Hallo zusammen,

as you know, I'm keeping track of the number of times Swabia flips. Well, here's our sixth flip! Not bad for the few years we've been playing, particularly considering the by design congested circumstances in the Holy Roman Empire.

It's quite a different picture in the Med, where the Spaniards and Turks aren't gaining a single inch on each other. Must confess that I'd love to see my changes I've implemented since starting this game loosening up matters down there. But perhaps a future diplomatic realignment will yet do the trick...?

But hey, what's Swabia and the Med when probably all eyes are on how things shall shake out round the Baltic? Spring left us wondering whether the rzeczpospolita might hold on to its conquests. And then there was the matter of the itinerant Polish army over in the Empire: Would it have to surrender to surrounding forces or yet proudly fly the White Eagle's banner in far distant lands?

Well, we have our answers! Courland and Riga shall be covered in pink before long. But so will Copenhagen as they marched into Jutland with Army of Flanders hotly in pursuit. No Polish winged-hussars vs. Castillian tercios showdown just yet! Sounds bad-ass doesn't it?

Oh, before I forget: If anyone wishes to amend his Keppler Award predictions, winter seasons are the time to do it.

As Mike shall be travelling and without any internet access from the 10th until the 20th, I've granted an extension of the spring deadline until the 22nd. Furthermore, to accomodate Mike's departure, I've scheduled the coming winter season for tomorrow, Tuesday, 6PM CET. I hope that works for everyone. Just want to make sure Mike gets to see and possibly react to the winter adjucation before leaving.

Liebe Grüsse,

Charles

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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com>
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger <mellinger(at)blitzbardgett.com> (eliminated Winter 1653)
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris <hmtucaz(at)gmail.com>
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips <nephilli99(at)hotmail.com>
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui <jmsaralegui(at)gmail.com>
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson <m_don_j(at)hotmail.com> (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com>
SWEDEN: Matthew Kelly <kelly058(at)verizon.net> (joined Winter 1652)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery <AiSlattery(at)aol.com>

PROCLAMATIONS:
o FOUR GERMAN ELECTORS OPENLY DECLARE FOR LOUIS XIV; IMPERIAL CROWN SOON IN BOURBON HANDS?
o ROUNDHEADS ISSUED WINTER GEAR SO AS TO BRAVE THE RUSSIAN WINTER
o THE SUN-KING PARADES THROUGH AUGSBURG; MANY A BURGHER'S DAUGHTER FAINTS IN EXCITEMENT
o WHITE EAGLE OVER THE ORESUND!
o ARMY OF FLANDERS FAILS TO CHASE DOWN WILY POLES
o JANISSARIES SET FOOT ON GERMAN SOIL

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Swabia
A Saxony Supports A Swabia (*Cut*)
A Swabia Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Trieste Supports A Tyrolia
A Tyrolia Supports A Swabia (*Cut*)

England:
A Ingria - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Karelia Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
F Lapland - Abo
A Northern Norway - Lapland
F North Sea - Norwegian Sea
F Norwegian Sea - Arctic Ocean
A Scotland Hold
F Stockholm(ec) Hold

France:
F English Channel - North Sea
A Flanders Supports A United Provinces - Rhineland-Westphalia
A Lombardy - Venice (*Fails*)
A Lorraine Supports A Rhineland-Westphalia - Swabia
F Lower Saxony Supports A Mecklenburg - Holstein
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Swabia
A Savoy Supports A Switzerland
A Switzerland Supports A Rhineland-Westphalia - Swabia
A United Provinces - Rhineland-Westphalia
A Venice - Tyrolia (*Fails*)

Poland-Lithuania:
A Courland - Prussia (*Bounce*)
A Holstein - Copenhagen
A Novgorod Hold
A Polotsk Supports A Riga
A Prussia - Greater Poland (*Bounce*)
A Riga Hold
A Samogitia - Prussia (*Bounce*)
A Smolensk Supports A Novgorod

Spain:
A Algiers Supports F Tunis
A Mecklenburg - Holstein
F Naples Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea (*Cut*)
F Papal States(ec) Supports F Naples
F Sardinia Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
A Seville Hold
F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea (*Cut*)
A Tuscany Supports A Lombardy - Venice
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples

Sweden:
F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland (*Bounce*)
A Brandenburg - Saxony (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Riga (*Fails*)
A Stettin - Mecklenburg

Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Sicily - Naples
F Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian Sea
A Croatia Supports A Trieste
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Ionian Sea
F Egypt - Tunis (*Fails*)
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea Supports F Sicily - Naples
A Permia Supports A Novgorod
F Sicily - Naples (*Fails*)
A Slovakia - Silesia
A Ukraine Hold


PENDING RETREATS:

Austrian A Swabia can retreat to Hesse or OTB.

ADJUSTMENTS:

Austria:
Build?

France:
Build

Poland-Lithuania:
Build
Build

Spain:
Build

Sweden:
Remove







SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1653):

Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, Stockholm, United Provinces.
France(10): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(: Cracow, Lower Saxony, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(10): Algiers, Madrid, Mecklenburg, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden(6): Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Courland, Holstein, Riga, Stettin.
Turkey(11): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Ukraine, Wallachia.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Winter 1964 Retreats/AdjustmentsMoves: 9 March




o Spring 1655 Moves: 22 March

ORDERS MAP:


RESULTS MAP: