Hallo zusammen,
this season marking the end of the Lord Protector's Russian adventure. Clearly puritanism hasn't caught on in the Russias. Perhaps zealous Jesuits sent out from Poland shall fare better with the Russia's recalcitrant peasantry, intransigent clergy and stuffy boyars? The English proselytisers have left utterly disillusioned...
Talking of religious affairs, the call of the muezzin can now even be heard in the Eternal City and the Pope has recognised the Sultan as his protector.
And what about the champion of Lutheranism? Sweden's feeling the squeeze in her corner of Germany. A whopping 86% of key territories (i.e. SCs) within the Empire are now under Catholic rule. If that ain't the mark of the counterreformation...
The Winter 1657 deadline shall follow on 30 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 FIRST CHOCOLATE SHOP IN ENGLAND OPENED
o ARCHDUKE FAILS TO MAKE GAINS IN THE EMPIRE
o LORD PROTECTOR BRINGS THE LADS HOME; RUSSIAN ADVENTURE COMES TO IGNOMINIOUS END
o BOURBON TROOPS OVERRUN MECKLENBURG DUCHIES; HOLD ON IMPERIAL CROWN CONSOLIDATED
o POLISH GOVERNOR DISPATCHED TO CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES; CONSIDERED A PUNITIVE POSTING FOR COURT OFFICIALS
o GRANDDUCHY OF TUSCANY WELCOMES NEW SPANISH OVERLORDS
o SWEDEN'S GERMAN DOMAINS SQUEEZED
o POPE FORCED TO SEEK HUMILIATING ACCOMODATION WITH THE CALIPH
PRESS: None. :(
ORDERS:
Austria:
A Bavaria - Saxony (*Bounce*)
A Prague Supports A Bavaria - Saxony (*Fails*)
A Saxony - Brandenburg (*Bounce*)
A Trieste Supports A Venice
A Tyrolia - Swabia (*Fails*)
A Venice Supports A Tyrolia (*Ordered to Move*)
England:
F Abo Hold
A Bohuslan - Christiania
F Gulf of Bothnia - Stockholm(ec)
F Irish Sea - Ireland
F Norwegian Sea Convoys A Permia - Scotland
A Permia - Scotland
France:
A Aragon - Marseilles
F Cantabrian Sea - Irish Sea
F Flanders - English Channel
A Gascony - Aragon
F Helgoland Bight - North Sea
A Hesse - Saxony (*Bounce*)
F Holstein(ec) Supports A Lower Saxony - Mecklenburg
A Lombardy Supports A Switzerland
A Lorraine Supports A Swabia
A Lower Saxony - Mecklenburg
A Swabia Supports A Hesse - Saxony (*Cut*)
A Switzerland Supports A Swabia
A Tuscany - Savoy
A United Provinces - Lower Saxony
Poland-Lithuania:
F Baltic Sea - Stettin (*Bounce*)
A Courland - Riga
A Novgorod - Karelia
A Pskov Supports A Courland - Riga
A Samogitia Hold
A Siberia - Turkestan
A Smolensk - Novgorod
A Warsaw Supports A Prussia - Greater Poland
Spain:
F Algiers - Morocco
F Gulf of Lion Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tuscany
A Leon - Portugal
A Madrid Supports A Morocco - Seville
A Morocco - Seville
F Papal States(ec) - Adriatic Sea (*Disbanded*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tuscany
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Algiers - Morocco
Sweden:
A Brandenburg - Mecklenburg (*Fails*)
F Greater Poland - Brandenburg (*Disbanded*)
A Mecklenburg - Stettin (*Disbanded*)
Turkey:
F Adriatic Sea Convoys A Croatia - Papal States
F Aegean Sea Supports F Illyria - Ionian Sea
A Croatia - Papal States
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Illyria - Ionian Sea
F Illyria - Ionian Sea
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
F Naples Supports A Croatia - Papal States
A Prussia - Greater Poland
F Sicily Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Silesia Hold
A Turkestan - Persia
PENDING RETREATS:
None.
PENDING ADJUSTMENTS:
England:
Build
Poland-Lithuania:
Build
Build
Sweden:
Build
Turkey:
Build
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1657):
Austria(6): Bavaria, Prague, Saxony, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England(8-1=7): Abo, Bristol, Christiania, Ireland, London, -Novgorod-, Scotland, Stockholm.
France(14+1-1=14): Brest, Copenhagen, Flanders, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Marseilles, +Mecklenburg+, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, Savoy, Swabia, Switzerland, United Provinces, -Tuscany-.
Poland-Lithuania(8+2=10): Courland, Cracow, Moscow, +Novgorod+, Prussia, Riga, +Turkestan+, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(8+1-2=7): Algiers, Madrid, Morocco, -Naples-, -Papal States-, Portugal, Seville, Tunis, +Tuscany+.
Sweden(3-1=2): Brandenburg, -Mecklenburg-, Stettin.
Turkey(11+2-1=12): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, +Naples+, +Papal States+, Persia, Transylvania, -Turkestan-, Ukraine, Wallachia.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
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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