FCN - Wir sind kein Bayern, wir sind Franken!
(okay, I know FCN gets relegated to 2 Bundesliga back and forth - but
I don't care. Still have to show love for my old home)
B.
On 4/21/10, Charles Féaux de la Croix wrote:

Hallo zusammen,

well, Novgorod must now be no more than a heap of rubbles. The city has now
changed hands six times over the past decade and perhaps the suffering
inhabitants shall now find some peace under Polish rule.

John II Casimir also will have received welcome news from his naval
commanders as a Polish squadron has for the very first time (in variant
history, I might add) made a successful naval sortie.

The territorial status quo in Germany remains much the same, yet in Italy
the old order has taken another hit as the Spanish viceroy in Naples chose
to pack his bags rather than trying to mount a spirited defence against the
oncoming Ottoman hordes.

Well, I hope Bayern Munich will display more of the élan the Turks have
shown (and they've got the Turkish player Altintop in their ranks!) than
them simply surrending the midfield to Olympique Lyon in the manner Spain
has relinquished Italy. Okay, totally specious analogy... I'm just looking
forward to tonight's game!

The Summer deadline follows on Friday, while the Fall 1657 prelims are due
on Monday and the final deadline shall follow on 28 April, 6 PM CET.

Liebe Grüsse,

Charles

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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger (eliminated
Winter 1653)
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
SWEDEN: Matthew Kelly (joined Winter 1652)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery

PROCLAMATIONS:
o CROMWELL REFUSES THE OFFERED CROWN, PREFERS TO REMAIN LORD PROTECTOR
o AUSTRIANS WARD OFF FRENCH ATTACK ON VENICE
o FRENCH AND ENGLISH NAVIES SKIRMISH IN NORTH SEA WATERS
o BOURBON TROOPS CROSS PYRENEES
o POLES MOVE INTO NOW FAMILIAR NOVGOROD QUARTERS
o SPANIARDS ABANDON KINGDOM OF NAPLES
o SWEDES DEFEAT HEATHEN HOST
o SULTAN REJOICES AT MEDITERRANEAN BREAKTHROUGH

PRESS: None.

ORDERS:

Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Saxony
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Saxony Supports A Greater Poland - Brandenburg (*Cut*)
A Trieste - Greater Poland (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice
A Venice Supports A Tyrolia (*Cut*)

England:
F Bristol - Irish Sea
F Gulf of Bothnia Hold
F Lake Ladoga - Abo
A Lapland - Bohuslan
F Norwegian Sea - North Sea (*Bounce*)
F Novgorod(nc) - Norwegian Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Permia - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Siberia Hold (*Disbanded*)

France:
F Brest - Cantabrian Sea
F Copenhagen - Holstein(ec)
F Flanders - North Sea (*Bounce*)
A Gascony Supports A Marseilles - Aragon
A Hesse - Saxony (*Fails*)
F Holstein(wc) - Helgoland Bight
A Lombardy Supports A Switzerland
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Lower Saxony Supports A Hesse - Saxony
A Marseilles - Aragon
A Swabia Supports A Hesse - Saxony
A Switzerland Supports A Tuscany - Venice
A Tuscany - Venice (*Fails*)
A United Provinces Supports A Lower Saxony

Poland-Lithuania:
F Courland - Baltic Sea
A Cracow - Warsaw
A Ingria - Novgorod
A Moscow - Siberia
A Prussia - Samogitia
A Pskov Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
A Riga - Courland
A Smolensk Supports A Ingria - Novgorod

Spain:
A Algiers - Morocco
A Aragon - Leon
A Madrid Supports A Aragon - Leon
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Papal States(ec) Hold
F Sardinia - Western Mediterranean
F Tunis - Algiers
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lion

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 Egypt - Ionian Sea
A Croatia Hold
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Egypt - Ionian Sea
F Egypt - Ionian Sea
A Greater Poland - Brandenburg (*Dislodged*)
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea - Naples
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Silesia Supports A Greater Poland - Brandenburg
A Turkestan Supports A Moscow - Siberia

PENDING RETREATS:

Turkish A Greater Poland can retreat to Prussia, Cracow or OTB.
English F Novgorod(nc) can retreat to Karelia(nc) or OTB.

SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1656):

Austria(6): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England(: Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Novgorod, Scotland,
Stockholm.
France(14): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony,
Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, United
Provinces, Tuscany.
Poland-Lithuania(: Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Prussia, Riga, Vilna,
Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(: Algiers, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville,
Tunis.
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 1657 Retreats: 23 April
o Fall 1657 Moves: 28 April
o Winter 1657 Retreats/Adjustments: 30 April
o Spring 1658 Moves: (10) 12 May (subject to absences)
o Summer 1658 Retreats: 14 May (subject to absences)
o Fall 1658 Moves: (17) 19 May (subject to absences)

ORDERS MAP:


RESULTS MAP:


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