Hallo zusammen,
well, Novgorod must now be no more than a heap of rubbles. The city has now changed hands six times over the past decade and perhaps the suffering inhabitants shall now find some peace under Polish rule.
John II Casimir also will have received welcome news from his naval commanders as a Polish squadron has for the very first time (in variant history, I might add) made a successful naval sortie.
The territorial status quo in Germany remains much the same, yet in Italy the old order has taken another hit as the Spanish viceroy in Naples chose to pack his bags rather than trying to mount a spirited defence against the oncoming Ottoman hordes.
Well, I hope Bayern Munich will display more of the Ă©lan the Turks have shown (and they've got the Turkish player Altintop in their ranks!) than them simply surrending the midfield to Olympique Lyon in the manner Spain has relinquished Italy. Okay, totally specious analogy... I'm just looking forward to tonight's game! :)
The Summer deadline follows on Friday, while the Fall 1657 prelims are due on Monday and the final deadline shall follow on 28 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 CROMWELL REFUSES THE OFFERED CROWN, PREFERS TO REMAIN LORD PROTECTOR
o AUSTRIANS WARD OFF FRENCH ATTACK ON VENICE
o FRENCH AND ENGLISH NAVIES SKIRMISH IN NORTH SEA WATERS
o BOURBON TROOPS CROSS PYRENEES
o POLES MOVE INTO NOW FAMILIAR NOVGOROD QUARTERS
o SPANIARDS ABANDON KINGDOM OF NAPLES
o SWEDES DEFEAT HEATHEN HOST
o SULTAN REJOICES AT MEDITERRANEAN BREAKTHROUGH
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria Supports A Saxony
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Saxony Supports A Greater Poland - Brandenburg (*Cut*)
A Trieste - Greater Poland (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia Supports A Venice
A Venice Supports A Tyrolia (*Cut*)
England:
F Bristol - Irish Sea
F Gulf of Bothnia Hold
F Lake Ladoga - Abo
A Lapland - Bohuslan
F Norwegian Sea - North Sea (*Bounce*)
F Novgorod(nc) - Norwegian Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Permia - Novgorod (*Fails*)
A Siberia Hold (*Disbanded*)
France:
F Brest - Cantabrian Sea
F Copenhagen - Holstein(ec)
F Flanders - North Sea (*Bounce*)
A Gascony Supports A Marseilles - Aragon
A Hesse - Saxony (*Fails*)
F Holstein(wc) - Helgoland Bight
A Lombardy Supports A Switzerland
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Lower Saxony Supports A Hesse - Saxony
A Marseilles - Aragon
A Swabia Supports A Hesse - Saxony
A Switzerland Supports A Tuscany - Venice
A Tuscany - Venice (*Fails*)
A United Provinces Supports A Lower Saxony
Poland-Lithuania:
F Courland - Baltic Sea
A Cracow - Warsaw
A Ingria - Novgorod
A Moscow - Siberia
A Prussia - Samogitia
A Pskov Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
A Riga - Courland
A Smolensk Supports A Ingria - Novgorod
Spain:
A Algiers - Morocco
A Aragon - Leon
A Madrid Supports A Aragon - Leon
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Papal States(ec) Hold
F Sardinia - Western Mediterranean
F Tunis - Algiers
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lion
Sweden:
F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland
A Brandenburg Supports F Baltic Sea - Greater Poland
A Mecklenburg Supports A Brandenburg
Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
F Aegean Sea Supports F Egypt - Ionian Sea
A Croatia Hold
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Egypt - Ionian Sea
F Egypt - Ionian Sea
A Greater Poland - Brandenburg (*Dislodged*)
F Illyria Supports F Adriatic Sea
F Ionian Sea - Naples
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Naples
A Silesia Supports A Greater Poland - Brandenburg
A Turkestan Supports A Moscow - Siberia
PENDING RETREATS:
Turkish A Greater Poland can retreat to Prussia, Cracow or OTB.
English F Novgorod(nc) can retreat to Karelia(nc) or OTB.
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 Summer 1657 Retreats: 23 April
o Fall 1657 Moves: 28 April
o Winter 1657 Retreats/Adjustments: 30 April
o Spring 1658 Moves: (10) 12 May (subject to absences)
o Summer 1658 Retreats: 14 May (subject to absences)
o Fall 1658 Moves: (17) 19 May (subject to absences)
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