Hallo zusammen,
 
the saga of the Swedish Vasas has ended in valiant tragedy. King
Charles X, cornered in North-East Germany, fell on his sword as Polish marines
stormed the breached bastions of the once formidable fortress of Stettin rather
than suffering the indignity of surrender and captivity.
 
Matt, many thanks for taking over the Swedish realm back in Winter 1652.
Six long years of your rule followed and you never failed the morale check that
befalls some players as their fortunes take a dive. I'd ask you to submit an EOG
for later publication while the events are still fresh in your mind, say by
Wednesday next week?
 
Now, being down to six powers, how have those others fared?
 
The Commonwealth of England seems to have lost its will to resist Stuart
restoration, for all its units remained immobile. This has allowed Stuart
heralds to proclaim Charles II King also outside of St Giles Cathedral,
Edinburgh. The Emperor can thus rejoice at that piece of good news while
more worrying reports have reached Paris from the "Midi".
 
In the Mediterranean, the Sultan conquered the Grand Duchy of
Tuscany, thanks to Bourbon support. I dare say that the Porte's court officials
are adding "Master of Italy" to the long list of the Sultan's titles.
 
Lastly, peace overtures have come to naught. The DIAS proposal
failed.
 
The 1648 Retreats/Adjustments are due this Friday, 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 ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH PARALYSED
    o STUART RULE REESTABLISHED IN SCOTLAND
    o POLES STORM STETTIN; DEAL SWEDISH REALM ITS
DEATHBLOW
    o SPANIARDS OVERRUN SOUTHERN FRANCE
    o TUSCANY BECOMES AN OTTOMAN VILAYET

PRESS: None.
 
ORDERS:
 
Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Saxony
A Brandenburg Supports A Saxony
(*Cut*)
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Saxony Supports A Brandenburg
A
Trieste - Tyrolia
A Venice Supports A Trieste - Tyrolia
 
England:
F Abo Hold
A Christiania Hold
F Ireland Hold
A London
Hold
F Norwegian Sea Hold
A Scotland Hold (*Dislodged*)
F Stockholm(ec)
Hold
 
France:
F Bristol Supports F North Sea - Scotland
F English Channel
- London (*Fails*)
A Gascony - Brest
A Hesse Hold
F Holstein(ec)
Supports A Mecklenburg
A Lombardy Supports A Papal States - Tuscany
A
Lorraine - Dauphiné
A Lower Saxony Supports A Mecklenburg
A Marseilles
Supports A Savoy (*Dislodged*)
A Mecklenburg Supports A Lower Saxony
F
North Sea - Scotland
A Savoy Supports A Marseilles (*Cut*)
A Swabia
Supports A Hesse
A Switzerland Supports A Savoy
 
Poland-Lithuania:
F Baltic Sea Supports F Bay of Luebeck - Stettin
F
Bay of Luebeck - Stettin
A Courland - Lapland
F Gulf of Bothnia Convoys A
Courland - Lapland
A Ingria - Novgorod (*Bounce*)
A Karelia - Novgorod
(*Bounce*)
A Lapland - Northern Norway
A Prussia Hold
A Turkestan
Hold
A Warsaw Hold
 
Spain:
A Aragon - Marseilles
F Cantabrian Sea Supports A Leon -
Gascony
F Gulf of Lion Supports A Aragon - Marseilles
A Leon -
Gascony
A Madrid - Leon
F Tuscany - Savoy (*Disbanded*)
F Western
Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea (*Fails*)
 
Sweden:
A Stettin - Brandenburg (*Disbanded*)
 
Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Papal States
F
Aegean Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Papal States
A Constantinople - Papal
States
A Greater Poland Supports A Brandenburg
F Ionian Sea Convoys A
Constantinople - Papal States
F Naples Supports A Constantinople - Papal
States
A Papal States - Tuscany
A Persia Hold
F Sardinia Supports F
Tyrrhenian Sea
F Sicily Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
A Silesia Supports A
Brandenburg
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports A Papal States - Tuscany (*Cut*)
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
French A Marseilles can retreat to Paris.
English A Scotland can retreat
to Yorkshire.
 
PENDING ADJUSTMENTS:

Austria:
Build
 
England:
Remove
Remove?
 
France:
Build
Build?
 
Poland-Lithuania:
Build
 
Spain:
Build
 
Turkey:
Build
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
(Winter 165:



 
Austria(6+1=7): Bavaria, +Brandenburg+, Prague, Saxony, Trieste,
Venice, Vienna.
England(7-2=5): Abo, -Bristol-, Christiania, Ireland,
London, -Scotland-, Stockholm.
France(14+2-1=15): Brest, +Bristol+,
Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, -Marseilles-,
Mecklenburg, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, +Scotland+, Swabia,
Switzerland, United Provinces.
Poland-Lithuania(10+1=11): Courland, Cracow,
Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, +Stettin+, Turkestan, Vilna, Voronezh,
Warsaw.
Spain(7+1-1=7): Algiers, Madrid, +Marseilles+, Morocco,
Portugal, Seville, Tunis, -Tuscany-.
Sweden(2-2=0): -Brandenburg-,
-Stettin-.
Turkey(12+1=13): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea,
Damascus, Moldavia, Naples, Papal States, Persia, Transylvania, +Tuscany+,
Ukraine, Wallachia.

DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET
(i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)

    o Winter 1658 Retreats/Adjustments: 21
May
 
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