I forgot to take account of a retreat by A Silesia into Cracow when listing adjustments. This oversight is corrected further below.
---
Hallo zusammen,
well, it's good we're finally back from our extended holiday break. So what has happened this fall?
Austria has ballooned to 13 SCs - just three short of victory. Even opportunistically grabbing one Polish SC.Perhaps this closeness to the solo explains why Denmark has invaded Silesia?
It may also explain why the English and Spaniards have overcome past differences, by the looks of it. For Spain is now focussed on Italy.
In the East, Russia and Sweden have made little progress against another. Though Russia is growing stronger and Sweden's strength will be taking a hit this winter.
We now have the answer to which minor power will be the last one standing. The Rhineland. It stands at the margins of English, French, Austrian and Danish spheres of interest and so no one power has been able to muster sufficient leverage to occupy those rich bishoprics.
Retreats and adjustments to me please. Happy dipping!
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:
IMPERIAL TROOPS OCCUPY WALLACHIAN TERRITORY
DANES DEFEAT IMPERIAL HOST NEAR BRESLAU
PORTUGUESE SURRENDER TO ENGLISH MIGHT
FRENCH MILITARY SET FOR PAINFUL BUDGET CUTS
POLES CELEBRATE RECAPTURE OF THEIR CAPITAL
...WHILE THE RUSSIANS SAVOUR THE HISTORICAL MOMENT OF THE THIRD ROME CONQUERING THE SECOND ROME
ENGLISH PRESS: France: The news from Brest is grave. British troops under intense browbeating and bombardments of rancid Brie by French troops have been forced to evacuate the town. Local citizens are in an uproar as the British had to demolish the sewers, paved roads, band shell, and badminton courts in order to deny French troops unnecessary luxuries. "We certainly are sad to have to inconvenience the good people of Brest", noted Admiral Sir Hugo Shovitt, from the Quarterdeck of his flagship, 'Cromwell's Mercy'. "I'm sure that once the good people of Brest must again endure snails, soft cheese, and French beer, they will be calling us back to once again enjoy a proper diet of bangers & mash, blood pudding and British ale."
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Belgrade - Wallachia
A Hesse Supports A Silesia - Saxony (*Fails*)
A Lombardy Supports A Switzerland - Savoy
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia - Rhineland (*Cut*)
A Papal States - Naples (*Fails*)
A Saxony - Lower Saxony (*Bounce*)
A Silesia - Saxony (*Dislodged*)
A Swabia - Rhineland (*Bounce*)
A Switzerland - Savoy
F Trieste - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
Denmark-Norway:
A Brandenburg Supports A Greater Poland - Silesia
A Greater Poland - Silesia
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Mecklenburg - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
A Lower Saxony - Saxony (*Fails*)
A Mecklenburg - Lower Saxony (*Bounce*)
F Norwegian Sea - Moscow (*Bounce*)
F Stettin Supports A Brandenburg
England:
A Brest - Portugal
F Cantabrian Sea Convoys A Brest - Portugal
F English Channel - Brest
A Flanders - Rhineland (*Bounce*)
F German Sea Hold
F Morocco - Barbary Sea
A Sahara - Morocco
F Seville Supports A Brest - Portugal
France:
A Gascony - Aragon
A Marseille Supports A Picardy - Paris (*Fails*)
A Paris - Lorraine (*Fails*)
A Picardy - Paris (*Fails*)
A Savoy - Switzerland (*Dislodged*)
Poland-Lithuania:
A Bulgaria Supports F Black Sea - Constantinople
A Cracow - Warsaw
A Podolia Supports A Cracow - Warsaw
A Samogitia - Courland (*Fails*)
A Vilna Supports A Samogitia - Courland (*Cut*)
Russia:
F Armenia Supports F Black Sea - Constantinople
A Astrakhan - Moscow (*Bounce*)
A Azerbaijan - Voronezh
F Black Sea - Constantinople
A Damascus - Karaman (*Fails*)
A Karelia Supports A Moscow - Novgorod
A Moscow - Novgorod (*Bounce*)
A Novgorod - Vitebsk (*Fails*)
Spain:
F Gulf of Lion - Tuscany
F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea (*Bounce*)
F Naples Supports F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea (*Cut*)
A Tunis Hold
Sweden:
A Courland Supports A Polish Livonia - Vilna (*Cut*)
F Ducal Prussia Supports A Courland
A Ingria - Abo
A Polish Livonia - Vilna (*Fails*)
A Pskov Supports A Vitebsk - Novgorod
A Vitebsk - Novgorod (*Bounce*)
A Warsaw - Samogitia (*Dislodged*)
Turkey:
F Constantinople Supports A Karaman (*Dislodged*)
A Karaman Supports F Constantinople (*Cut*)
Minor Powers:
F Portugal Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Rhineland Hold
RETREATS:
Austria:
A Silesia
France:
A Savoy
Sweden:
A Warsaw
Turkey:
F Constantinople
ADJUSTMENTS:
Austria:
Build
Build
Build
Build (if A Silesia disbands or retreats to Cracow)
Denmark-Norway:
Build
England:
Build
France:
Remove
Remove (if A Savoy does not disband)
Poland:
Remove (if A Silesia retreats to Cracow)
Russia:
Build
Sweden:
Remove
Remove (if A Warsaw does not disband)
Turkey:
Remove (if F Constantinople does not disband)
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1654):
Austria (13): Bavaria, Belgrade, Lorraine, Papal States, Prague, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Wallachia.
Denmark-Norway (8): Brandenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Stettin, United Provinces.
England (9): Brest, Bristol, Flanders, Ireland, London, Morocco, Portugal, Scotland, Seville.
France (3): Madrid, Marseille, Paris.
Poland-Lithuania (5): Cracow, Moldavia, Transylvania, Vilna, Warsaw.
Russia (9): Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Turkestan, Ukraine, Voronezh.
Spain (4): Algiers, Naples, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden (5): Abo, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Riga, Stockholm.
Turkey (1): Candia.
Minor Powers (1): Rhineland.
PLANNED SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Winter 1654: 8 January
Spring 1655: 13 January
Summer 1655: 15 January
Fall 1654: 20 January |
