Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open

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Thanks for the patience everyone, as I attempted to gather orders from all players. Unfortunately, word never did come in from Jerry. Happily though, the fearsome Deathblade Penguin (Steve) has volunteered to venture forward and send in some moves in the good Sergeant Todd's stead. This enables us to keep the game moving for the moment until Jerry makes contact again.

And its definitely a turn worth waiting for - some very tumultuous times hit the board with the Fall of 1604. Sweden gets scrunched - but still manages to fend off the worst of it while keeping good humour. Meanwhile, France takes advantage of a rare lapse on the part of the Habsburgs and sneakily takes Venice. (With no order for the army in Illyria submitted, the Austrian sailors stand to but find nothing there to transport...)

Two retreats are required before we move on to Winter adjustments. Deadline for the Early Winter 1604 retreats will be set for Saturday, July 5th (11:59 PM GMT). Also, please note that due to a player absence we will have a slight delay in the game between July 8th and July 25th. The summer doldrums will give us time to brush up on our Shakespeare. =)

Cheers everyone. See you on the Autumn stage..

Season-ticket holder Trout


Fall 1604 Press:


Fire and retreat! Fire and retreat! Fall back to the fortifications!


- Swedish Commander during the battle of Ingria




Movement results for Fall of 1604. (DC172 04 FALL)


Denmark: F North Atlantic Ocean - Irish Sea.
Denmark: F Norwegian Sea Supports F Scotland.
Denmark: F Scotland Hold.
Denmark: F Wales Hold (*Dislodged*).
Denmark: A Westphalia Supports A Netherlands - Flanders.
Denmark: A Netherlands - Flanders (*Fails*).
Denmark: A Mecklenburg - Pomerania.
Denmark: A Smaland - Stockholm (*Bounce*).


England: F North Sea - Scotland (*Fails*).
England: F Cumbria - Wales.
England: A London Supports F Cumbria - Wales.


France: A Tuscany - Venice.
France: F Bay of Biscay - English Channel.
France: A Paris - Champagne.
France: F Gascony - Brittany.
France: A Provence - Burgundy.


HabsburgEmpire: A Greece Supports A Serbia.
HabsburgEmpire: A Illyria, no move received.
HabsburgEmpire: F Adriatic Sea Convoys A Illyria - Venice (*Void*).
HabsburgEmpire: A Serbia Supports A Greece.
HabsburgEmpire: A Silisia Supports A Great Poland - Brandenburg.
HabsburgEmpire: A Venice - Milan.
HabsburgEmpire: A Lorraine Supports F Flanders.
HabsburgEmpire: A Bavaria - France Comte.
HabsburgEmpire: A Saxony Supports A Great Poland - Brandenburg.
HabsburgEmpire: A Great Poland - Brandenburg.
HabsburgEmpire: A Mazovia Supports A White Russia - Livonia.
HabsburgEmpire: A Warsaw - Pomerelia.


Russia: A Anatolia Hold.
Russia: F Constantinople - Aegean Sea.
Russia: F Crimea - Black Sea.
Russia: A White Russia - Livonia.
Russia: A Ukraine Supports A Tula - White Russia.
Russia: A Tula - White Russia.
Russia: A Pskov - Estonia (*Fails*).
Russia: F Novgorod - Ingria.
Russia: A Archangel Supports F Novgorod - Ingria.
Russia: A Karelia - Lappland.


Spain: F Eastern Mediterranean - Syria.
Spain: A Rome Hold.
Spain: F Flanders Hold.
Spain: F Naples Hold.
Spain: A Navarre Supports A Languedoc - Gascony.
Spain: F Aragon - Gulf of Lyon.
Spain: F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean.
Spain: A Languedoc - Gascony.


Sweden: A Brandenburg Hold (*Dislodged*).
Sweden: A Pomerelia - Prussia.
Sweden: A Livonia - Stockholm (*Disbanded*).
Sweden: A Ingria - Finland.
Sweden: F Gulf of Bothnia Supports A Ingria - Finland.
Sweden: F Baltic Sea Convoys A Livonia - Stockholm.
Sweden: A Estonia - Pskov (*Fails*).


The following units were dislodged:


Danish F Wales can retreat to Cornwall.
Swedish A Brandenburg can retreat to Mecklenburg or Hesse.


Unit locations:


Denmark: F Irish Sea, F Norwegian Sea, F Scotland, F Wales, A Westphalia, A
Netherlands, A Pomerania, A Smaland.
England: F North Sea, F Wales, A London.
France: A Venice, F English Channel, F Brittany, A Champagne, A Burgundy.
HabsburgEmpire: A Greece, A Illyria, F Adriatic Sea, A Serbia, A Silisia, A
France Comte, A Milan, A Lorraine, A Saxony, A Brandenburg, A
Pomerelia, A Mazovia.
Russia: A Anatolia, F Aegean Sea, F Black Sea, A Livonia, A White Russia, A
Ukraine, A Pskov, A Archangel, F Ingria, A Lappland.
Spain: F Syria, F Western Mediterranean, F Gulf of Lyon, A Rome, F
Flanders, F Naples, A Navarre, A Gascony.
Sweden: A Brandenburg, A Prussia, A Livonia, F Gulf of Bothnia, F Baltic
Sea, A Finland, A Estonia.


Ownership of supply centers:


Denmark: Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Bremen, Holstein, Pomerania,
Jutland, Zealand, Scania, Vestlandet.
England: Wales, London.
France: Venice, Savoy, Paris, Burgundy, Provence.
HabsburgEmpire: Greece, Transylvania, Western Hungary, Serbia, Bohemia,
Austria, Croatia, Lorraine, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Warsaw, Cracow.
Russia: Anatolia, Constantinople, Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Crimea,
Bessarabia, White Russia, Voronezj, Moscow, Novgorod.
Spain: North Africa, Egypt, Rome, Flanders, Naples, Castille, Granada,
Portugal, Gascony.
Sweden: Prussia, Finland, Estonia, Stockholm, Bergslagen.


Denmark: 10 Supply centers, 8 Units: Builds 2 units.
England: 2 Supply centers, 3 Units: Removes 1 unit.
France: 5 Supply centers, 5 Units: Builds 0 units.
HabsburgEmpire: 12 Supply centers, 12 Units: Builds 0 units.
OttomanEmpire: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Builds 0 units.
Poland: 0 Supply centers, 0 Units: Builds 0 units.
Russia: 10 Supply centers, 10 Units: Builds 0 units.
Spain: 9 Supply centers, 8 Units: Builds 1 unit.
Sweden: 5 Supply centers, 6 Units: Removes 1 unit.

NEXT DEADLINE: EARLY WINTER 1604 RETREATS DUE SATURDAY, JULY 5TH (11:59 PM GMT)!!