLEETS EYE UP A PUSH INTO THE IONIAN SEA - BELGIAN NEWSPAPERS PRINT REPORTS OF BRITISH FLEET SIGNTINGS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH ARE STRINGENTLY DENIED FROM LONDON - COMPLAINTS SURFACE FROM THE KAISERLICHE MARINE OF ‘CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING’ AS YET MORE GROUND TROOPS ARE MOBILISED FOR THE ‘MARCH ON MOSCOW’ - L’ARMIE AFRIQUE SURRENDERS TO ITALIAN AND BRITISH TROOPS ON THE BORDER OF THE SAHARA, THE LARGEST ON THE CONTINENT IN MODERN TIMES - CLAIMS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS HAS BEEN INFILTRATED BY GERMAN PROPAGANDA DISMISSED AS ‘PURE SPECULATION’ BY THE KAISER
21 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1904: - CONTROL OF SPAIN IS LOST ONCE AGAIN AS THE MOST BITTERLY FOUGHT OVER TERRITORY REVERTS YET AGAIN TO BRITISH CONTROL - THE PRESIDENT FLIES OUT TO TRIPOLI TO JOIN THE REMNANTS OF L’ARMIE AFRIQUE, STATING ‘THESE ARE DARK DAYS FOR FRANCE’ - THE TURKISH DEFENCE OF EGYPT IS HINDERED BY MARAUDING ITALIAN FLEETS, ALOWING BRITAIN TO REASSERT POWER OVER THE COLONY - IN THE CONFUSION ITALIAN SHIPS SLIP INTO THE PORT OF CONSTANTINOPLE UNOPPOSED - MILLIONS STARVE IN SIBERIA AS THE HARSH WINTER DECIMATES THE RUSSIAN 3RD ARMY - SKIRMISHES ARE REPORTED IN THE AUSTRIAN MOUNTAINS. LOCAL FARMERS REPORT SEEING TROOPS IN BLACK SHOUTING IN GERMAN AS THEY RETREATED THROUGH THE PASSES.
23 Aug 18 UTC	Autumn, 1904: - THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL FALLS AS THE GERMAN FLAG FLIES OVER RED SQUARE - THE TSAR DECLARES BUCHAREST THE NEW RUSSIAN CAPITAL IN A SURPRISE MOVE FOLLOWING THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL MILITIA - SPAIN REMAINS UNDER MILITARY LOCKDOWN AS TROOPS CONTINUE TO AMASS ON THE BORDER - GERMAN DISORDER IN SOUTHERN FRANCE LABELLED AS “EMBARASSING” AS ARMIES INFLICT CASUALTIES ON THEIR OWN SIDE - OUTCRY IN CONSTANTINOPLE AS THE EMPORER IS DENOUNCED FOR A LACK OF INTENT TO SAVE THE STARVING POPULATION - THE ITALIAN ARMY CONTROVERSIALLY DECLARES A PEACE-KEEPING MISSION, OFFERING TO MEDIATE BETWEEN THE AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN ARMIES NORTH OF ITS BORDER
28 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1905: - THE TSAR ABDICATES AS THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE COLLAPSES. TRIBUTES FLOOD IN FROM ACROSS THE CONTINENT PRAISING THE TSAR’S LOYALTY AND OFFERING COMMISERATIONS FOR HIS LOSS - THE PRESIDENT DISEMBARKS FROM AN ITALIAN SHIP IN ATHENS CLAIMING GREECE AS THE NEW HOME OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC - TURKISH FORCES HALF IN SIZE OVERNIGHT AS TERRITORIAL LOSSES LEAD TO MASS SURRENDERS - SPAIN CHANGES HANDS YET AGAIN AS ITALIAN FORCES FIGHT THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE PROVINCE, DESTROYING THE 7TH BRITISH FLEET AS IT DOES SO - GERMAN FORCES SEIZE CONTROL OF THE UNOCCUPIED PORT OF BREST AMID A BRITISH OUTCRY OVER GERMAN FLEETS TRESPASSING IN BRITISH WATERS - ITALIAN SPECIAL FORCES RAISE ‘IL TRICOLORE’ IN THE AUSTRIAN CAPITAL WHERE CELEBRATIONS WERE BEING PLANNED FOR THE RECAPTURE OF RUMANIA
28 Aug 18 UTC	Spring, 1905: Vive La Troisième République!