Grüß Gott!
The focal point of the season's military campaigns inarguably lay in northern Europe. The Swedish garrison of Novgorod left the city at the mercy of the Poles and thrust deep into the interior. Meanwhile, the debarkation of Cromwell's Ironsides in Scandinavian ports has introduced a new player in this wider Baltic arena. As for the Empire, France has been invited by the Spaniards to garrison the Rhineland, Sweden moved on the Danes and the Polish king secured the Brandenburg electorate for one of his younger sons, who had lorded over the Crimea before the Turks claimed those Tartar lands.
The meek Pope has also finally succumbed to foreign pressure and appears to no longer be the master of the Patrimonium Petri. That leaves only the undaunted Ukrainian Cossacks as the one lesser power able to claim some measure of independence.
I've now updated the SC Ownership count. Sorry about the earlier confusion.
Denmark's retreat is due on 18 December and preliminary Fall 1652 orders are due no later than 21 December, 6 PM CET (GMT+1). Note that we'll have a slightly extended Fall deadline (8 PM instead of 6 PM CET), as requested by a player.
Liebe Grüsse,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
SWEDEN: Jeff Hall
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o DANES DEFEATED NEAR WITTSTOCK
o CROMWELL SENDS HIS GODLY ARMY TO SCANDINAVIA
o SPANIARDS INVITE FRENCH TO GARRISON THE RHINELAND
o NOVGOROD SACKED BY POLISH TROOPS
o WARSAW SECURES THE BRANDENBURG ELECTORATE FOR DYNASTY'S SCION
o POPE SEEKS REFUGE IN CASTELLO SANT ANGELO AS SPANISH TROOPS SACK THE ETERNAL CITY
o SULTAN GAINS SUZERAINITY OVER THE CRIMEA
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Hesse - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
A Saxony Supports A Hesse - Lower Saxony
A Swabia Supports A Saxony
A Trieste Supports A Tyrolia
A Tyrolia Supports A Swabia
A Vienna Supports A Trieste
Denmark-Norway:
A Mecklenburg Supports A Hesse - Lower Saxony (*Dislodged*)
F Stockholm(wc) - Scania
England:
F English Channel - United Provinces
F North Sea Convoys A United Provinces - Bohuslan
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Scotland - Karelia
A Scotland - Karelia
F Skagerrak Convoys A United Provinces - Bohuslan
A United Provinces - Bohuslan
France:
A Brest - Paris
F Flanders Hold
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Lower Saxony
A Lombardy Supports A Venice
A Lorraine - Rhineland-Westphalia
A Paris - Lorraine
A Switzerland Supports A Venice
A Venice Supports A Switzerland
Poland-Lithuania:
A Courland Supports A Vilna - Polotsk (*Cut*)
A Crimea - Volhynia
A Greater Poland - Brandenburg
A Moscow Supports A Siberia - Novgorod
A Prussia Supports A Courland
A Pskov - Ingria
A Siberia - Novgorod
A Vilna - Polotsk (*Fails*)
Spain:
F Adriatic Sea - Croatia (*Bounce*)
A Algiers Supports A Tunis
A Lower Saxony Supports A Lorraine - Rhineland-Westphalia (*Cut*)
F Naples - Papal States(ec)
A Portugal Hold
F Seville Hold
F Sicily - Naples
A Tunis Hold
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Naples - Papal States(ec)
F Western Mediterranean Hold
Sweden:
A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg
F Copenhagen - Baltic Sea
A Holstein Supports A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg
F Ingria - Gulf of Bothnia
A Novgorod - Smolensk
A Polotsk Supports A Riga - Courland (*Cut*)
A Riga - Courland (*Fails*)
Turkey:
A Belgrade - Croatia (*Bounce*)
F Candia Supports F Egypt - Ionian Sea
F Constantinople Supports F Ionian Sea - Illyria
F Damascus - Egypt
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Egypt - Ionian Sea
F Egypt - Ionian Sea
F Ionian Sea - Illyria
A Moldavia - Crimea
A Turkestan - Siberia
PapalStates:
A Papal States Supports A Venice (*Disbanded*)
Ukraine:
A Ukraine Supports A Moldavia - Crimea
PENDING RETREATS:
Danish A Mecklenburg can retreat to Stettin or disband.
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:
Austria(6): Bavaria, Saxony, Swabia, Prague, Trieste, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway(2): Mecklenburg, Stockholm.
England(6): Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Scotland, United Provinces.
France(8): Brest, Flanders, Lorraine, Marseille, Paris, Savoy, Switzerland, Venice.
Poland-Lithuania(8): Courland, Cracow, Crimea, Moscow, Prussia, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Russia(0): -
Spain(10): Algiers, Lower Saxony, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Portugal, Rhineland-Westphalia, Sevilla, Tuscany, Tunis.
Sweden(7): Abo, Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Holstein, Novgorod, Riga, Stettin.
Turkey(9): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Wallachia.
Minor Powers(2): Papal States, Ukraine.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Summer 1652 Retreats: 18 December
o Fall 1652 Moves: (21) 23 December, 8PM CET
o Winter 1652 Retreats/Adjustments: 1 January
o Spring 1653 Moves: (4) 6 January |
