Hallo zusammen,
let me start with the first order of business: All draw proposals failed.
I'm glad we're on track. In recent days I've had a friendly and enlightening conversation with Mike Sims and Mike Hoffman about various aspects of house rules and GMing policy. While not too long after having started this game I recognised that my policy on NMRs was too strict, I was reluctant to change it mid-stream since players had signed up having considered the house rules I had at that point provided. Mike Sims' view however that a GM ought not have scruples about unilaterally altering his GMing policy during a game and I've now warmed to that idea. While I don't think one ought to alter a policy once an acute issue arises (as was the case last Friday), freed of a particular case being at hand:
I'm now according each player two six-hour grace periods for the remainder of the game that may be made use of if a deadline's missed.
This actually is how I handle things in my 1936 game I'm running. While I do want to avoid NMRs as I consider them a bane of the game (especially playtests) rather than a legitimate part of the game (here Mike Sims and I differ), a more lenient standard serves both the players and the game better. Not like I felt happy about replacing a generally very reliable player.
As I gain more experience in running games, my thinking on how to do stuff and how best to avoid certain pitfalls evolves. Live and learn. Okay, 'nuff of this GM-navel-gazing...
Note the below French press. If ole Henri IV once said that "Paris was worth a mass", his present successor plainly seems to be of the opinion that "Aachen's worth getting rid of mass!" A Protestant on the French and Imperial thrones? Hell has officially frozen over... No wonder the Holy Inquisition's confused...
The Spring 1660 Moves due Monday, 14 June 6 PM CET. So prelims please on Saturday. I trust that the shift back to a Monday/Wednesday routine works for you all. If not, let me know.
Liebe GrĂ¼sse,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Nick Powell
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, eliminated Fall 1658)
TURKEY: Aidan Slattery
PROCLAMATIONS:
o RETREATING TURKISH AND AUSTRIAN FORCES RUN INTO ANOTHER IN SILESIA, BOTH FORCES DISINTEGRATE IN ALL CONFUSION AND DISASTER
FRENCH PRESS:
Louis moves capital to Aachen (Rhineland-Westphalia) and renames the nation the Empire of all the Franks and Germans. Accepts Protestant faith, due to the complicity of the Pope with the Sultan.
Charles II of Scotland, Prince of Wales tries to reach accommodation with the Commonwealth of England and Lordship of Ireland.
Sons of William Tell resistance group vow to fight the Hapsburgs - they may have started in Switzerland, but they have no role their now.
Pope living in peace under the Sultan - Inquisition very confused.
RETREATS:
Austria:
A Saxony - Silesia (*Bounce*)
Turkey:
A Greater Poland - Silesia (*Bounce*)
ADJUSTMENTS:
Austria:
Build A Vienna
England:
Remove A Yorkshire
France:
Build A Paris
Build A Rhineland-Westphalia
Poland-Lithuania:
Build A Prussia
Build A Warsaw
Turkey:
Build A Belgrade
Build A Damascus
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP (Winter 1659):
Austria(7+1-1=7): Bavaria, Brandenburg, Prague, -Saxony-, +Switzerland+, Trieste, Venice, Vienna.
England(5+1-2=4): Abo, -Christiania-, +Flanders+, Ireland, London, -Stockholm-.
France(15+1-3=13): Brest, Bristol, Copenhagen, -Flanders-, Holstein, Lorraine, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Paris, Rhineland-Westphalia, -Savoy-, +Saxony+, Scotland, Swabia, -Switzerland-, United Provinces.
Poland-Lithuania(11+2=13): +Christiania+, Courland, Cracow, Moscow, Novgorod, Prussia, Riga, Stettin, +Stockholm+, Turkestan, Vilna, Voronezh, Warsaw.
Spain(7+1-1=7): Algiers, Madrid, Marseilles, Morocco, Portugal, +Savoy+, Seville, -Tunis-.
Turkey(13+1=14): Belgrade, Candia, Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Naples, Papal States, Persia, Transylvania, +Tunis+, Tuscany, Ukraine, Wallachia.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (i.e. GMT+1)...not local time)
o Spring 1660 Moves: (12) 14 |
