Hi guys,
let's see how things worked out for the powers:
Austria: Her campaign against the Spaniards yielded the emperor the Papal States and the strategically important Adriatic. The imperial fleet thus becomes a true blue water navy rather than a mere coastal patrol force. It looks like Franco-Austrian relations have rapidly deteriorated. Switzerland came under imperial attack. And what to make of France's futile support order in favour of the Austrians?
Denmark: Still hanging in there...
England: Cromwell chose not to defend Bristol. Gaining naval superiority in the Channel was further up his priority list.
France: The invasion of Spain comes at a time in which the English and Austrians are at war with the Grande Nation. Is the Sun King loading too much on his plate? Or will he thrive in adversity?
Russia: Failing to make it into the Ionian may be a temporary setback. In the Maghreb the Tsar faces now a guessing game. Can he outfox the Most Catholic King?
Sweden: Pushing westwards with gusto. Faces little in the way of opposition so far. In the East, the series of Russo-Swedish bounces look pre-arranged. But what of A Voronezh heading north...?
The three-way draw proposal failed. So now we move on to the summer season. Both France and Spain owe me retreat orders.
Cheers,
Charles
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Andrew Tanner
DENMARK-NORWAY: Patrick Cloutier
ENGLAND: Andras Vaski
FRANCE: Leif Kjetil Tviberg (joined Winter 1651)
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Douglas Kent (eliminated Winter 1650)
RUSSIA: Gert Petter
SPAIN: Mark Utterback
SWEDEN: Wladimir Mysonski
TURKEY: Max Victory (eliminated Winter 1651)
PRESS: None.
GAME-END PROPOSAL: A draw proposal involving Austria, Russia and Sweden fails.
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Belgrade - Albania
F Croatia Supports F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Franconia Supports A Swabia
A Hesse Supports A Swabia
A Lombardy Supports A Venice - Papal States
A Saxony Supports A Mecklenburg - Lower Saxony
A Swabia Supports A Tyrolia - Switzerland
A Transylvania - Slovakia
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea
A Tyrolia - Switzerland (*Fails*)
A Venice - Papal States
A Wallachia - Hungary
Denmark-Norway:
F United Provinces - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
England:
F Bristol - English Channel
F Cornwall Supports F Bristol - English Channel
F Scotland - Irish Sea (*Fails*)
France:
F English Channel Convoys A London - Picardy (*Dislodged*)
A London - Picardy (*Fails*)
A Lorraine Supports A Switzerland
A Luxembourg Supports A Rhineland
A Marseille - Aragon
A Rhineland Supports A Hesse - Lower Saxony (*Void*)
A Savoy - Tuscany
A Switzerland Supports A Lorraine (*Cut*)
F Yorkshire - London (*Fails*)
Russia:
A Armenia - Damascus
A Bulgaria - Moldavia
F Constantinople - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Crimea - Black Sea
A Damascus - Egypt
F Indian Ocean Supports A Damascus - Egypt
A Karaman Hold
F Norwegian Sea Hold
A Vitebsk - Pskov (*Bounce*)
A Volhynia - Black Ruthenia (*Bounce*)
A Voronezh - Moscow
Spain:
F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Egypt - Sahara
A Flanders Hold
F Ireland - Bristol
F Irish Sea Supports F Ireland - Bristol (*Cut*)
F Morocco - Seville
F Papal States(ec) - Naples
A Portugal - Leon
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea
Sweden:
F Baltic Sea Hold
A Brandenburg Supports A Mecklenburg - Lower Saxony
F Christiania Supports F Skagerrak - German Sea
F Copenhagen - Helgoland Bight
A Lapland Hold
A Mecklenburg - Lower Saxony
A Riga - Pskov (*Bounce*)
A Scania - Copenhagen
F Skagerrak - German Sea
F Stockholm(wc) - Skagerrak
A Warsaw - Black Ruthenia (*Bounce*)
Minor Powers:
F Candia Supports F Constantinople - Ionian Sea
RETREATS:
Spanish F Adriatic Sea can retreat to Belgrade or Bosnia or Dalmatia or Venice.
French F English Channel can retreat to Cantabrian Sea or Brest or Picardy.
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1652):
Austria (12): Bavaria, Belgrade, Cracow, Croatia, Prague, Saxony, Swabia, Transylvania, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Wallachia.
Denmark-Norway (2): Holstein, United Provinces.
England (3): Bristol, Lower Saxony, Scotland.
France (9): Brest, London, Lorraine, Marseille, Paris, Rhineland, Savoy, Switzerland, Tuscany.
Russia (11): Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Turkestan, Ukraine, Vilna, Voronezh.
Spain (10): Algiers, Flanders, Ireland, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis.
Sweden (11): Abo, Brandenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Mecklenburg, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm, Warsaw.
Minor Powers (1): Candia.
SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Summer 1653 Retreats: 7 May
Fall 1653 Moves: 12 May
Winter 1653 Retreats/Adjustments: 14 May
Spring 1654 Moves: 19 May |
