Hi guys,

first of all, let me say that swords won't be turned into ploughshares as the DIAS game-end proposal failed.

On to a brief summary of this season's events: As in recent times, the focal point of military action remains in the wider North. Thus, the English Navy has now reclaimed Novgorod for the Commonwealth, leaving the Poles to decide whether they will to retreat to Pskov or enter the Karelian wilderness.

Further West, the Poles have equally been compelled to retreat from Greater Poland. Though their retreat route back to Warsaw is blocked as Turkish Janissaries have entered the city on the Vistula.

Next to retaking Novgord, England has sought to pave a path further south through Turkestan, yet Polish winged-hussars blocked that route.

What about the Empire? Well, French troops now also control Holstein as the Spanish Army of Flanders has continued its long trek up into Jutland. Louis XIV now has reason to hope that the eight German electors shall convene later in the year to bestow the Imperial Crown upon the Most Christian King (provided the territorial status quo is maintained through the year's fall).

After this tour d'horizon, let me announce that another DIAS game-end proposal has been submitted to a vote. Its deadline shall coincide with the Summer Retreats deadline, meaning that I shall only adjucate prior to the Friday Retreats deadline should I have both the Polish retreat orders and a clear picture on how the game-end vote goes.

Now, almost time for that critical Bayern vs. ManU game! At least in our circle, sympathies appear to be with the Bavarians. A 3-0 vote so far based on what I've heard. So time to avenge 1999 and show that money ain't everything!


Cheers,

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 SHALL HABSBURG LOSE THE IMPERIAL CROWN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 15TH CENTURY?
o COCKNEY ENGLISH HEARD IN NOVGOROD'S STREETS
o BOURBON PRINCE ORDERS HOLSTEIN'S AFFAIRS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE SPANIARDS
o POLISH ARMIES COMPELLED TO RETREAT
o ARMY OF FLANDERS CONTINUES ITS LONG TREK INTO JUTLAND PENINSULA
o SIPAHI CAVALRY RUSHES TOWARDS TURKESTAN'S STEPPES

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Tyrolia - Swabia
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Saxony Supports A Tyrolia - Swabia
A Trieste - Venice (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia - Swabia (*Bounce*)

England:
F Arctic Ocean - Permia (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Bothnia Supports A Ingria (*Cut*)
A Ingria Supports F Norwegian Sea - Novgorod(nc)
F Lake Ladoga Supports F Norwegian Sea - Novgorod(nc)
F Norwegian Sea - Novgorod(nc)
A Permia - Siberia (*Fails*)
A Scania - Stockholm
A Siberia - Turkestan (*Bounce*)

France:
F Copenhagen - Skagerrak
F Helgoland Bight - Holstein(wc)
A Hesse Supports A Brandenburg - Saxony (*Void*)
A Lombardy Supports A Venice
A Lorraine Supports A Switzerland - Swabia
A Lower Saxony Supports A Brandenburg - Saxony (*Void*)
A Paris Hold
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A Switzerland - Swabia
A Savoy - Switzerland (*Fails*)
A Switzerland - Swabia (*Bounce*)
A Venice Hold

Poland-Lithuania:
F Courland - Gulf of Bothnia (*Fails*)
A Greater Poland - Prussia (*Dislodged*)
A Moscow - Turkestan (*Bounce*)
A Novgorod - Ingria (*Dislodged*)
A Prussia - Courland (*Fails*)
A Pskov - Polotsk
A Riga Hold
A Samogitia Supports A Prussia - Courland (*Fails*)
A Smolensk - Moscow (*Fails*)

Spain:
A Algiers Supports F Tunis
A Holstein - Copenhagen
F Naples Supports F Papal States(ec) (*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 Venice
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples

Sweden:
F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland
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*)
A Damascus - Persia
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 Podolia - Warsaw
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Silesia Supports A Saxony

PENDING RETREATS:

Polish A Greater Poland can retreat to Cracow or OTB.
Polish A Novgorod can retreat to Pskov, Karelia or OTB.












SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1655):

Austria(5): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Vienna.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, Stockholm, United Provinces.
France(12): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(9): 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 1656 Retreats: 9 April
o Fall 1656 Moves: 14 April
o Winter 1656 Retreats/Adjustments: 16 April

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