Hallo zusammen!


After a rather desultory last year of campaigning, finally the hour of jubilation at the Wiener Hofburg has come. Congratulations to Jorge (aka Georg der Große) for a masterful performance in this first 1648 variant game! I trust few would disagree with this solo being very much deserved.

Alas, the game's conclusion coincided with another NMR, this time on account of Roger not getting his set of orders to me on time. Since the 18 supply centre threshold has been met, I appended a third map with a Polish army being retreated into Transylvania. This last map shows the final state of control.

As for the predictions made for the Keppler Award, several participants (Dirk, Nathan, Roger and Jorge) in this wee competition foretold France's elimination and Austria's victory, back in Spring 1652. Since Jorge also foretold Russia being the "runner-up" in terms of total SCs, I'm considering this a tie-breaker in his favour and his power preferences will receive preferential treatment in the next 1648 game I shall be GMing (much as Dirk, whom I promised the same for helping out). I aim for a good mix of 1648 veterans and newcomers for that playtest using the v3.0 map.

Now, I'm anxiously looking forward to your end-of-game reports, the epiloge to this game. Please send your EOG reports to me by Wednesday, 7 September 6 PM CET. I shall then publish all I've received, while adding my own observations as well. Perhaps firing up the .dpy file in Realpolitik and tabbing through the seasons might be a useful way of reviewing what has past.

I thank you guys for, but for a few hitches, contributing to a fairly smooth progression of the game. I very much enjoyed this front-seat experience and hope you did so as well.


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 ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])

END-GAME VOTE:

A proposal to concede the game to Austria fails. Though this is rendered moot due to an outright Austrian victory.

PROCLAMATIONS:
o VIENNESE REVEL IN FESTIVITIES AS THE SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE RENDER HOMAGE TO THE EMPEROR, NOW FONDLY CALLED GEORG DER GROSSE

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
F Adriatic Sea - Naples
A Dauphiné Supports A Marseilles
A Flanders Hold
F Ionian Sea Supports F Tunis
A Lorraine Supports A Flanders
A Lower Saxony Supports A Brandenburg
A Marseilles Hold
A Paris Hold
A Prague Supports A Silesia
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A Lower Saxony
A Savoy Supports A Marseilles
A Saxony Supports A Brandenburg
A Silesia Supports A Cracow
A Trieste - Venice
A Tuscany Hold
A Vienna Hold

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

England:
F English Channel - Flanders (*Fails*)
F North Sea Supports A United Provinces
F Norwegian Sea Hold
A Scotland Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
A Brandenburg Hold
A Cracow Hold
F Crimea Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Moldavia Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Slovakia Hold
A Wallachia Hold

Russia:
A Armenia - Crimea
A Azerbaijan - Armenia
F Black Sea Supports A Armenia - Crimea
A Greater Poland - Cracow (*Fails*)
F Novgorod(sc) Hold
A Persia Hold
A Podolia Supports A Volhynia - Moldavia
A Volhynia - Moldavia
A Voronezh Supports A Armenia - Crimea
A Warsaw Supports A Greater Poland - Cracow

Spain:
F Algiers - Tunis (*Fails*)
A Aragon Supports A Gascony - Marseilles
F Brest Hold
A Gascony - Marseilles (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Gascony - Marseilles
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Algiers - Tunis

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

Turkey:
A Constantinople Supports A Damascus
A Damascus Supports A Constantinople
A Egypt Supports A Damascus
F Tekke Supports A Damascus
F Tunis Hold


SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:
Austria(1: Bavaria, Flanders, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Naples, Papal States, Paris, Prague, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Tuscany, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway(3): Holstein, Mecklenburg, United Provinces.
England(4): Bristol, Ireland, London, Scotland.
Poland-Lithuania(5): Belgrade, Brandenburg, Cracow, Transylvania, Wallachia.
Russia(11): Crimea, Moldavia, 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(4): Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Tunis.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)

o EOG Reports Deadline: 7 September

ORDERS MAP:



RESULTS MAP:



FINAL MAP: