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Rethe II 3019 (93?? ts??) Downfall XIII

"RICHARD M. JOHNSON"

DWARVES/GOOD (Mike Gonslaves, USA): A(Wil) stands unordered, _A(RRu) S A(NRh)-SRh_ [no border], Dain/A(Esg) S ELVISH A(EKH)-Eot, A(Shi) S A(Fcl)-FEr, A(Fcl)-FEr, _A(NRh)-SRh_.
ELVES/GOOD (Donald Scarr, SCOTLAND): A(HPa)-Iml, 2A(And) D : A(And)-Gla ; A(And) stands, _A(CDm)-Gun_, R(. . . . . .)-. . . . . ., F(Hdn)-WES, A(Rhu) stands, A(EKH)-Eot, A(GHa) stands.
GANDALF/GOOD (Iain Bowen, Great Britain.): R(. . . . . . )-. . . . . . , R(. . . . . . )-. . . . . . , Fe(. . . . . )-. . . . . . , Aragorn(. . . . . .)-. . . . . . , Gandalf(Ano) S GONDOR A(MTi).
GONDOR/GOOD (Chris Q. Hardy, Great Britain.): F(AND) S A(CAn), A(CAn) stands, _A(Anf)-Lam_, C(Pel) stands, A(MTi) S A(CAn), Faramir/2A(Los)-Dor, R(. . . . . . )-. . . . . . .
MORDOR/EVIL (Michael Quist, USA): 3A(Osg) D : 2A(Osg)-NIt ; A(Osg ) stands, Lord of the Nazgul/4A(SIt) D : A(SIt) stands ; Lord of the Nazgul/3A(SIt)-SGo, A(DGu) stands, A(Bre) stands, A(EMi)-MoM, 2A(Kha) D : _A(Kha)-Nur_ ; A(Kha)-Hdw, A(Dag)-Udu M A(Udu) stands = 2A(Udu), _A(ELi)-SRh_, Nazgul(. . . . . . )-. . . . . . -. . . . . . , Sauron(Oro)-Udu, _A(Eot)*-EKH_, _A(Gun)-CDm_.
ROHAN/GOOD (Pete Gaughan, USA): C(Bro) S C(Emy)-Dag, C(Emy)-Dag-SRh, A(Eas)-Ent, _A(DMa) S GONDOR A(CAn)-NIt_ [no such order], A(Nin) S C(Emy)-Dag, Theoden(DHa) snores...
SARUMAN/GOOD (Lance Anderson, USA): Saruman(. . . . . . )-. . . . . . , A(Tha) stands, A(Tyr)-Wea, A(Hol) stands, A(Cdl)-Tyr.
UMBAR/NEUTRAL (Keir Hodgson, Great Britain.): F(ETH) S A(SGo), _A(SGo)*stands_, _C(Nrd)-Nur_, _F(Lam)-DAm_, _A(DAm)-Dor_, F(SBY)-ETH M F(ETH) = 2F(ETH).

RETREATS :

MORDOR A(Eot)-Fra
UMBAR A(SGo)-Hrd

RETHE III 3019 ADJUSTMENTS :

DWARVES : Iro, Ere, Blu, Fld, FEr, Esg, +RRu +Shi: =8 +A(Iro), A(Ere)
ELVES : EKH, Lor, Iml, GHa, Hdn, Crk, And, CDm, +Eot: =9 +A(Lor)
GANDALF : (none): =0 no change
GONDOR : MTi, Pel, -Lam, +1, Ano, -SIt, Dru.: =5 -A(CAn), A(Anf)
MORDOR : Bar, Udu, MMo, DGu, Gun, -SRh, Nur, +6, Osg, Bre, -RRu, -Eot, +SIt +SGo +Kha: =17 no change
ROHAN : DHa, Eas, HDe, Wol, EEm, +SRh: =6 +A(Dha)
SARUMAN :Ise, Dun, KDm, Tha, Hol.: =5 +A(Dun)
UMBAR : Cit, Hav, Hrd, +1, -SGo, -Kha, DAm, +Lam: =6 no change
NEUTRAL : -Shi.: =0 - - -
TOTAL :: =56

GENEVA :

Note that the Rohan Cavalry unit gets into SRh on the second phase, *after* the Dwarven/Mordor stand-off. The deadline for Aston I 3019 orders and retreats is FRIDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1995, to Peter Sullivan. E-mail : peter@manorcon.demon.co.uk

PRESS :

SAURON TO UMBAR : You have been warned, when a pesky wasp stings, little can be done but to swat it and burn its nest.

Round 10 (RR ??? LE) International R.R. London & South East

"ZAPPLE"

22) (15-45) Hastings -- Newhaven :: TRUST 20+2 ; HICK 10-2.
23) (24-53) Ramsgate -- Tonbridge :: KISS 20-1 ; COXES +1.
24) (31-@6) Gravesend -- Cross Channel :: TTE&F 10-2 ; TRUST 10+2.
25) (46-61) Haywards Heath -- London Victoria :: HICK 20 ; KISS 10-3 ; COXES +3.
26) (55-33) Tunbridge Wells -- Rochester :: TRUST 20-3-1-2 ; KISS +3 ; TTE&F +2 ; COXES +1.
27) (65-22) London Paddington -- Canterbury :: TTE&F 20-1 ; KISS 10 ; TRUST +1.
28) (@3-14) The West -- Eastbourne :: KISS 20-3 ; HICK 10.

KISS [black] (Martyn Hathaway, Great Britain.)
TTE&F [blue] (Steve Thomas, Great Britain.)
TRUST [green] (W. Andrew York, USA)
HICK [red] (David Hood, USA)
COXES [brown] (Tom Smith) : No moves received!

Scores : b/fwd   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   c/fwd 
         -----   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   -----
KISS       52         19         7    3   10   17    108 
TTE&F     205              18         2   19         244 
TRUST     156    22        12        14    1         205
HICK      218     8             20             13    259 
COXES     133          1         3    1              138 
          ---    --   --   --   --   --   --   --    --- 
          764    30   20   30   30   20   30   30    954

Races for Round 11 :

29) (12-23) Dover -- Margate
30) (25-@1) Ashford -- The Seaside
31) (35-13) Maidstone -- Dover
32) (43-56) Brighton -- Reigate
33) (52-66) Three Bridges -- London Paddington
34) (64-32) London King's Cross -- Sevenoaks
35) (@5-41) Cross Channel -- Shoreham

GENEVA :

You may enter up to 4 of the above races. The deadline for Round 11 orders is FRIDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1995, to Peter Sullivan. E-mail : peter@manorcon.demon.co.uk

Round 8 (RR ??? IN) International R.R. India

"ELBRIDGE GERRY"

5) (54-66) Vijayawada -- Trivandrum :: SAHIB 20.
8) (36-62) Varnasi -- Hubli :: BADIS 20.
9) (14-55) Saharabpur -- Madras :: SAHIB 20-2-1+4 ; DAVE 10-4+1+1; AIR 0-1 ; BADIS +2.
10) (65-46) Madurai -- Cuttack :: DAVE 20-8-2-1-5 ; SAHIB 10-5+8+8+1 ; AIR 0-8+5+5+2.
11) (53-26) Hyderabad -- Jodhpur :: DAVE 20-2-8-5 ; BADIS 10-7+5 ; RAJPUT +8 ; AIR +7+2.
12) (43-@2) Calcutta -- Kashmir :: BADIS 20 ; AIR 10.
13) (23-12) Bombay -- Delhi :: RAJPUT 20+4+3 ; SAHIB 10-4 ; AIR 0-3.
14) (@4-35) Assam -- Lucknow :: AIR 20-8-2 ; BADIS 10-7 ; DAVE 0+8+7+2.

RAJPUT [yellow] (Michael Quist, USA.): (L69) - Bhagalpur - Calcutta [-1 S]. =-10-1
BADIS BADIS [orange] (Conrad von Metzke, USA.): (Hubli)-L11 [-1 A] ; (M11) - M12 [-1 A] ; (Lucknow) - R62 ; (J60) - K61. =-9-2
DAVE [black] (Dave Erridge, Great Britain.): (O14) - N14 - L13 [-6 S] [-1A] - Bangalore [-3 R] - J13 - J11 - K11 [-1 R] ; (F68) - Jamshedpur [-2 S] ; (Bangalore) - K15 [-1 S]. =-10-14
AIR [brown] (Martyn Hathaway, Great Britain.): (R54) - P53 [-1 B] - P52 - O52 - O50 [-6 B] - M49 - M47. =-10-7
SAHIB [red] (Eric Brosius, USA.): (D59) - C60 ; (Jamshedpur) - G70 - G72 ; (B53) - E52 [-1 D] ; (G72) -Calcutta. =-10-1

Scores : b/f   5   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  builds  c/fwd 
         ---  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  ------  -----
RAJPUT    84                   8      27      -11 +4   112 
BADIS     90      20   2       8  20       3  -11 +7   139 
DAVE     109           8   4   5          17  -24 +1   120 
AIR       81          -1   4   9  10  -3  10  -17 +3    96 
SAHIB      8  20      21  22           6      -11+10    76 
         ---  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  ------  -----
         372  20  20  30  30  30  30  30  30  -74+25   543

Races for Round 9 :

15) (15-64) Bareilly -- Calicut
16) (21-45) Ahmadabad -- Jamshedpur
17) (31-56) Nagpur -- Madras
18) (44-32) Calcutta -- Jabalpur
19) (51-@5) Raipur -- Bangladesh
20) (61-25) Bangalore -- Indore
21) (@6-11) Any Seaport -- Delhi

GENEVA :

Errata last time : In Race 2, DAVE was 10-5+1. In Race 3, RAJPUT pays BADIS 4. And RAJPUT's builds were only 10 after being curtailed, not 12. Scores duly adjusted. You may enter 4 of the above races, then build up to 8 physical points (i.e. not counting payments to other players against the limit) of track. The deadline for Round Nine orders is FRIDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1995, to Peter Sullivan. E-mail : peter@manorcon.demon.co.uk

PRESS :

SAHIB -- GENEVA : Looks like I get to be the poor sap to whom everyone else makes charity payments. There's a silver lining to every dark cloud!