Hi guys,
are we about to see our first power eliminated from the game? Sweden has suffered a severe setback with both Stockholm and Abo being stormed by invaders. Meanwhile, the Czar had no means of opposing a second Turkish occupation of that pile of rubble once upon a time called the Kremlin. His dispersed forces are now precariously hanging on in regions outside of Russia proper.
At the opposite end of the great power spectrum, Turkey is notionally up one SC compared to his 12 SC count this past winter. Furthermore, the Sultan has arrayed a formidable host against the Austrian outpost at Belgrade.
Towards the centre, the Emperor and the Most Christian King have conspired to clear that wider region of its remaining minor powers. Louis XVI appears to have yet more wide-ranging plans. For he seems to be closing in on key English positions. Beacons on the British mainland have been lit upon the spotting of a large French fleet approaching from the West. Just when the Admirality had sent another naval expedition towards Russia!
Yet France also faces something of a naval threat. For Spain has withdrawn from past naval engagements with the Ottomans and may be out to avenge the "Rape of Madrid". Rumour has it that the Spanish king wants his precious art collection back!
Jim owes me a retreat order. Thereafter, the Fall 1654 Moves are set for 27 August. Coming Wednesday.
Happy dipping!
Charles
HEADLINES:
IMPERIAL ARMY FINALLY OCCUPIES THE RHINELAND
DANES CAPTURE STOCKHOLM A SECOND TIME
ENGLISH PIVOT TOWARDS RUSSIAN THEATRE WHILST INVASION THREAT EMERGES ON HORIZON
LOUIS MOVES TOWARDS ENGLISH DOMAINS
POLES CURSE SWEDES FOR HAVING THWARTED POLISH STORMING OF KOENIGSBERG
CZAR INVADES FINLAND AS TURKS AGAIN SEIZE MOSCOW
SPANISH NAVY GUNNING FOR A SCRAP WITH FRANCE
SWEDISH CROWN SOON NO MORE?
FLORENTINE MASTERPIECES ABOUT TO JOIN THE SUN KING'S GROWING ART COLLECTION
PRESS:
None. :(
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Garry Bledsoe
DENMARK-NORWAY: Ben Bratter
ENGLAND: Wladimir Mysonski
FRANCE: Felix Drouet
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Michael Penner
RUSSIA: Mark Utterback
SPAIN: George Oldenburg <1vaevictus@gmail.com>
SWEDEN: Jim Atkins
TURKEY: Andrew Tanner
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria - Prague
A Belgrade Supports A Vienna - Hungary (*Cut*)
A Croatia Supports A Belgrade
A Hesse - Rhineland-Westphalia
A Papal States Supports A Savoy - Tuscany
A Switzerland Hold
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea (*Fails*)
A Venice - Tyrolia
A Vienna - Hungary
Denmark-Norway:
F Baltic Sea - Stockholm(ec)
F Bay of Luebeck - Baltic Sea
A Holstein Supports A Lower Saxony
A Lower Saxony Supports A Hesse - Rhineland-Westphalia (*Cut*)
A Scania Supports F Baltic Sea - Stockholm(ec)
F Skagerrak Supports F Baltic Sea - Stockholm(ec)
England:
F Atlantic Ocean - Indian Ocean (*Bounce*)
F English Channel - German Sea
F German Sea - Norwegian Sea
F Helgoland Bight Supports A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
A Karelia - Novgorod (*Bounce*)
F Norwegian Sea - Permia
A United Provinces - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
France:
F Brest Supports F Cantabrian Sea - English Channel
F Cantabrian Sea - English Channel
A Dauphine Hold
A Lorraine - Luxembourg
A Madrid - Leon
A Savoy - Tuscany
A Swabia Supports A Hesse - Rhineland-Westphalia
Poland-Lithuania:
A Courland Supports A Warsaw - Ducal Prussia (*Cut*)
A Crimea - Ukraine (*Fails*)
A Vilna - Polish Livonia
A Vitebsk - Novgorod (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw - Ducal Prussia (*Fails*)
Russia:
A Ingria - Abo
A Ukraine - Crimea (*Fails*)
Spain:
F Barbary Sea - Seville
A Sahara - Algiers (*Fails*)
F Sardinia - Gulf of Lion
Sweden:
F Gulf of Bothnia - Courland (*Fails*)
A Lapland Supports A Stockholm
A Stockholm Hold (*Dislodged*)
Turkey:
A Constantinople - Belgrade (*Fails*)
F Damascus(sc) - Indian Ocean (*Bounce*)
F Illyria - Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea Supports F Illyria - Adriatic Sea
A Moldavia - Bulgaria
A Novgorod - Moscow
A Podolia - Transylvania
A Smolensk Supports A Novgorod - Moscow
F Tunis Supports F Barbary Sea - Algiers (*Void*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples
A Voronezh - Severia
A Wallachia Supports A Constantinople - Belgrade
Algiers:
F Algiers Hold
A Ducal Prussia Hold
A Rhineland-Westphalia Supports A United Provinces - Lower Saxony (*Disbanded*)
A Tuscany Hold (*Disbanded*)
RETREATS:
Sweden:
A Stockholm
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1653):
Austria (9): Bavaria, Belgrade, Papal States, Prague, Saxony, Switzerland, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway (6): Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Stettin.
England (7): Bristol, Christiania, Flanders, Ireland, London, Scotland, United Provinces.
France (7): Brest, Lorraine, Madrid, Marseilles, Paris, Savoy, Swabia.
Poland-Lithuania (5): Courland, Cracow, Crimea, Vilna, Warsaw.
Russia (2): Moscow, Ukraine.
Spain (3): Morocco, Portugal, Seville.
Sweden (3): Abo, Riga, Stockholm.
Turkey (12): Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Moldavia, Naples, Novgorod, Persia, Transylvania, Tunis, Turkestan, Voronezh, Wallachia.
Minor Powers (4): Algiers, Ducal Prussia, Rhineland-Westphalia, Tuscany.
PROJECTED SCHEDULE (6 PM CET):
Summer 1654 Retreats: 22 August
Fall 1654 Moves: 27 August
Winter 1654 Retreats/Adjustments: 29 August
Spring 1655 Moves: 4 September
Summer 1655 Retreats: 6 September
Fall 1655 Moves: 11 September
Winter 1655 Retreats/Adjustments: 13 September
Spring 1655 Moves: 18 September |
