Re: Suggestions for GM Error

Charles Louis Steinhardt wrote:

>What is the best thing to do in this case in order to be maximally fair to
>all players?

You cannot rollback the turn.  Too much information has gone out to 
all the parties once the moves are revealed.  For much the same 
reason, you cannot allow Italy to resubmit.  Italy is just going to 
have to take it in the shorts on this one.  It sucks, but there's 
just no other way to handle it.

Hopefully the GM learned a little something:  1. It is dangerous, but 
not fatal, to grant extensions at the last minute.  2. It is fatal to 
process orders before a stated deadline unless it is absolutely, 
explicitly clear that you plan to adjudicate at the moment all orders 
are in.  I'm not clear on judge syntax, but I assume the "wait" flag 
means the order set is not yet final.  If you force process under 
those conditions, expect a catastrophe.  3. You can never _really_ 
rollback a turn.  Once the moves are out there, they are out there. 
The damage is done.

The GM needs to apologize a whole lot to Italy, and quite a bit to 
everyone else, too.

That's my take, anyway.

-Adam