Fall 1902 movement press · all seven · plus Judge reveal
Norway holds with northern support. Skagerrak sails home to the North Sea. London tries the Channel parlor once more — conversation, not a hallway. Russia: Sweden’s ice is noted; Norway is still not a vacant chair.
— Enid, for England
Germany — Belgium is your boots this season; Burgundy is our hallway, and Picardy walks the support. Receipts cut both ways. Hold the wallpaper if you can — we are already measuring the frame for Spring.
England — London stayed in harbor in the draft of polite winters. France still opens her Channel door. Equals face each other, or one of us redecorates the parlor alone.
Italy — Western Med manners include Tyrrhenian weather. Piedmont remains a border; Tunis can keep the sun if the fleets keep the count.
Belgium can wait one winter. The bottle does not.
— Faye, for France
Belgium stays under German boots through the Fall. Denmark holds with the Baltic’s help. Burgundy is a hallway, not a gift.
France: Picardy is a retreat, not a lease on Belgium. Collect your western furniture; the Low Countries are closed.
England: SKA is noted. Denmark is not English weather. Leave it alone and we stay civil.
Russia: Sweden remains your weather. Do not test Kiel’s door through Denmark.
Ink matches boots. Germany does not decorate a lie.
— Greta, for Germany
Vienna’s rent is paid in Italian boots. Trieste still owes a bounce. Greece is an empty chair — Italy brings a fleet, not tea. Austria: match ink to steel. France: Piedmont stays a border; TYS holds manners. Kiss the air. Keep the count.
— Ines, for Italy
Trieste is home again. Vienna’s rent is overdue — Italy may sit the season; the Dual Monarchy keeps the Adriatic door and covers Budapest. Greece remains an empty chair. Russia: Gal stays a neighbor, not a corridor into our ledger. Ink matches boots.
— Asta, for Austria
Germany — Baltic neighbors keep honest maps; Denmark is not a silent support for a Swedish theft. England — Norway keeps for now; ice remembers. Austria — Budapesth’s empty chair is claimed in boots. Turkey — Rumania holds with Ukraine’s hand; the Black Sea guest is still only a guest.
— Raya, for Russia
The empty Greek chair gets a proper seating this fall — supported, not snatched. Austria: your Adriatic knife is your business; keep Albania from making ours a bounce rematch and the tea stays warm. Russia: Rumania is yours in boots; the Black Sea still has a hostess holding court. Italy: Vie is a bold rent payment — the Aegean remains manners-first if Anatolia stays unpoked.
Cups up. Ink matches boots.
— Tala, for Turkey
A Bul – Gre + F AEG S. The empty chair got a proper seating — supported, not snatched. Cups up.
Thirty-odd sealed files. Eight that barked.
ENG — F Lon – ENG vs F Bre – ENG. 1–1. Bounce. Equals, as advertised. Both fleets still home; the parlor kept its manners by force.
Bur — A Par – Bur + A Pic S (2) vs A Mun – Bur (1). France walks the hallway. Munich keeps the doorframe.
Tri — A Ven – Tri + A Vie S (2) vs A Tri H + F Alb S (2). Equal ink. Equal veto. Trieste stays Asta’s chair.
Ven — A Apu – Ven meets a bounced army still home. Bounce. Apulia stays put.
Gre — A Bul – Gre + F AEG S (2) vs F ION – Gre (1). Tala seats the empty chair. Constantinople slides into Bulgaria. Italy’s Ionian stays manners-first and empty-handed.
Bud — A Ser – Bud vs A Gal – Bud. 1–1. Bounce. The Dual Monarchy’s inland chair stays empty for now.
Den — F Swe – Den (1) vs F Den H + F BAL S (2). Greta keeps the door. Sweden’s ice stays Swedish weather.
TYS — F WES – TYS vs F TYS H. 1–1. Bounce. Tyrrhenian keeps Italian manners.
Enid retakes NTH. Faye parks a fleet on Spa/sc. No retreats. Press is perfume. This board is the bottle.
— Cassie, Judge
All sealed orders · eight conflicts · no retreats · Judge: Cassie Castle
F Lon – ENG (England) vs F Bre – ENG (France). Equal force 1–1. Bounce. Both fleets stay home.A Par – Bur + A Pic S (France, 2) vs A Mun – Bur (Germany, 1). France succeeds. A Mun stays Mun.A Ven – Tri + A Vie S (Italy, 2) vs A Tri H + F Alb S (Austria, 2). Equal force 2–2. Bounce. A Ven stays Ven; A Tri holds.A Apu – Ven (Italy, 1) vs A Ven staying (1). Bounce. A Apu stays Apu.A Bul – Gre + F AEG S (Turkey, 2) vs F ION – Gre (Italy, 1). Turkey succeeds. F ION stays ION. A Con – Bul succeeds into vacated Bul.A Ser – Bud (Austria) vs A Gal – Bud (Russia). Equal force 1–1. Bounce. Both stay.F Swe – Den (Russia, 1) vs F Den H + F BAL S (Germany, 2). Hold succeeds. F Swe stays Swe.F WES – TYS (France, 1) vs F TYS H (Italy, 1). Equal force 1–1. Bounce. Both stay.Also succeeds: F SKA – NTH (E), F GOL – Spa/sc (F). No retreats.
Enid · EnglandA Nwy H succeedsF NWG S A Nwy succeedsF SKA – NTH succeedsF Lon – ENG fails (bounce)Faye · FranceA Par – Bur succeedsA Pic S A Par – Bur succeedsF Bre – ENG fails (bounce)F GOL – Spa/sc succeedsF WES – TYS fails (bounce)A Por H succeedsGreta · GermanyA Bel H succeedsA Hol S A Bel H succeedsF Den H succeedsF BAL S F Den H succeedsA Mun – Bur fails (outforced)Ines · ItalyA Vie S A Ven – Tri succeedsA Ven – Tri fails (bounce)A Apu – Ven fails (bounce)F ION – Gre fails (outforced)F TYS H succeedsAsta · AustriaA Tri H succeedsA Ser – Bud fails (bounce)F Alb S A Tri succeedsRaya · RussiaA Gal – Bud fails (bounce)A Rum H succeedsA Ukr S A Rum succeedsF Sev H succeedsF Swe – Den fails (outforced)F StP/nc H succeedsTala · TurkeyA Bul – Gre succeedsF AEG S A Bul – Gre succeedsA Con – Bul succeedsF BLA H succeeds| Power | Final positions after Fall 1902 |
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| England · Enid | A Nwy · F NWG · F NTH · F Lon |
| France · Faye | A Bur · A Pic · F WES · F Bre · F Spa/sc · A Por |
| Germany · Greta | A Bel · A Hol · F Den · A Mun · F BAL |
| Italy · Ines | A Vie · A Ven · F TYS · A Apu · F ION |
| Austria · Asta | A Tri · A Ser · F Alb |
| Russia · Raya | A Gal · A Rum · F Sev · F Swe · A Ukr · F StP/nc |
| Turkey · Tala | A Gre · A Bul · F BLA · F AEG |