Hallo zusammen,
the good burghers of Frankfurt are revelling in the celebrations surrounding the imperial coronation, hailed by pamphletists in the pay of Mazarin as the restoration of Charlemagne's empire (and to be sure, the Bourbon-controlled territories almost entirely match those under Charlemagne's rule). Meanwhile the cardinal is busy coordinating an ambitious armaments programme. Both wharves in Brittany and in Flanders have been furiously working on state-of-the-art ships-of-the-line for the Sun-Emperor.
Alarmed by rumours of a possible French naval descent and planned royalist risings, the Lord Protector has hastily scraped together a bunch of armed merchantmen in the "capital of the West country" as the bulk of the Commonwealth's forces remain engaged in Eastern affairs. Is it "1588" all over again?
Down in Castile, bards are immortalising the long march of the valiant Army of Flanders that recently surrendered to pursuing French regiments. And these songs and tales evidently have resonated with Castile's youth as they've joined the king's regiments in great numbers.
I'm curious what 1657 shall hold for us!
Spring 1657 prelims are due on Monday and the final deadline shall follow on 21 April, 6 PM CET.
Liebe GrĂ¼sse,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Mike Hoffman
DENMARK-NORWAY: Marc Ellinger (eliminated Winter 1653)
ENGLAND: Harvey Morris
FRANCE: Nigel Phillips
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Jorge Saralegui
RUSSIA: Mikael Johansson (eliminated Winter 1650)
SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer
SWEDEN: Matthew Kelly (joined Winter 1652)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o CHRISTIAN HUYGENS INVENTS PENDULUM CLOCK
o LORD PROTECTOR IMPROVISES ENGLISH NAVAL DEFENCES
o MAZARIN LAUNCHES FULL-SCALE ARMAMENTS PROGRAMME
o VAUNTED ARMY OF FLANDERS SURRENDERS NEAR COPENHAGEN
o CASTILIAN LEVIES HOPE TO DEFEND SPAIN'S HEARTLAND
PRESS: None. :(
RETREATS:
England:
disband A Ingria
Spain:
disband A Copenhagen
Sweden:
F Greater Poland - Baltic Sea
ADJUSTMENTS:
Austria:
Build A Trieste
England:
Build F Bristol
France:
Build F Brest
Build F Flanders
Build A Marseilles
Build A Lorraine
Poland-Lithuania:
Remove A Samogitia
Spain:
Build A Madrid
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1656):
Austria(6): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England(8): Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, Novgorod, Scotland, Stockholm.
France(14): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, United Provinces, Tuscany.
Poland-Lithuania(8): Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Prussia, Riga, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(8): Algiers, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Papal States, Portugal, Seville, Tunis.
Sweden(3): Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, Stettin.
Turkey(11): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Persia, Transylvania, Turkestan, Ukraine, Wallachia.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Spring 1657 Moves: 21 April
o Summer 1657 Retreats: 23 April
o Fall 1657 Moves: 28 April
o Winter 1657 Retreats/Adjustments: 30 April
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