Hallo zusammen,

now that three of the four pillars of the Swedish realm have been knocked down (i.e. Finland, Livonia and Sweden proper), only the German pillar remains. Confined to North-Eastern Germany, Sweden arguably now bears more of a resemblance to Brandenburg-Prussia under the Great Elector than come across as a Scandinavian power. That being said, Brandenburg-Prussia never quite had enough of a naval arsenal as to amount to a single fleet in game-terms. Though the Great Elector did build up a sizable merchant navy to engage in the triangular trade (and to that end he had established a colony in Western Africa later in the 17th century. Kinda following the example of the Duke of Courland who had established colonies on Tobago and on the African coast). But I digress...

Looks like Europe's statesman are saving for a rainy day, given the number of builds that are being banked. Now, on whom will it pour?

Note that we shall have our next deadline on the 22nd. So we'll take the opportunity of Mike's travelling to shift again to a Wednesday/Friday routine.

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 EUROPE'S MONARCHS SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY

PRESS: None.

RETREATS:



Austria:
A Swabia - Hesse


ADJUSTMENTS:

France:
Build waived

Poland-Lithuania:
Build A Vilna
Build waived

Spain:
Build waived

Sweden:
Remove F Gulf of Bothnia








SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1654):

Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, Stockholm, United Provinces.
France(11): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(10): Copenhagen, Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(10): Algiers, Madrid, Mecklenburg, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden(3): Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, 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 Spring 1655 Moves: (20) 22 March

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