Les Petites Bêtes Soyeuses

Points Arising for December 1676

Players' deadline for January 1677 is 12th September 2025

Many thanks to Andy Kendall for Jean Jeanie’s farewell. As noted in the General’s missive, he’s had a long career in Paris. But what will Andy’s new character achieve?

I’m taking a couple of weeks’ break just after the deadline, so next issue won’t be published until early October and the gap between deadlines will be six weeks (rather than the usual five).

Some players are not getting the auto-responder message that your orders have been received (at the lpbsorders@ address). That’s because they’re being bounced back to me as my ISP is apparently on a spam blacklist. If you don’t get a response, email another address (LPBS@, for example) and I’ll try to confirm receipt manually.

The retirement of Jean Jeanie means the post of Minister of War is vacant – apply now!

Absent friends

The following did not get orders to me and suffered the consequences.

IP (Grégory Meurant) continues to be floated.

SE No orders from Neil Packer - 1 turn missed.

Farewell

Tim Rattray is pausing his participation in the game. “I enjoy it but I need more time for my studies,” he explains. Good luck with the studies, Tim, and we look forward to having you back.

Notes

It is worth sending orders in even if they're a day or two late: it's possible I can still action the orders and will probably be able to use any press. It also reassures me that you're still out there.

Orders (and press) should be emailed to the LPBS orders e-mail address - you'll get an automated response when the message arrives in my mailbox. Please give your name and your character's name and specify actions in full detail. If you want a query answered before the deadline, please use the main LPBS email address.