Hallo zusammen,
let's see which SCs changed hands this turn:
- Denmark and England swapped - intentionally or not - Scotland and Christiania.
- Poland garrisoned Wallachia.
- Russia tooker over an unoccupied Novgorod.
- Spain captured Candia, thanks to England and, by the looks of it, Poland.
One might also note that little changed in Central Europe. In particular, Austria and Denmark seem to be at peace. Indeed, some Austro-Danish cooperation was observed in the Rhineland - if amounting to naught.
Good luck and 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 (previously abandoned by Bryan Laferriere in Fall 1652, eliminated in Fall 1655)
ENGLISH PRESS: Oliver Cromwell is still the Lord Protector of England. He is not pleased at all with the desultory actions of the British forces. "Quit pussy-footing around! Do I have to gut my entire Admiralty Staff in order to find somebody with the moral rectitude to carry out my wishes?" As everybody knows, Lord Cromwell is not normally pleased with much of anything, anyway. Yes, the People of London love him, but many wish he would take on the mantle of the Roman General Marius and retire, now that he has cleaned out the Parliament, put down the Irish and the Scots, and instituted his morality laws. Such was the story that appeared on a broadside published just last week by Geo. Smythe & Sons, Ltd, Printers.
In other news, a fire broke out in a small coffee shop on the Strand last night. Owing to the ramshackle condition of the building, and the crowded side-by-side structures, the fire quickly spread, consuming several businesses, including the coffee shop, Mrs Wiggin's Bakerey & Hat Shoppe, and the printing establishment of Geo. Smythe & Sons, Ltd
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Franconia Supports A Saxony
A Lombardy - Savoy
A Lorraine Supports A Savoy - Dauphine
A Prague Supports A Saxony
A Savoy - Dauphine
A Saxony Supports A Franconia
A Silesia - Brandenburg (*Fails*)
A Swabia Supports A Hesse - Rhineland
A Tyrolia Supports A Swabia
F Venice - Trieste
Denmark-Norway:
F Abo - Gulf of Bothnia (*Fails*)
F Baltic Sea - Stockholm(ec) (*Fails*)
A Brandenburg Supports A Lower Saxony (*Cut*)
A Courland - Riga (*Bounce*)
A Greater Poland - Royal Prussia
A Hesse - Rhineland (*Fails*)
A Lower Saxony Supports A Brandenburg
F Norwegian Sea - Christiania
F Stettin - Baltic Sea (*Fails*)
F United Provinces Supports A Lower Saxony
England:
F Brest Hold
A Bristol - Scotland
F Cantabrian Sea - Portugal
F Christiania - German Sea
A Flanders Supports A Rhineland
F Gulf of Lion - Marseille (*Fails*)
F Ionian Sea Supports F Aegean Sea - Candia
F Ireland - Atlantic Ocean
A Madrid Supports A Seville - Aragon
A Rhineland Hold
A Seville - Aragon
France:
A Leon - Gascony
A Marseille - Aragon (*Fails*)
Poland-Lithuania:
A Belgrade - Constantinople (*Fails*)
A Cracow Supports A Warsaw
A Crimea - Ukraine
A Moldavia - Crimea
A Transylvania - Wallachia
A Ukraine - White Ruthenia
A Vilna Supports A Vitebsk - Polish Livonia
A Warsaw Supports A Ducal Prussia
Russia:
A Armenia Supports A Astrakhan - Voronezh
A Astrakhan - Voronezh
F Black Sea Supports A Constantinople
A Constantinople Supports F Levantine Sea - Candia (*Cut*)
F Levantine Sea - Candia (*Fails*)
A Moscow - Novgorod
A Onega - Karelia
A Vitebsk - Polish Livonia
Spain:
F Adriatic Sea Hold
F Aegean Sea - Candia
F Papal States(wc) Supports F Tuscany
A Tunis Hold
F Tuscany Hold
Sweden:
A Ducal Prussia Hold
A Polish Livonia - Riga (*Dislodged*)
A Pskov - Ingria
A Stockholm Hold
RETREATS:
Swedish A Polish Livonia can retreat to Pskov.
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1656):
Austria (10): Bavaria, Lorraine, Prague, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway (10): Abo, Brandenburg, Copenhagen, Courland, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Scotland, Stettin, United Provinces.
England (11): Brest, Bristol, Christiania, Flanders, Ireland, London, Madrid, Morocco, Portugal, Rhineland, Seville.
France (2): Marseille, Paris.
Poland-Lithuania (8): Belgrade, Cracow, Crimea, Moldavia, Transylvania, Ukraine, Vilna, Warsaw.
Russia (8): Candia, Constantinople, Damascus, Moscow, Persia, Turkestan, Voronezh, Wallachia.
Spain (5): Algiers, Naples, Papal States, Tunis, Tuscany.
Sweden (4): Ducal Prussia, Novgorod, Riga, Stockholm.
PLANNED SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Summer 1657: 12 February
Fall 1657: 17 February
Winter 1657: 19 February
Spring 1658: 24 February |
