Friends,
There is plenty of fight left in our final seven great powers, as the smell of gunpowder wafts into villages from one end of the continent to another. Attempting to read the tea leaves, we may have an Austro-Prussian cooperation to improve the fortunes of those two - to varying degrees - stalling powers. More overtly we see bold Anglo-Swedish cooperation in the Baltic and the always intriguing Spanish-Sicilian cooperation as well. The big question is: are we heading toward entrenched, stalemated positions? Or will someone break away and dominate the continent? Or might we head into a rapid peace treaty that aborts our current antagonisms before a decisive moment is reached? We shall see...
As a reminder, DJ Brasier is running a game of Ambition & Empire on the DP Judge. I encourage you to play in or follow it:
http://www.floc.net/dpjudge/?game=jim_as
There is only one retreat: Prussian F BAltic Sea can retreat to Mecklenburg or off the board. Chris, I have auto-retreated to Mec. If you desire OTB, just announce it to the list in the next 47ish hours and I will send out new maps.
Prelims due in about 71 hours! Wow, sooo much time to get them in! :-D Oh, and I cannot neglect to mention our first draw proposal: a 4-way France-Prussia-Spain-Sweden draw. Make sure to vote on that with your fall orders. Failure to vote is a NO vote.
Happy hunting!
Dirk
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PLAYERS
Austria - Daniel Eichner, Knightofroma@hotmail.com
Denmark - Karel Verbrugge, diplodocus83@gmail.com (Eliminated Fall 1767)
France - Robert Stein, smileyrob68@gmail.com
Great Britain - Nathan Deily, ndeily@yahoo.com
Ottoman - Michael Thompson, psychosis@sky.com
Poland/Saxony - Jim Atkins, savwa4@comcast.net (Eliminated Fall 1765)
Prussia - Chris Morse, camorse22@yahoo.com
Russia - Suzanne Castagne, sucastag@wanadoo.fr (Eliminated Fall 1765)
Spain - Warren Fleming, alwayshunted@hotmail.com
Sweden - Wladimir Mysonski, wmysonski@gmail.com
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HEADLINES
Happy days may be here again for feisty Austrians
More success for Louis XV as French surge once again
Wily British navy provides decisive support in battle for Baltic supremacy
Mustafa III prepares for the end as Austrians outflank fair Constantinople
Prussia grabs Switzerland, drops Warsaw
Charles III eyes Mediterranean hegemony
Swedish fist thumps former Prussian superiors
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ORDERS
Austria:
A Ankara - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Bavaria - Tyrol (*Fails*)
A Budapest - Wallachia
A Republic of Venice Supports A Bavaria - Tyrol (*Cut*)
A Vienna Supports A Republic of Venice (*Cut*)
Britain:
F Copenhagen Supports F Stockholm - Baltic Sea
France:
A Austrian Netherlands Supports A Switzerland - Burgundy
A Brest - Gascony (*Fails*)
F Edinburgh - Irish Sea
A Liverpool - Wales
A Marseilles - Languedoc
A Milan - Republic of Venice (*Fails*)
F North Sea - English Channel
A Savoy - Tuscany (*Fails*)
A Switzerland - Burgundy
F Tuscany - Gulf of Lyon (*Bounce*)
A Tyrol - Vienna (*Fails*)
F United Provinces Supports F North Sea - English Channel
Prussia:
A Baden-Wuerttemberg - Switzerland
F Baltic Sea Supports A Koenigsburg - Courland (*Dislodged*)
A Berlin, no move received
A Bohemia - Baden-Wuerttemberg
A Breslau - Posen
A Dresden Supports A Bohemia - Baden-Wuerttemberg
A Hesse-Westphalia Supports A Baden-Wuerttemberg (*Ordered to Move*)
F Holstein(ec) Supports F Baltic Sea
A Koenigsburg - Courland (*Bounce*)
Spain:
A Andalusia - Gascony
A Barcelona Supports A Andalusia - Gascony
F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Andalusia - Gascony
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon (*Bounce*)
Sweden:
A Christiania Supports F Scania
A Crimea - Lithuania
F Gulf of Bothnia Convoys A Lapland - Courland
A Lapland - Courland (*Bounce*)
A Lithuania - Warsaw
F Scania Supports F Stockholm - Baltic Sea
F Stockholm - Baltic Sea
Turkey:
F Constantinople holds
Papacy:
A Papal States Supports F Two Sicilies
TwoSicilies:
F Two Sicilies Supports F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea
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OWNERSHIP
Austria: Ankara, Bavaria, Budapest, Republic of Venice, Vienna
Britain: Copenhagen
France: Austrian Netherlands, Brest, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Marseilles, Milan, Paris, Savoy, Switzerland, Tuscany, United Provinces
Prussia: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Berlin, Breslau, Dresden, Hanover, Hesse-Westphalia, Koenigsburg, Mecklenburg, Warsaw
Spain: Algiers, Barcelona, Madrid, Morocco, Portugal, Tunis
Sweden: Abo, Christiania, Courland, Crimea, Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Stockholm
Turkey: Constantinople
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Upcoming Deadlines (all orders are due at 5 PM EST, GMT -5)
Summer 1768 Retreats, Thursday February 23
Fall 1768 Prelims, Friday February 24
Fall 1768 Orders, Tuesday February 28
Winter 1767 Retreats/Adjustments, Thursday March 1
Spring 1768 Prelims, Friday March 2
Spring 1768 Orders, Tuesday March 6
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