Hallo zusammen,

I'm afraid two issues prevented me from publishing results yesterday. Mike's only got back from his holiday after the deadline had run its course and he hadn't sent me a set of orders prior to leaving. Dirk and Harvey also missed the deadline yesterday. Perhaps I ought to have been more vigilant, yet being away over the weekend prevented me from doing so.

Now, in light of the deadline being set closely after Mike's EXPECTED return (the 20th), but as it turns out being in conflict with his ACTUAL return two days later, I've now decided to treat matters as though the deadline had been today, the 23rd. I recognise this is less than ideal, but hope that such "lenience before justice" serves everyone best. I'd rather not see this game's generally reliable crew being changed on account of these circumstances. Yet since this judgement call of mine somewhat departs from my stated house rules practice, I felt compelled to disclose these matters to all. Should anyone wish to appeal this decision of mine as you have every right to do, let me know and I shall happily refer the matter to the DC big-whigs for their final ruling.

Ah well... What happened on the board? Well, Novgorod fell into the hands of the Roundheads and the Austrians made it the the shores of the North Sea. Shall these gains be kept this fall...?

England's retreat is due 24 March, 6 PM CET.

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 NOVGOROD SACKED BY CROMWELL'S HARDY MEN AS ANOTHER GODLY ARMY IS DEFEATED ON THE NEVA
o IMPERIAL TROOPS MAKE IT TO THE NORTH SEA SHORE

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Tyrolia - Swabia
A Hesse - Lower Saxony
A Saxony Supports A Hesse - Lower Saxony
A Trieste - Venice (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia - Swabia (*Fails*)

England:
F Abo - Lake Ladoga
F Arctic Ocean - Permia (*Fails*)
A Ingria Supports A Scotland - Novgorod (*Dislodged*)
A Karelia Supports A Scotland - Novgorod
A Lapland - Stockholm
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Scotland - Novgorod
A Scotland - Novgorod
F Stockholm(ec) - Gulf of Bothnia

France:
A Flanders - United Provinces
A Lombardy Supports A Venice
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
F Lower Saxony - Helgoland Bight
F North Sea - Skagerrak
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A Swabia
A Savoy Hold
A Swabia Hold
A Switzerland Supports A Swabia
A Venice Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
A Copenhagen - Holstein (*Fails*)
A Courland Supports A Samogitia - Prussia (*Fails*)
A Novgorod - Ingria
A Polotsk - Pskov
A Prussia - Greater Poland (*Bounce*)
A Riga Supports A Novgorod - Ingria
A Samogitia - Prussia (*Fails*)
A Smolensk - Moscow
A Vilna - Smolensk

Spain:
A Algiers Supports F Tunis
A Holstein Hold
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
A Tuscany Supports A Lombardy - Venice (*Void*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples

Sweden:
F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland (*Bounce*)
A Brandenburg Supports F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland
A Mecklenburg Supports A Brandenburg

Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
A Croatia Supports A Trieste (*Ordered to Move*)
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
F Egypt Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea - Naples (*Fails*)
A Permia - Novgorod (*Fails*)
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Silesia Supports A Prussia - Greater Poland
A Ukraine - Volhynia

PENDING RETREATS:

English A Ingria can retreat to Abo or disband.








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 Summer 1655 Retreats: 24 March
o Fall 1655 Moves: (27) 29 March

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