I believe he had something come up and we should maybe postpone the turn for a while waiting for him at least to post here, i'm not saying wait indefinetly but at least 1-2 day we can and see what happens.
I do not believe this 'staling' is intentional, i doubt anyone in this game is so lame to do that on purpose, at least i hope so
PS.
Maybe some problem with the new patch ?