Hallo zusammen!

Sigh. Today's clearly not my day. Much to my distress, I first discover my trekking bike has been stolen. And then I need to note the first outright NMR in this game. Chris didn't get an English set of orders to me.

OK, I don't want to dwell on adversity... Two supply centres are now held by different parties. The newly-built Polish fleet hugged the Black Sea coastline and made it to the Crimean peninsula, as the other Polish forces reverse their past drive to the South.

Yet I trust all the limelight is on the Imperial conquest of Flanders, perhaps only possible to the aforementioned NMR. This means Austria holds 17 SCs (albeit control only changes in winter) and an 18th SC acquisition cannot be militarily contested. As for the powers surrounding the Emperor's domains, little leverage on the Austrian position is in evidence.

Has an Austrian solo victory now become a foregone conclusion? Or shall a miracle yet occur?

Liebe Grüsse,


Charles

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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Jorge Saralegui jmsaralegui(at)gmail.com
DENMARK-NORWAY: Michael Thompson psychosis(at)sky.com
ENGLAND: Chris McInerney c.p.mcinerney(at)gmail.com
FRANCE: Nathan Albright nathanbalbright(at)yahoo.com
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Roger Leroux yrl1967(at)gmail.com
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson m_don_j(at)hotmail.com
SPAIN: Matt Kremer matthew.kremer(at)yale.edu
SWEDEN: Harvey Morris hmtucaz(at)gmail.com
TURKEY: Dirk Knemeyer dirk(at)knemeyer.com

PROCLAMATIONS:
o IMPERIAL FORCES BILLETED IN ANTWERP
o DANES SECURE HOLSTEIN DUCHIES
o ANARCHY AND TURMOIL REIGNS IN BRITAIN
o POLAND SEIZES THE CRIMEA
o TSAR FAILS TO REACH THE HOLY SITES
o SPAIN SHIFTS NAVAL ASSETS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
o CHARLES X SUPPORTS POLISH GARRISON IN THE MARCHES OF BRANDENBURG

PRESS:

From Poland: "The Polish King is warning that the Austrian dream of conquest will be dealt a severe blow by Polish troops. We will, through our might of arms, overthrow this usurper!"

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria - Prague
A Dauphiné Supports A Marseilles
A Hesse - Rhineland-Westphalia
F Ionian Sea Supports A Constantinople
A Lorraine Supports A Rhineland-Westphalia - Flanders
A Lower Saxony - United Provinces (*Fails*)
A Marseilles Hold
A Papal States - Tuscany
A Paris - Normandy (*Bounce*)
A Prague - Silesia
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Flanders
A Savoy Supports A Marseilles
A Saxony Supports A Prague - Silesia
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Venice - Trieste
A Vienna Supports A Hungary - Slovakia

Denmark-Norway:
F Bay of Luebeck - Holstein(ec)
F Mecklenburg Supports F Bay of Luebeck - Holstein(ec)
A United Provinces Hold

England:
F English Channel Hold
A Flanders Hold (*Disbanded*)
F North Sea Hold
F Norwegian Sea Hold
A Scotland Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
A Belgrade - Wallachia
A Brandenburg Supports A Prague - Silesia
A Bulgaria - Moldavia
A Cracow - Warsaw (*Fails*)
A Hungary - Slovakia
F Moldavia - Crimea

Russia:
A Armenia - Damascus (*Fails*)
A Azerbaijan Supports A Armenia - Damascus
F Black Sea Supports A Bulgaria - Constantinople (*Void*)
A Greater Poland - Silesia (*Fails*)
F Novgorod(sc) Hold
A Persia Supports A Armenia - Damascus
A Podolia - Slovakia (*Fails*)
A Vilna - Volhynia
A Voronezh - Armenia (*Fails*)
A Warsaw - Podolia (*Fails*)

Spain:
F Algiers Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean
A Aragon Supports A Gascony
F Brest - Normandy (*Bounce*)
A Gascony Hold
F Gulf of Lyon - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean

Sweden:
A Abo Hold
F Baltic Sea Supports F Stettin
A Christiania Hold
A Copenhagen Hold
A Riga Hold
F Scania - Skagerrak
F Stettin Supports A Brandenburg

Turkey:
A Constantinople Supports A Damascus
A Damascus Supports A Constantinople (*Cut*)
A Egypt Supports A Damascus
F Tekke Supports A Damascus
F Tunis - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Bounce*)

SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:
Austria(16): Bavaria, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Papal States, Paris, Prague, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Tuscany, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway(3): Holstein, Mecklenburg, United Provinces.
England(5): Bristol, Flanders, Ireland, London, Scotland.
Poland-Lithuania(6): Belgrade, Brandenburg, Cracow, Moldavia, Transylvania, Wallachia.
Russia(10): Crimea, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Prussia, Turkestan, Ukraine, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(6): Algiers, Brest, Madrid, Morocco, Portugal, Sevilla.
Sweden(7): Abo, Christiania, Copenhagen, Courland, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm.
Turkey(5): Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Naples, Tunis.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
o Summer 1654 Retreats: 25 September
o Fall 1654 Moves: 30 September


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