Hallo zusammen,
so, are the French about to be squeezed by the English and Austrians? With possible a second Austro-French war breaking out, the Bourbons' prospects have taken a hit. Though might they nonetheless retake Brest...?
In the Mediterranean Spain has reversed course and now is concentrating forces off the Italian coast. As for the strategically important Dardanelles, the Sultan appears to have found a new friend in the Emperor. So Russia's navy remains bottled up in the Black Sea. It's almost as if we're seeing a reenactment of 19th and early 20th century geopolitics.
Anyway, let me give you a heads-up regarding my M.O.: I don't confirm orders when it's past the deadline and I'm set to adjucate. Seems doing so would be quite redundant, so I'm now deciding not to bother with it. Unless you guys want me to.
Since there are no pending retreats, we'll skip summer. Next stop Fall 1654 on 23 December.
Herzliche Gruesse,
Charles
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Samy Elias zzzurn@gmail.com
DENMARK-NORWAY: Andrew Tanner damienthryn@gmail.com
ENGLAND: George Atkins georgewrites@outlook.com
FRANCE: Lynn Mercer hancockfc@yahoo.com
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Wladimir Mysonski wmysonski@gmail.com
RUSSIA: Leif Kjetil Tviberg Leifkjetil@getmail.no
SPAIN: Ben Bratter mandrathrax@live.com
SWEDEN: Andras Vaski avaski@hotmail.com
TURKEY: Douglas Kent dougray@yahoo.com (abandoned by Bryan Laferriere in Fall 1652)
HEADLINES:
EMPEROR SHIFTS TO A PRO-TURKISH DARDANELLES POLICY
IS THE ENGLISH SAHARAN EXPEDITION OUTFLANKING SPANISH POSITIONS?
HAS A SECOND AUSTRO-FRENCH WAR BEGUN?
RUSSIAN FORCES ATTEMPTS A FLANKING MANOEUVRE THROUGH KARELIA
SWEDISH MONARCH EYES VILNA
TURKS LEFT UNSCATHED
DANISH PRESS: Avast ye scum ridden planet shaggers, der Nord-Deutsch Lander belong to the Danes! Ok, Norwegians too If they remember to bathe. And we get to screw up the German grammar as we like, because we own the lands! Could learn a lesson from the Finns...
All hail the Protestant Pirate Alliance! We fight for democracy and free performances of polyphonic music! On to the Holy Lands, which are rumored to exist somewhere in Silesia!
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Belgrade Supports F Constantinople
A Hesse Supports A Rhineland
A Papal States - Tuscany (*Bounce*)
A Saxony Supports A Hesse
A Silesia Supports A Cracow
A Swabia Supports A Switzerland - Lorraine
A Switzerland - Lorraine
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
A Tyrolia - Switzerland
A Venice - Lombardy
Denmark-Norway:
F Brandenburg - Stettin
F Christiania - Norwegian Sea
A Greater Poland Supports A Lower Saxony - Brandenburg
F Helgoland Bight Supports A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
A Holstein - Mecklenburg
A Lower Saxony - Brandenburg
A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
England:
F Atlantic Ocean - Morocco
A Brest Hold
F Cantabrian Sea Supports A Brest
F English Channel Supports A Brest
F German Sea Convoys A London - Flanders
A London - Flanders
A Morocco - Sahara
F Seville Supports F Atlantic Ocean - Morocco
France:
A Gascony - Marseille
A Leon - Gascony
A Marseille - Paris
A Paris - Picardy
A Savoy - Tuscany (*Bounce*)
Poland-Lithuania:
A Bulgaria Supports F Armenia - Constantinople
A Cracow Supports A Moldavia - Podolia (*Cut*)
A Moldavia - Podolia
A Samogitia Supports A Vilna (*Cut*)
A Vilna Supports A Samogitia
Russia:
F Armenia - Constantinople (*Fails*)
F Crimea - Black Sea
A Damascus - Karaman (*Fails*)
A Moscow Supports A Vitebsk - Novgorod
A Novgorod - Karelia
A Persia - Azerbaijan
A Turkestan - Astrakhan
A Vitebsk - Novgorod
Spain:
A Algiers - Tunis
F Barbary Sea - Gulf of Lion
F Naples - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
F Tunis - Ionian Sea
Sweden:
A Courland - Samogitia (*Fails*)
F Ducal Prussia Hold
A Ingria - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Polish Livonia - Vitebsk
A Pskov Supports A Polish Livonia - Vitebsk
A Riga - Polish Livonia
A Warsaw - Cracow (*Fails*)
Turkey:
F Constantinople Supports A Karaman (*Cut*)
A Karaman Supports F Constantinople (*Cut*)
Algiers:
F Portugal Supports F Seville
A Rhineland Supports A Hesse
RETREATS:
None.
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1653):
Austria (10): Bavaria, Belgrade, Papal States, Prague, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway (7): Brandenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Stettin, United Provinces.
England (8): Brest, Bristol, Flanders, Ireland, London, Morocco, Scotland, Seville.
France (5): Lorraine, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Savoy.
Poland-Lithuania (5): Cracow, Moldavia, Transylvania, Vilna, Wallachia.
Russia (8): Crimea, Damascus, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Turkestan, Ukraine, Voronezh.
Spain (4): Algiers, Naples, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden (7): Abo, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Mecklenburg, Riga, Stockholm, Warsaw.
Turkey (2): Candia, Constantinople.
Minor Powers (2): Portugal, Rhineland.
PLANNED SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Fall 1654: 23 December
Winter 1654: 1 January
Spring 1655: 6 January
Summer 1655: 8 January |
