I'm afraid a mistake crept into the past
adjucation. Apparently by misclick I managed to enter "A Trieste - Greater
Poland" rather than Mike's actual order "A Trieste Supports A Venice Hold".
Thanks, Mike, for pointing that out. Not that it makes any material difference,
but we obviously want an entirely correct record. You players checking things
over is the last line of defence against such snafus.
 
Anyway, you'll find the corrected adjucation further below.
 
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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 <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 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 Supports A
Venice
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: