Hi guys,
recovering here from the WC festivities in town. All was decked out in black, red and gold... But what of our game?
Now that the Emperor chosen sides in the ongoing Anglo-Danish conflict and the Sultan has wrested Naples away from the Spanish Crown, it looks as if the Western powers are pitted against an Austro-Danish-Turkish axis. Poland and Sweden also joined forces in an anti-Danish effort. Meanwhile, the Czar voluntarily evacuated the wide expanses of Turkestan in favour of the Sultan.
Note we have some colourful press submissions. Striking a similar theme, I'd say.
The pending retreats and adjustments are listed below. Our deadline is set for Friday, 6 PM CET (GMT+1).
Happy dipping!
Charles
HEADLINES:
AUSTRIANS ADVANCE IN PO VALLEY
AUSTRO-DANISH OFFENSIVE SECURES LOWER SAXONY
LONDONERS CELEBRATE NEWS OF CHRISTIANIA CAPTURE
FRENCH FORSAKE THE RHINELAND - RETAKE SWABIA
POLES ASSIST SWEDISH CONQUEST OF COURLAND
RUSSIANS FORSAKE CENTRAL ASIA
NEAPOLITAN VICEROY SURRENDERS TO TURKISH PASHA
VORONEZH FALLS INTO TURKISH HANDS
RHINISH BISHOPRICS LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY
PRESS:
As the sun was beginning to set in the great Egyptian Bazaar, Mehmed IV met with his advisors. They ramble:
- Sultan, given the current state of Europe, should we plan for longer supply lines to Italy and across the Karadeniz?
- Sultan, should we begin plans for another siege of Vienna? Due to the Franco-Austrian conflict, it seems exposed.
In his typical curt manner, the great Sultan muttered affirmatively. He then strolled to his chambers in search of something more exciting than his boring military campaigns. Fighting only attrition and disease hardly deserves his attention.
FROM TURKEY:
The mighty Sultan of the Ottoman Empire demands the allegiance of all the house of Islam under the Caliphate! Together we shall be the inheritors of the legacy of the Khans, and impose a peace forged of blood and iron upon the backwards nations of Europe!
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria - Swabia (*Fails*)
A Hesse Supports A Brandenburg - Lower Saxony
A Papal States - Lombardy
A Saxony Supports A Brandenburg - Lower Saxony
A Swabia - Lorraine (*Dislodged*)
A Switzerland Supports A Swabia - Lorraine (*Cut*)
A Venice Supports A Switzerland
Denmark-Norway:
A Brandenburg - Lower Saxony
A Christiania - Bohuslan
F Courland - Gulf of Bothnia (*Dislodged*)
A Mecklenburg - Holstein (*Bounce*)
F Skagerrak Supports A Stockholm (*Cut*)
F Stettin - Bay of Luebeck
A Stockholm Hold (*Dislodged*)
England:
F English Channel - German Sea (*Fails*)
A Finnmark Supports F Norwegian Sea - Christiania
F German Sea - Skagerrak (*Fails*)
F Ireland - Atlantic Ocean
F Lower Saxony - Holstein(wc) (*Dislodged*)
F Norwegian Sea - Christiania
A United Provinces - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
France:
F Brest - Gascony
A Gascony - Marseilles
A Lombardy - Switzerland (*Disbanded*)
A Lorraine Supports A Rhineland-Westphalia - Swabia
A Marseilles - Dauphine
A Rhineland-Westphalia - Swabia
A Savoy Supports A Lombardy - Switzerland
Poland-Lithuania:
A Polish Livonia Supports A Samogitia - Courland
A Vilna - Vitebsk
A Volhynia - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw Hold
Russia:
A Pskov - Riga (*Bounce*)
A Severia - Ukraine (*Bounce*)
A Turkestan - Moscow
A Voronezh - Crimea (*Dislodged*)
Spain:
F Barbary Sea - Sardinia
F Cantabrian Sea Hold
A Madrid - Seville
F Morocco - Barbary Sea
A Seville - Morocco
Sweden:
A Bohuslan - Stockholm
F Gulf of Bothnia - Riga (*Bounce*)
A Lapland Supports A Bohuslan - Stockholm
A Samogitia - Courland
Turkey:
A Armenia Supports A Crimea - Voronezh
A Azerbaijan Supports A Crimea - Voronezh
F Black Sea - Moldavia (*Bounce*)
A Crimea - Voronezh
F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Persia - Turkestan
A Podolia - Volhynia (*Fails*)
F Strait of Sicily Supports F Algiers
A Wallachia - Moldavia (*Bounce*)
Minor Powers:
F Algiers Supports F Morocco - Barbary Sea
A Ducal Prussia Supports A Samogitia - Courland
A Tuscany Supports A Papal States - Lombardy
RETREATS:
Austria:
A Swabia
Denmark-Norway:
F Courland
A Stockholm
England:
F Lower Saxony
Russia:
A Voronezh
ADJUSTMENTS:
Austria:
Build
Build (if A Swabia disbands)
Denmark-Norway:
Build (if both A Stockholm and F Courland disband)
Remove (if both A Stockholm and F Courland do not disband)
England:
Build (if F Lower Saxony disbands)
Poland-Lithuania:
Build
Russia:
Remove
Remove (if A Voronezh does not disband)
Spain:
Remove
Turkey:
Build
Build
Build
Rhineland-Westphalia:
Build
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1651):
Austria: Bavaria, Papal States, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway: Brandenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen, Courland, Holstein, Mecklenburg, Stettin.
England: Bristol, Flanders, Ireland, London, Lower Saxony, Scotland, United Provinces.
France: Brest, Lorraine, Marseilles, Paris, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland.
Poland-Lithuania: Cracow, Crimea, Ukraine, Vilna.
Russia: Moscow, Novgorod, Turkestan, Voronezh.
Spain: Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Portugal, Seville.
Sweden: Abo, Riga, Stockholm, Warsaw.
Turkey: Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Tunis, Wallachia.
Minor Powers: Algiers, Ducal Prussia, Rhineland-Westphalia, Tuscany.
PROJECTED SCHEDULE (6 PM CET):
Winter 1652 Retreats/Adjustments: 18 July
Spring 1653 Moves: 23 July
Summer 1653 Retreats: 25 July
Fall 1653 Moves: 30 July
Winter 1653 Retreats/Adjustments: 1 August
Spring 1654 Moves: 6 August
Summer 1654 Retreats: 8 August
Fall 1654 Moves: 13 August
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